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The Pulpit Commentary — John — Volume 2
Henry Robert Reynolds [1825-1896] · 490,594 words · 512 reading sections
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G(,sp.-1 does reoognize this parallel, whic,h tion. (2) The genuine humanity of our is in a very rem1uke.ble way thus quietly Lord. (3) The more than humanity of his reaffirmed. This passe.ge acquires meaning mo.nner of death. (4) The faot of hie death from the supposition thai the Jews were Rnd thereforo the ree.li…
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ravour. That he might take away the body weight. Thie wns a vast qunntity. It rc- of Jesu1: and Pllate gave him leave, This is mincle the re•vler of •• tbo mynh rinJ aloes" snpposod by some, who are anxious to mnke of the royal Bridegroom 0t' lho CJ,urch (Pe. diffloulties where none exist, that (accord- xiv.); of the f…
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fl{'~IC'd fnrm~ Rnd ehRrms: (1) the symbolic wonltl have been pl"('ecnted on tho morning c>ffusion of water And hlood; (2) the ooetly of the Jewish llftbbl\th, while the reference un_<:nC'nt spioos and honou!'Rble buri&l in 1 Oor. v. 7-9, written at tho time of o. ln'<"ishoo on One who hRd boon put under Passover, i…
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HOMILETICS. Vera. 17, 18.-The Oruciflzion. The end bas come a.t last. I. JESUS CARRYING ms ORoss. "And he, bearing bis cross, went forth to the place of the skull, which is m~lled in the Hebrew, Golgotha." 1. The condemned, accordin11 to Roman law, had to carry thB instrument of their own punishment. 2. Je:ms bore hi…
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Vers. 25-27.-7Vle mother of Jesus at tAe cross. Here is the record of the filial legacy. I. THE SYMPATHIZING GROUP OF WOMEN. "Now there were standing beside tho cross of ,Tesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene." 1. There was a company of Gali~an women standing at a dis…
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d:inlc ~vas not that which h~ had, refused at the beginning of his crudfixion-r1. drink given 1n mercy to stupefy the sufferer. Jesus would die in the perfect clearnes~ of hie faculties. 2, 'I'lie aot of tlie soldier, was one of compas,ion, not of mockery. III. THE SURRENDER 011' LIFE. "When Jesus therefore had receiv…
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HOMILIES BY VA.RIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 2.-The crown of thorns. How deeply the incident here related impressed itself upon the mind and heart of Christendom is manifest (1) from the romantic legends current among Christians regarding it, from the time of Helena., the mother of Con- stantine, downwards ; and (2) from the f…
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Ver. 6.-" Ecce Homo I" Observe the spirit In which Pilate uttered these words. We discern in them pity for Jesus, whose character was innocent, whose position was sad and grievous, whose attitude was one of calm and patient endurance. Contempt mingled with pity-contempt for a fanatic who deemed himself possessor of the…
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Ver. 9.-" W7ienoe art thou," This question, put by Pilate to tho Lord Josue, was not so much intended to guide the questioner in hie judicial capacity, 118 to satisfy his own curiOl!ity. It is clear that Pilate was BAtisfied of tbo Accused's Innocence of ony political offence. Dut it is also clear that he was perple…
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times by ri!lht of conquest, sometimes in virtue of inheritance, sometimes by menn~ nf election. Now, Jesus iR King: 1. By Divine appointment and native ri~ht. "Yet," ran the prophecy, "have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion." He is Christ, i.e. the Anointed, nnd he is anointed Monarch of mankind. Men's recogn…
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l1ave elicited the pathetic and pict.orial powers of unnumbered pa.inters, No wonder thnt every grest picture-gallery in every Obristian land contains some maaterpiece of l"Omc famous painter, of one school or another, depicting the crucifixion of the Holy One n nd the.Just. For us the scene has not only an artistic …
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gPnil\l friend Rnd disciple, John, WRB I witneBB or the solemn scene. These, with soma others, lingered by the cross. Not unseen by the dying Redeemer, his nearest friend~ wcro the objects of hie affoctionato regard; and, BB these verses relate, some of hie last thoughts were of them, Rnd his last provision concerne…
