The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-02-23

LESSON VII, FIRST QUARTER. INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. "a

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And He went ont from thence that is
/ from Capernaum, whore lie had inst healed
/ the woman who had been twelve years sick.
! the htt!e GlFi T. Years old who had lust q ed
! the two blind men and the durlb de3nonioc.
where also he had on previous occasions
/ healed the man IL the synagogue with ar, nm
/ clean spirit, Peters w.fe's mother. the sfn!,
with the palsy, the noblemau's son. the cen
/ tarioas servant, an1 .ay others not mon
TONED individually Mark i, ii. y; Matt
/ TX, Lu@e yii, John iv.) How highly privi
/ leged CaUcrnaun WAS, how MANY mighty
works were done there
"And came into His own country" After
/ the people OF Nazareth rejected Him and
/ sought His life, lie made Caperugurn His
/ home IF lie could be said to have a ho.na,.
and it was called Ills own city" Matt tx /.
! Lake IL, l53h, but Nazareth was His own
country where lie had been brouuhtug How
patient, forriving aud long SUFFERING He Is
and how earnestly he continues to sepE those
who reject Him, if perchanco they may re-
pcnt, for lie is not willing that any sheaId
perish. Il fet. 80
His disciples follow Him" Some follow
| fully and some follow afar or. some scekana
serve Him with the whole heart and some do
anything but that
.. "N ,lon the Sabbath day was come. To
! began 70 teach in the synagogue He had
been at it early and late all the week, taac4-
! ing, healing and journeying on foot or by
/ boat from place to place; but every Sabbath
/ day is filed also, and it would seem that they
I ltfs q,
i only on the Sabbath day, or if our worl;
through the week is such that we cannot
heartily serve Him even on that day, orif we
| fai the one day given wholly to Him a
WEAKNESS, IS it worth while 20 call ourselves
/ His followers or profess devotion TO IIimf
These things wisdom
mighty works They had to confess that
they had never heard a1cl wisdom. nor seen
such mighty worls, but where lie got tae
wisdom, or how lie did the mighty works,
they could not tell
/ 3 sis not this the carpentcr?' They had
/ known Him many years as the carpenter,
/ and the carpenters son Ctat5 Xii, 81, lis
mother also they knew and His brethren and
sisters, AID while they could not but wonder
/ at HIS wisdom and His mighty wcr.s, it was
! too much for them to receive Him Of tie
! humble home Is their Messiah. and they were
Offended ut Him. Had tley considered the
! facts IL connection with lis birth intaelizht
of Ia VII, II, Hos *, |. or His miracles in
/ the light OF lsa XXX, 5, 8, or had they o.
served laa lii, - il reference to their own
conduct they my1t have been convinced,
/ but they heeics no, these things, and because
/ He came not as they thought He ought to
/ have come they knew Mi.u not.
/. "A propact is nos without honor, but III
/ his own country, among his owu kin. and il
/ his own house" On two other occasions did
He speak the same truth li.4ke iv, ~ john
iv, 40, ard John vii, 3, tells rs that at one
/ time even His own brethren did not believe
il IIim.
5. lie could thcro DO no mighty work.
/ With the exception Of becl.ur q few sick
folk, Ills power was not manifested in lis
na.ive town because OF their uubo.ef Matt.
Kill IS. How gladly lie wouli have heal1d
al their sex, aud na~u.Gei the name Of tho
Lord among them If they had only received
Him, how His heart must have yearuel 10
tell them more fully tie good news Of the
kingdom, but their ears were stoyncI and
they compelled Him to tuTl away, and
He marvClca because Of their unLclief."
So long as Israel were separated unto God
and believed God, lie dill wonders for them
nnd among them, but when they turned from
EiEa they ceased to see and know HIS power.
f Wherever in the world today lis power is
seen or behalf of His people .hcre is flit!i il
HIM at tho bottom Of i, and where His
people, either rs churches Or individuals
neither enjoy nor see the power OF God il
holy lives and tho salvation Of sinners il
must lie due to n LlcG Of faith in Col
Z. "IIe called unto Him the twelve and
began to send taem forth. The praying eHes
are now going forth t. answer lJoli. ov-u