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BY TPUBUNII PUILISHINQ CO.
FALLS CITY . . NJlBJUsn ]
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Harry Lehr IH to retire from socl-
oty. Must ho going Into impolite
vaudeville.
John .1. Dowl1 , a scissors grinder , 1
died leaving IL fortune of $30,000.
John was a sharp business JUun.
. A man was arrested down East the
other day for marrying his mother-In ,
law. It was probably on un Insane
wa rra n t.
King Peter of Servia Is busy destroying -
slt'oylng the freedom of the press IA
that country. It will probably not
taw ] him long.
A Philadelphia judge has delivered
a profound ) opinion regarding kissing ,
that Institution having at last reach-
eel Philadelllhia.
The increase of suicide among rich
people Is exciting Rome peoplo. Have
wo not always said happiness could
not ho hough with cash ?
Although the Icing of uunco men Is
dead , there are many of his loyal subjects -
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jects still allve. And they Qren.t all
III the big cities olthOl'
The laziness microbe Is known also
by the name or the hook worm. It Is
not surprising that fishermen arc
among Its favorite .vlctlms
A man In Maryland boasts of hav-
Ing voted seventy.llve times In his
lifo If he got his money every time
he must he pretty well fixed.
Homer Davenport , cartoonist has
joined young 1\11' Rocltcfeller's Bible
class. It Is to he hoped that devout
scriptural study Is his only object.
'l'hat new wonderful telegraphic apparatus .
paratus , that Is said to bo capable of
transmItting 800 words a minute could
almost keep up with a sowing circle.
A New Jersey clergyman advises
girls not to marry a man till they
know all about his Imst. 1I0 must
ho a member of the Race Suicide
club.
King Alfonso of Spain narrowly escaped .
caped being hurt In an automobile accident -
cldent the other day. The boy should
stick to his hobby horse a few years :
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It Is said that large hats are "again
In favor. " Are they rot always In ta
vor ? Where Is the woman who Is conS
tent with less than an acre and a halt
of now hat ?
Prof. A. .1. Crooks of Northwestern ,
who gained fame when he told the
students ho had never kissed a wom
an . has married. Well , It's never too I ,
late to learn.
A gIrl In New Jersey ! eats coal ,
waste paper , toothpicks , bits ! or string ,
etc. She seems to have what might ,
ho called the regular New Jersey oc ,
topes appotlte.
The ) Congregationalist remarks that
ministers would sometimes preach better -
tel' If they read the Wall Street Jour
nal oelener. But mlghtn't they he
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Induced to speculate ?
I Twenty women testified that Bar
tiara Long of 1\1\honr City Pa . Is II
I ommon scold who has a tongue like ; :
I n whipsaw. If she has a husband ho
I deserves to go to heaven.
The dean of the university of Chicago .
cage has troubled the girls there hr
disclosing the fact that the average
age oC the graduating "coed" " Is 26. i
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LESSON III. , JANUARY 15 .
! . 19 GOLDEN TEX'I'-Tho art the Son oC God ; thou arc tIe Idll" oC I 5\ ' . " . -John I
I. 'rho First Two Disciples of 1
Jesus.-Andl'ew and .101111.
Through the Witness of John the
Baptlst.-Va. 3G..to. The Great Expec
tatlon. " .Ve are Informed hr Tacitus
hy Suotonlu8. and hr .10sephus. that
there prevailed throughout the entire
east at this time , an intense conviction
tion derived from ancient prophecies ,
that erelong a powerful monarch
would arise In Judea and gain dominion -
minion over the world-l"arrar. ) "
"It is Important to observe that the
trite Messiah was so little the natural
evolution or current Messianic expec
ttltions that coming neither as icing ,
nor as victor : : , nor as temporal emanci
pator of his people , nor as a mere I ,
man at all , but as a divine and crud- :
lied Nazarene ho reversed and vie '
hated all the most cherished expectations .
tlons of his land and age.-Farrar.
It was for this reason that It was necessary .
e8sary that some one should prepare
the way and point out to men who
among them was the Messiah Re-
deemer. It was for this reason that
the people and even his disciples
were a long time In understanding
how Jesus could . be the Savior of the
world.
35. "The next day aftor. " John had
pointed out Jesus to the people as the
Lamb of God ( v. 29) ) . Everything was
now ready for Jesus to begin his min.
Istry , and he must begin It with disciples .
clples who were willing to como under
his training , as scholars In his school.
'fwo of his disciples. " Andrew ( v
40) ) and doubtless John the writer
who is always too modest to name
hlmsolt. His whole aim was to set
forth Jesus , not himself.
36. "And looldng. " GazIng steadfastly .
fastly upon .colltemplatlng. "Josus as
ho walltcd. " Not toward John as on
the previous day , but walking hy.
