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    A Life of St. John for the Young
    A Life of St. John for the Young
    A Life of St. John for the Young
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    A Life of St. John for the Young

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      A Life of St. John for the Young - George Ludington Weed

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      Title: A Life of St. John for the Young

      Author: George Ludington Weed

      Release Date: November 27, 2005 [EBook #17166]

      Language: English

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      St John—Domenichino

      A Life of St. John

      For the Young

      BY

      GEORGE LUDINGTON WEED

      Author of A Life of Christ for the Young, A Life of St. Paul for the Young, Great Truths Simply Told, etc., etc.

      PHILADELPHIA

      GEORGE W. JACOBS & CO

      103-105 South Fifteenth Street

      Copyright, 1900

      By George W. Jacobs & Co

      PREFATORY NOTE

      The recorded incidents of the Life of St. John are few. Almost all those of which we certainly know are related in the Gospels, the Acts of the Apostles, The Epistles of St. John, and The Revelation. Some of the traditions concerning him are in such harmony with what we do know that we are almost ready to accept them as historic.

      The known events though few, are very distinct. They are the beautiful fragments of a great picture. The plan of this volume does not include those which pertain to him in common with the twelve disciples. Such a record would practically involve the story of the life of our Lord. This is limited to those events in which his name is mentioned, or his person otherwise indicated; to those in which he was a certain or implied actor; to those in which we may suppose from his character and relations he had a special interest; to those narratives whose fulness of detail makes the impression that they are given by an eye-witness; to those in which a deeper impression was made on him than on his fellow-disciples, or where he showed a deeper insight than they into the teachings of the Lord, and is a clearer interpreter; to those records which add to, or throw light upon, those of the other three Evangelists; and especially to those things which reveal his peculiar relation to Jesus Christ.

      Another limitation of this volume is its adaptation, in language, selection of subjects and general treatment, to young people, for whom it is believed no life of John, at any rate of recent date, has been prepared. It is designed especially for those between the ages of ten and twenty, though the facts recorded may be of value to all.

      The attempt is made to trace the way by which John was led to, and then by, Christ. We first see him as a boy with Jewish surroundings, taught to expect the Messiah, then watching for His coming, then rejoicing in finding Him, then faithful and loving in serving Him; becoming the most loved of His chosen ones. We see the Christ through John's eyes, and listen to the Great Teacher with his ears. Christ and John are the central figures in the scenes here recorded.

      The full table of contents suggests the variety and scope of the topics presented.

      In the mind of the writer the interest of many of the scenes described has been greatly deepened by memories of the paths in which he has followed in the footsteps of the Master and His disciple.

      The many quotations of words, phrases and texts—which are from the Revised Version—are designed to direct the young to Scripture forms with which they should become familiar; and sometimes to emphasize a fact or truth, or to recall a former incident.

      Grateful acknowledgment is made especially to the works of Farrar, Edersheim and Stalker, for facts, and germs of thought which have been simplified in form and language for the interest and instruction of the young, in the hope that they may thereby be led into deeper study of one of the noblest of human lives.

      G.L.W.

      Philadelphia, July, 1900.

      CONTENTS

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      Map of the Land Where St. John Lived

      A Life of St. John

      CHAPTER I

      A Home in the Blest Land, by the Sacred Sea

      "Blest land of Judæa! Thrice hallowed in song,

      Where the holiest of memories pilgrim like throng,

      In the shade of thy palms, by the shores of thy sea,

      On the hills of the beauty, my heart is with thee."

      — Whittier .

      A Galilean boy, a fisherman, a follower of Jesus, one of the twelve Apostles, one of the favored three, the beloved one, the Apostle of love, the Apostle of childhood, the one of all men who gave to mankind the clearest view of Jesus Christ—such was St John.

      For young people he is a fitting study. To aid such is the purpose of this volume.

      Let us first glance at the land where he lived, surrounded by influences that directed his life, and moulded his character.

      Palestine was called by God Himself The Glory of All Lands. He made it the home of His people the Jews, who long waited for the promised time when it should have greater glory by becoming the home of the Messiah, the Son of God. Before He was born the Jews were conquered by the Romans, and governed by them instead of the Jewish judges and kings. The country was divided into three parts. The southern was called Judæa; the middle, Samaria; and the northern, Galilee, which was the most beautiful part. It contained the hills of Galilee, and the plain and sea of Gennesaret, hallowed by the presence of Jesus, and

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