The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-05-07
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AND
ABLY CONSIDERED.


Thoughts Worthy of Calm Refiec-
tion-Half an Hours study of tho Scrip
tures-Timo Wen spent.
The lesson for Sunday, Nay IL, may be
found in Luke 9: l0-l7.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
And the apostles. Whose first expedi-
ton is described IN the opening verses of
the chapter. Returned hey went forth
like little band making a momentary
sally from the central itadol.-Told
him. The word for full and orderly nara
tive of facts. They made a complete re-
turn of occurrences. They had done.
Miracles and works OF power. lie took
them. To take TO ones self in close in
timacy. The same word used in oil. 2:
Il: AS We have therefore received para
labonl Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk We
in him. Went aside privately. For
more quiet and sympathetic converse.
Into desert place. Not in ] ischendorf,
and indeed scarcely consistent with what
follows Bethsuid Perhaps TO the
privacy of Philips house. John /: "A; II:
u. or its vicinity.
People. Or multitude (okloi). 1t was
probably some throng on their way TO the
Passover, one of the great festivals of the
jewish church. When they knew it.
Aorist participle, coming TO knowit. jesus
had but brief respite with his dis
ciples. -Followed him. Like sheep
after n shepherd. Received them. Or
welcomed. See Variations. - Spake
unto them. To talk. TIE word for famil-
lar and protracted iscourse.-Concern
ing the kingdom of God. OF which the
people are ever ready 10 hear.-Need.
The ground of Chr SITS beneficence. -
Healing. 1t is from the Greek of this
word that our term therapeutics comes.
Wear away. Or incline. Poetic for the
approach of sunse..-Came the twelve.
With kindly intent, according to human
re konIng. the multitude away.
Originally, to loose or set free. AS if the
people were held enthralled by his words;
and wers they not?-Into the towns
and villages. According o the custom of
the pilgrimage Lode. Literally, to
loose or unbind. referring to the packs
usually carried by travellers. Victuals.
Provisions. [ sed 10y Xenophon of for
aging. place. UninhGbited,
probably, on the outski IS OF the town.
Give ye them TO eat The We is en-
phatic. in form and position. Literally:
give them to eat. your elves. We have
no more. That is, their available sup
plies. ALL this people. With tone of
hol elessness, and perhaps n hint at the
simple absurdityof IT humanity speaking.
Were all filed The verb is used Of
eating to satiation. In Rev. 10: 81, it
refers to- birds of Irey. -Frap ments.
Pieces. broken off. Not necessarily ref
use portions OF the feast bat food suita-
bic for others. That remained. Rath-
er, that wero moro than enough
Twelve baskets; usually carried by the
pilgrims.
WHAT THE LES SON TEACHES.
Told him all that they had done. How
inexpressibly sweet their privilege. Like
home returning after days of weary toll.
like the mothers bosom after the child
perplexing tasks. 1t was more: They
were coming back to the center and source
of their power; coming back for new
| equipment and encouragement But is
not tnat our privilege to-day? ours even
more to the de- ply spiritual un erstand-
ing than it cou.d lie the rs. They must
gather about him after their tolls but
Peters elbow, perhaps, struck against I bat
| of James or Andrew, and much as they
could get from him, and near as thev could
draw, they could not have him, each one Of
| them. as do We, all TO himself For we
have not an high priest. which cannot be
touched with feeling OF ourinfrmities.
He IS In touch with our weakness. Let
us, therefore, come boldly"
And he t. ok them and went aside. How
tender he was How consideratel That
| word took-received-h a wealth of
love and sympathy in it. Have you seen
two ardent friends meet after an ordeal
on the part of one Of them? Have you
| not seen the deep. voiceless emotion OF
the moment as the one draws the other
aside, where. unhindered by the throng.
they can look into each other faces, and
verify into each others hearts. Come, :"
said Christ, as they returned. perhaps
trembling with the tumultuousness OF
| their new emotions. Come aside, aud
| he drew them with him. What he said
| and did in that time of separateness we
are not told. But what he has done for
us when hot and bewildered we have
| gone aside to him in life's throny and
press of that we are we'll aware.
The people when they knew it followed
him. kneY what? Simply that Jesus
was there. When the people knew where
10 find the Son of man they went out TO
him. Knowing as much to-day they will
still follow him There is no GOODNESS
| between Christ and the multitude. Let
| them but see him and they will flock 20
! him. Let him but speak to them and
they will acknowledge him. Suppose we
tell the people of Jesus. Make him
known as nigh at hand ready TO greet
them and help them, and perhaps as of
| old we shall need TO take pains TO secure
privacy rather than TO be perpetually
| planning TO bring out the multitude. The
multitude will come OF itself if only
Christ be made manifest. BE that the
burden and prayer of every teacher and
preacher, 10 have audiences with Christ.
Audiences with men will speedily and
blessedly follow.
Give ye them to eat 1t is the Savior
command. But we have so little, is the
answer; but five loaves and two fishes
Never fear; II is the Savior's command ,
and all good things are his. And they
are so many. How can We buy food for
ali his people?" Be still and know that
it is God who speaks, with whom is all
power. See he takes our Titles and
under his hand how amazing the increase.
All are fed and more is left than when we
began. All, this is our God. One who
can prevail by many or few, one who can
satisfy by much or little. Bring what you
have TO him. Bring it in faith and he
will make it great. Yen, is 1t not so every
Sunday in school and congregational We
make the people to sit down by ffties,
more or less, in q company, and when we
look at VIII we have 10 give them, what
is it more than five loaves and two fshesl
Yet let Christ be present TO bless and o..
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