February 21

29 ¶ The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!

30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me; for he was before me.

31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

35 "Again the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples:

36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwell, and abode with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when

Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jonas, thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

43 "The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, bequest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

"When Jesus had found Philip, Philip knew that he had found Him. And the next thing to knowing that 'we have found Him' is to find some one else, and say, 'Come and see!' . . . It is not always very easy to say it. You little know how much it sometimes costs us! But 'we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard,' 'we also believe, and therefore speak.' We have seen Jesus, and therefore we must tell you of the sight, and entreat you to 'come and see.' Understand or misunderstand us as you will, we must say, 'come!'

"But what is it that we are so burningly eager for you to see? . . . We have seen by faith the only sight that is worth gazing upon, the sight that satisfies the angels, the sight that is enough for the joy and satisfaction of immortal vision throughout eternity. One thing we know, that, whereas we were blind, now we see. We see Jesus as our Lord and our God. We see Him as the very Saviour we need, and the very Friend we craved. We see Him as 'the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.' We see Him wounded for our transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; our Substitute and our Six-bearer. We see Him, too, crowned with glory and honor, and we rejoice in His glory and beauty; we make our boast of


JOHN PREACHING IN THE WILDERNESS

And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. /wie in. 3 (110)

Him. If you say to us, 'What is thy Beloved more than another beloved?' we reply, 'My beloved is the chiefest among ten thousand. Yea, He is altogether lovely.'"—F. R. Havergal.

Closet Promise.—The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ: if so be that we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified together.—Rom. viii. 16-17.

"Attesting to the work within, The Spirit's voice is heard; As well we know the gracious voice

As any human word; The things God freely gives we know, As He the work divine doth show."