The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-01-18


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LEssox TExr--Mark :35-4h
GolprS TENr--As soon rs lie had spoken
Immediately the leprosy departed from him.
and he was cicansed. Mark I ~.
Central TErrm-Sln is terrible evil;
but Jesus will love all who 20 70 Him IN
faith.
TluE-April 10 juno, A. ID. -. Jesus
.Swect hour Of prayer was early Sunday
morning, the day after His sabbath duties
described in the last lesson. The first mis-
sionary tour tvs. D, 39) straightway fol-
lowed, and the lepcr was healed probably
during the latter part Of the tour: May or
June.
PlAcE- Capcrnaum and the region OK
Galilcc
PARALLEL. ACCOUNTS Matt. :a3o5; s;24;
Luke 4:is-il: 5:l2-l5. Jesus between ~
and 3a years old. about the middle Of the
second year OF His ministry John tho
BAPTIST in prison III Castle Macherus since
March.
Tur FIRST MISSIONARY TorR ~ GAfif.EE--
Jesus now begins Il series OF missionary
tours. The first one with His disciples con-
tlnucd six on eight weeks in May and june,
A. u. ..
INTRODUCTION Jesus. in our last lesson,
had preached and healed all day long, anu
late in the evening. lie slept, but rose very
earl, the next morning Tor season OF
prayer alone
HrLrs OVER HARD PLAcrs--35. A great
,rh! before DAY: this was Jesus only method
Of being alone for prayer and communion
with God. Every one needs solitary
seasons Of prayer. inf there praDcu'
like us, Jesus needed communion with
God Especially as now He was about 70
enter upon q new plan Of woik X, ana 50 forth
with His disciples on their first missionary
tour. 80. And Simos. Peter as usual. talk
ing the lead. IS. Therefore came I forth:
from Heaven and His Father. 40. A lcm,:
one afflicted with the lcprosy, foul, de-
forming, incurablc, hereditary, contagious,
painful disease that shut men out from tho
companionship Of the pure. CrnE LErEosr
This is an endemic. chronic. malignant,
constitutional disease, characterized by al
teratons in the cutancous. nerve and bone
structures. resulting in anmsthesa, necrosis,
general atrophy and dcformiiy Arthur Van
Harlisytou. NJ d. "Thc disease, like the
anthropcphagous ghouls Of the Arabs,
lcisurcly eats up its victims in one long re-
morseless meal" The hair falls from the
head aud eyebrows; the nails loosen and
decay, and drop on; joint after joint Of
finger and toes shrink up and slowly fall
away: the gums are absorbed and the teeth
disappear: the nose. the eyes, the tongue
and the palate are slowly consumed and
finally the wrctchcd victim sinks into tho
earth and disappcars.-Ldad aud Boohl 40.
D thou lriit, thou ca1st. this was the first
time a leper had asked to be healed, so far
as recorded: but the man knew that many
had been healed Of terrible and deadly dis
eases by Jesus aud therefore knew He
could heal him. But he feared that Jesus
would not want TO help dcformcd. impure
outcast A. Touched Him: 10 show that the
healing came from Him. II expressed Jesus
compass sion Ii could not dcfile Jesus. for
the curative power was in Him. ,cis9: men
heal by nstrumcntalitics; Jesus by the act
OF His win "A. Suy nothing 10 a,iy man; Cd
He must not touch others till he was cerc
monially clean. D Jesus did not wish e
call attention TO His miracles. but 70 lay en-
phasis on His teaching. CD II would draw
50 many to be healed that He would have nc
time to preach Ofer for nv Cleansing
LEV. HAD For a testimony; he must e
to Jerusalem. and let the authorized priests
declare the healing perfect. 1t testified
also that Jesus obeyed the law.
COMMENTS There were many afflicted
people in Palestine. IN the time Of oul
Saviour But among them all none called fo
sympathy so strongly as did the poor lcp
ors. For. in addition 10 the terrible disease
that afflicted them. they were ouicasts iron
society They were not allowed 70 CONF
4 into the haunts Of mc;i. and when any on
approached them they were obliged 70 giv'
the warning cry "Unclcan' unclcan!
Leprosy was regarded - a special affection
and as type Of sin. and the poor lcpor wa
an object Of the utmost adherence 70 al
even his nearest friends and relatives.
was man afflicted with this disease wh
one day approaches the Master. and, mum
up his voice. cries for mercy. 80 far as v
know, no lcpcr had been healed since va
DAYS or Naaman, the lcpcr, hundred
az wears before, and what reaso
this poor man had to believe that Jesu
could heal him we do not know. exccp,in
that probably he had heard that Jesus ha
done many wonderful things in the way I
healing diseases. But the man seems
have had faith enough TO come aud mai
his appeal, and. like all who vcnturcd TO ,
that. he received exactly what he askt
for. Instead Of driving him away, u
Master reached out His hand. and. touchf
him. said: II will, be thou clean" In {
instant his lcprosy left him, and he was
wei. a. any OF those who a moment befO
had looked upon him with loathing. Lii
, lcprosy. sin Is loathsomc spl
itual disease. That we DO not re;
lie this does not prove that II
is not true. See, is not the drunkard, rs
: s,aggers home, with his blear eyes and b
D lccring glance, loathsomo objcctt Tho
who have had much To do with Grimm
classes know what lines are written I
: their faces. showing how crime makes
self manifest in the countcnancc Of q
r criminal. But whether that be so or ne
: there is no doubt that sin makes its mar
on the soul: and II we could see the e:fcc
that arc theSe produced, we should be co
WINGED at once OF the loathsome charact
: or sin in every case. That we are so lei
cnt towards IT is q sign, not that II Is
n lovely thing, but that we arc only too mu
4 accustomed TO IL, and so havo lost that q
I, horrcnce that we ought TO experience. !
I milarity has bred Indifference, and III
perhaps is one OF the worst evils in !
l. whole matter; for II we loathed sin as ,
a ought TO do, we should quickly make eve
Il effort 10 rid ourselves Of its chains.-Iser.
! =. Seha,lfes.
]" PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
- l. Every one needs seasons Of rctiremc
II and prayer
% =. Early morning devotions are blcssi