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PARDON AND HEN41NGN
LESSON ", FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JAN. 27.
Text of the Lesson, Mark II, 1-I2-Commit
Verses 10, I2-Golden Text, Psalms
CHI, 42-Commentary by the
Rev. ID. NJ. stcarns.

delphla.l
l. "And again He entered into Caper-
naum." The JOY of the leper who bad been
healed led him, notwithstanding the COM
mand of the Saviour, to blaze abroad the fact
of his being healed, and such multitudes
Gocked TO Jesus that he had to leave the city
and withdraw into the wilderness, where
Luke tells us He prayed luke V, 49,, and
Mark says that even there they came to Him
from every quarter. Mark i, 49, But now,
after some days, He returns to Capernaum,
and The news of His return is soon spread
abroad. When lie went al ono time into the
borders of Tyre and Sidon He entered into an
house and would have no man know it, but
He could not he hid. Clark vii, 24D How is
it that today lie seems to be hid i'll the homes
and lives of SO many who profess to have re-
Ceived IIiml Why is il not clearly manifest
that lie IS in US If indeed lie Is! Let each
onos heart reply.
.. And siraightvay many were gathered
together, insomuch that there was 10 room
10 receive thg1n.n la Luke V, II, it Is said
that there were PharisceS and doctors OF the
the law sitting BIZ, which were come out OF
every town Of Gahice and Judca ana Jeru-
salen and the power of the Lord was pres
eut to heal them, But though there was such
power present, these Phariseos and doctors
wero not healed for they had no idea that
they needed healing.
.. aud uhey come unto him, bringing ono
sick Of the palsy, which was borne OF four"
While these blind, self righteous Pharsees
and doctors. who might be healed ii they
only know their need, are listening 10 HIS
wonderful words, here is a case for the mani
festatlOp of His wonderful uowei-a case of
realized and manifest need.
3 They could nor como nigh.
tbev uncovered the ron; = y y they let
down tine he'd wherein, the sick Of the palsy
lay T1kev 10 says they let hin, doyn
tbro,,ch the thing wirb his couch. into the
nids4 hefore Jesns Irara l. zaal and deter
,nina4lon sure to accomplish send if il he at
all nossible tn ho accommodated
: .,\vhon ,Ios,s paw. Their raith.n with
ont faith II is i,,1ossiblo 10 nlease God Hfeb
vi IN Lrt corRjoura in Him does aIvray,
please Him for ..tho eyes Of the Lord run TO
and fro throughout fhe whole earth to show
Himself stronp in behalf of them whose
baort is ,,orfrot toward Him. m chr xvi. 81.
and how often we hear Him sov. "Accord;ug
10 vunr faith =" CAS- tbon hast holiocad y m.
narontlv mixing tbo measure Of blessing we
ario,- 70 l,o i,g+ il, rro,ortio, IN the r7oos-
IRE Of orr fSith in him, When we consider
+bo rocord !, T1oh II ord In tho history of
+ho l.i,,-s of 1,,,ob who, oliod mo, Ctod nav
we not yyi+b Good ,.noson esl, o,,Isalvo. ..Do I
act osifI had f9itl, in CODE
..gn s,id ,n+o tbo ei,l, If tho Dols,- Sor,
+bv sins ho FORGIVEN thee Matt tx. . SAYS
that liz oleo added .Ra of coed cheer -
Wh,4 mower t}aro is in n word Of oucorroc ,,-
,nenr and how nnonv We might dron Inv tho
80 90 w., i,,,o1. ~, 10 Voc, ,,,, mo-, -, ,if
ohsorhod hI+ nova Gllad with the s,,,irit ~
Christ. who vent about doing good. SO for
e-otfnl of self. and then how kindly 1o nd
dre.sas the sicl, ,nan--no word Of robul,o
either ia him or his friends because Of their
seemingly ,1,do intrrsion md suddon inter-
runtion Of HIS discourse. but a most kindly
and encouroci,,c- -rec,in,-
& "Tbc SERIES ,jttip, there were reason
inc in their hearts They were His enn-
mics tboy did NOT beIieva in Him. thay knnyv
Him moi
Z "Who can forgive sins but God onlyr'
m Cor. Y r marqin> WIN Of course no
one can. but here in this house. and in this
man WINS God manifest in tho easb and t,ey
knew II not. There thov s.t criticism, CON
dop,pin,. sitting in iudgrneut ,lDon Hin, who
will ono dav bo their ind, but nov; dssi,as
70 he their Saviour and thoir Zinc VIII
they not saw in that day "Oh IL we
Ind onl,, knownln Well if they had only
co,,Dorcd the words and daeds end vol
Known bie+or,, of This man with tho tos,i.
Ynonv of their nronhets thev MIGHT bave boon
c,nvinced that this was Ho 81 wbo,n tha
nropbets snake
.sJesIs ne-ceived in His s-,iri. TINT t1o,.
70 reasoned within tbernseIvetn Some ono
has called this ssmind reading ortraordi,,or,. "
and indeed il is. How could He tell what
they were thinking about in their heartg7
Just for the same reason that lie could for