The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-02-15


NIT Verses 33. 34-Gol,len Text Mark Y,
3G-Commentary by tho Rev. ID. RI.
stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly, by per
mission OF H. S. Hoffman, publisher Phcdel
phia.
After healing the man or men of Gadara
who were SO afflicted by the demons, Ee, at
the urgent request of the people, left them
and recrossed the sea to His own city, Caper
raum Matt. ix, D, where Luke viii 40, says
that the people gladly received Him, for they
We're all waiting for Him. Let all Christian
workers learn from this that whether teach
ers or preachers, il they speak the truth faith
| fully, and i'll some quarters it is not received,
there are other places where they are waiting
for it. The field is the world, and our orders
are to preach the gospel to every creature,
but we are not told that. all will receive it;
| rather. are we taught that some will believe
and some will believe not (Acts xviii, 2D,
and that perhaps only fourth of the seed
will bear fruit, and tares spring up even
among that GIatt. ,ziii,); but all that the
Father giveth unto Him (out of this present
evil world shall come to Him, and Him that
| cometh Shall not be cast out John vi, 50:
the elect body, the church, shall be COM
pleted, the bride shall be gathered the we'd
dung shall be furnished with guests, the mar
riaSe OF the Lamb Shall come, and after that
shall Israel be comforted and all the earth
be filled with His glory. Halleluiah! But
what is the connection Of all this with the
lesson of today' Why, just this: If you
would be there and see and share His gloly,
you must not simply hear of Him and il, Nv
about Him, but you must so touch Him at
!! virtue Or. ", power shall flow from H. to
you and know that You are healed.
20. "a certain woman lad an issue of
blood twelve years." Jesus was at this time
on the way to the house of Jairus, q ruler of
the synagogue. to bring back to life bis
daughter, a little girl l2 years OF age, who
was dying when the father left home QI1.
viii, 42); as He and his disciples went with
Jairus a great crowd followed and thronged
Him, and this poor afflicted woman among
therest. 1t mattered not whether, as in the
case OF this woman, the life for the life of tho
flesh is in the blood, Lev xvii, 1l) was slowly
bat surely ebbing away; or whether as in
the case of the little girl, tho life had clean
i5one; whether it had just gone, or been gone
a few hours duke vii, 12), or some DAYS
John X, So; it mattered not TO The Prince of
Life, for in Him is life, and q word from Him
is sufficient in either case. 1t l.lattered not
whether the atilicton had lasted twelve,
or eighteen, or thirty-eight, OF forty years.
Luie Xiii, IL; John V, 5; Acts iv, 2a) His
power Was more than sufficient in either
case. No" as to life and health that amounts
to anything, we have it not until we receive
Jesus Christ; let every teacher and scholar
ponder carefully that marvellous verse COM
posed of words of one syllable which almost
any little child can read and remember: 'sfIe
that hath the Son hath the life; lie that hath
not the Son of God hath net the life.n
Il John V, y, R. W
26 Had suffered many tl,ilgs, s. :. =
had spent all, =: :s ss was nothing I5etteretl,
but rather grew worse" Many physicians,
much suffering, money all gone, given ul5 by
all, all the time growing worse, 10 hope,
| utterly helpless, unclean, undone; what a
pitiable case and yet just the one for Jesus,
for "He giveth power to the faint and to
them that have no might He increaseth
strength, Gsa xl, 90. If she had been i'm
proving ever SO little under some one of
these many physicians, the probability is
that she might not have come to Jesus, but
her complete failure to find help anywhere
else led her to Jesus The least reliance upon
ourselves may hinder us from coming to
Jesus for salvation, or Being saved, may him
der Him from working i'll US to will and to
"
must come to Him without one rag of our
own filthy Righteousness.
27. 'When she had heard of Jesus Some
body's testimony had reached lar, perhaps
the testimony of several had been necessary
to convince her; many had been healed of
divers diseases in this city, among others
Peters wife's mother, the man in the syna-
goSue with the uncleau spirit, the nobleman's
son, the sick of the palsy GIarh i, ii !; John
iy), and the testimony of some of these
healed ones or their friends had reached this
woman and convinced her that He could heal
her too.
2S. ''lf may touch but his clothes, shall
be whole" This was her firm persuasion
and OH this belief she acted
20. "And straightway tho fountain of her
blood was dried ups & she was healed"
Over twenty ines have we already met in
this Gospel the word ''straightway," or
forthwith" or 'immediately,n which in
each case is the same word in the Greek, and
it should incite us Us servants of Christ to do
very quickly whatever our hands find to do
for Him, expecting quick results and yet pa
tiently continuing, leaving results to Him.
Quick as the lightning flash, but with health
| and not death, came tho fullness of physical
life back to her body; she had not felt like
this for twelve long Years, She is young again,
she is well, and He did it Just as she believed.
50. "Jesus Immediately knowing - $ q
said, Who touched my clothes.o Even be-
fore she came near He saw her coming, lis
spirit wrought the faith in her and brought
her to Him; and yet she might have resisted
the Spirit as so many did, have done and are
doing, but, blessed be God, she did hot resist
81. s'Thou seest the multitude throncing
Thee, and sayest Thou, Who touched Ale."
This was what the disciples said to Him
when all the people denied, and the woman
herself sought to be hid Duke viii, 45, AZ,
for they did not seem to understand the DIFF
ference between touching Him as the crowd
| did and the touch of faith that drew fro.a
Him the healing power They were like
many today who frequent the i.aisc OF GoCl,
but wonder at any one who fines the III NEST
! delight in so doing.
81. 'sIle looked round about 10 see llor that
had done this thing" Not in grief Granger,
| but kindly, lovingly He looked upoa her and
! she could not withstand Lis LOOK.
| So. 1.-The woman, fearing and trembling,
| knowing what was done in Eer, came and
| fell down before Him and told Him ali the
| truth" Luke viii, AZ, says that she declared
| before all tho people why she touched Him
| and how she was healed Immediately.
81. "And He said unto her, Daughter 80
| This is the only instance on record i'll whil a
He thus personally addressed any ome with
this word OF affection; think CT her aisst;l
this! 'I5e of good comfort" Ciatt. il, - =.
| Luke viii, 4S.) There was 10 occasion fs.'
fear and trembling, but rather !gr great joy
and rejoicing. "Thy faith hath made tlae
whole" y. saved thee, for it is the sane weYy
as in Luke vii, SO. go in pcaee AID 10