The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1904-01-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
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pared BY Rev. y. u. stcarns
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Today .asson f.... 90 several fisher.
u..g who .aft aY O., follow resus I,
would s-em from John g.. 4U5l. that
I Andrew sad SIlIHa Tl.ip and Ma.
Z tAanae. lad al-vad! begun 40 follow
I Him hut evidently ult g. the extent
! of forsaAlng all Co follow Hin FULLY
! After the peopiy ~ Nazareth drove
Hin ont lie made Capernauu His
I home a1d from fhpur. He went about
all Gali.ee teaching preaching and
healing al manner u sickness and dis.
ease Matt ". l3 -, II would soo,n
from Matt lv. lsz2 Marx {. 1870
/ that simon and Andrew took a step
furthe- 10 following than that recorded
/ in John l. and that James and John
/ heartily Joined them
/ ON That occasion simon and Andrew
I were .a~t.a- ns, into the -ea. while
Jane and John were .n 20, shin with
. their f8tLer msud.rs their nets In our
. lesson today tLs fishermen had gone
1r- .t '-..- ship. arI wa-, washing
their nets There 10 no need 20 try 10
reconcile tie records Let them stand
T n. records af different events. In the
tr-, they fo--uok their nets. but now
. they for.aEa al. The life of the be.
lever 10 O -e~.c. Of separations from
/ sin and sa.f and the world 20 become
I more wholly tho Lord for His service.
According 20 gospel harmonles Il is
probable that 'l- sermon on the mount
Matt =, = come. in between the last
lesson and this one. but the order Of
events is not Of 80 much importance as
( becoming better acquainted with God
through Jesus Christ. As we see Him
standing by the lake Of Gennesaret.
the sol of Galllee. We remember that
He made il and every living thing in
it. the river that flows through II and
the hills that surround IL; all things
were made by Him and for Him Col.
(, 10, Heb. I, 3, John I, l3J.
The people see that He spoke az
never man spake. and they crowd
around Him 20 receive the living
bread and living water which are IN
Him That He may separate a little
from the crowd and thus be better able
tD teach them. He steps into Simon's
boat and asks him TO push out a little
from the land, and sitting down. He
taught them out of the boat We may
safely conclude that He taught them
ont OF the Scriptures the things OF the
X kingdom and the things concerning
] imself and that His word was with
power and that some believed and
some believed not: for He Himself
taught that the seed always falls on
wayside. rocky. thorny and good
ground Blessed are all who receive
His word with meekness JAS. !. 21j
Having used SimOn's boat as pulpit
He will reward him for the loan OF
Il, and 50 He told him 10 launch out
into the deep and let down his nets
for a draft. No one ever suffered
..ss by giving attention 10 the special
work ~ Christ but wlltltudes have
been blessed for time and eternity by
ob"yIug Matt ST. 30 II we see 10 His
work IIc viii sec 10 an our need better
than we could
There were plenty Of fish In the sea
and they were no mean fishermen. but
"tollol and taken nothing" describes
IN" result of their labor II had been
thus far their skill. their wisdom. their
labor Now # is nj Hi word that they
let down the net, and the result is two
boats filled with fishes When He
works, whether It be- men or angels or
creatures the one thing on their part Is
obedience. Whether % bc a great fish
10 swallow Jonah. or little fish TO
bring piece Of money, or multitude
OF fishes 10 nh these nets. all are
obedient 10 Him Jesus said, Let
down your nets" but Simon said. IL
will let down the net" Tnbellcf on
our part IS the great hindrancc yet on
this occasion our Lord wrought not
withstanding Slmons lack Of faith. II
IS our Lords way to fill empty vessels
and empty people, and onr Of His very
precious words To US is, Blessed are
they that hunger and thirst after
righteousness, for they shall be filed"
Ql Kings ly; EX Xl; II Chron. Y; Luke
TX; Acts ii; Matt. Y, 6, Eph. v, lsl. He
oft allows rs 10 toll I'm vain that we
may see our own hclplcssncss and let
Him work
When the Lord thus wrought Simon
so saw his unworthincss that he cried,
Depart from me, for | ann a sinful
man, . Lord" Verse -; ana so II was
with others when they they saw the
glory Of the Lord dob Nlil, . g: lisa. vi, |
3; Dan. y, :; Rev {, IL. We are YES
sells, carthen vessels. and II we would
lot the Master have control of us who |
can tell what great and mighty things
He might do? I'll Cor. iv, :, II Tim. II,
ri; Jer. NXXiii 81 In some unlikely |
way, and perhaps through some weak |
but empty vessel, the Spirit Of God |
works ana we all stand aston.shed.
When we are broken down and con
scious of oar sinfuness and utter un-
worthn"sS, then we hear His Fear |
not or Peace be unto you or other |
word of Guictncss and encouragement. |