The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-03-03

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GOLDEN TEXT-"Neyer man spake
/ ike This man. John 7.46
ME.-October. A. ID % at the Feast Of
fabernacles About six months after last
sunday S lesson. 1t was towards the close
of Jesus third year Of ministry and about
Sax months before His crucllXlon
PLACE Jerusalem. In the court u The
temple
NOrE.-Pcyton. IN his Memorabilia OF
Jesus. calls this chapter "A Drama a
Tragedy In Seven Acts IN which seven
characters play their parts" Prof Dods
entities 10 Jesus Discussed ln Jerusalem "
taiso In seven parts This was the first
serious development Of opposition record
ed by john
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES Water
of Life. Psa. 23.2: 42I-3. 1914. lisa. 1913:
,5l. z. hl7 is. 44.S: 55l-S. 1913. Ezek.
l'--'. i1.l2' Matt Sc; John $40. a. Rev
.2I
The Holy Spirit symbolized by water.
Prov 4.23, Eek. 1926. q. Joe, 2.2s. 70. Zech.
li.s. Luke HIS, John 4.i4. 1893. l4.lG. IL.
1913. Acts 2l-4. l6-lS. 1914. &c.
Helps on the Golden Text: Isa u.2:
l-s. Matt '-s. 1854. Luke 24,. Heb.
Comment and Suggestive Thought
The Feast of Tabernacles. This one
of the three annual religious festivals
OF the Jews was celebrated for a week
in the month of Tisri, which corre-
spends with our September or October.
10 was 10 commemorate the dwelling
of the Israelites in tents during the
wilderness wandering. and booths
made of branches of trees were erected
everywhere in Jerusalem-On the
house-tOps. in open courts and public
squares. In these all the people, save
those who were IN or very aged. lived
during the festival season. enjoying all
the merriment Of a prolonged picnic.
IL was a harvest home and thanksgiv-
ing celebration combined Many sacri-
fees were offered. On each of the
seven days the priests. accompanied by
a choir Of Levltes with trumpets and
cymbals. went in the morning to draw
water in golden pitcher from the
Pool of Sloan. Amid the blast Of
rumpets and the shouts and singing
Of the multitude. this was carried to
the temple and poured out before the
altar into a silver basin This COM
memorated the water flowing from the
rock (Ex Il: g.. and typifed the prom
ised Outpouring of the Holy Spirit On
the eigth day the booths were broken
up and the people prepared TO return
home. This was, however reckoned
as a part Of the feast. and special sacri-
fees were offered.
V. g. Jesus stood Probably
in Solomon's porch, overlooking the
temple courts. whence he witnessed
the great procession of pilgrims in
holiday attire. coming to the sacrfcial
service. And cried" At a pause in
the services his clear voice rang out in
the hearing Of the great multitude.
V. 3S. "He that belieyeth" He then
goes on to explain what Come unto
me" means. To come to Jesus Is to
believe on Him; not merely to believe
what one has read OF heard about
Him, but to entrust ones heart and
life to Him; to accept His love and
give Him our love, thus coming into
sympathy with Him. and participating
in His life. which is eternal life. "As
the Scripture hath said" etc. No di-
rect quotation from Old Testament
writings is given. but such passages as
lsa 5S: II; Joel 3: is; Zech. IA: 8,
are alluded to. "Out of his belly"
Better in Rev. Yer, from within
him, that is. from his heart and
through his life Rivers of living
water" Jesus alone is the source Of
living Oife-giviDg) waters; His disci-
pies are channels through which this
flows to others.
V. 80. This spake He" etc John
now explains what Jesus meapt John
lived, and wrote. after the "age of the
Holy Spirit" had begun; had himself
been one Of those who. upon that nota-
bic Day Of Pentacost, of which we read
in Acts 2. had received the Holy
Spirit in abundant measure.
v 40. This saying" This gracious
invitation which Jesus had given.
This is the Prophet" The one prom
ised in Deut. IS: Is, IS.
v Al. "This is the Christ" Argu-
ing, doubtless, as before ". 81, that
none could do more beneficial works,
or speak more gracious words. or show
more clearly that he was a representa-
tive Of God, than did this Jesus Of
Nazareth.
" a. Would have taken Him"
Wished to have Jesus arrested. As on
a previous occasion and later, Jesus
passed through the midst of crowds
who wanted to stone or otherwise in
jure Him, yet none lifted hand against
Him (Luke 4: 2e. 80; John s: 3d. SO
now no one touched Him.
V. 4e. Never man spake like this
man. They could explain their
strange inability to seize Jesus only
by referring to His words, whose pecu-
liar force they felt. All through His
life IL had been noted of Jesus words
that they were authoritative, and thus
differed from those of the recognized
teachers of the day; that they were
winning. gracious; evidently were the
words of God. and just such words as
human hearts we're hungry for
Practical Points.
V. 3s. God blesses us. not for our
selves alone, but to make us blessings
70 others. Il will bless thee. and make
thy name great; and thou shalt be a
blessing Gen. u: 2.
V. a. Not without the Heavenly
Fathers permission can hostile hands
be laid upon any child Of God. mo
weapon that is formed against thee
shall prosper. lisa. "a: II.
V. as Let the peculiar purity and
grace Of our conversation convince all
hearers that we are Christians. Only
let your conversation be as it becom-
etb the Gospel of Christ. Phil :: u. |
The CoIOnel's Waterloo.