HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1908-03-13, Page 7LESSON IX. -MARCH ego8.
Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind. -John
9: sees,
Commentary. ---1. A man born blind (v.
I.) •
1. As Jesus pneeed bye -The -us. etill lin-
gered -at Jerusalem, amid. in one of ids
perhaps to or from a synagogue,
he mune to this blind mafl. kle sit w --
Jesus took notice of his affliction; look-
ed npon liim with couvorn. lie antioi-
elated his need. That look meant sight
to the blind. mum A 11E191--1.10 was at
beggar; it Wits his trade; hot among all
hie -potitione he did not ask for sight.
Yet Jeslas gave it. An illnetration of
free gracese-Smirgeon. man was
hopeless, bondees. poor. Blind from 4:1s
hirth--'ix mereeles sonneeted with
bilindneee are recorded in the sot:slds,
but this is the only teuee where Iiiindoese
used and. the effect ped.. I. °heist
mime into .physical contact to (tetrad;
attention and to stimulate. faith; where
faith Was- in lively ex.ercise. He healed .
by His word, and at a dietanee. 2. Christ
Appeals to two of the man's souses, his
hearing and feeling, thereby arousing
In ith."-21 o °Mien Christ gave His
personal attention to the case, even
though ilis patient was 0. begger. 7. •
(to -Jesus gave him emnethies to do.
This Would be an aid as- well es. a test,
proving his faith and obedience. Si-
loam -"A fountain under the walls of
Jerusalem toward -the east, between the
'ity and the Brook Ovdron. It is still
to be seen, one of the few undisputed
sites in jerusalens It was then a mag-
nificent pool surrounded by an akende."
By interpretatien, Seat -The. original
meaning is "outlet of waters," probably
because it is 10).1 by waters from the
temple -mount. By its very name this
pool was a type of Christ and it may be
that Jesus selected this particular pool
because of that fact. "Siloam is the
fountain sent from the mount of Cod's
temple by which the man is washed
from his blindness and his clay; Christ
is the fountain sent front God by ‘vhieh
our nature is to be purified front sin."
was from berth. ln this lay its peculiar- He weut-He believed and obeyed. NS, e
ity 131inelness4 is very common in Pales- frequently lose Cod's best gifts because
tine, but still there are few who are we fail to act in time. Came seeing -
born Mild. "While every miracle. The euro was instantaneous.
Wrought by Christ. ie. a01 titled parable. 1 V. \' ni t 11 -wttssion ivs. 6-1 2). S.
each of the light alai John reoorde i k not this --laThere was an immediate
alevays the text of Sallie great truth ;of stir among the neighbors; they noticed
:elevation, the trunk sit a Wee width the great ehange in the man. The same
boars healing leaves mai the, fruit of is true when Christ gives spiritual eye-
eome eseential teaching." sight. Begged -This is the first 1113'))-
11. The invetery of Providence (ve: 2- lion uf .the feet that he was a beggar.
5.) 2. Dieeiplee aekedesTlie first ques-
tion that arose in their minds Wes why
title, blindness existed. Who did •sin-
Seripture teaches that all dis ease and
even death, is the fruit of sin. The
.Jewish error consisted in believing that
all special afilietio•ne were divine visits-
tione for eperial sins. Tilde error Jeeus
corrected:a-Abbott. This man, ete.-On
the, pop -War supposition that speelai cat-
amitiee are a punishment for epecial
sins, the diesiples desire to know whose
silleaneed thie sefferioge \\ it
his parents sin or Ise own t but, evouderful testimony to the power of
'could the nein sin before his birth': 1 he ,
Christ. ft is ehort, elear, positive. A
man -Better as in R. V. --"the
.ie -sus was so well known that He was
"the mad," not ea man." Notice the
development in this man's; •faith: rivet
10. knew Him only as "the nm" called
Jet:1AS. (hell 05 "0 prophe t" ( v . 17), then
as a nein with whom God was tvs. 31-
3:3), then H's was the Sun of (led (vs.
35-38).
The neighbors finding the ease involv-
ed in mystery took the num to the Phar-
isees, perhaps to the Sanhedrin, who
proceeded to investigate the miracle by
questioning the man and by milling his
parents to testify. The hypocritical
riders hated Jesus, and. were continually
trying to find something against Hint.
They preteoded to take great offence
because our Lord perfornee% this tet of
the Sabbath daye, and thus igs
murit have been well known. 9. Like
•hini.--let is not surprising that some
thought him to be another 100,11; his
appearance would be greatly changed.
