' i THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D. ANDHODDER STOUGHTON PATERNOSTER ROW27 MDCCCXCIII andAylesbury.London& Viney, Ld.,by Hazelt, Watson,Printed PREFACE ^ ^HESE chapters were written as a commentaryI School Lessonson the International Sunday fromfor the American Sunday School Times, which they are reprinted with the concurrence of the proprietors. CONTENTS PAGE I. THE WORD IN ETERNITY, TIME, AND FLESH . I St. John i. I-18. II. TWO days: last,John's and Christ's first ii St. i.John 29-42. III. THE first ray OF THE GLORY . . .20 St. ii. i-i I.John " "IV. HOW CAN THESE THINGS BE ? . . -29 St. iii. 1-17.John V. THE THIRSTY GIVER LIVINGOF WATER . . 39 St. John iv. S-26. VI. THE LIFE-GIVER AND .JUDGE . . -49 St. V.John 17-30. VII. BREAD ENOUGH, AND TO SPARE . . • 58 St. vi. IJohn -14. VIII. TRUE WORK FOR TRUE BREAD . . .66 St. John vi. 26-40. ""IX. THAT ROCK WAS CHRIST . . . 1^ St. John vii. 31-44. X. FREEDOM AND SONSHIP . . . -85 St. viii.John 31-47. XI. JESUS SEEING THE BLIND, AND THE BLIND JESUS 95 St. John ix. I-Il, 35-38. XII. THE SHEPHERD OF MEN .... I03 St. John X. I -16. Contentsviii PAGELESS. MIRACLE . .112XIII. THE CROWNING . . xi.St, John 21-44. WHAT THOUGHT ABOUT THE CROSS . 121XIV. JESUS St. xii. 20-36.John THE MASTER-SERVANTXV. 130 xiii. I-St. John 17 XVI. THE PRESENT-ABSENT CHRIST AND THE ABID- .ING COMFORTER . . . -139 St. John xiv. 1-3, 15-27. XVII. THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES . . . I49 XV, 1-16,St.
' iTHE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN ALEXANDER MACLAREN, D.D. ANDHODDER STOUGHTON PATERNOSTER ROW27 MDCCCXCIIIandAylesbury.London& Viney, Ld.,by Hazelt, Watson,PrintedPREFACE ^ ^HESE chapters were written as a commentaryI School Lessonson the International Sunday fromfor the American Sunday School Times, which they are reprinted with the concurrence of the proprietors.