Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-01-26

Sunday School Lesson and Young People. Topic...
Comments by William T. Ellis.


and without pettishness or resentment
She trustfully babe the servants heed
any word Of her Sons. realizing tina
He. as every man, must do HIS w
work. live His w life.
of course it was natural for Mary
to turn to her helpful Son in II time OF
need. He was hat sort of a person
Had she not for thirty years leaned on
Him in the Nazareth home? Happy
the Gus and the neighborhood that
has such n one to whom everybody
naturally looks when trouble comes
Jesus had proved His mission in the
humble Nazareth abode years before
He proclaimed 1T TO the world.
When Gods Clock Strikes.
Mine hour is not yet come" was
Jesus response to Mary. meaning that
the time for His self-revelation had
not fully arrived-though it came
almost Immediately after. The Son
knew how to walt the Fathers hour;
He understood that Gods clock is new
Ell slow. Too early is as bad as too
late, in some matters. Wise or we'll
as strong are the persons who Will
not be hurried unprepared into SER
vice-the speaker who will not speak
oftener than he has a message, the
student who will not neglect his books
because of the insistent calls If prac-
teal service, the youth who will not
cut short his apprenticeship for the
sake of larger immediate gain.
Jesus could not be confused or dis
from the beginning, and all things in
proportion. He had waited thirty
years for His hour to strike: He still
could wait. The absence from His life
of the feverishness of the average re-
forme is noteworthy: He had entered
into the patience of the Father.
A Motto For Life.
That was Il royal rule for Christian:
service which Mary gave to The SER
wants of h house concerning her Son
-"Whatsoever He saith unto you, do
it, Ii suggests the germ clause of
the modern Christian Endeavor pledge,
Il promise Him that 1 will strive to dc
whatever He would like to have Inc
do 1t was Il simple principle for
those house servants, as it took all re-
sponsibility and reason for questioning
from them. They had only to obey inn
plicitly the young Rabbits commands,
regardless of the comment of others.
And that is the secret of serene liv-
ing. The other evening in the train
heard one young woman, evidently a
school teacher. say to another, Il an
sure we would be very much happier
"a Z IN " IIIiIlu SO lluC1 WlldI DeO-
pie say. Now this morning, because
none of the children were near to see
me, went sliding all the way to school
on The ice. and l enjoyed it immensely.
Yesterday. because some Of the chill
dren were looking, l walked primly
over the ice as if I never enjoyed a
slide" Happy are they who dare tC
substitute for the calling rule of 'Thes
say the royal law. He says"
Nlfura11v the cnr6daoao 80 Nm.
the wedding feast was INDICATED. Or
ders were given by Jesus-and
strange orders they were for the mid
die OF a feaSt-tO carry more than q
hundred gallons of water and pour ii
into the water pots. drawing it ou,
again as rich, smooth, red wine. TIL
servants had their reward in beholdins
the wonder. They alone knew the Sc.
cret of the sudden replenishing of tn,
exhausted store Of wine. Service i,
the path to knowledge. 1t was t.
those disciples who We're close to Hin
that Jesus said, ITO you it is given 10
know" "The secret Of the Lord i:
with them that fear Him. The mint
of God is known to those who do tn,
will of God.
Wine From Water.
Quietly, confidently. naturally. as II
He were the source of all power, Jesus
gave the word and the wcter became
VINE. There was nothing spectacular
about the performance. The miracle
worker used no means, and did moth
ing to attract attention to what He was
doing. But somehow, in some way. He
made the water into wine. It was a
miracle, that is all we can say-a
sign" to attest publicly His divinity
and to be accepted for what 1T was.
The Master worked with the tools al
hand. he e~arthenware Jars and the
abundant water. He did not long fo,
more favorable conditions, but takine
Things as they We're he wrought them
into What they should be. There is nc
place or time or circumstances eulal
to here and 10Y for WORKING ont on,
life mission.
The question arises in the day al
intense temperance. did Jesus makt
real wine?" He did. The theory that
he created a different kind of wine. an
unlermented juice. is mere quibblinr
ana a misinterpreation of the scripture
me only difference between the wine
that Jesus made and the wine first
supplied was that His was better and
more abundant. He who asks the hes
Tor himself always gives the best. Tn
mistaken notion that Jesus came to
represent certain binding practice.
annot be bolstered up by this nci.
dent. Jesus came to ennunciate rrea,
principles, which work out differen,
practices in every age. Because ~
these principles the total abstinenc,
movement Of today lives and thrives
There can be little doubt but that i
Jesus were living today he would be !,
total aDstainer and an active opponen
OF strong drink.
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