"Behold the Lamb of God ! " See last
lesson.
37. "And they followed .Tesus. "
Wall\Od after him till they caught up
with him. Later they followed him as
a Teacher and Master
38. "Then Jesus ( hearing steps be-
hind him ) turned and saw thorn.
Sallh. " "To all who follow he gives
their opportuulty.-Eph. Greek 'fest.
"What seek ye ? " A courteous way of
welcoming further conversation as if
he had said "Is there anything I can
do for you" ? "Rabul. " 'rhe word
means My Greatness , just as we say
"Your 1\Iajest " Rabbi Is a Jewish
title of honor applied to the learned ,
and especially to toachers. "Delng in-
torpreted. " For the Greele-readlng pee
plo far way from Palestine. "Mastor. "
Greek teacher as we say "school-
master , " "head.master.Vhere dwell-
est thou ? " Implying that they would
like to talk with him sometime , when
he was at leisure.
39. "Come and see. " R. V . "Come
and ye shall see. " "Abode with him
that day. " The rest of the day from
the "tenth hour. " According to Jewish .
ish reckoning four o'clock in the
afternoon.
40. "Ono of the two . . . .An-
drew. " 'Vo naturally Infer that the
unnamed other was John himself.
II. Two More Dlsclples.-Poter and
Probably James.
Through the Invitation of Others.-
Vs. 41. 42. 41. " 110 first fIndeth. "
First ; here Is not an adverb modifying ,
IlIg fIndeth , hut an adjective uelong. i
Ing to hOt Andrew.
42. "Jesus beheld him. " As if looking .
Ing Into his very soul. "Thou art
Simon. " That Is , your present name.
"Son of Jonl1 : " The true reading Is
"John " as in the R. V. "Thou shalt
ue called Cephas. " Cephas Is Aramaic
equals S'rlac ( Aram Is one name for
Syria ) . the modernized form of the
Hebrew language commonly used In
p4l * k.ue at that time. "By Interprc-
tatloll , A stono. " 1'hls Was a prophecy
of Peter's future life and caroer.
II1. \nothI' Disciple , Philip
'flu ought the Personal Call of Jesus.
- 's. 43.J.I. 43 'rhe day follow-
Ing. " The previous events of this les
son . according to Edershelm tool
place on the ( Jewish Sabbath , our Sat-
urday. Tile call of Philip would therefore .
fore , be on our Sunday . the first of
their secular da 's. " .Jeslls would go
forth Into Galilee. " (1) ( ) The wilder.
ness was not the place : for his worl
(2) ( ) In Galileo was his own home und
that of his followers. (3) ( : I ) Here they
could earn their living ! hy their accustomed .
custoll1ed work. ) (4) ( ) lIero they could
reach their friends and acqualntancos
"And fIndeth Philip " The others had
sought Jesus ; Jesus himself finds
Philip.
44. "Was of Bothsalda. " "House
of hunting or fishing , " "fish town , "
near the mouth of the upper Jordan ,
where It enters the Sea of Galilee.
"Tho city of Andrew and Potor. "
Hence , probably they were acquaint
ances.
IV. Nathanael Goes and Sees for
hl1self.-Vs. -tG.51. 45. "Philip find-
OUI Nathaniel , " of Cana In Gallloe
( John 21:2) ) . 1I0 was probably on hisI I
way home and an acquaintance , If
not before at least In the wilderness
under the preaching of John. Na
thanael Is generally regarded as an-
other name for Bartholomew , 1. 0" ,
"son of Ptolemy" ; for here and In
John 21:2. he Is classed with the
apostles. Almost nothing Is known of
his history. Like Philip , he was one
whose deeds are written In heaven
rather than on earth in the book of
life rather than in the book of his-
tory. But his portrait Is charmingly
painted in v. 47.Ve have found
him ( the Messiah ) of whom Moses In
the law. " The Pentateuch the five
books of Moses thus distinguished
from the other books of the Old Testament -
mont ( see GOII. 49:10 : ; Num. 24:17-19 ;
DOllt. 185) : ) . "And the prophets did
write" ( Isa. 7:14 : ; 9:7 : ; 52:13.15 ; 53 :
1-12 ; Ezele. 3,1:23.31 : ; Dan. 9:24.27) : ) .
The disciples of John must have been
continually questioning as to where
the Messiah was of whom John
preached. "Jesl of Nazareth , the
son of Josoph. " This Is the language
not of the evangelist , but of Philip.
Joseph was the reputed father of
Jesus , and Philip supposed this was
truo. It was the common and necessary -
sary designation of the relation be-
tweon Jesus and Joseph. 'Ve use the
term continually ) ) with regard to adopted -
ed chlldron.
