Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-11-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, NOV. II.

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g. And the Pharisees went forth and
straightway took counsel with the Hero
dians against Him, how they might de
strOy Him." In Luke vi, II, it is written
that after Jesus healed tho man in the
synagogue with the withcred hand on the
Sabbath they were filed with madness. -
The Pharisees and Herudians stand for no
ligious hypocrisy and worldliness A hyp.
ccritc must be an enemy Of Christ, for He
is truth itself and light and without
guile, While James tells US plainly that
the friendship Of the world is enmity
with God. and John says that the whole
world letk in the wicked one. y
4 But Jesus withdrew Himself with
HIS disciples to the sea, and great null
titude from Galilec followed Him. =
Wosldliness and hypocrisy cause Jesus to
withdraw Himself Religious Journalism
| will never draw tho people who are hun
gnring for something that is real The
world with all its unreality has nothing
to offer such, but they will follow Jesus
to tho seashore, or the Salvation Army
barracks, or the hrmblest place of wor-
ship where the simple gospel is preached
BY such as live it out in Gaily life.
8. And from Judtea, and from Jersasa-
lem, and from Idunaa, and from be
yond Jordan, and they about Tyre and
Sidon, a great multitude, when they had
heard what great things He did, came
unto Him. He Himself said, Tho works
that I do bear witness Of Me that the F..-
ther hath sent Me- John V, 36). If there
is none of His works in our lives, how
can we prove that we arc Hiss
8. And He spake to His disciples that
q small ship should wait on Him, because
of the multitude lest they should throng
Him. = 1t is not to the careless. aimless,
surging crowd that He reveals Himself
and makes His power known, but to such
as seek Him with humility OF mind and
detiniteness of aim. His word is always
true, re shall seek Nc and find Me
when yc search for Me with all your
heart tier. xxx, l3)
10. Fer He had hcalcd many, inso-
much that they pressed upon Him for TO
touch HIM, as many as had plaques" 1t
Was the healing of the body they sought,
not the deeper and more serious healing
Of the soul. Yet Tie healed many. for IIo
he'd compassion upon them, aud it was
His custom as He healed to preach the
word {Math. iv, 23).
II. And unclean spirits, when they
saw Him, fell down before Him and cried,
saying, Thou art the Son of Gol'' These
demons from the pit knew Him and testi-
fed as to who He was, while men knew
Him not and received Him not. though
they saw His works. In the first chapter
of Isaiah lie had said long before that the
dumb brutes, the OK and tho ass, put His
people in Israel to shame.
u. And He straitly changed them
that they should not make Him known y
He has no fellowship with demons and
wants no help from them. In John He
says that His Father, ard His works, and
His word all bear witness unto Him. The
light is His witness, for God Is light, and
in Him is no darkness ut all. We cannot
be in fun fellowship with Him If we seek
homer of non rather than the honor which
cometh from God only, May His approval
be everything to us, and our great anbi-
ton to be well pleasing in His sight John
V, "A; IL Tim. ii, Is; II Cor. V, 9, r. V.
marginl
IL, " And He gocth up into a mountain
and calletl unto Him whom He would,
and they came unto Him" In Luke vi,
IL, it is written that He continued all
night in prayer TO God. He did nothing
without much prayer. Arc we in any
measure like Him in this2 After prayer
He chose afew out Of many to make them
q blessing to many John XIV, 16) Election
Is always the choosing OF some that others
through them may be benefited.
H. And He ordained twelve. that they
should be with Him, and that Ho might
send them forth to preach" In the lest
verse we emphasized unto Him." Let us
here emphasize with Him. and forth
to preach. Having come unto Him, we
must abide with Him in order to DO quail
fed to go forth to preach. Abide thou
with me, fear not" said David to Abba
thar Il Sam. xxi, 23), assuring Him that
whoever touched tho one life touched the
other.
Is. And 10 have power to heal sick
nesses and to cast out devils" His com
mission in Math. K, z, 8, reads, Gas so go
preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven
is at hand; heal the sick; cleanse the lep-
ers, raise the dead cast OFT devils. Freely
We have received, freely give Whilo to
the 20 He said, q give you power over
all the power Of the enemy, and nothing
shall by any means hurt you" (Luke x,
19l. See what high authority for medical
missions, Preach the gospel; heal the
sick
49, And Simon He surnamed Peter
The account of this change of name is
found in John j. ~, and reminds us of
the change Of Abram to abraham and Ja-
cob to Israel. 1t is suggestive of tho old
and the new, the natural and the spiritual
Petros, which is always the word trans
lated Peter, means ~ piece or fragment OF
stone, while Petra. on which Christ said
He would build His church (Math xvi,
49,, means large rock, ledge, a cliff
1t is used in reference to Christ in Cor
X, 4; Pet ii, s. He never said He would
build His church on Petros (the man Pc
teri, but on Petra, the solid rock, even
Himself and His truth.
II. And james, the son Of Zebedee and
John, the brother Of James, and He sur
named them Boancrges, which Is the sons
of thunder" Young says in his Cen
eordance that this word signifies sons Of
rage, soon angry" and refers to their fiery
zeal, signs of which may be seen in Luke
tx, %, and Mark tx, SO. They, with Pc
ter and the others who were true disciples,
were completely changed when filled with
the spirit at Pontecost.
Is. And Andrew and Philip and Bar
tholomew and Matthew and Thomas and
James, the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus
and Simon, the Canaanite." Andrew was
one OF the first two who followed Jesus
when John the Baptist cried, "Bohold the
Lamb of God, and then he brought Simon
(John |, 40, Az Jesus Himself sought
Philip and then Philip brought Nathan.
ael, supposed to be the Same as Bartholo
new (John i, 43-45).
10. And Judas Iscari6t, which also be
trayed Him, and they went into IN house"
This is a last which shall never be first.
He was numbered with them and had OBJ
tanned part of the ministry (Acts j, ~,
but Jesus knew Eo was wicked one
when He chose him John vi, so) Had
he been truly one of them he would have
continued with them q John ii. 29l.