The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-01-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
January 90. 19c1-Grceks
Seeking Jesus.
THE LESSON TEXT.
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them that came up to worship at the feast.
81 The same came therefore to Philip,
which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and de.
sired Him. saying. Sir. we would see
Jesus.
%. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew; and
again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
%. And Jesus answered them, saying.
The hour is come, that the Son of Man
should be glorifed.
"a. Verify, verify, say unto you, Except a
corn of wheat fall into the ground and die,
1t abideth alone; but If It die It bringeth
forth much fruit.
25. He that loveth his life shall lose It;
and he that hateth his life In this world
shall keep 1t unto life eternal.
26. If any man serve me. let him follow
me; and where / am, there shall also my
servant be; If any man serve me, him will
my Father honor.
e. Now is my soul troubled; and what
shall | say? Father, save me from this
hour; but for this cause came l unto this
hour.
S Father, glorify Thy name. Then came
there voice from Heaven, saying, l have
both glorified it. and will glorlfy it again
20. The people, therefore, that stood by
and heard 1t said that II thundered; others
said. An angel spake to him.
30. Jesus answered and said, This voice
came not because of me, but for your sakes.
81. Now is the judgment of this world;
now shall the prince of this world be cas-.
out.
32. And I, If be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men unto me.
80. This he said, signifying what death He
should die.
GOLDEN TExT-we would see Je-
sus.-JOhn 1871.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Try to keep in mind the order Of
events during the last week in the
earthly life of Jesus: On Friday he
arrived at Bethany: Saturday, the jew
ish Sabbath was spent quietly at Beth
any; Saturday evening after the Sab
bath was over. came the amounting at
the supper; and on Sunday the tr-
umphal entry into Jerusalem; back
to Bethany for the night then the
walk over the Mount of Olives early
on Monday morning. For what he saw
then see Mark 11:12-14. He drove from
the temple the buyers and sellers. and
listened with JOY to the praises OF the
children; then went back to Bethany for
the night; or Tuesday morning i.s
came into the city and spent the who.g
day teaching in the temple. It was in
the midst of His work that day that
He was told that some foreigners
wished to see Him.
Greeks" were Gentiles. or heather.
| These were converted heather, as iCr
as giving up their idols and wUrsh. 7 q
one true. living God was concrlr'd
| They had come from the h a1,.h
places where they lived, probably fer
the first time, to Jerusalem to the
! Jewish feast and to worship God in
| ~ H.; 10,
had heard one name SO often that per-
haps they had asked what He had
done. and when they had heard of His
wonders. they wished to see and to
hear Him teach.
LESSON ANALYSIS.
/. Certain Greeks Desire to See Jesus
Yer. 20-22.
.. A Foretaste of Gethsemane.-Ver. 1927.
3. A Voice in Answer to His Prayer
Yer. 2S-33
There is such thing as natural law
in the spiritual world, as Prof. Drum
mond has beautifully shown. Such
law our Saviour uncovers when He
says: Except a grain of wheat fall
into the ground and die it abideth by
itself alone. but if it die it beareth
He did not go blindfolded to the
cross. And He knew what would come
of it. "He for the Joy that was set
before Him endured the cross" and
the coming up of those Greeks to Jeru-
salem with words of inquiry on their
lips was foretokening of the great
harvest of the Gentiles that in the full
ness of time was to be gathered. And
it was in joyous anticipation of that
august event that Jesus cried: THE
hour is come that the Son of Man
should be glorifed" And what is true
of the Lord of life and glory is true of
all His followers. Their baptism is a
figure of their death to sin, and in pro-
portion as they are really dead to the
old sinful world are they fruitful unto
all good works.
The suffering from which Christ
shrank was not so much that which
touched His body, though it is of that
we are apt chiefly to think. 1t was not
the thorn crown and the cross, but the
cup. He did not say: Let me be
spared the cross" but, "If it be pos
sible. let this cup pass from Me-" The
cup was something inward. Now is
my soul troubled" was His pathetic
cry. But while thus His human nature
shrank He braced Himself by remem-
bering that it was just for this very
thing He came into the world. and so
He must needs go through it. 1t was
the only way to accomplish mans sal
walton and realize Gods highest glory
In utter self-abnegation He exclaims:
Father, glorify Thy name" And this
is the element that reconciles to suffer
ing, no matter how dreadful the or.
deal may be.
That cross was not only needed to
satisfy the law of God, but to nell
the heart of man. That old hymn be-
ginning, ''In evil long l took delight =
very beautifully tells the story. And
practically it has been found that moth
ing in all the range of motives drawn
from Heaven and earth and hell has
. such overmastering power as the mo-
tives which cluster around the cross.
Rams Horn Blasts.