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SABBATH SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
May f.
Lesson Test: The Rulers Daughter.
Luke viii, Al, 42, 40 So
Golden Text: Luke viii.
5O-Commentary.

and the further parallels spoken in the house
| He entered into boat with His disciples to
cross the sea, and as they sailed He fell
asleep. But great storm arising, they
aWoke Him; He arose and rebuked the wind
and the sea, and there was great calm, so
that the disciples marveled. saying: what
| manner Of man is thiS?" Having crossed the
sea, He healed the man of Gadara, who was
| possessed with legion Of evil spirits. and
! sent him home to his friends a we'll man to
tell the great things the Lord had done for
him. Jesus then returned to His own CITY
Capernaum Matt tx, H. and the peonle
gladly received Him, for they were alf wait
ing for Him.
Al. "And, behold, there came man named
:jalrus, and he was ruler Of the synagogue.
Matthew says that Jesus was sitting at meat
IN tne mouse, IN the midst Of His disciples and
many publicans and sinners, and to the fanIt
| finding Pharisees He said that He came to
call sinners and not righteous ones such as
they considered themselves to be- The dis
clples OF John also come with question con-
cernlng fasting, and Jesus in reply speaks of
Himself as the Bridegroom, and of the inn
possibility Of combining the old and the new.
Then cometh Jailus, who, though ruler of
the synagogue and supposed to be interested
in all these things, has now no heart for apys
Of them, but only a great desire for Jesus.
3
mentioned only by Luke and the omission
by Luke of the opposition of the Pharisees.
with the eagerness of Jairus, makes us think
with some Bible students that possibly this
gospel points to the time when the whole ma
ton shall say: BLESSED be He that cometh
in the Name of the Lord"
"And he fell down at Jesus's feet and be-
sought Him that He would come into his
house." He cares not what any one may
think or say; one great need fills his soul, and
here is one who can satisfy it; so he stops
not to think of his dignity as ruler; nor Of
the criticisms that may be passed upon lin,
but only of this Great Physician whom h,
seeks
AZ. For he had one only daughter, about
twelve years of age, and she lay a DYING
Here is the cause Of his eagerness, anxiety
and self forgetfulness; another fills his heart,
and sheis very dear to him, for she is his
daughter, his only daughter, and she is sick,
very sick, dying, perhaps dead by this time.
"But as He went the people thronged
Him." Jesus rose and followed Jairus, and
so did His disciples, ard so did much people
Matt. tx, 19; Mark ", 24). Jairus must.
rise to go with him, but this crowd hindering
must have tested his patience and tried him
sorely.
40. "While He yet spake, there cometh one
from the ruler Of the synagogues house." On
tie way not only do the crowd press and
throng Him, but there mingles with them
another whole hearted seeker; only poor
woman, sufferer for twelve years, who has
spent all her living upon physicians
but without avail. Quite contrast
in social position to the ruler, but
they are both alike in this, that
each is whole hearted seeker because of
md of rffo aIx
lessness, and each has faith in Him. She
presses through the crowd, she touches the
hem of His garment and in moment she is
whole. He saw her coming, He pitied her,
He honored her faith, but He will not let her
20 without doing for her exceeding abun-
dainty above all she had hoped for. He calls
her forth, He strengthens her to confess Him
before all the people, and before all the peo-
pie He honors her with word which we
never hear Him use to any one else, "Daugh-
terp He also adds: ''Be Of good comfort,
thy faith hath made thee whole; 20 in peace.a
It is while He speaks these words to the poor
woman that one comes saying: ~
'Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the.
Master" The thronging people, so selfish;
the poor woman, who might have waited
another day: the little dying girl who
couldn't wait and whom death was ruthless
ly dragging away from mother and father.
Did not Jesus know it all and couldn't He
have hurried, or could He not have just said
the word, as He did to the nobleman of
Cana? John iv., 50) Yes, these questions
seems as If He might have done otherwise.
But have been there. too, dear reader, and
have with all my might kept saying: God
is love" and Ihave heard Him say: "Be still
and know that am God" and have been
still and am willing to wait till we shall
know even as we are known. Do thou like
wise.
so. Fear not; believe only, and she shall
be made whole" Mark says that Jesus said
this word just as soon as the messenger from
the rulers house had spoken; as If to quiet
it is Jesus's way to speak peace to His people
and keep the mind stayed on Him in perfect
peace. Here is word for every child Of
God which will carry them in triumph
through every trial.
81. HE suffered no man to 60 in, save
Peter. and James, and John, and the father
and the mother of the maiden" All is now
quiet the tnronging crowd shut out no
more hindrances can delay; the father and
mother have Jesus all to themselves, only the
favored three of the disciples being allowed
to enter.
52 He said, Weep not; she is not dead,
but sleepeth:,, This is as He sees it, and He
knows, for He sees all things in their true
iight. The little tired body Sleeps, the spirit
has fed, but He knows how to awake it.
So. "And they laughed Him to scorn,
knowing that she was dead" What their
ewes saw you couldn't make them disbelieve;
and like many to-day, what their. eyes
couldn't see or their blinded reasons under
stand YOU couldn't make them believe.
81. "He took her by the hand and Gales,
saving, Maid, arise" Mark gives the two
words which He actually uttered. "Talittsa
cumi." Only two words, but the power t6Ati
created the world is in them. Where t.-e'
word of king is there is power !Eccl: vln.,
A. and here is a word from the King of Kings.
in the power of the Omnipotent Spirit OF
God. Young man, arise Maid, arise;;'
T,ozarus. come FORTH Let any ordinary
mortal stand by these dead people and shout
such words till he falls down from exhaustion
and there will be no response; but here Is one
in the form of q man. real man. but more
than man, quietly He utters the word, out
mark the result.
So. And her spirit came again. ana sne'
arose straightway." Instantly, from the
spirit world comes back the one just seI lree,
thelit tabernacle is again tenanted, the
heart and lungs resume their functions, the
ewes omen and look around, she arises to her'
feet and quicker far than have told IT She
is in her mothers arms alive and well. Not
weak and sickly looking as one arising from
a sick bed but perfectly whole as one IN g9od
health; and with an appetite for food, 1or ne
commanded to give her something to eat. At
tha some word shall all who are IN tnelr
graves w come forth, either among the Blessed
and az Holy who take part in the First kesIr Z SUI
rsction or among the rest of the dead VINO
live not again till the thousand years are
finished REV. Xxx, D. u. :,Lo, h,,.
S. ''And her parents were astonisned; NJ, oue ,n
He charged them that they shou,u i uen LIZ rU
that that "the fame thereof went abroad into all
that land" ho,;o,,o IN