The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-05-09
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOR
MAYll.
Lesson Text: "Feeding the Multi.
tude," Luke tx, IO.I7-GoIdcn
Tex; John w., So ommcnt-
ary ON the Lesson.


Tex: John W., 35-t ommcnt-
ary ON the Lesson.
The sending forth Of the twelve, mil til,
beheading Of John tho Baptist briefly re-
chapter, are moro fully recorded by Matthew
and Mark. In connection wit tho arst it Is
worthy of note that Ho hal just taught them
send forth laborers into His harvest;, then
He called the twelve ana s,nt them forth to
answer their own prayers. When we pray
let us remember that God expects us to b,
willing to be used by Him in answering our
: 10 And The APOSTLES, when they wsrS no.
tnvhed told Him oil that Trey had don"
4 Mark says that they tol6 5ztfn 71ts ssi)pkxx
taught He had sent them fortl, to preach
that the ingdom was at haud and to heat
the sick. He had sent them only to Israel,
forbidding them to go either to Gentiics on
Samaritans Matt. K, So; so that tho king.
| dom they preached must have been the king.
| dom promised to David and spoken OF by alt'
| the prophets which would mako q restored
Israel with Jehovah dwelling in their midst,
a center Of blessing to all the world; Tho
| preaching were proofs that tho Messiah oe
the eprophets had actually como dsa xxxv.,
And He took them, and went aside pri-
vately. There were SO many coming and
| going that they had no leisure even to cat,
| and He took them aside to rest awhile Mark
| vi, 2D. While we continue in these mortal
bodies we cannot work Increasingly, but tho
| time will come when we shall be nble to servo
unweariedly REV. vii, 15l.
IL. And hepeople, when they know 1t, fol,
lowed Him." John says that Jesus crossed
the Sea Of Galilee and tho people followed
Mark say TINT Jesus went by ship md that
the people followed on foot and outwent
| Him. In the boat He would bo nm hour OF
two alone with His disciples, and thcy would
! have little rest but what n busy life Ho
"And Ho received tnenI --1uurunv.--,,,,
passion toward them. No pity for Himself,
| but full Of pity for these sheep without q
| shepherd, even though Ho knew their mo.
| tves in following Him.
"And spake unto them of tho kingdom OF
| God, and healed them that had need of heal
| ing" Both body aud soul He attended, 10,
for He is a Saviour for both, and tho time
will come when every saved soul shah have n
redeemed body In which to dwell.
| IL. Send the multitude away" So snl
the twelve as the day began to wear away.
and as they, weary and hungry, saw no
| prospect of rest, and not much prospect OG
even bite for themselves from their few
manned. Not all the glorious things of tho
kingdom, of which Jesus had been speaking,
could make even the twelve forget that thoy
were hungry men. They Ind seen Him still
the storm and raise thedead, but they seemed
not to consider that tho same power could
feed these hungry thousands. Their wisdom
was to let them scatter whars they might,
ana find food and shelter as they were abie
e aod
table in the wlderness" FPS. xviii, 19J
13. But He said unto them, Give ye them
to eat" Ho had asked Philip, "Wher 9 shall
we buy bread that these may eatr' and Philip
| ha6r taI hiatt haas 81,
hundred pennyworth to give every one q lit
tie. And now whom He says "Give ye them
to eat they reply. "shall wc buy two
hundred pennyworth (John vi, 81; Mark
vi, 81. Moses had said that tho coming
Messiah would be a prophet like unto him
Deut. xviii, Is, 1S), and had they remen,-
bered that, they might also have ren1em-
bered the food from heaven, which fed mill
I'VE have no more but five loaves and two
fishes" When He asked Philip. He did 1t to
prove him, for He Himself knew what He
would do John VII, o., just as Flo SO often
let's us get into strait place to prove us,
while all tho time He knows the way out and
just what He will do.
IA, Is. "And He said to His disciples: Mako
them sit down by fifties in q company. And
they did so, and made them all sit down."
says: ''fhere was much grass in the place.
Mark vi, 80; John vi, 10. Matthew
says there were 5000 men besides women and
children Matt. xiv, 2ll: SO there may have
panies to each Of the twelve disciples. But
observe the order, and remember the pre-
cept: '.Let oil things be done decently and
in order" for God is not the author OF con-
fusion Il Cor. xiv, S3, 40. A disorderly
or Office OF store is no credit to Christian.
Confusion disorder, tumult, unquietness are
none of the things Of the Holy Spirit.
{" 49, Then He took the five loayes and the
1 aI,A ~.xI IN,lr rs..<~ kN Iy
blessed them, and brake, and gave to the dis
ciples to set before the multitude" He took
just what they had and used it. lie took the
rod that was In Moses's hand and wrought
oil and multiplied it. He does not ask us TO
waste time in vain regrets about what VIC
have not, or in wishing that we had this or
that. He simply says, What have you
Bring it to Me-" And nything placed uure'
s,rvelly in His hands can be made to dc
OF oye, arc upon Him as Ho takes In His
hands the loaves and fishes, aud lifting
His face to heaven, acknowledges befort
them all thdt thence comes the power ant
thsblessing. Hs never sought His own glory,
but in all things glorifei Col.
Ia. "Aui they did eat, aut wero all filed ,
Philip thought that two hundred penny
worth might be enough To give every one
invitation Is: Eat, o friends: drink, Yea
drink abuudantly, o beloved" (Song Of Sol
", y. And even these poor shepherdles
sheep He delights to I'LL AS tho disciple
pass around from company to company
pressing more food upon them the answer
, comes from all directions: Satisfied, abun
,, dainty satisfied.
"Aud there was taken up OF fragment
that remained to them twelve baskets" In
steal of little for each disciple, which
would have been all that twelvo mon coult
!. obtain from five loaves and two fishes, her
: Is basketful for each. Had they selfishi,
: kept what they had for themselves, how III
: tic they would have had but by giving
!, away what abundance, becomes their
Afraid to give to God lest wc havo NO
! enough for ourselves we continue poor; bu
|, when we cheerfully give Him that which
oil His own any way, then He make
us to enjoy His fullness, and on
cup runneth over. s'The blessing OF th
Lord, itnisheth rich; and He a1deth no sor
: row with IT, prov. X, -. Ho gave Him
self to be broken and poure1 forth for us
why should we hesitate to placs ourselves Il
His hands most unreservedly, that we ma
be brokeu aul passed round by His hand
for tho life OF othersi II may not be pleas