I tun he ---The man himself gave 0 posi-
tive tendency.
10. How..opened-Ilie neighbors gath-
ered around hhil an(1 asked for an ex-
planation. Many are anxious to know
how things are done, even though they
have no faith. 11. Ile answered --lie had
never Seen his neighbors before, but now,
looking right at them. he delivers his
doctrine of the traeemieration of souls,
by which the samt' soul Is enapoeed to in-
habit di 1 ferent bwl.iI • e. and t re f ore
might suffer in one body because of hav-
ing aintw31 in an.) t 11...r. While continuo
among the Greeks. Wet:: not prevalent
among the Jews,. BM the Jews did be-
lieve it was pts -41b1' for a child even
before birth to have onotions and con-
tract guilt. "This," Says; Plummer,
"seems to be that simplest and most nat-
ural inteirpretation. In v. 34 we see that
these Jews held thie same belief os the
dleciples, and sin before birth is pos-
eible, and throw this: man's calamity in
his face as proof 01 111') :41)." 3. Neither,
ete.-jesus does uot deny the existence
of sin in either this moo or his porents.
but says •this blinaluoSs \V�5 not the di-
rect result of theif. sills. He repudiatee
here and in Luke 13; 1-5 the belief im-
plied in this question, that each parti-
cular sickness or -sorrow was traembre
to some particular in. "And so ;Ivens
turns away hie disciples from -that most
harmful practise of diving down with
cruel surmises into the secret of other
men'is lives, and, like the friends. (if Job,
guessing for them hidelon sine in
1(110)) -of -of their unusual sufferings. --
Trench. Works of God .... notedieet-
Not that this 10811 WaS born Willa far
the sole purpose that a miracle migbt
be wrought, but that his blindnese fur-
nished the occasion for .1 to per-
form the divine work of healiog lehn,
and. thus to show himself to he Gale-
Binney. God is nee responeible for .Will
enneequenees, but both afford
him an -opportunity show his power
and graee. "Sufferings are like the
shavings and sawdust 1001 general dis-
order of the carpenter's workshop,
Nelda are neeeeeary in the making of a
needed article. It is to the finished work
we maust look, and ]140t to the shavines,
if we would underetand the actiisd state
of thins% uremia llib. How
were the works of Go1, made manifest
in this man? 1. In the restoration of
his sight. -2, In the enlightenment of his
mind. 3. In the salvation of Hs soul. 4.
111 sheddeng light upon others, Not only
were this man's neighbors benefited, but
all who have. read the aceou.nt during
the last eighteen hundred years ,leave
had their attention turned toward Christ
4. We must work (R. V.)--eBy the plural
"we„" as given in the R. V., Jceens asso-
ciates hie apostles with hitu in the work.
It is eneourgaing to think that "we,"
poor, weak men. can be "workers toge-
' tams with Ohrist." While it is day -The
dray represents opportunity; the night,
opportunity paset. The day of life's op-
portunity is rapidly Nest:1g; the night
of d,eathw"ill 50041 be here and our
work will be ended. What •we do most.
be 'done quickly.
5. In the worlds -He would not be
long in the flesh, but he has never ceas-
ed to be the light of the world. Sin is
dnrkness. He is in bold contrast to sin.
T ant the light -Like the sun. it is my
business to dispense light end heat ev-
erywhere; to negleet no opportunity to
• enlighten 011d save the bodies and souls
of men. -Clarke. The case before them
Was altogether beyond human means;
but -Je.sus reminded His disciples that
in Him were light and life. The blind
man was 11 type of a sinner receiving
spiritual sight. Jesus still opens blind
eyes and gives the ability to see and
also famishes the light by whieb. they
see. He is the light of the world, and
is able to enligheeti the darkened 01ind
and let the 501151)1113 of His love flood
the soul. "Christ guides os by the light
(1) of His teaching, (2) of His example,
(3) of His Holy Spirit, (4) of His pro-
vidence, (5) by His personal presence
the soul, (0) by answers to prayer,
(7) by implanting a may heart and right
.motives which clarify the vision, (g)
17: MS dealings with ethers?'
ITT. A Ural Mart healed (vs. 6, 7), 6.
Mode elay nnointed-Why did ;films
anoint the 111an3,e eyes with clay? There
is 110 :connection between the memo
•
mercy on
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past thirty years she may have
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an operation, but this I refused to do.
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" I most heartily recommend Lydia E,
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womenwho suffer withfcmale troubles."
