Evening journal., 1910-04-21
Christian EndeaVor
News.
Winning the World. John 12:2o.s
a Re- d,R.II


Winning the World John 12:2o.s2.
A Rae duBeII.
After Adams first sin in the garden
Of Eden the world waxed worse and
worse. From that time until Christs
coming there was no man without
sin. The lsraelites, the children of
God, after the time of David and Sol
omon were ruled alternately by Cody
and idolatrous kings. At times there |
were only few Cody men in the
entire kingdom. These men lamented
the fate of Israel but foretold of
glorious King who would sit on the
throne Of David. He would redeem
the Jews and would build up a king /
dom to which there would be no end. /
One Of these prophets. Isaiah, saws in /
the ninth chapter and sixth verse Of /
the book written by him, For unto
us a child Is born, unto us a son is I
given: and the government shall be
upon his shoulder, and his name shall
be called Wonderful, Counsellor. The
Mighty God, The Everlasting Father,
The Prince of Peace. or the increase
of his government and peace there
shall be no end
Ma IL
a son was born to the Virgin Mary.
the wife of Joseph. The babe was
wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid
in a manger. To this humble place
wise men came from the east Say
ing. Where is he that is born King
of Jews? for we have seen his star
in the east and are come to worship
him." Matthew 2:2. Could such a
child, born of such humble parentage
be the long expected King Of the
Jews? Joseph called the baho Jesus.
At the proper time the child was taken
to Jerusalem to the temple to be con-
secrated TO Gcd, it being the FIRST
born boy. In the temple. Simeon I
Cody man, took Jesus in his arms
and thanked GUC that he had been al |
lowed TO see 'he Saviour of the World, |
"A light to tighten the Gentiles, and
the glory of thy people Israel"
Jesus grew and waXed strong. When
he was twelve years of age he amazed
the learned doctors of the law by his
wonderful wisdom. In due time he be-
gan to preach salvation to the Jews.
Everywhere people followed him to
hear his wonderful teachings and TO
witness the miracles performed by
him. People have gathered around
him at the time of this lesson to see
the man who was able to raise Laza-
rus from the dead. Christ likened him
self to the grain of wheat which after
being laid in the ground dies. But from
the dead seed little sprout takes lie
and grows. Finally it appears above
the surface and nursed by the sun
and rain begins to bear fruit. The
time Of this lesson is Immediately pre-
ceding Christs triumphal entry into
Jerusalem. The Jews finding that he
does not by some miracle throw OF
the Roman yoke, turn against HIM
He is crucfed on Calvary and after
his death laid in a tomb, the door oi
which is sealed by huge stone. IL
the night after three days tEe stone is
removed and Jesus arises, lie ap-
pears to his disciples and is then lift /
ed up 10 heaven.
Christ, like lie seed died, but he
arose again. The fact that he had the |
power to arise from the dead gave the |
disciples faith They realized then, |
that Jesus was indeed King. These |
disciples travelled all over the universe
preaching Jesus, the light of the |
world. Had Jesus failed to arise from
the dead we would not today have the
great Christian religion. His arising
was essential to our faith.
The disciples gathered about them
followers and believers of Jesus who !
in turn preached of the wonderful
Saviour From that time on the re-
ligion has been spreading until today,
the Word Of God has been preached
in practically every land in the world
Christ did not come into the world to
he f,ttF g. d,
whole earth. For God SO loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten
/ Son, that whosoever believeth i'm him
/ should not perish, but have everlast-
| ing life" Christ came into the world
TO save us, that We might enjoy the
life that is to come. Are we as grate-
ful to him as we should be? Are we
doing our duty in striving to let others
know of his saving power? Let us not
forget that word of encouragement
at the right time viii often bring one
more soul into Christ's Kingdom.
/ Christian EndeaVor Notes.
The president and officers Of the
! City Union wish to thank the En-
deavorers for their splendid support
at the spring rally last Thursday even
/ ing The large attendance combined
with the interesting program made
this years meeting one Of the most
successful that has been held FOR
long time.
The Presbyterian c. L. societies
wdl hold a union missionary meeting
in Central Presbyterian Church next
Sunday evening at $50 p. m. The
regular topic, Christ Winning the
World" will be used. All Endeav3v-
els are invited 70 be present at u =.
fmeeting
The Gilbert Presbyterlan {. L.