The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-03-17
LESSON TWELvE-MARcA %.

must be done in growing time. mar.
vesting must be done when the crop
Is ripe. We must make hay while the
sun shines. We must grind our grist
while the water is flowing by the mill.
We must teach the child when he IS
the child. We must show love while
the loved ones are still with us. We
must prepare for the future while It
is still to-day" ."-H. C. Trumbull.
The Work to Be Done 5. "As long
as (R. ", ''whenD | am in the world. =
Now, while am living Il am the
light OF the world" That is my busi-
ness, my work; and before us is the
opportunity to do some Of that work,
and illustrate my whole mission. to
restore the darkened spiritual vision
Of the world There are two ways of
being light to men: one is by letting
the light shine; The other is the open-
ing the eyes so that they can see the
light that is shining. In both ways
Jesus is the light OF the world.
6. He spat on the ground" To
moisten the dust into clay, no wAter
being at hand. "And he anointed the
eyes of the blind man. THAT Jesus
supposed some virtue lay on the ap-
plication Of the clay Is contradicted
by the fact that in other cases OF
blindness he did not use 1t. Exp.
Greek Test.
The popular view may have aided
the man in doing what Jesus desired.
Jesus, as usual, used every meaas
he could, connecting his work with
the divine order. We should never
despise means. even in works where
all the power is divine, as in works
of healing. Of conversion. and of re-
vivals like that of Pentecost.
The means were so inadequate that
the man would look through them to
the power Of Jesus, and not trust in
the means.
The amounting may have made the
man more willing to go to wash"
Then following something for the
man to do, which is both test and an
aid Of faith Doing is one Of the most
important aids to faith.
Z. GO. wash (away the clay on his
eyes) in the pool Of Sloan" A large
pool in the Kedron valley, at the
southeast corner of Jerusalem. by
interprettion (from the Hebrew
Sent" The waters of Sloan are sup
piled by water, through subter-
ranean tunnel. 1.76O feet long, from
the fountain of the Virgin higher up
the valley.
Contrast the case OF Naaman, the
Syrian general q Kings 5:9-14), as an
illustration Of unbeIief, thus setting
forth the faith OF this blind man.
The Cure Complete He :.
Washed, and came (away) seeing"
Either to his home, OF to the place
where Christ had met him. A new
world was created for him. more mar
velous than his loftiest dreams. More
than this, his spiritual eyes were open
ed, end he saw Jesus and the good
ness OF God and eternal life and heav-
en-. He saw doors of usefulness open
before him. power Of sympathy and
help. and new meaning to life.
Note how the history Of this blind
man is history of the growth of
faith, one step or stage leading to
another; and how the spiritual growth
corresponds to the physical change
from blindness to light. The whole
story is a parable of how sinners, In
dividuals, and nations are brought,
by Christ, from the darkness Of sin
and ignorance to the height of the
Christian life and hope
III. Discussions Concerning the
Cure-vs. S-11, and to the end of the
chapter. Such an event as this must
awaken discussion If 1t fails to do
this, much Of its power for extending
the truth is lost The wind that would
blow out the fire of truth makes it
burn the brighter
When Jacob heard that his son Jo-
seph was alive, he could not believe
the good news, till he saw the Egyp-
tian wagons Joseph had sent. Facts
convinced him.
Facts are the unanswerable argu-
ment in favor Of Christianity. The
lives made better; the souls changed
from evil to good; the moral effects
of revivals; the changes which Chris
tianity has wrought in the world, the
map of the world to-day, showing ev-
erywhere the superiority of Christian
nations-these sare arguments which
infidelity cannot answer-these are
facts that should convince men. When
some one said to Wendell Phillips
that the religion of India is as good
as Christianity, he replied, "The map
of India is the answer"
The Results were % that the fact
was established beyond a doubt. (2)
The necessary inference was that
Jesus was from God, and, therefore,
the Messiah he claimed to be. (3)
But the man himself was excommuni-
Gated, and, therefore, the more pre-
pared (4) to become and to remain
the disciple OF Jesus.
The Heart Of the Lesson.
AS in creation God said LET there
be light" and there was light; so,
again, in the moral creation God
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