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found eonditions which tend to give that 11111(.11 desired rest width tired human-
ity needs. Here treatments of the St. Catharines well water of a strong saline
nature are accompanied with notesage and electricity in varying forms. All
treatments are given udder direction of experienced attendants and 11111304 in
charge of a physigian.
Sun Parlors. Roof Promenade, Library. 'Music. Room, all contribute their
(moth to the comfort of the visitor. The environment is more like a large family
hotel. and the underlying 1111 011)111 is to ItirlliSh a place where peeple afflieted
comlitione. This
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TORONTO MARKETS.
1'AR:1115)1.S' MARKET.
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taLss.0 hog gt.od s0pp3y, wall prices'
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lic Fr. hindquarters 8 39 10 011
110., foreclautters 6 7,0
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with the ills of life will recuperate ender the most favorable
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" MEE WELLAN 0-," ST. CATHARINES,
ONTARIO
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' Live Stock,.
Reeeipts uf live stock at the ('ity user-
! kot, as reported by the railways, were
30 earloacts, come:weed. of 64S -cattle, 160,
! hogs, es sheep and 66 calves.
keW 10Ud eattie Were Oa stile.
Trade7, owing to light deliveriee, lea,.
fairly good, but prices ruled about
, eteady.
:Seel:riffs --No export steers were I..I.1
sale. A lett' lalliS sold at T:43.35 to
per cwt.
.i.,71e5to ut•thrlee. Picked. butchers' soldl
Il
,.. per 'wt.; loads of good. as
e4.50 to $4.76; medium, $4,20 to $4.40;
vonimon, $3.80 to $4.1 0; cows, $2.50 to:
$4 per ewt,
. . . . ....., ..
- Milkers tied Springers--Almut 20 milk -
mired their tritclitioes. The parents 1 irl. Christ the Light of the World (v,
quality only sold at S3() to $45 eaeh.
It.. and springers ut 4)1111) 1)11 to nustiune
feared the Slows and left the -veldt-ma: 1 5), -1:(01 is light" (1. John 1. 5). and
Veal t'alves• -N oal ealves of eumnion,
Hon of Ili',11(1(11115of• their - son. Thy 1"Goil is love" (1 . john 4. S), Chriet, is
Jews then continued to till stion the 1 God manifest in the flesh tv. 3: I. Titllto fairly good :pulite- sold at iel to iti13..50
man. and lie beeame very, beld, until ! 3. 10). "Sisk and love are insoparaide. Per ewt•
finally he asked. them to be Christ's die- 1 holiness and 18,5)1 3)10.11 are 11(11 SlleeP and 111111.os -1•;0011 1 0 elioise
111.1.1.,11.,:s sold at $6.23 to $7 per 0 Vi L.; iII,Asp,
eiples. This angered thcoi,greatly, and 1 butee of light: grave and mem. of leve.
they reviled 11111 and epoke harshly 1 Judgment of evil is the outcome of 'P"•••se-' t0 ,'1;4.75..
againet jest's. At this Inc courage rose light: eavdon aml bleseing aro the mit- 11"8"*-11,eveiPls light.
stip, higher, L11(witlis'eseat clearness flow of love. Lielit (1) 1)1)1110(1 a sacri- 'Poled '-1'! 01". fed and
lie answered their fli:. , reasonings flee for sin: love pr()'3 id•ed it. At. the 1 l'er vwt.
against "the man" -wil). had healed him. cross both are seen. God is just and 1 WOOL.
004.4011fr
Thee' cetild stand r • . -. hee cast him the justifier of them that believe (Rolm i Loeri pleas areesavashed wools, isc to ste;
,• esesenee re" 3.• :Ml. 'Toth Hutt and •love Ilre our. uutyottthell wools, Illr. end relects, 14o -to 153.
uot of tlicsl• •;
(11 at ply beeame a, 'true Worshipper. 'of the divine nett:re" ill. l'et?r 1. -1). mflauleienfea Ile," ill Se; z...1.:.: -.711171)(.-e. etg. !j""'!,r.
rottrag to do right itaal to speak bold- So intimately are light and love Souud de country bkles, 4c to 4,...,e; cal:skins, Ke to
ly in defenee of the tretli, will always together, it is impoesible to exlihdt. the iii veal kills, tk• to le: hIlllbSkilltl, 90c. tea 41:
brhig heavenS; blessings upoei us. (Me without the other. Conld there i
K ,, i,c,,re.ehuides, No. I, $2.23 10 $2.50; No, .1, $1.%
Questione--Give the connecting links a purer exhibition of divine love 1113111 lio'rse hair -25c.