46. "Can there any good thing
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come out of Nazareth ? " Nathauael I
living In Cana four miles away . knew
Nazareth well ; a small town with
probably . not the best reputation , but
not necessarily rude ( degraded or
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vicious beyond other towns. It was
naturally a surprise to Nathanael that
the great Deliverer and King could
como out of that little village which
had } hitherto given no signs of sue
perlorlt
Any Good Thing from Nazareth ?
There Is much loss In the world from
our not recognizing that good can come
from Nazareth. Much of comfort and
hope and encouragement comes to
many souls discouraged because thor
live In Nazareth from the assurance
that many of the best and greatest
things In the world have come from
conditions which Nazareth represents.
Saints have cane from amidst the
dregs of humanity. Men and women
of talent and genius have sprung from
parents who gave no sign of such
greatness.
Natural science presents abundant
examples in Its realm. Lord Kelvin
the distinguished Eclenti- . : . - . . : : = : : Jd
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that ho thought thin most remarkable ' 4
.and useful recent invention was the
conversion of garbage Into lIght. One
on entering a porfumor's shop might
naturally ask , can these exquisite
odors come from the refuse of petroleum -
loum ; or . In a jeweler's ask can these
diamonds he the same as charcoal ; or . ' ,
thosB sapphires and diamonds be at -f
the same material as the mud oC a
factor.vlllege street ?
Come and Seo. "Philip salth unto
him ] ( as th : ) most natural and wIse an-
saver to Nathanael's Question ) . Come
and see. " There Is always danger of
looking without seeing as In case at
the Pharisees ( Matt. 13 : 13.16) .
This Is the true way to treat the
claims of Chrl8t.
1. See what Christ has done for
others. Compare Christian lands with
all others. Where the most Christian- . . - .
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ity there the most of every good to 5
mun. Look at the effect of conversion
to Christ on your friends and neigh-
bors.
2. Inquire. Learn the experience
of others. Hear their testimony as to
what Christ has done for their souls. . . . ,
It may seem the utterance of excited
feeling and yet , If like the queen at
Sheba , you ever experience the same , (
you will declare that the half has not
been told.
3. Experlenco. Only by going to
Christ , and experiencing for ourselves
Is It possible to understand the fulness
of blessing , the glory and peace of
the soul that loves him with aU the
oeart. This test never fnlls.
-17. "Jesus . . . snlth of him. "
To those gathered around him . but
probably In the hearing of Nathanaol
himself , as Is Implied in his respon-
slvo question. "Behold. " Interjec-
Lion not a verb hence the comma In
r. v. "An Israelite Indeed. " "Not only
outwardly , but Inwardly ; one answering .
Ing to the true idea of an Israelite , as
contrasted with the prevalent formal. ; . .
Ism and hypocrisy of toe time ; a
true prayerful servant of God.-G.
\V. Clarle. "In whom Is "
no guile. No J ( . .
deceit no hypocrisy , a truly sincere
man seeking the truth without preju-
dice. It does not say he was sinless
but gulleess. !
48. "When thou vast under the fig
tree. " The fig tree on account of Its
luxuriance of leaves forming ana. .
tural arbor for prIvacy and shade was
a favorite resort especially for mcdi-
taUon an.l rest. "I saw thee. " Outwardly .
wardly , Qr uy prophetic vision ; but
far more ho saw his heart , his Inner
life , his spiritual : nature.
49. "Thou art the Son at God. . .
the King of Israel. " 'rho tact that
Jesus recognized the secret struggle
and the victory unknown to man
showed that he had divine insight
The two phrases describe the Mes ,
stab In both his divine nature and In
his earthly manifestation.
60. 'I'hou shalt see greater things
than the e. " To him that hath shall
bo given. Having risen by faith se
high as to see that Jesus was the
Messiah ho shall climb higher and
see wider visions even a larger and
fuller knowledge of the Messiah and
what he was doing for the world. .
51. "Verily verllr. " That is . Amen
amen. "I say unto you. . What J
say Is doubly assured ; : as truth In.
deed. "H aven open " otc. He should .4
realize what Jacob dreamed and see
full and free communication between
heaven and earth. The Word reveals
heaven and God to man ; the Son is
the messenger from heaven bringing ,
the love of God ; and many an angel
of prayer oC hope of renewed souls ,
will ascond. And this double communication . ' I
munlcaUon will bring the fulfilment of _ 5t
the promise Jacob heard In his vision
"In thee and In thy seed shall all the 1
families of the earth uo blessed. " i
God Alone Permanent.
how hard It Is to keep our footing .
firm amid the ebb and flow at things !
'ro.day Is not 'estol'dny. New things
have come to claim attention ; many
cherished things have gone. An unseen .
seen hand Is shaking this kaleidoscope .
scope of a world , and nothing can last
that depends merely upon the present
aspect of things. The great problem ,
therefore , Is to seek God with a thirst
whici will persist through aU
changes. I
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