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We are called upon to make review

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We are called upon to make review
Of our studies for the quarter. as
well as those Of the year that 10
past in our lesson for the last day
OF closing year. The day~that the
commercial world uses for stock
taking and determining the profits OF
the year Is an appropriate one for
q review. It Is . fitting time to re-
call our own lives for 1922 and to
compare the record we have made
with the life OF Jesus. that has been
the subject Of our study for the last
three months. Tho first three quar-
ters we followed the gleam OF Gods
revelation in the history OF Israel and
Judah. and noted how Jehovah was
preparing for tho coming OF the Mes.
| siah. which event the world Nopped
to consider in connection with the
Christmas observances last Monday.
from tho beginning 10 . revelation OF
casting aside veil after veil. show
ing unto men OF truth after truth. on
and on from that fact divine He ad-
vances until at length in His Son
Jesus He unveils His very face: No
our Lord without being overwhelmed
by the deity OF the Master. The one
who notes the evidence OF the super
natural in Christ IL apt to miss oo-
taining the help and strength that
comes from seeing that He was
man. tempted in all points ss. we
| Luke, the beloved physician has
brought Jesus close to men in his
gospel, for he has portrayed the hu-
manity OF the Master. With the ex-
ception OF the temperance lesson,
which was selected from the Old
His sermon at Nazareth. We have
| been studying the narrative OF Luke.
! whose gospel has been well called
the most beautiful book In the world.
during the quarter. Every one who
| studies Luke's gospel receives the
help and assistance that a person
life. through the knowledge that
Jesus lived . life in tho flesh. just as
We are called to live. and won His
victories. which makes His life an
| example for our guidance. This vital
spiritual help has come to US as we
from the events connected with
Chrisrs birth to His ministry in
Perea, which brought US within three
months of the cross. During the
| coming quarter We will study those
epoch making events Of the Saviour's
studies OF the quarter that have
traced the story OF the preparation
for His coming and Mis- ministry and
messages. which contain the hope for
| the solution OF the problems OF the
modern world.
turtles OF history to learn how God
prepares for the birth Of . great man.
The coming OF the Son Of Man was no
exception to Gods program. The les
sons OF the first three quarters taught
US how He was preparing the chosen
with the privilege OF counting as one
of their own nation the Savior OF the
world. Every event headed ND to-
ward the birth of Christ. which the
world celebrated last Monday. Proph-
ecy pointed to His advent. Promises
ened and discouraged descendants OF
Abraham throughout all their trials.
| In the fullness Of time, when the
world was prepared for the fulhll-
ment of prophecy and promise
culture and the authority of the
Roman government. God broke the
silence Of centuries by His answering 9
| the prayers OF the aged priest and
his noble wife by sending to their
| home a son. John the Baptist, who
introduced Jesus TO the world as tne
Sin Of the world" Twice during the
quarter we considered how six
| months after the birth OF the fore
| runner Jesus was born in the manser
of the stable connected with the
| Bethlehem Inn. Luke. as physician,
| nodded the physical. mental and
spiritual life of both John and the
/ Christ.
Centuries Of preparation Of the peo-
pie and Of the age for the birth Of
| the Lord did not free Him from pass
ing through all the human expert
ences Of a man. We had glimpse
into the thirty years OF silent prepa-
ration, during which Jesus was
| building up His great physical
strength. His intellectual power, His
sympathetic spirit and HIS spiritual
| fellowship with God and men. In our
! second lesson. In that picture Of His
birth and boyhood the tremendous
! influence Of His mother. who was His
| first teacher OF the Scriptures and OF
the ways of men, II showed that
| Jesus. like all men. was indebted to
the virgin Mary for much of His Gull
ture and purity OF soul that marked
] His public ministry.
[ Men recognized the Masters physi-
cal energy. He faced the battle OF
| the wilderness and fought Satan's
/; temptation without food for forty
DAYS. He won the victory after be-
ing tempted in all points like we are
! tested. He endured and passed
! through trials that demonstrated that
He possessed great physical power
The days spent in intense work OF the
! ministry. that called for tremendou
| exertion OF physical energy. were
followed by nights spent in com:
munion with the Father. It required
not only moral courage, but physical
power, for Jesus to drive the money
changers from the temple.
| Our Lord not only endured the
hunger, thirst. weariness OF men. but
He revealed in His mental expert
ences the same elements of surprise
knowledge and wisdom that char
acterized the life of men. He met
the temptations. Joys and sorrows In
His spiritual life that all experience
HIS heart beat in sympathy with the
poor. needy and oppressed. He min
+! istered to the diseased bodies. minds
and souls of men in such q mar
CHRISTADELPHIAN.
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