between this and our laSt lesson. Why : we See in the Lord at the 'well of Sy- TanQw-Itender", 4.);i,e " 51'i,e•
had Jesus come te Jerusalem at this ehar? Love opened the way to the dark 41:GAR MARKET.
time? What discourses were - delivered heert of that poor woman, and allowed St. Lawrence sugars are quoted as follows:
while there? • What, questione did the the light to shine in ,end slued it r,Ays granulated, $4.40 in barrelv, mid No. 1 golden,
disciples ask about' a blind man? What over the whole of her sidful life. Oh, sc,TIarin earrels.• These melee are for delivery;.
lots 5u less.
enewer did Jesus give? HoW were the that we knew better how to deed with NEW YORK SUGAR MARKET_
souls after this fashion. A little ;cod to sugar -Raw firm; fair refining, 11.;;11,,Au,'
ceotrifugaL 96 test, 3.811,..:c; molasses sugar.
3.12V: refined steady,
WINNIPEG WilEAT MARKET.
Following are the closing quotations on,
Mr. liarrie
watered, S•15
II1DES, TALLOW, ETC'.
1
3011111 lin,eell to n1., who imam- aeteristice of thciee who nee partakers i
works of Godmade manifest in this
blind man? What did Jesas Mean by a hungry enemy. or 0 •suit word to e, re-
working. while it, watt day? 1100' was
lie the light. of the world? What did.
Jouts do for the blind male? Wbere did
Ile send him? For whet porpose? Who
questioned him? To whom did his neigh-
bor,: take himS 'Why were the Pori:eves
opposed to Christ? - •
PRA.CT1CAL APPLICATIONS.
L Christ the Light of life (john 8, men that they may see your rued works
12). Light is essential to life.' "Jests and glorify your .Father" (Al'att. 5. 16).
passed by" (v. Christ was always _Some one is watching. fur us to shine,
perfectly placid. No contradiction of When we tall to love ond be true and
sinners ever disturbed His inuer calm, kind, some one is left in the dark. :2.
or unbalanced His mind, or paralyzed "Shine as lights in the world" (Phil. 2,
We see Him, 13,5 His foes in the ftiry of -1 1 • - f r SP -
power, or made Mtn self-conscioue.
their hatred take up etonee to kill Him
(John 8.59), quietly leaving them and
immediately stopping witb.out a
thought, of His own safety, to give sight
to a blind beggar.. "Ile saw a. man ....
blind" (v. 1). He did not gee •Iiis
0111105 hurrying after Him. He had al-
waSs
"A heart at. leisure frons itself,
To soothe eind sympathize."
It take's 'little to make 0110 happy. A
tonne, a prayer, a word, a flower may
do it. God loves to use the little thinge.
IL Christ the Light of men (John
1. 4), Christ is our example (1 Peter
2.21; John 13. 35). Ilis life is light for
us. It glows ill the star that; shines over
Bethlehem (Matt.. 2. 11): it brightens as
WO see the hay put ateity his own pas-
sionate deeire to liege his life Work,
and go "down" the humble way of sub-
jection (Luke 2. 49-52): it is
as the heavens open, while He takes
the sinner'e plaee in the waters. of bap-
tism (Matt, 3. 1(3, 17): it flashes in His
earnest utterances (John 3. 16-22); it
glows in the transfiguration scene
(Matt. 17. 1-5); it- ra.diates from the
upper room. as Ho takes the lowly place
of a servant (John 13. 110); it burns
strong and clear as we hear Him ery
in the agooes of the garden, "Not My
will, but. -thine be Sore" (Luke 22. 42);
lights51 the moss with glorer cratke 23.
40. 47). His disciples esked,. "Who did.
Jeans said, "'no works of Clod
should .he made manifeet" - (v. 3). 'rhe
dieciples blamed, Jesne saved. The Its-
elples judged aecording to eappea.rences.
Jesns judged righteously - .(John 7. 24).
With Sin came- eorrow, but; not- all suf-
fering1113 direct result..of cooscious
,in. The drunkard and. the glutton-- are I act, and. you must take into consider:I-
liable.to all forms of cOntagion, but .not 1 Hon the coet, As for the writiug, the
every min euffering linin fever ;e.. 1 fundamental idea of every melodrama is
drunkard or a eletton, Blindness May i pra.ctie,slly the some; a young woman
be direct result of sin. end neither the in peril, and the unworthy person who
afflicted "nor his permits-. be responsible
(es 6).
viler. may be more (Ifeettet1 than isIl
the aceitentione of sin and threate of
judgment that could by jesoly lnenight wimapee grain futures to -day:
n instWheat-March 31.0.0.1 bid. Alay $1,12% bid.
hill."
