The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-01-12

Il. Now His parents went 20 Jerusalem
every year az the feast " the passover
g. And when lie Was twelve years cid.
they weEt UP 20 Jerusalem after the GUS
t0n ~ a.. feast
~ And when they had fulfilled the days.
as they returned. the child Jesus tarriei
t,si.Er ~ Jerusalem. an. Joseph and lis
mother knew not Of H.
81 LGt tntE. supeesiLg Him 10 have Teen
IL Ike company. went a days Journey.
ard taey sought Him among their k.Esfolk
and acquaintance.
Il Al. when they found Him not. they
irrrea back again 70 Jerusalem, seeking
linn
rs And II came 70 pass. that after three
days they found Him n The Tempe, sitting
A. TIE midst ct the doctors. h1tn hearing
them. and askirs them questions.
q. Ara al that heard Him We're aston
lsned al Ills understandings aid answers.
- Ard when they saw Him. sney were
amazed ard Ills m-iher said unto HIM.
Son. why hast Thou tEus leals with usg
Behold. Tay father and have sought thee
~ Ard Hc sad unto them: Hcw is i
that ye sought Aet Visit Sc rot t.As
must lie about NJ Fathers bls4re~sE
NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS
The Circumcision. This lessen
shows u Jes us as a Jewish boy. Thus
we begin with circumcision, which
was administered on the eighth day
after birth. according 70 the Laws
given in Gen. I7:g-ii Often the
friends Of family gathered at the
circumcision Of q child. and feast
was held Luke l.5s, So OF course,
10 such feast was possible when a
child was born away from home.
The Prescntaiion.-Thc presenta-
ton in the temple was. in Jesus case,
4 twofold ceremony. Ii had TO do
with the publication Of lis mother
4 Q-cv. l2) and with His own redemp-
ton as His mothers firstOorn lex.
1882. u. Is: Num- 1915. l0l. Redemp-
ton required only the payment Of the
money TO = priest. but the child was
generally taken TO the temple when
the parents were near enough TO 60.
Publication could be made at any
time after the days OF separation, but
required the presence Of the mother
1T the temple. The rabbinic traditions
heightened the period Of separation
prescribed in the Law to Il days after
the birth of boy and 81 after the
birth Of "a girl. Simeon and Anna
whose prophetic words gave Mary
food for thought. represented a con
siderable number OF people who spen
their life in the temple courts. attend
ing all the sacrifices ana passing thei
.-ne in prayer
The Magi.-The magi We're repre-
.entatiyes OF a class somewhat wide
l. h.a
successors to the learning OF III
priests OF ChaIdca. Their interest il
the king o. the jews probably cam
from Jewish rather than heathei
sources. Very many theories abou
the star which guided them have bee
published. the most probable beln
that of kepler. who observed cor
junction Of Jupiter and Saturn in cor
nection with which brilliant ten
porary star. which may have been
comet. appeared This conjunction %
, CURED also about two years befor
the birth of Jesus.
The IetLrn.-The return 10 Nazal
. eth was decided upon for the reasc
that Jesus parents could not feel s.
/. cure in village only six miles frol
Jerusalem. where children of Jesu
, age would be few. Nazareth was 4
/ obscure and out-of-the-way place.
the hills which lie on the south sid
/, OF the plain of Esdraelon. Ii wa
from this village that Jesus went 1
all BOYS went. at the age OF IL yea
TO his first passover. His reInainir
behind to listen TO and share in u
), discussions OF the rabbis shows ii
interest in the theory as well as u
j practice Of religion; and His surpri.
. that His parents should have waste
any time looking for Him anywhe
else indicates His growing consciou
ness Of the divine nature within Hi
, Infancy to Manhood. General
1. this period may be described as tn
= Of Jesus true and full human deveio
: metaphysical. intellectual and spi
# itual-of outward submission TO IN;
Il and inward submission 10 God. wi
= the attendant results OF wisdom
r. favor and grace" Necessar
therefore. as this period was. il q
Christ was 10 be true man. il cam
II be said that ii was lost. even 50 far
y His work as Saviour was concerned.
< Edersheim.
Special Studics.-Whcn a Jewi
= boy was three years old he was Civ
. the tasselled garment directed by Z
: law (Num. l5:3s-il: Deut. 22:l2)-
Al five be usually began to learn porto
a OF the law ur.'er his mothers dir,
- ton. These " re passages written
Il scrolls. such as the shema or creed
X Dcut. Ga. the Hallel psalms tPs. 4
lis. 1867 When the boy was
years old he wore. for the first tin
the phylacteries. which the jew
g. WAYS put on af the recital of the da
rs PRAYER. In the well-known and me
e ancient ''Maxims OF the Father
T. (Pirke Avoth) sve read that at the o
4. OF ten n boy was to commence
study OF the Mishna "a compilation
traditional interpretations Of
law): at is he was TO be instruct
Is i'm the Gemara "a vast collection of
10 yerr-ptssions Of the Mishna the Mi.