Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-05-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
MAY A.


After the parallels spoken by the seashors
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 a great calm. SO
that the disciples marveled. saying. What
manner Of man is thisY' 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 well man. to
tell the great things the Lord had done for
him. Jesus then returned to His own eiey.
Capernaum Matt tx, u, and the people
gladly received Him, for they wore aft wait
ing for Him
Al. And, behold, there came a man named
Jairus, and he was ruler of the synagogue
Matthew says that Jesus was sitting at meat
in the house, in the midst of His disciples and
many publicans and sinners and to the fault
finding Pharisees He said that He came 10
call sinners and not righteous ones such as
they considered themselves TO be. The dis
clples of John also come with a question con
corning fasting, and Jesus in reply speaks of
Himself as the Bridegroom, and of the i'm
possibility of combining the old and the new
Then cometh Jairus, who, though a ruler of
the synagogue and supposed to be interested
In all these things has now no heart for any
of them, but only a great desire for Jesus
Himself. This grand welcome by Capernaum
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 NAV
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 q 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 dying"
Here is the cause of his eagerness. anxiety
and self forgetfulness; another fills his heart
and she is 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 and so did much people
Matt. tx, 10; Mark ", "a. Jairus must
have been somewhat relieved as he saw Jesus
rise to go with him, but this crowd hindering
must have tested his patience and tried him
sorely.
AZ. While He yet spake, there cometh one
from the ruler of the synagogue's 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
keenly realized need and sense of utter help
lessness, and each has faith in Him. She
presses through the crowd she touches the
ham of He and in, -l,., -
whole. He saw her coming, He pitied her,
He honored her faith, but He will not let her
go without doing for her exceeding alum
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 PEG
pie He honors her with a word which we
never hear Him use to any one else, "Daugh-
teri He also adds; BE of good comfort,
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace"
II 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 ali and couldn't He
have hurried, or could He not have lust said
the word, as He did to the noblernan of
Cana? John iv., 50) Yes, these questions
will come. and He did know it ALL and it
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 have heard Him say; BE still
and know that | am God:H 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
the rulers mind and keep him in peace for
it is Jesuss way to speak peace to His people
and keep the mind stayed on Him in perfect
peace. Here is q word for every child OF
God which will carry them in triumph
through every trial
81. He suffered no man to go in, save
Peter, and James, and John, and the father
and the mother of the maiden All IS now
quiet, the tIronging crowd shut out no
more hindrances can delay: the father and
mother have Jesus all TO themselves, onl5 the
favored three of the disciples being allowed
to enter.
50. 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
light. The little tired bocy sleeps, the spirit
has fled, but He knows how to awake it.
80. And they laughed Him to scorn,
knowing that she was dead " What their
eyes 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
"a. ''He took her by the hand, and called,
saying, Maid, arise Mark gives the two
words which He actually uttered, "Taltha
cumi.' Only two words, but the power that
created the world is in them Where the
word of king is there is power (Eccl. viii,
A. and here is a word from the King of Kings
in ba of ha Shirt ,f
God young man, arise;' MAID, arise"
Lazarus, 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 a man real man, but more
than man, quietly lie utters the word, but
mark the result.
So And her spirit came again, and she
arose straightway.n Instantly, from the
spirit world comes back the one Just set free,
the little tabernacle is again tenanted, the
heart and lungs resume their functions, the
eyes open 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 good
health; and with an appetite for food, for He
commanded TO give her something to eat. AT
the same word shall all who are in their
graves come forth, either among the Blessed
and Holy who take part in the First Resur-
rection, or among the rest of the dead who
live not again till the thousand years are
finished REV. Xxx, 5, o.
Sc. And her parents were astonished, but
He charged them that they should tell no
man what was done Yet Matthew SAYS
that 'the fame thereof went abroad into all
that land"
His command now is to all who believe in
Him. that in the power of the Holy Spirit
oh,
creature, that whatsoever will may be saved
and become part of His elect church Dis
obedience is guilt Are you obedient?-Les-
son Helper
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