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THE RULERS DAUGHTER.

THE RULERS DAUGHTER. LESSON V, SECOND QUARTER, iN-
 TERNATIoNAL SERIES, MAY 4. Text of the Lesson, Luke viii, Al, AZ, A9-
 b6-Commit Verses b4-5e-Golden Text.
 Luke will, 5O-Commentary by the Rev.
 D. NJ. Stearns.
 tCompiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
 mission of H. s. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel-
 phial
 After the parables spoken by the seashore and the further parables spoken in the house, He entered into a 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 seq, and there was great calm, so that the dis ciples marveled, saying, What manner of man is thkr' 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, Caper- udum (ndtI AA, y, anu 1uo PoopAo SldoAy Io- ceived Him, for they were all waiting for Him. Contrast verses 37 and 40 of this chap ter, and see the Gadarenes driving Him out and the people of Capernaum receiving Him. What has your heart for him? Rejection, or hearty welcome!
 fl. "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 to call sinners and not righteous ones such as they considered themselves to be. The dis ciples of John also come with question con- corning fasting, and Jesus in reply speaks of Himself as the Bridegroom, and of the inn possibility of combining the old and the new.
 'And he fell down at Jesus' 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 him, but only of this Great Physician whom he seeks. In this gospel we find four different people at Jesus feet (vii, 3S; viii, 35, fl; x, 39, and they are four very different kinds of people, but the same Jesus meets the need of each.
 42. ''For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay @ dying" HAre is the cause of his eagerness, anxiety .nd 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
 49. "While He yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house." On the way not only do the crowd press and throng Him, but there mingles with them an- ofl l,Dl, hoo foI an, a 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 Q whole hearted seeker because of a keenly realized need and sense of utter help lessness, and each has faith in Him.
 50. 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 Jesus way to speak peace to His people and keep the mind stayed on Him in perfect peace. Here is a word for every child of God which will carry them in triumph through every trial. Take 1t as you find it in Mark V, 36: "Be not afraid, only believe" and let your heart reply, II will trust and not be afraid" Qsa. xii, 3. So shall you have
 
 morning.
 51. ''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 thronging 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 light. The little tired body sleeps, the spirit has fled, but He knows how to awake 1t. He said concerning Lazarus, "Our friend Laza- rus sleepeth;" but later He said plainly, Lazarus is dead" John xi, 11-14. So here is our proof that Jesus calls death sleep
 53. "And they laughed Him to scorn, know ing that she was dead" What their eyes saw you couldn't make them disbelieve; and like many today, what their eyes couldn't see or their blinded reasons understand you couldn't make them believe. Seeing is be- lieving was their motto. The follower of Jesus says, Believing is seeing" We take to our hearts His words to Thomas.
 54 "He took her by the hand, and called, saving, Maid, arise." Mark gives the two words which He actually uttered, "Talitha 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, 4, and here is word from the King of Kings in the power of the omnipotent Spirit of God. "Young man, arise;" "Maid arise:n Lazarus, come forth" Let any or dinary 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 man, a real man | but more than man, quietly Re utters the ! word, but mark the result.
 | .55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway." Instantly, from the ! spirit world comes back the one just set fee l the little tabernacle is again tenanted, the heart and lungs resume their functions, the eyes open and look around, she arises to hel l feet, and quicker far than have told 1t she l 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. Ali the same word shall all who are in thei, 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 l live not again till the thousand years are fin l ished (Rev. x1, 5, g. What reunions never to be broken, what joy, what blessing unal loved when we shall sit down with Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Kingdom of God, tt eat and drink with Him, at His table, in Hi Kingdom (Matt. viii, IL; Luke xii, 3O).
 56 "And her parents were astonished: bu He charged them that they should tell nt man what was done.'' Yet Matthew say that 1.-the fame hereof went abroad into al that land" He did nothing secretly; 1ler' were always witnesses enough to all He sait and did, but for wise reasons He often tolt these witnesses to say nothing about this o1 that particular event. He came as Israeli
 Christ, and when the rulers of the nation re
 fused to receive Hlm, it was only meet tha
 many of His mighty acts should be hidde,
 from these rulers who only sought to sla.
 Him.