n0liC'<'i1-'' Rbsolutely n0thing." Tbne h!l ie nndoabtedly in lunmr.ny with tho entiro virt11n lly repents hie own atteranoo, "I Rm representation oftho p.u(ovdnisof tbo Fntbor n,,t 0f thie ":orld." T!1ie great woril pre- J -so I do. llry lovo le strong e.s <le11th. FUJlp<'F<'5 agRtn the nniqacneee of Christ'e Though the prinooof lho world be.s no right PereonRlity nnd oonl'Cioaeaeee. With evorv over mo, I go e.t the Fe.ther'e bidding to do <'lher mrm the higher the conocption of the hie will, to suffer, but to win, and tlirough Di\'inC" LRl"I" Rnd olRim, eo mn<'h the <le<'pcr dc11th to d<'.11tmy him the.t hlle the power of hoc0mes the senae of dopartul'(' fwm it. In death. Arise, let n• go henoe-words which Chris('s case hie lofty l-nol"l"leclge of the aro e.leo found in Mntt. ixvi. 46, e.nd nro F'Rtber 0nly mRkee him l-now, and evon e. ~uch of the eye-witneee that nothing will Mmpel@ him t,o confess, l1is reconciliation, obhtorate. A second-century thoologie.n bi~ obcdien<'o, Rnd bis immrd sinlessness. would not be.ve introduocd such n fcnturo. Ver. 31.-But tha.t--d:1.:1.' ivu ie elliptical (Westcott trnn@llltcs, " But I snrrcndc1· my- They loove the guest-ohnmber, e.nd so the self, that," etc.; Rnd Me'l'cr, "But he cometh, that.'' etc.), not dependent on i-y•lpeir8,-the remninder of the discourse we.s delivered in world may k:now-the.t very world over the brightness of the Po.scb11l moon, under which this alien spirit has so long tyrannized shadow of the wnlle or Jerµeolem, or in may know, if not now, yet ultiillll,tely-that eome comer of the temple nrea, or some I love the Father. Then it is the world oonvenient ple.ce on the we.y t.o Gethseme.ne. which ie to be nevertheless drawn to him bv his being- "lifted up "(eh. xii. 52)-the world He se.id these words, however, before be whid, the Father loves so much as to sa'l'e crossed the Kedron (eh. xviii. I). Appe.- e.nd redeem from the power of the enemy. And rcntly on the wny thither he once more took even as the Father oornmende,1 me-which up his parable,
HOMILETICS. \ crs. 1-4.-C'omfort under separation. There is no break between this chapter and the preceding. I. "MARK oun Lo11.o's SnIPATHY WITH ms DISCIPLES. "Let not your heart be troubled." 1. TM best of Goa's people may be at times in a desponding and distrustful 'IJll.od. 2. Jesus takes ddigl,t in comforting his saints and lightening tlie burden of a l,eavy heart. "Come unto me, and I will give you rest." IL MAilK THE REHEDY FOB. THE DESrONDENT MOOD OF BIS DISCIPLES. .. Believe in God, believe also in me." It is faith. JesUB invites them to confidence. 1. There must be faith in God, who has provided a home for his children on high. There is great comfort in the thought or the Fatherhood of God. 2. There must be faith in l'hrist, u:ho, as the Mediator, will realize what the Father has promised. (1) AB the true Object of our faith, Christ appears here as necessarily God in conjunction with hie Father. (2) The belief that brings comfort to the disciples is not a mere assent to 1:ropositions, but trust in a Person, distinguished by love, faithfulness, and power. ill THE .ABGUMENTS FOB. CONSOLATION. L The existenu of heaven as the home of the saints. "In my Father's house are many m&DBions." (1) Heaven is II definite lDcality. Jesus is there in his glorified body. (2) It is the Father's house, where God is seen as Father. (3) Jt is the home of a family. Heaven is a social state. The children of God are all there. (4) It is a large house, for it ho.s "many mansions." (a) This does not signify that there are different degrees of happiness in heaven, (b) but that there is room in heaven for the whole family of God. (5) It is a prepared pl.2.ce for a prepared people, ordered by the Lord himself. " I go to prepare a place for you." (a) This implies that Jesus will go first to heaven. (b) He enters within the veil as" Forerunner." What strong consolation is in this blessed truth I 2. .Another arg,1mentfor cor.solation is tli,1; promise of Christ's return to receive his disciples. ".And if I "0 and prepare a place for you, I come again, and I will receive 7ou to myself; that wLe;e I am, there ye may be a.I.so." (~) Christ's coming is not (a) at Pentcc~st1 (b) nor at conversion, (c) nor at the day of 3udgment, (d) but at the death of ea.eh d1sc1ple. (2) The believer will be ultimately received into intimate communion with Chrillt in glory. (a) Heaven is wherever Christ is; therefore "to depart and be with Christ ia ;ar better." (b) Christ will be the Centre of <;be believer's joy1. 3 . .Anot~er argument for ccmsr,latfon ia that the disciple, knew the way to he,auen. "And whither I go ye oo, xiv. 1-31.] THE GOSPEL ACCOI;DING TO ST. JOHN.