The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-05-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MAY IA.


mentary on the Days Lesson.
I. Christ's prayer that His apostles
may be kept from evil Tvs. 10 1G. 10
II pray not" etc. He would not have
them with Him yet nor would He
have them escape from the active
tempting world. From the evil one
Or. W The devil. Christ prays tha,
they may be delivered from the decep
ton and power of Satan.
10. "NOt of the world" They do no.
partake of It's spirit or follow in the
wake of its ungody practices. Ever
as" etc. Chrlst's true followers par
take of His nature and are led and con
trolled by Him. They are born of God
ii. prayer that they may be sanctl
fled Tvs. IT'D. II. "Sanctify them"
The idea at the root of the word ron.
dered "sanctify" is separation 1t is
opposed not TO what is impure. but tc
what is common. and is constantly
used in the Greek of the Old Testa.
ment for the conservation of persons
and things to the service of God
Through thy truth" "In the TRUTH
II. V. The "truth." the sum of the
Christian revelation. "the word OF
God" at once embodied in Christ and
spoken by Him, is (as it were) the ele.
ment into which the believer is intro.
duced, and by which he is changed.
What the eleven needed above all
things was Il profounder apprehension
of Christian truth, and holier charac.
ter.
Is. Hast sent Me-" To redeem and
save the world. 81 also sent them"
To carry on the same work by preach.
ing the truth and leading men to God.
AS the apostles were directed to ordan
others to the same work 1t Is evident
that body Of ministry issuing from
God Himself, distinct from the laity,
Is divine institution in the Christian
church. 10. 81 sanctify Myself" |
consecrate and devote Myself to death.
that | may thereby purchase eternal
salvation for them. Thus as Il Re.
deemer He was made perfect through
suffering. "That they also" /. He
would not ask them to do what He was
unwilling to do Himself. .. BY His
sanctltication He set them true ex.
ample. 3. BY His sanctlflcation,
which led to the atonement on the
cross, He presented every motive for
their sanctification, and gave them new
spiritual life.
III. A prayer for the unity of all be-
levers Tvs. 20-23). 20. "Nelther-for
these alone" Our intercessor now
broadens His scope so widely that
every man may enroll himself in the
limits of the prayer. Through their
word" Those who were led to believe
the gospel through the preaching of
believers. This is the means God uses
for the conversion of men (Rom. 1914
1o).
21. "All may be one" This prayer
was literally answered in the case of
the first believers who were all of one
heart (Acts 4:42). And why is it that
believers are not in the same spirit
now? Because they neither attend to
the example nor to the truth of Christ.
world may believe" The unity of be.
levers would be the means of Leading
men to Christ. Nothing so dlstracts
and destroys faith in the earth as divi-
sion among Gods people. l. Christian
unity shows the power of the Christian
religion. Only mighty power could
effect such a result from the widely
differing elements of which the church
is composed. =. 1t shows the divine
nature of religion. in that it produces
the same characteristics in all. 3. A
united band is far more effective in
overcoming the world and conquering
evil
%. Have given them" Christ's
glory is in them even now. in various
degrees, Il spark. a slender flame, Il
beaming luminousness, destined to
shine in eternal splendor in the celes-
tial armament.
23. Perfect in one" The unity of
the church consists in doctrine and 10
spirit. The historian of evangelical
doctrine finds that the system. in its
great outlines, forms a grand architec-
tural structure, extending through
ages. identical in its general outlines,
and excluding all mere halffaiths, her.
esles, novelties and infidelities. AS
such a system it does. by its self-con-
sistency, strength and permanence,
form powerful proof of the reality of
the Christian faith, calculated to make
the world believe.
~. A prayer that they may be par
takers of His glory Tvs. 24-26). "a.
Father" The relationship Is the
ground of the appeal; He knows that
His will is one with His Fathers. II
WILL Not 1 pray, nor l ask, but this
is My will. He speaks as a son re-
turned to his fathers house, who tells
III lo'iuS coHHueHce how he VIII nave
things. He will bring His beloved
comrades with Him, that they may see
what glorious prince He Is, and in
what glorious palace. Behold My
glory" In the sense of sharing and
enjoying 1t. for the faithful shall also
reign with Him q Tim. 2:l2). Behold.
ing His glory we are all changed into
the same image from glory TO glory q
Cor. 3:1S). The real import of Christ's
prayer is that all who believe on Him
should continue to love and serve Him
while in this world and then be eter-
nally united with Him.
25. righteous Father" God has
not only His parental. but His judicial
and governmental aspect. He is not
only Father but a Judge and Sover-
elgn. mot known" Would not ac-
knowledge; was wlllfully ignorant. 20.
MAY be In them" May rule in their
hearts as a guiding principle without
which they cannot receive the knowl-
edge here promised; for che that low
eth not, knoweth not God" q John
4:S). II in them" These last words
of Christs mediatorial prayer sum up
ita nurnoca Ia Ia Uotno oxuoy and xtot