News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-01-17

INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
JANUARY 90.
Lesson Text Healing of the Leper,"
Mark l., 35-45- Golden Text:
Mark i, 42-Commentary.

Marx l., So-4O - OOIuen AeAt:
Mark i, 42-Commentary.
%. And in the morning, rising up great
while before day, He went out, and departed
INTO solitary place, and there prayed"
An so we find Him again at the close of this
lesson, after healing the Ieper; He withdrew
Himself into the wilderness and prayed.
luke ", 16). Luke speaks of seven
different occasions on which He is
found d. praying luke d6l III, I'll " 166'
but if ever man prayed without ceasing it
was this Man. and if ever man needed not to
pray, we would think it was this Man, for
He was God manifest in the flesh. Now if
He found it necessary to be alone and in COM
muuion with His Father in Heaven so much,
if He deemed it more important than rest for
the body, what conclusion can we come to,
but that we are wonderfully unlike Him and
not sensible of our need nor very intimately
acquainted with our Father in Heaven? A
supreme and all Consum ng desire to know
the love AMI power of God and walk in fell
lOwship with Him as His faithful representa-
tives here on earth would surely send us to
our knees and on our faces before God moro
often and more earnestly.
81 Simon, and they that were with
Him, followed after Him" Not to pray
with Him, but to find Him for those who
were seeking Him. 1t is practical and per-
tinent question for those who have found
Jesus and are saved by Him: DO | now
seek Him and walk with Him that / may be
happy, or that may learn through Him to
win others to Him that they too may Re
blessedF' The last is surely he highest aim,
but the self i'll us is more apt to seek personal
blessing than to be a blessing to others.
81. when they had found Him they said
unto Him, all seek for Thee" Seeing that
| He had power over devils and disease, that
He healed all freely and spoke such wonder
! full words and with such authority, they were
irresistibfy drawn to Him; but if they had
only known who He really was, does it not
| seem as if they would have worshipped Him
in truth! The disciples, not finding Him in
the house when they rose in the morning.
| went out and sought till they found Him.
| Do we thus seek Him in the early morning,
| and do we through the day bring Him to tue
| many who needing Him!
IS. "And He said unto them, let us go into
| the next towns that lmay preach there also,
for therefore came forth" The time being
| fulflled, He had come to set up the kingdom
| spoken of in Daniel H., A. and elsewhere;
these miracles which He wrought were His
| credentials, as the prophets had fOretold
| isaiah xXXv., SO; Xxi, j. 1t is now the
| business of all who believe IN Him to carry
the glad tIdings of a cruCified, risen, assembled,
| intercedng and returning Saviour and King
| into all the world, for, therefore, does He
| send us forth But so many, not understand
| ing H IS purpose, nor what they are saved for,
| are content to live their quiet religious life
in their own little corner, without doing any
| thing to carry the glad tidingS 10 other towns
| or villages or districts.
80. And He preached in their syna-
! Cogucs, throughout all Galilee, and cast out
devils.' Matthew says that He pr ached the
gospel of the kingdom and healed all man
nPr of sickness and disease Matt. w., 2A.
What kingdom it will be when the devil
and all his demons are cast out forever, when
tine inhabitant shall nomOre say 81 am sick"
when there shall be no more death, nor pain.
nor sorrow, for He, this same Jesus, shall
have subdued all things unto Hin self, and
the inheritance lost through Adams sin sha
be more than restored through Jesus Christ
40. And there came leper to Him, be
seeching Hira, and kneeling down to Him."
