New-York tribune., 1905-08-11

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The Connecticut River and the foothills
ence Jesus makes in this prayer to His own past
for oUfseTes ap e9Pecay Christian ministers and
workers. Now Jesus in this PRAYER is reporting
before delivering up His life on the cross He tells
H:s life, and He sums up the record Of His own
activities in three marvellous sentences, so plain
are apt to pass over Look at thsnTfTst nt in the
sxth verse; nave LnaheTteo IS @ ny % nAI1e Iio
them the words Which Thou hast given Me- Next.
II the 'V World Kept them in Thy name Now. these
three simple 5sRs no t6dg a5e 5f bS 6g s8 Is @
make up a perfect Interpretation Of what we viii
The trouble with us ministers and Christian
workers is that We keep ourselves so much t at the
said once? IF you wish 10 be true divine. IiSs hide
= have nave mnraHnfested Thy name oh that We could
say that! Oh. that we had not behind us these
attempts to take advantage of opport tunities to
advertise ourselves. Let us advertise henceforth
Now what is the second one? Il have given them
have given them Thy Word, He He aid that. that 50 50
God He identified Himself with the mess message &c
the threshold of His adult life He made " His
mind that He was gong to i've not oy ,, olebI b
Sread alone. 7 but BY every word that proceedeth
that is to say every word as II pToGeeqS @ 1a fr9 e
teruina ter ton He went On to listen and then TO
@ haE s1rsT sye4 than he IS am ae IDEAL for ives
The third thing that Jesus says M a9Sq5 5e lS W 1s
with them in the world kept these men IN >- Iny
that get the full force of this % version let
explain what that expression, IN = my na nsde II
does not mean Y Kept them in Thy place. instead
OF Thee No pS m the t nance pso6 Gf 9q & whose h hearing
Jesus was Speaking as sort Of sphere WITHIN Tacn
lied You will get the idea if quote this from
the Proverbs: The name Of the LORD Is slrSh9 s
tower: the righteous runneth into 1t and IS saIe-
Ii represents a certain sphere within which you
are safe that is TO say spaere & %hS3 oE rs sid
Jesus, while was with these men @ sGaGGs9 dE9
there went with Him atmosphere Of deity a
suggestion of holiness kind Of aroma I1,, OF sn Ins
while His discipes we're with HIN Te yba1 sbetered
area they found it hard 10 sin
A LIFE IN WHICH GOD IS PUT FIRST.
Now put the three together. a life in which the
ego has been extruded from its place OF usurppea PEG
that does not proclaim its own message TO man
1n 4g5 b% It and 70 weh has BEEN ntrused
il: life which is trying TO throw its arms around
IT Within 70 The atmosphere Of the holy naeht is
the kind of life that you and l ought 70 hve It's Il Is
the t1,l last life pba16 be OF 'he o's Hu "
How does Jesus conceive Of death? AS the op-
portunity for Him to receive new endownent 70 70
distribute He had been giving eternal life 10 these
was glad to do and finish that work. But now we
have to use anggagf ~RSR s b9 rs II 10 @
out beyond His limitations. he was straltened
He said The hour is come. Let IT come quickly.
GIorify Thy Son, that as Thou hast given Him au-
as many as Thou III hast given Him Hin" - Is it the
the Great wishing that he had other worlds TO
conquer. He wanted more power TO get. Jesus
give-'to give eternal life to as many as Thou hast
oS he higher
vice. into fuller equipment, into wider sphere OF
eaS death 9 He abo6 % ea 80 and e bfogh
immortality to light oh, that you and had that
HIS servants shall serve Him & and DION on how much
MAS he as 'Rn Ror ~ on Gp 6y
Thy Son. that Thy Son. not that He may be any
Thee. that He may give eternal life to as many as
Thou hast given Him; for we must not limit God
vice, after the limitations OF this life are over in
Look what Jesus says about His disciples: ct
am goriaed in them" 1t is carrying love 70 its
them Father. glorify Thy Son. that, Thy Son
these people Want Pu to e9ry % Tb 10 II the Throne Of
God; do not want to go up there alone"
THE GREATEST NEED OF THE WORLD
great subject which Jesus audes to in this prayer.
have said that the three great categories of hi-
vidua life and then the external world. the course
Regf Me 10 tfas aerpf Se WoTd ao% @ We
make up minds 10 what the greatest need
OF the world IS? So cosTnic the outlook of the
Son of God; and when YOU stumble for moment
at the words. I pray not for the world: remem-
Der. hrst. that He used the word world sixteen
times here in this prayer, and that the world was
in all His thoughts When He said i pray not not
for the world Il not because there was any
limit His sympathy for the world or 20 His IN
tercesSory desires for the world. but because he
recognized and wished in this prayer 10 recognize
that principle OF mediation which runs through the
whole story of the communication OF religion
First. God in One. Jesus: then that Christ living
in His immediate disciples, and then through bis
disciples. because. by carving out that principle
of mediation. the disciples in saving others were
saved themselves That IS why Jesus SAYS. i pray
for the world though God were 20 com
municate the knowledge OF Himself completely g..
without waiting for these men i pray not for the
world He said because l want 70 recognize this
rnedative principle l pray for these that these
may be kept and sanctihed and united and led
into the divine Fellowship. l pray for these that
/ through them the world may come 10 know Thee
And what does Jesus IN this chapter Say , ao39t
the world? Practically this one thing Oh rlSlt-
eots Father the world hath not known Ihee IN
these hve words the Lord Jesus summed up the re-
liCious situation that existed IN HIS day Ihe
world hath known Thee. but these eleven men
this is the completeness Of the stnaton-- these
eleven men have known. not even Thee. hut they
have known that Thou hast sent me That Is a
beginning AS Peter afterward s.Id, BY AiIn we