Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-03-28
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson Second Quarter, For
Apra l, 1917.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Text 81 tire Lesson Jooa ts- f-s2
Mensry Verses. 3-1csassn Text
john IL. 5Connentzry Prepared BY
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Jchn IL. -Cenn<ntzry Prepared BY
Rev. 9. N. ssearnk
eses Ia Jozn's gospel before Has Sesar-
recsloa fraxn the dad. and He -rerHs
10 teach u .sre that al blind peoSse
and SICK peofse Of every Kind and al
aiescgzls circumstances ~ere oFFsorrEszas-
ties for HTz 10 ~ork the works q God
and TO xasrify God We ssoah se al
thinSs IN tae sane light and rs-sezzteE
Rozu- viii = In all aiG1cUlries and
p@rT3exities lie SIEzys kaows shat he
viii dc sad i saying 10 u. -Ns~ shalt
shoz see ~hzt | will 10 JosE vi 4:
Ell vi. L. We sGst never cu1ci1cs
that because ssozoe special afaictson has
come t. person or 20 hoGseaSl9 there
5 ssyxze special SIN tack Of L. kTE1t rath-
er should We see an opportunity fe<
God 70 seox HIS grace All power, &C
cors3irg 20 II Chren- XVI 2. Hos
strangely He wrought In this Ez21s
case. Clay and syittie, something ef
earth and Something Of HErz- applied -
the siiDd eyes. then he Is seat to rse
goo4 Of SIIoaz TO wash il OF He wezt
his Eay. therefore, aa1 washed and
came seeing. Sometimes he just sac
the word 41d the blind saw. Ca eo-s
Gscasion de took a bird man by rhe
Ind and he'd az1 cot Of the toxa- sEssr
on his eyes. pszt His hxnnis on hizz- and
the bsiad raza sag 1eH as trees wax
Enc. Then when He to1ehed azn a-zEa
De sax clearly.
Yet there are people who wsDt m
experience Just Ike s0rae oge esse-
Why not Yet Him WORK as he sees e.
and be coGseatt For his wzy = al
wars re-fest in this case the clay
suggests the h1Traza and the divine.
redeemed p~rs0a His workmanship
created Ia chrtsr Jesus Ezfs good
WORKS prepared fa~ Us-cs1y Ia sas
hands Of the potter gEgsh A. 10. der
xviii. g. y0a- Il ySu are res1eened ard
are willing to csze as close 10 s0sa@
spiritually bisEid Fersru as fAas rdece
Of clay did and then be washed OF AID
host sight o.. iaste@d % being carefully
Kept. framed hHag Up to lie praised
He was semi by tie Father. sa4 Salo
am means seat gveFses l. = and sasssst
thirty other PAGES Every ga-ss wo-x
must he from FIlEn and ended IN HE
The nes~abo-s coEgd scarcely besIeFe Il
His parents referred auesTianers 10
their son. x ho had been blind. and his
Testimony vas. A Foaa that Is czile3
Jesus made clay and an03n1el E4lae
eyes and said onto me. Co to the poo
Of SIlo9n and wash And | went aH5
washed. and ] received sight And
one thing | 0w-that. whereas was
blind. now see 9Verses IL, - On
this testimony be could not be shaken
They might d0ubt and question an1
argue auf cali Us beneiacs0r names
but what be knew be ksew- and they
might treat him as they pleased. haf
the blessing was biz and they cosuid
NOT take il from hitn- They could east
him cut and they did but that wss
small matter
Jesus found hin and revealed Him
self 20 him as the Son Of God. wbo had
lea led hlrn and the msa eagerly be
lieved and sorshig--i Him tver~es
81 3Ss.. What blessed man. cast Gu,
By the proseSsfn. church for the truths
sake. owned and acknowledged by God.
whom the processing church knew not.
and noss be couId say. 4 know Him
whom have believed-- Il know that
ny Redeerrer iiyeth- I know that |
shall be Ike Him. and when He shall
come in His glory | shall lie with Him
Gil Tim l. ~ job xix. y; John Iii. l.
=. Cor Ill A. We do not know that be
actually said these things. but he could
Il he had known them. Do you know
them, O fellow believer. and are you
ready TO fearlessly confess the truth
and. II Necessary. be cast out OF the
protesting church for the truths sake.
The 50 called church is becoming 40 lax
and 80 corrupt In her teaching her
food 50 thoroughly ieavened. that she
may not endure those who preach
sound doctrine much longer. but ulsy
separate them from her, that she may
continue her worldly way in peace and
be undizturbed By those who are too
narrow to 60 with her in the broad
way Of scholarship and worldly wis
dom and world Improvement and fed
erations to promote church unity. etc.
Those who accept Jesus as truly God
systematically born Of Mary by the
Holy Spirit actually dying on Calvary
as the sinners substitute, rising from
the dead In literal tangible body. Tie
same in which He was crucifed. hu,
changed, and which he took to heaven
with Him: in which also He will come
again In glory. bringing His saints with
Him. TO close this evil age. which grows
worse and worse: to bind the devil and
set up on earth His kingdom Of night
eousness and peace with q redeemed
Israel as its center and the throne Of
David occupied by Himself-those who
hold and teach these truths may
possibly he asked by the authorities.
ssTA<,rx tk,ns, x,rxsux1rno 70 teach y,s vwhr.