Matthew says that it was when He came
down from the mountain that this leper
came to Him Matt viii, 1-2. Luke says
that the man was full of leprosy, and that
he fell on his face and besought Him luke
V, ~. A poor outcast, shut away from
home and kindred. full of this most loath-
some of all diseases that sinful flesh
seems heir to, an utterly hope eSs case as far
as human help is concerned, doomed to
lingering death by slow but sure decay of
the whole body; he makes bold to come near
to this Man with the wonderful power, for
whC Their it was by hearing the sermon OIL the
Mount or by seeing or hear ng of some of the
miracles of healing which Jesus had wrought,
he hes some way become possessed of such
faith in Him that he cries: Lord. if Thou
wilt, Thou canst make me Cleanm Matt.
viii, 2; Luke v, 12) He is sure that Jesus
faith as to that matter, and so he Just casts
himself at Jesuss feet, virtually saying
Lord, If r Sc up again leper it is because
You refuse to heal me, for believe You are
more than man, and can heal me if You only
will; so l cast myself on Your mercy"
Al. And Jesus moved with compassion,
put forth His hand an touched him, and
saith unto him, l will; be thou clean" Five
times i'll the Ps Inns the Lord is said to be
full of compassion, Ps. xviii, IS; lxxxvi,
Is; cxi., 4; cxii, 4; cxlv., s; the same word
being translated "mercifuln in eight other
places, the first of which is Elk xxxiv 6
where learn the name of the Lord; an
He being full of compassion, could not help
having compassion on this leper He even
He is not afraii; but best of all, He says
Il will" what a thrill of joy indie
scribable must have gone through and through
this poor man. Try and fancy it, you can.
~. LAS soon as He had spoken, immedi
ately the leprosy departed from him and he
was cleansed.' With the word came The
health, and instantly the man was whole.
Even this most fearful of all diseases fees
before Him. I he same Almighty word from
the same Almighty person brought the world
into existence, destroyed it with deluge, re-
peopied it, called out Abram, preserved his
descendants in Egypt, delivered them from
1t, brought them through the wilderness, sup
plying all their needs for forty years: brought
them through the Red Sea and the Jordan on
dry land and gave them the land Of promise;
preserved Daniel and his companions from
being in the least hurt by the lions or the
fiery furnace; and to-day SAYS to YOU O
reader: Wilt thou be made whole! wilt thou
be cleanSed from all sin! wilt thou be filled
with the Spirit: for if thou art willing l |
have the power and will do it for thee, for
N We ask anything in Ny name | will do
it." John xiv, IA inst think of the bless
lngs within reach of every helpless one who |
truly feels his need and realizes his elpesS- |
ness
f3-4t "See thou say nothing to any man.
"A n &c Oh. 1 Al =
the mans disobeying it is seen in the next |
verse. ''Shew thyself to the priest Jesus |
did not come to destroy but to fulfill the law
lie himself oheyed it perfectly, and in the |
sermon on the Mount taught the real mean |
ing of some of its commands. Although He |
IS to every bel ever the end of the law for |
Righteousness, yet He expects that righteous
ness to he manifest in II saved ones, for |
only he that dOeth right eousness is righteous. |
For testimony unto them that neither He !
nor Ills followers i'll any way set aside the |
law but obeyel it and magnified it.
3D. Jesus would no more openly enter |
into the city, but was without in d. sert |
places" This was the result of the mans |
blazing abr al the matter. Oh for thou |
sands of such publishers of glad tidings as |
this leper; then would the Gospel soon be |
reached to every creature and the glorious |
kingdom come.
They came to Him from every quarter" |
Only let us hod up Jesus in all His lowell |
ness, and people will come to Him to-day, for |
He has said: Il, if l he Ii ted up from the |
earth, wi draw all men unto Me- John xii, |
~. He has been lifted up; He is now draw |
ing unto Him His elect church out of all |
nations, jew and Gentle. Soon He VIII come |
IN His glory and draw unto Him the nat on |
of lsrael, and then draw all nations unto Him |
through them. But now let us arise and |
blaze it abroad that this Man receveth' sin
ners, all who come: that He Gle lnses from all |
sin, gives rest and peace and victo~y over be-
setting sins; that i'll the resurrection He will |
give a body lust Ike His own. and to every |
overcomer give a seat with Him on His |
throne. Let our hearts say: 81 will trust |
Thee, Lord. Let me be Thy servant. -
Lesson Helper.
SOME of the cool women of Hart. |
ford have organized a dres3making and |
arithmetic school for young women
who want to learn a trade, and also how |