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rrs INFIRMITIB8. The need a.nd desire 1Jo 11-hich expression waa thus given had a physical cause and WIii! accompanied by a physical pain. Jesus had thirsted upon hie journey when he asked from the Samaritan woman a draugM of water from Jacoh'H ,.-ell. Jesus seems to have taken no refreshment from the time when he s…
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evon the death of the oross. His aotive service was one long act of obedience, and his patient endurnnoo now made that obedience complete. He" learned obedience by the things which ho suffered." Nothing had been left undone which could prove Christ•~ unhesitating submission to the will of God his Father. When ho ha.d e…
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boiBt.erou~ natures bo!ist of new-found light and liberty, But m1my gentle timid and refined spirits !Ire equRlly sincere And devout in their reserve, Men And w'.omen ihere RN' like her who "kept And tnwru.red these things in her heart." .A time there is in ChristiAn experience when feeling is too sAcred to he profe…
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the tomb Rn(l left there, 2. The narrative is also conclusive as to the reality of onr Lord's resurrection. He could not have risen from the dead unless ho had first died. It is not possible to disconnect the several parts of the narrative from one another. A~ lt stands, tho record is consistent and credible. II. TaE …
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Vel'II. 23, 24.-The divirioft of 1iis prmtmh. Notice thiB ciromneta11ce- l. As ILLU!!TBATIVE OF CEBTAtN THINGS WITR B.t!:GABD T() THE Ol\trclFil!:RB AND THB CnuC!IFIED. 1. With regard to the crucifiers. (1) Their utter want of common delicacy. The fin;t thing they did in eJ:ec11ting the sentence WII.I! to strip the cu…
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rough nnd ignomut soldiers crucifying him for his garments? And this rlcm0n ,,f sclll~h gain was sanctioned by law. 3. It was done with grrot haste. As soon ns he was cruclfie<l, before he was dead, they hastened to divide his garments under his very eyes. In this they are typical of a good many more. The love of gain …
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tlicrc: and whnt coul,l keep her away? 2. Her sister, Who WM she? Not the wife of Cleoph1111. She Wl\8 also a Mary; and two si~ters of the Mme name was not a lik<'ly thing. She WM doubtless Salome, the wife of Zebedee, and the mother of James and John. John was Ch,ist'e first cousin, which accounts for the likeness,…
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human relationships when compared with spiritual ones. 1. Human relationships belong to this world. They belong to the natural, physical, and visible order of things. 'fhey are the outcome of our existence, the arrangements of wise Providence, and important for the government of the human race, their social order, prog…
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of life. The ChriRli11n son will be the moRt affection11to and careful of hie surviving rn0ther. 2. This duty u,us pe,:formed 'by Christ under the most frying circumstances, Tl!i~ duty '11'116 done 11m~dst the 'most rxcrncia!ing sufferings, physical, mental, and ~!•mtual. It was done ID the very act of dying. When u…
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Vera. 38-42.-Secrct discipleship. Notice-- I. THAT JESUS JN EVERY AGE HAB BO'ME SEORF:T DJAOIPLEB. There are two mentioned hcr~-J oscph and Nicodemus. Why were they secret? 1. Ber,a,use of the danger with whicl1 tliey were surrounded. "For fear of the Jews." Whe.t were the influences which excitc<l their fear? (1) The…
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.A coumgrn11s reqtiest. Joseph oame to Pilat~ to ask permission to take away the body o[ Jesus to be burie_rl. 1rhie wae a bold venture, as expressed by Mark, Involving con- 61dernble personal nsk, and BO contrary to his natural temper and pMt conduct. Dut h~ is now his new self and not hie old, or hie old and real s…
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appear utterly contemptible. LiUle did he dream how in course of time a vMt multi- tude of llll notions, and kindred, and pooplo, and tongues, would respond to this summonR, end count Jcsu~ King 1111 the more, just because of the crown of thorns nnd the purple robe. It was P1late, not Jesus, who was to become ultimatel…
