The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-06-15
THE H5AzrFlr H5NE

Specially Prepared for This Pager.

LES6ON TEXT.-Rev 221-n Memory
Verses. s-6 Read Rev. q and q.
GOLDEN TExT.-"To him that over
cometh will grant to sit with Me In My
'h5SfsiirEEfXt sSRiprESt ''n REFERENCES = Pas
sages which bear on the Lesson: Psa.
1928; 1sa 2:2-6; 111-10; H1-17; 55:ls; 6o-1-22.
John N:2; r:22 Rom s:l6, IL; Heb 40;
1922; 1 Pet. Ia. II: Q Pet s:l3: John s:2;
The Time is at Hand. Such passages as
Matt. A:s4; Mark 1880; Luke q :s2; Rom.
81; I Pet. i:iS; Al. 1917.
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
v. 1. The description Of the holy city
was begun with verse 10 of the preced-
ing chapter, and is here continued.
He" The ANGEL who was leading John
ir his examination Of the glories re-
vealed. River life." This Heav-
emily river reminds us at once Of Jesus
offerto give living water John a: 1910;
for the refreshment and satisfaction Of
every pure thirst of which human ma
ture is capable is abundantly supplied
by Christ. Proceeding from the
throne" All life, all refreshing. all be-
nefcence has its source In God. God.
the Son, Is spoken Of throughout this
book AZ "the Lamb" because of Jesus
laying down His life for mankind, as "a
lamb without spot or blemish." the cru.
ciied Saviour.
W.. I'm the midst" The river flows
through the midst Of the street Of the
holy city. "On either side :. tree Of
life" This tree was seen standing Ia
the Garden Of Eden, It seems now to
be grove Of trees, hourishing, easy Of
access. and continual fruit. Twelve
manner Tor crops) Of fruit" It bears
fruit not once, but IL times year:
there is variety In its fruit, that all
tastes, all needs Of man. may be salts
fed. The sincere Christian, he who
stands firmly rooted in Christ Jesus
and who drinks deeply Of "the water Of
life," will inevitably be fruit-bearer
In his life will appear the fruit Of the
Spirit-love, Joy, peace, and the rest
(Gal. 5:22. 2S). He will be fruit-bearer
In that his life will feed other lives. The
leaves healing of the nations" I"
This further expresses how the Chris.
tian will be blessing to others.
va. mo more curse" No evil effects
Of sin will be felt. for sin itself has been
banished. (21:27. AS we try to realize
how blessed earth would be If the one
curse of strong drink were removed, we
can appreciate what 1t would be II every
curse were banished. Throne" These
clauses tell how the curse is banished.
God reigns supreme and the people de-
light to obey Him" All delight in do
ing Gods will.
". 4. Shall see His face" VIII en-
Joy perfect fellowship with Christ. AS
we see Jesus more and more clearly,
we become like Him q John 3:2; Q. Cor.
1919. His name =. foreheads, "
Another way Of stating what Is above
expressed-that God indicates His own
by working out in their characters like
ness to Christ.
v. g. mo night there" Darkness
and all which 1t symboliZes will be done
away. THE Lord giveth them light.
Jesus, as we have learned from Johns
Gospel, is the source Of all light. He
does for US intellectually and spirit
ually all that the sun does for the ma.
terial world
John probably alludes thus to himself
Through him God sent this revelation to
His church at large Q:1, %. Shortly
be done" A similar expression. "the
time is at hand" is to be found in the
first chapter of Revelation. When the
vision was given to John, the kingdom
Of Christ had already been founded
and through all the following years
would be working out this glorious pur.
pose.
V. Z. Behold I come quickly" Ev
identity these are the personal and di
rect words Of the risen Christ Above
beyond and through all these predicted
events, we must look for and discern
the personal Christ, else they meal
naught to us.
vi II, John" We found this evan
gelist not inclined to mention his owl
name In his Gospel. In the Revelation
however, he repeatedly names him
self, that he may add all the weight O.
his personal, experience and influence
| W cuIoICo INC kudtNcio VI WuiCb ~
alone could give testimony "Thes,
things" All that had been recorded IL
the book.
We THY fellow-servant." Holy an
gels, the great prophets Of the past ages
are. and have been, engaged In the sam,
blessed work to which we are called
the work of bringing Gods messages
to men, persuading them to hear an,
heed them. They are our brethren.
But God alone is worthy of worship.
v. 10. Seal not" etc. The message
given to John were to be at once deliv
cred for the encouragement Of all.
v. II. "He that is unjust Il. unjus
still" Christians must not be discour
aged, nor think the time of fulfllmen
Of glorious promises is indefinitely post
poned, because they see unrighteous
ness all around them. Let the righteous
those who choose holiness persever
unto the end:
Practical Points. .
" 2. N the life which Jesus invite
there is abundant supply for every need
Rev. 7:1G.
VI Where God reigns suprem
there is Heaven.-Matt. 6:10.
". 4. The measure In which we sc
Jesus to-day Is marked upon our cour
tenances.-2 Cor. 3:1S.
w.. Gods messages are give
through His prophets and should hav
our rarof,aI attdv . Tin A.1c