The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-01-12

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quiry showed that in coming to Jesus
they were seeking personal commun-
ion with Him.-New Century. Nor
seeking something from Him, but
Himself, an intima ton that they
wish to speak to Him in quiet
Lange. Come and see: Unmistaka-
BILE allusion to rabbinical formula
Ibid. Come, and we shall see.-Camb.
Bib. Gracious invitation, straight
way accepted.-NewC Century. Tenth
hour: Four o'clock p. M.-New Cen
fury. First heur of his Christian life
indelibly fixed upon the memory of
John.-Lange. Found the Messiah
Great and joyful eureka: Excepted
forty centuries.-Ibid. Beheld Him:
penetrating look: mental miracle: In
mediate discerner of character.-Ibid.
Follow Me: An invitation to travelling
companionship. How much Philip
understood of it atthe time, impossible
to say. Much or little, he was not
disobedient.-Ibid. Good out of Naz-
areth: Not objection, but astonish-
ment.-Ibid. Come and see: Watch
word of the Christian faith.-Ibid,
Verify: Hebrew amen. Heaven Open
ed: Now are heaven and earth become
one thing, and it is as if we sat above
and the holy angels ministered to YOU.
Luther
The Teachers Lantern.
There were ''calls' and Calls
calls in Judea and afterwards in Gal
lice. Preliminary and final calls.
When this is borne in mind there is
no conflict in accounts. Discrepan-
cies are in appearance only.
From the probationary calls the
disciples were afterward dismissed to
attend to their worldly affairs, and
while doing so in their old and famil-
lar environments, and free from ex-
citement of novel situations, to think
on what they had seen and heard
Their third and last call is recorded
in Luke v. Iii. These calls were pro-
gressiye.
Andrew, after finding Peter, prac-
ticallY drops from the narrative, being
only mentioned in an incidental way
later. He is one of the.inconspicuous
apostles, yet his name is as deeply
craven on the foundations of the
| New Jerusalem as any of the twelve.
No doubt he wrought we'll and nobly,
but to have brought Peter, alone
would have achieved immorte lily for
him.
Honorable doubts can alway VS. be
overcome by the facts of experience.
The challenge is still ringing, Come
and see," The experimental test is
the truest and most satisfactory of
ALL There is no substitute for it.
Friendships may yet be utilized for
the kingdom of God, as Philips for
Nathaniel was.
Jesus calls. He does not force. 1t
is the paradox of history that men
ever believe that the kingdom of
peace could be established by the
weapons of war
The kingdom of heaven, in its es-
sence, consists in state of the human
soul. 1t is subjective, not objective;
spiritual, not material. 1t can only
find entrance and growth by the con-
sent of the individual. That was a
monstrous sight the Roman "Chris-
tians" holding the drawn sword oyer
the kneeling heather" tutors while
they baptized them.
There is fadeless attractiveness in
this old picture. Jesus is not a mon
arch with rod of iron, but a Man
with human sympathies.
1t was about the tenth hour. John
could never forget the precise time of
day when he went in to the Lords
humble shelter, and heard Him speak
as man never did. 1t was quarter
of nine o'clock in the evening" when
Wesley first felt his heart strangely
warmed. But this precision o: mem
DRY need not trouble any one who
lacks it. Because you can not name
the particular hour when you learned
to read, does not vitiate the fact of
your ability to read. Many can read
their heavenly titles who can not say
when they first began to read them.
There is vast difference between
mediate and immediate knowledge of
Jesus. The former comes through Sec
ondary sources, Scripture, and testi-
mony of others. The latter is direct
and conscious communion with the
Lord.
The cali is for greater moral earnest
ness in social relations. The aim of
friendship is not possessing entertain
ment. The question is, What do l
stand for in the eye of my friend?
What do l interpret to him?
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