The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-25
FIR ST QUARTERLY REVIEW

& J1IRSr NvoRDs--Dul the Quarter
Nc have had two lessons, the second and
4 eleventh.. concerning John the Baptist,
creating his preaching and Ills deaf
,rhc5 other ten lessons perained TO Jesus,
presenting not Il continuous narrative.
(Which Is E,nowhere to be found puL sec
lions takcr5at Intervals from Ills history.
%Cjf these four wcretin the gospel OF Ma
@1hew three in Mark and three ilaIill ~;
3lThe time covered is from tie boyhood
ia The feeding of%thc five thousand near
st.apcrnaurl. There has been a. rapdApro-
SEress Of events Involved III the dpe,iis(
period pf tie ministry. the earlysJn { e
ministry. tic first section OF the. Galilean
ministry. and most of the second section
aof the Ga lilean ministry. 49,.
n III raSI1 IEsSO N--GIanliarN go &c ~
Boyhood Of Jesus. tLukc, II: 40, ~ ~
twelve years of age Jesus Went Win LIN
mother and foster father to the Passover
a ne Jerusalem. This was His first Jour
gney to the great nationaa least; ~ n'. tine
when all Jewish youth assumes VOWS anu ~.
4 becomei wllatgthey called sons of the law,
having the. right to- stand III i j Own W.,
company s ii with which lie had journ,eyn ,5
8returneJ TO Nazareth, Flo tarried behind
Discovering His absence, they MADE
search and found Him In the te, thn,e,
Z question showed he was conscious 81 =. rs y,
4 ma Ir,.al, and mission. He returned ED
became obcdicnt for eighteen years ~
q SEC sFGo nj EssoN January 1othl The
Preaching of John the Baptist. lhial-
3 licw. Ill: 1-129 The cousin OF Jesus WIS ,'i
six months older. He therefore began ~, .,,s
! ministry earlier Selecting y "a aar ronnnt
alice. announcing that the Messiah Vas
about to appear lie adopted "a sltn .,,
life, both in food and apparel, mus hn-
pearing Ike the Old pf3pne e,' - nd COM
fnrts John was careful To LEI the pco,
ple know that descent from Anranan. o.
which they boastcd, did not, avail ma ma,
a new life WAS required: he ueci'at re-.
maj The coming one would be q. greater
rclornler, and that He would baPtlze VIII
The Holy Ghost -.,,, ~,
LESSON; --(JanuarS llil.) Ny ny
1saptism and Temptation Of Jesus. (Mat,
thew, iii: 10 TO ": I'D When ,John mao
reached his highest. popularity, Jesus
came TO him to %. -baptized' AZ, At fl tne
John hesitatcd ,nl ..censcn,au np o',t nf
ihe water. the Holy Spirit rested upon
Hin. and Il. voice from heaven dec Iar,,.
lis sonship. The spirit then led ..s ~,
II 4 fast of forty days followed. Thensthre
attacks tipo, Him were made-one to
give proof Of His divinity. one to per.
form 4 miracle for His own comtn n one
pinnacle of the temple. Jesus resisted az
three solicitations BY quoting appropriate
Scripture. orr
b teams rejected at Nazareth. Iuke, ~;
$ls-ao.) After some weeks Of active !, min, MN
is,ry Jesus returned to His Oh nome,
4 On the sabbath lie cxponnded the ,less s,s
for the day. which referred 70 Himself
The people were astonshed u q s1s claim w'n.
I't defended Himself against their words
Of Of depreeiation hy declaring that III, Ills
ministry was not designed for mem;
~, ,.,,,,,,,, n, syreat anger the crowd seized
Him thrust Him out of the sSnagoSue,
and were ready to cast Him over Prec-
ipice But Jesus escaped anu went 10
FIFTH LEssO tIanunry alst) Jesus
Calls Four Disciples, duke, y; a,,ao
K While teaching at the shore or Galliee
! 1asrs entered into Peters boat. who
rushed ont Ia sea. His chief object Vas
10 avoid people who crowded about Ina IN
Z shortly after, at the Saviours commands
peter lei down I he net. n little reluctant
", however. because nothing had peeh
caught in the previous night. great