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community pondcl'I! RD evil deed, he hRs to ponder alf!O all the possible result&. He cannot g<'t pllst the risk of punishment. II. Jmme A?-."D TIIE ORIGIN OF AUTHORITY. Pilate WM not a man caring to seek n.nd think under the surface of things, or he would have a.sked himself the question "Why are these f!Oldiers s…
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claims of Jeeus, when it is made cleAr to them that in this emphnUc way Jesus was "numbered with the tranRgressors" ?-Y. Vera. 26, 21.-Tl,e ,qreat Model of filial duty. The last hours of Jesus, as mi.~ht be !Xpeclcd, wero marked by e. very deep feeling of the tie that bound him to his Father In heavon. The ruling moti…
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cfatinct impression AB to the reality and intensity of the BUffering through which Jesua pa~~ed. Jesus, while a calm Sufferer, must be also a great Sufferer, otherwise it oaunot be_ folly true that "he t&e~ death for_ever:)'. man." Painless deat~--euthanasia, an easy ex)t from t~e world-such lB the :portion ot some; t…
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EXPOSITION. were called into being throughout Palestine, Phcenicia, Syria, Lybia, A.sia. Minor, Achaie., CHAPTER XX. Macedonia., Cyprus, Crete, and even in Italy Vera. 1-31.-2. The cmnplete glorifica- and the capital of the Roman empue, all of tion of Jesus in his resurrection. 'fhe record them held together by the…
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,Joor of the 11Cpul~hrr, the scaling of the Vere. 1-10.-(_1). The proeea, of John'• stone by the Rom1m g1mrd, tho re&uITootion- mon rm·.•onal conmcitOfl, by Uie dilcovcry that appeArnnec~ of the eainm, tho epeoial pre- the 1epnlohNi wa, d~Bef"Uft. 1mmtion DlJlde by the women for further Ver. 1.-Now on tha llr■1: 4&7…
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of their boundless love. The critics mnke 1-8), wo hear of nngcld, tlio si;.;l1t nf 11,., merry over the suporfluousnese of these vaon.torl tomb, n.nd the 1111golio moRsn.go to tl,rJ women purohe.sing fresh spicee when they apostles, specifying Peter as ouo especially must have known the lavish expenditure of singled o…
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the nnrrnli"c of llfo.Uliew ie delh-crcd from ver. 2 or the l,rl of Luke ulv. 1 ; hut It la ifg E;J"C'ntcsl r•'l']'lcxity. 'fho fact that ,J,~11• clear from the form of the fnllowlug een- ,nr/ them m nFl he i<lentical with the 11p- tenoo, the.t ,1>..8.v ,ls is ditl'!!rout In mcnn- pcaranc<' <ll'Bl'riJ.e,l wiih far g…
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look or pn11Re.'' Ilnt why need we 1uppou therefore, the other disoiple o.lso, h g who 11, point-blnnk oontradiction of Luke? Such oame flrat to the 1epulohre. Surely the a moclo or ontmnco is nlmoet unthinkable. charge thnt this WTiter, under the teaching Dut ho did more: And entered into the of second-century tondenc…
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to their own homes. npbs ub.-oiJs ' con-e- subjective creation of lhe terrifled and weep• llJ'l'~de with Luke xxiv. 12, to the ..-pbs • ,u.-d, ing women, who took white olothoa for men to which Peter returned. Here, ao-ain, thcro or angels, e.n,1 whn~e fancies were rendllt is II Yivid touch of individm~lity.• John's…
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to represent M1ny of Magr1Bl11'e present her, away from the nngels, anrl from their vision ae idontioal with th11t which h,vl appe.rent but fruitless offer of sympnl,hy, ocourrerl nt an e11rller hour; but it is clear still weeping po.Rsir,nately in the utter rleso- thnt, if ehe shnred in the e11.rlier vision 11.t nil, …
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thi• modo or hcin!?, tlic eye ni:-eds special ie prepemlion for the great revelation. training snd prcpernl.ion. Though the eyes "The Lord hR.8 risen indeo,l;" but, unlike nf love ore the quickest to disoom these what poetry or theology might have plotured, wondrous realities, yet the vision tarries, and or the mythop…
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She we.e in no moocl e.nswering to the ,foubt- This is very subtle, and is e'lui valent to fuln~ea. of t~e cliAoiplca who cleeirecl proof our Lorrl'e ee.ying, "Do not you, Mary, seek of hie 1cle11t1ty, of the fnct of his corporeity, that kind of bodily tangible proof;" "I nm before they coulcl underate.ncl his olnim…