July $1.15 bid.
INS Our ellinies is our 1,1,1,9 101)1 Our Oats -March 48e bid, May 02% bid..
BRITISII CATTLE .MARKET.
are two :special emmnands about shin-
"geod works" Low our love. There
London -London cables are steady at 1.41,at:.
in.': I. "Let your light so shine before to lee per pound, dressed weight; refrigen-
ator beef is quoted at 9e per pound.
MONTREAL LIVE STOOK.
:Montreal . (Special.) -About 500 head of
butchers' cattle, 150 small calves, 60 scutela
cows and springers, 20 sheep and lambs and
190 fat hogs were otfered for sate at the East
End Abattoir to -day.
Trade was slow and prices had a downward.
.,• •-• tendency. A few of the best cattle sold at
smile and reflect it. is, per pond, but they were not extra; pretty
Jesue is to the 100eal and spiriteal anima)), sold at 4e to 41,1e.. and the common
world what the eon is to the natural
world. Profeesor Tyndall says: "Every
tree, plant and flower grows and 110111"
15113)8 by the grace and bounty of the
sun. Leaving out of account the mem.
tions of voleanoes and the ebb autl flow
of the tidee, every meelianical action on
the eart•h's surfaee, every manifesto t tun
of power, organic and inorganic, vital
and physieal, is prodneed by the sen.
Every fire that burns, and t: V11 Mule
that &owe, dispenses light and heat
which originally belonged to the sun.
The sun digs the ore from our mines,
lie rolls the iron, he rivets the plates,
he boils the water, he draws the train.
Thunder and lightniug are also his trans-
muted strength," .And remember this is
not poetry. but rigid. nuediaMeal truth."
So Christ is, the centre, the source, the
very essence. of our spiritual and•moral
being. No good m.111011)111 can be im-
nlanted and no truly good set can be
performed 'apart front him. "Jesus
eheds the light of truth upon our
the knowledge of God our Father, of
duty, of hope, of heaveet, of eternal life.
lie is -the way and the. truth and the
life. He is - our pillar of fire through the
wildernes4.. to the promised land."
A. C. M.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
stock at eels to 114, per pound. There were
a few .superior welch cows on the market, anti.
there were others that were small and lean -
fleshed. Prices ranged from $25 to $60 each,
The calves were all young vea1s, and not Very
fat. Sheep sold at about 51/40 per lb., and
lambs at 611e per lb. Good lots of fat hogs.
sold at 5%c per lb.
Bradstreet's Trade Review.
Toronto--Wholeealers here are keep-
ing fairly busy on spring. trade, ala
though they continue to report light
buying in mealy all directions. While
the outlook for Future trade is not as.
bright SS WaS the ease a year ago, most
jobbers sem to expect a good busineets
to spring up with the opening of the
sluing rad' tivvde. At the moment re-
tail trade has a quiet, tone and sorting.•
orders for winter goods are; light. Stapla.
lines of groceries and dry goods hove az
steady movement. \sables generally
hold steady.
Vancouver and Vittoria -Trade all
along the otiose hae ehown $ome im-
provement daring the past wiede. Tide
has been 51)0811 in the way of a better
demand. for wholesale aad retail linees
and. in elightly improved collections.
Quebec:se:God roads are repo•rted. frous,
country ports and merchandise id- 11109.
beg freely, while storekepers sbovo a
tende.ney placing ordere.
Hamilton -Trade eoetinues to hold a
•
quiet tone in all 'thee, There .is a fair
remount of buyiere, for spring. Shipments.
Tako LAXATIVE Baum Quinine Tablets.
are going forward well. Regarding foe
Druggists refund money if it falls to curls E.
W. GROVIO" sig,tar, ea cad, box. 2.6e. ttlre traile there is a, moderately optie
ndelie tone evident in most lines. Cola
"Tito hardest part of melodrama, how, leetions are comity). in fairly
'ever," fete's Mr. Davie, "is the scenic con- Isondon-e-Generar beide has shown int-
: struetion, for, as melistramo, is to -day, prorement during the.miet, week. Retail -
you must have a sVellie effect for oath ere are looking for the spriug lines and
the outlook fn. spring tsade is bright.
Leval incluetrice ase fairly busy in all
limes
ttewa--Traele holds a steady tone
with purcheeee kill on the light -side.
trees to get the better of her. -Jules Conntry trade to fairly good, Collections.
Eekert Goodman in The Bohemian, e,ontinue slow.