The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON III, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 80.

Prepared by the Rev. ID. NJ. Stearns.
copyright, 1900. by American Press Asso-
c.ation.1
90 81 Sir, we would see Jesus"
Certain Greeks who were probably either
Grecian Jews or proselytes to the jew
ish faith (Acts ii, 10; vi u had come up
to the feast Of the Passover (yerse II, the
one concerning which Jesus said that He
greatly desired ii Q.uke xxi, 15). spe-
cial prayer for all strangers who might
hear of His name and come from a far
country for His names sake is found in
| Kings viii, II 43, with the request that
all people of the earth might know His
name and know that His name was call
ed upon the temple. The temple was Of
no value apart from Him who dwelt in it
among His people, and any who sincerely
sought Him would surely find Him der
xxx, 80. Whenever or wherever we
read in His word let us rely upon the
Spirit to show us Jesus and the Father in
Him John xvi, 10, 14.
%, %. "The hour is come that the Son
of Man should be glorifed." In chapters
vii, 30; viii. 20, we read that mo man
laid hands on Him because His hour was
not yet COME" but now He recognizes
that His hour had come. See also chap
ters xiii, /; xvii, 1. The middle wall of
partition between jew and gentle is
about to be broken down by His death
so soon to be accomplished, and then
would the gentiles be fellow heirs and of
the same body and partakers of His
promise in Christ by the gospel (Eph il,
IA; iii, @. The work of Andrew and
Philip here and in the first chapter is
worthy of imitation, that of leading men
to Jesus, but in chapters vi, 60; xiv,
8, 8, we may profit by their failures.
"a. "Verily, verify say unto you, ex-
cept a corn of wheat fall into the ground
and die, it abideth alone" He is the corn
of wheat to die and rise again, to be
bruised and submitted to the fire for us,
that we may have the bread of life As
Israeps Messiah He is rejected and about
to be crucifed, but God will give Him
glory and a seat at His own right hand
until His enemies be made His footstool
Il Pet i, 81; Heb. i, 49,. When He shall
come in His glory for Israel's benefit, and
that the gentiles may come to her rising,
then shall come all the saints with Him,
a part of the fruit of His death Qsa. TX,
1-3; Zech. xiv, 81
%. See the repetition of this great
truth in Math. X. 80; xvi %; Mark viii,
35; Luke tx, "a; xiv, &c; xvii, 33. Self
remuneration is the only rule of life. Je
sus emptied Himself, made Himself of no
reputation, pleased not Himself, sought
not His own will or glory, though rich,
became poor for us. and was content to
be cut off and have nothing. that in res
direction power and glory He might have
all things. Only by denying self an
daily cross bearing can we walk wi
Him.
&c. If we follow Him in HIS humi l.
ton, and only thus can we serve tle
living and true God, we shall in due time
share His glory. 'If we suffer with II m
we shall reign with Him" III Tim. ii. 12)
The honor is sure to all who are wiling
now to serve Him, but it seems to me the
emphatic part of this verse for our pres
ent life is the twice repeated ''If any man
serve Me" We may outwardly appear
to serve Him while really serving our
selves.
"Father. glorify Thy name' The shad
ows of Gethsemane and of Calvary seem
to fall upon Him, and yet He says to Hi,
Father, Accomplish Thy will in Me-
whatever it is. From before the founda-
iipH VI lliC NhAlh liz lltlb SCtn lnIS IOtI
afar off For this very hour had He
come into the world, for this had He be-
come man, born of a woman, made under
the law, that He might redeem them that
were under the law CGal. iv, 4, 81. HIS
consuming desire was to glorify His Fa-
ther. The words He uttered and the
works He wrought were rae Fathers
words and works through Him ~ ohm xii
40; xiv, 10) See how quick the cyIl-
municaton between earth and heaven
and compare Dan. tx, %. This is the
third time in His public ministry that the
Father audibly and publicly spoke to
H. from heaven tMath. iii, II; xvii, 81
-, 80 This voice came not becaus
of Me- but for your sakes." 1t does I
seem that the people heard the words
they heard something like thunder, hut
they could soc that it was IA resp9n e
FROM heaven to His cry. When He Up
peaecd to Daniel, he alone saw the visi ~
but the men who were with him rccog
ni2cd something supernatural When je
sus spake to Saul from heaven, Saul
alone Heard the words, but the men w th
him saw the light and were afraid CDaa.
<, Z; Acts xxi, 30 The voice of Col
is to multitudes only an indistinct sound
with no special significance for them.
81 Nov is the Judgment of this world
now shall the prince of this world be
cast out" The devil is called the prin G
and the god of this world, and the whole
world is said to lie in the wicked onn
John xiv, 30; xvi, IL; II Cor. iv, 4
John V, 10, Il. W. He was once in the
TRUTH but fell; he is now the prince OF
the power of the air Soon he shall b.
cast down to the earth, then shut up in
the bottomlcss pit for a thousand years
after which he will be cast into the lake
Of fire prepared for him and his angels
(John viii, A: Eph. ii. 2; Rev. xiii,
XIX, 3 3, 10; Math. XIV, 40. Judgmen
has been passed upon him. 1t is only the
execution of the sentence that is delayed
The Lord Jesus gave Himself for Our
sins that He might deliver us from this
present evil world which we are not to
love nor be confolmed to (Gal. i, 4;
John ii, 1911; Rom. xii, /, ~
81, 80 and /, if l be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto Nc"
referring to the manner of His death
concerning which see John iii. IA: viii
2S. He made Precipitation for the sins Of
the whole world II John ii, ., and wher-
ever the story Of His dying love is told
some who hear are drawn to Him. 1t is
not by trying to initiate His life that we
nre saved, for an honest attempt to do
that would only utterly discourage us,
but when we see His love to us in giving
Himself for our sins, suffering in our
stead then we are drawn to Him and
receiving Him, are saved by His sacri-