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Mcensions is rrecluilcd. The difficulty ness of my brethren. I am a■oendlng to my nri•,'s from the pormiBSion the Lor,] gave to Father, and to you l'atb.er. Lot it be ol:i- tho e IrvPn to prove by tangible evidenoe, eerved that ho does not sny, "to our Father," by Yisihle signs, the realiLy of hie resurroc- " He who…
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or returning, nud hRd received the eummona qnito awRre thnt 1rnch an eved woal,l check- to Lell Lhe diecipl,·e thrut, he would seo them mnto thr.ir 8Uppored victory ovP.r n b11terl. lo 81\lilco. 'l'ho two disciples on their way rivnl. The Romo.n aoldiers were pled!5'ed in to Emma us hncl nt longth ,I iscovered that tho…
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at onoe compel them to follow their Lord'■ tum,aa the dlaolplea(or some of them) were eu.mple, drink of hia oup, and be ba.ptir;ed ready to euggeet. Bia ftnt word, thouah with bia baptiam. The doore were cloaed, oonaieting in form of the common ealut11l1~11 when J1111111 oam,, anti lltoocl in the mid■t-a of the East…
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,1 we read that they were lnoredolous from appropriately used twice--for the Lord'e own the ei:oess of their joy, aod auroharged with commissfon, and aleo for the onmmisBion of wonder. In the bewilderment of their rap- the disciplee. Then it eeems to point bar,k ture he added to their asenrance and trans• to an event i…
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v>'ill bn'l"O pnwcr to rlo this by bearin!{ fin<l any_ p~ace in o. ~onsationc,l philoaovhy, tc~limnny t.n t.hat which they sec e.nrl know because 1t 1e not a umvenal experience. H to he tlio foot oi the Ollee. The celebrated will become eo. The further re,'lllRtione of J)ft•snge (eh. \'ii. 89) which asserts the the Lor…
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diction and privi!Pge, " WhritRnevllr thoa of learning and ut.tering in our pro.yarR the shnlt bind on earth sh1LJI ho bound in heaven, forgiving love of God, upon the con<litinnR nm! wh..,.~oever thou shalt loose on on.rib of repentance an,1 f,1ith and a forgiving shall be looeecl in beoven." Lightfoot and spirit, …
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twelve. But Thoma■, one of the tweln (a new life, the new and hitherto unrevealed term of de!rignntion for the first group of the order of being, if be could aplrltnally see the apotdl<'•. and one which was not renounced, realiz11.tion of all the mystery of lovo i u the Rltbough two of them were absent. The Resnrroo…
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t.o the evonln11: of tho second SunclRy. And the no.ii e." Here wo.e the Divine opportunity though, o.s Meyer enye, there ie nothing for him, with more than one eens", to o.seuro inclicRtlve of Rny coneocrntion of the first himself of the reality. And reo.ch hither thy clRy of the week, it ie obviously cRlculRted hand …
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l'' i,kn•c, -whlt'h wae f'sr more l'fllCRoioua It is not long bef'ol'e ft f1 notorlou& thl\t Bt 1hnn 1lint. whkh be in grr,~a and eenBUona PB11l spoke of him aa" God ble.ssed for ever,: 1 f:,,J,inn l11Ml t.hought indispensable for hia called him the" I1m1.ge of the invisible God " 0 p, c11i:·1rly comt.itutf'd mind.…
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11ny, "Betaueo thou hnat touohed me, thou soul. 'fhie does but repe11t the some Mell, b&et believed." The vision alone brought "Blessed are they who saw not ns Thomas the !lpostle b11ck to that high tension or and the other disciples were nt this momP,nt fBith which he, with others, he.d reached on doing, and yet belie…
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which are not written in this book. The Ver. 31.-But, says he, these are written "many" and "other" refer to those signs with a special purpose. The author did "·ith whioh his readers may be familiar not intend to write a full history or a from other sources, and, as it St'ems to us, detailed biography; he avowed ha…
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Vere. 11-18.-Mary Magdalene the first herald of the risen Lord. The two apostles withdrew, but Mary remained at the tomb. "A stronger affection riveted to the spot one of e. weaker nature" (Augustine). I. MARY'S LOVE TO HEB LORD. It was, manifested: 1. By her persistent watching of the tomb. 2. By her passionate weepi…
