Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-08
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR

Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday, April 8, 1905.
Tonic: .sWhat Does Christ's Life Show Us About
the Father?' john IA :64.
6. Jesus saith unto him, L am the way,
the truth. and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me?
7. If We had known me, ye should have
known my Father also, and from hence
forth we know him and have seen him.
8. Philip saith unto him, Lord, show US
the Father, end it sufticeth us.
g. Jesus said unto him, have 1 been so
long time with you, and yet hast thou
not known me, Philip? he that hath seen
me hath seen the Father; and how sayest
thou then, show US the Father.
10. Believest thou not that 1 am in the
Father and the Father in me? the words
that / speak unto you L speak not of my
self: but the Father that dWelleth IN me,
he doeth the works.
IL Believe me that l am in the Father,
and the Father in me: or else believe me
for the very works sake
u Verify, verify, l say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that L
do shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because l go unto my
Father.
name. that will do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son.
a. If We ask anything in my name, 1 Will
do it.
Is. If We love me, keep my command
ments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that
may abide with you forever.
IL. Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the
world cannot receive, because it seeth him
not neither knoweth him; but We know
him, for he dwelleth with you, and shall
~ will not leave YOU comfortless; I
will come to you.
49, Yet little while, and the world seeth
me no more; but ye see me. Because live,
We shall live also.
90 At that day We shall know that I am
in my Father, and we in me, and L in you:
81. He that hath My commandments, and
keepeth them he it is THAI loveth me; and
he that loveth me shall be loved of my
Father and 1 will love him, and Will mani
fest myself to him.
%. Judas saith unto him, not 1scarlot:
Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest
thySelf unto us, and not unto the world?
49, Jesus answered and said unto him, If
a man love me he will keep my words; and
MY Father will love him, and we will come
unto him, and make our abode with him.
"a He that loveth me not keepeth not my
sayings; and the word which We hear is
not mine, but the Fathers which sent me.
The Lesson.
The disciples of Jesus, with wistful eyes
and eager voices, are everywhere asking to-
day. as Philip asked SO long ago, Lord,
show us the Father"
The soul of man is constantly longing to
find out God Even the heather nations,
underneath all the mummery and super
stition, have in their darkened hearts this
longing for God. In any true heart that is
not given over to the devil there is found
this great yearnfng for higher things,
longing to know God. Amid all the be-
wildering newness of the doctrine that Je-
enc tan Wherein the mvqferv of
life and death, the mystery Of the cross and
the tomb and the resurrection, the mys-
terry of the trinity and unity, the mys-
terry of forgiveness and love and brotherly
kindness, Philip voices the reaching out OF
all our hearts when he said: Lord, show
us the Father" Jesus had said: From
henceforth We have seen him." and Philip
does not understand. If the Father can be
seen he wishes to see Him, and so he asks
simply as q child. Lord, show us the
Father, we do not understand. Show us
and then we shall know all the rest"
Tenderly Jesus turns to Philip. infinite,