The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1908-01-21
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson lv.-First Quarter, For
Jan. 26, 1903.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES

Text of the Lesson. John H., 1922
Memory Verses. IS. f6--GoIden Text,
Pc. xeiii, documentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. stearns.
fcOpYight. 1907. by American Press Association
The more study and write the more
the saying In Pet |. II. grows upon
me, THE Spirit Of Christ testified be-
forehand the sufferings of Christ and
the glory that should follow This
sentence II a summary OF the whole
Bible story. aud every part has con-
uection with every other. We must
never forget that the Spirit wrote
through John In order to set forth the
great truth that Jesus is the Son Of
God. equal with the Father; that. be-
lieying In Him. we might have life.
and have II more abundantly chapters
*, 81: K. TO- We learn how by His
sufferings we become sons Of God and
then. by feasting on the glory. how to
live ms such here In these mortal
bodies. In the last lesson Nathaniel
was told that he should see the glory.
and now In the first part OF this chap
ter we are told OF our Lords first mira
Gle and that at the marriage In Cana
He manifested forth His glory verse
Ill. The marriage takes us back to
Eden and TO Adam and Eve and on TO
Rev. xix. TO the marriage Of the last
Adam to His Eve. the church. Then
shall we zee and share His glory. and
His word will be TO us light such as
we have never seen. and the water
shall be changed into the wine OF the
Kingdom" II viii be on the third day
also. counting 1000 years as one day
nuke Kill. 32l. Israei will have her
place In II. the names OF the tribes be
ing on the gates OF the city. and then
shall the Passover have its complete
fulfillment In the national deliyerance
and conversion Of Israel. according to
Luke XXI. Is. ID. $50: Jer. xxxiIi. Is.
16 The temple az Jerusalem shah be
restored. according 70 Eek. II to xviii
and the name OF the city from that day
shall be the Lord Is there -Iehovah.
shammah tEzek. xviii. 20. In DE
new Jerusalem which shall come down
from God out of heaven. that the IA
lions may walk In tbe iight or Il. there
shalt be 40 temple for ne LORD God
Almighty. and the Lamb shall be the
temple of It and the Iight Of n tRev.
XXI 22.2A. Then shall be seen the
complete ruifIiment e Jacobs vision.
These thoughts ana many more on
these lines are suggested by rbe Pass
over and tine temple cleansing Of our
lesson In Jekn n. Which topics suggest
the practical questions. Am truly un.
der the shelter OF me blood. and. ar so.
an ] consciously Eais tempies q Cor.
vi. foJ @ t...
After THIS brief visit to Cspernaun
tverse -. being rejected by Hss towns
men al Nazareth. He made Capernaum
His center. and q is called yIIs own
city GJute ~. as-51: Matt tx. n. On.
pernahum. az n might be written. DE-
the village % Nahum. or the Comfort
er. let az each be n Caperraum Cor
Hiin and not htader by unbellef. II
was at a Passover that He WINS lost
10 Hls usOther fer three days and when
found I'm the temple uttered those FIRST
recorded words q Luke II. q. Il mnst
be ahout nv Fsxhef's business" The
Passover af todsyis lesson Is the eirst
Of Ills FuiiIic ministry and Is signal.
lied by Ills cleansing the temple and
foreteliinE Ills resurrection. rhas the
PassoNer lamb tyFiried Christ and His
blood shedding, h plainly stated sn
Cor. =. q farne a. 'thp lessons are safe
" oniy under rhe blood. the assurance
OF u by me word 90 God. fellowship
With Him I'm eating the lamb. a sug.
gesiion " suffering with Him In THE
bitter herbs and rh- absence % lesven
the necessity OF putting away all evil.
AZ The tirSi Passover marked The he.
ginning % fsrael's national history. me |
futuir fuliiument spoken Of by eur
Lord AZ the last Passover LAKE xxii |
viii he marked by delIverance that |
will never aesin he marred by 4 ~.
ture bondart' lisa. IL. 1872: Amos IL,
II. 10. frors the Inginnlng u their
history tllCre vas 4 place for
Cod TO dwell In intthcir midst. first .
tabernacle and then temple. each
typical u lrsus. their Messiah. the
true tabernacle and temple Bnt they
were ever neglecting or tipiilIng IT,. for
{ Il mains way % dcliIe everything
In the time ~ tue reformation under
IIezekiah they we're sixteen DAYS
'lcauslng tile house Of the Lord. and
he illthiness had reached eren TO the
ioly place nl chrou. xxx. o. q. Isis.
rhe Lord Jesus was the only temple
hat never needed cleansing We as
bis redeemed ones are Ills temples.
mt are urged TO cleanse Ourselves not
'niy from all dizziness Of che feeh. but
q che spirit too tII Cor. VI. 20: 81. u
What can he said Of the buying and
cling aud other dizziness found In
o mary churches tOdays End II Ii
lot possible that He who looks on the
Ieart rather than on the outward 40.
'earanrV secs under many an outward
orm u q seeming worshiper a very
snlaess ssr "A yyaIi ate...t