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Vers. 19-23.-Thefirst appearance of Jesu, to his disciples. He meets with them on the evening of the day on which he rose from the dead. l THE DISCIPLES WEnE G..lTHEnED TOGETHER FOB THE MEMORABLE INTERVIEW. 1. Mary's message lUJ.d evidently brought them together. 2. Their new hopefulness must have inclined tl,cm to…
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nbsolvecl. (o) The powers here given o.re similar to those given to Peter (Mo.tt. xvi. 18), which refer to absolution from Church censures. Vere. 24-29.-The second appearance to the discip~s. There was one member of the npostolio bo.nd still in doubt o.nd darkness. I. TIIE ADBENOE OF THOMAS FROM THE FIRST INTERVIEW W…
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HOMILIES BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. Ver. 9.-The ignorance which evidence dispelled. I. IT WAS THE DIVINE PUBPOSE THAT JESUS SHOULD RISE FROM THE DEAD. Nothing in the ministry of our Lord was unforeseen and accidental. The closing scenes of that ministry were evidently fore- Rppoioted. The expressions "must" and "must need…
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WAB THEREFORE ALL THE MORE AN EVIDEN0E OF ITS REALITY. It is certain that the twelv! were not predisposed to believe in the rising from the dead; they could not ho.vo invented euch a story o.s some attribute to them been.use it was in harmony with their expectations, for they expected nothing of the kind. Yet they did …
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Ver. 17.-A mmageftill ofmM,ning. The risen Christ we.a the link between Deity snd mankind. Standing beyond the tomb, yet below the clouds, he sent a messllgo to the diBOiplos whom he Wll8 about to leave, concerning the Divine Father whom he wns about to join. How fitly, wisely, and tenderly did he communicate with t…
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nrua_z!ng, wns the npproach of the Master. Gr:i.cious was hie greeting, welcome his fnm1lmr tonos, He convinced them of his identity by exhibiting his wound~, nnrl. proved hie humnnity by pnrtnking of food. And though hie comin"' 0 was friendly, yet he upbrnided his disciples for their unbelief. III. TnE NARRATIVE DE…
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Ver. 2il.-7'1u cry of faith and joy. If St. John begins his Gospel with a clear and full declaration of our Lord's Deity, he here towards its close gives his readers to under- stand that his con,iction was shared by others who, like himself, had the advantage of prolonged and continuous fellowship with Jesus. l. TH…
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I. TH1: wnIT:rm'i; REOOnD. llfany of the works of Jesus were not written in this ehort t.rentisc; "bnt tbMlo," says John, "are written." 1. This is I\ record of/acts nnd not of "cunningly devised fables;" of events which actually took pl:ice, l\nd of words whloh were really spoken. Thie Gospel contains neither false…
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Faith is n posture of tho eoul; life is I\ Rtnte of the soul. 1. Life is the nRtural resua of foith. Every man's life is e.ffocted by what he believes; in fact, I\ man's beliefs bccomo the principles of his conduct H i!J so in politics, in literature, in art. 2. Faith in Christ ia th~ i:neans towards a spiritual life. …
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,md expcrimcnte.lly know no sorrow; but they are sympathetic 1md tHendly; pcrhnpe they hnd nttendl'd so much upon the Lord, that they would natnrlllly le11.m sympathy. (5) Their i11spfri,1g confidmre. It is not to every one she would disclose the cause of her grief. She would instinctively be suspicious; but the 11.…
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movement of the now life in Jesus was a movement upwards; from the grave he b1Jgan to ascend, nnd the first intelligence obtained of him was that he was already ascen<ling. 2. The mission includes his destination. "I ascend unto my Father." It was ascending somewboro, but unto a special spot and special Personage-un…
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the JlC'snrrection, the po~sible must become the actu11l, bcf'ore even the possiblo could bo credited. ,Tc~u~ wo11ld not bo 11stonisbcd at this weeping of Ml\ry; what he wnntcd ll'ns to deal with it promptly. He did not seek to weep with 'll"Ceping Mary, but rather to ba'!'e :Mary rejoice with rejoicing angels, and …
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