National Baptist world., 1894-10-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
international Lesson for October 28, 189
"A Paralytic Healed-Mark 2:1-12.

International Lesson for October 2s, 1894
"A Paralytic HeaIed-Mark 2:1-12.
Especially arranged from Peloubet's notes.1
GOLDEN TExT-The Son Of Man hath power
on earth to forgive sins-Mark2:10
THE SECTION OF HISTORY includes the tour
Of Galilee mentioned in Mark $3.50 and Matt
a:23-25, one incident of which was the healing
of the leper, somewhere in Galilee, followed on
their return to Capernaum by the healing of
the paralytic, described IN to-day's lesson.
TIME-Summer, A. d. %. Some time after
the last lesson, and after Jesus had returned
home from His first missionary tour in Gallee.
PLACE-A private house in the city of Caper-
naum.
JESUS, between thirty-one and thirty-two
PEARS DID, near the middle of His ministry.
JOHN THE BAPTIST in prison at Castle
Macherus since March,
LESSON NOTES.
The Missionary Tour Through
Galilee.-After the severe and pro-
longed labors of the Sabbath, described
in our last lesson, Jesus rose early the
next morning and went into a retired
place to gain rest and spiritual strength
through communion with His Father
in Heaven. Like Moses, we all need at
times to go up on the mount alone and
talk with God face to face, that we
may breathe the invigorating air OF
Heaven, and be fed with the bread OF
eternal life.
Training in Missionary Work. Jesus
then proceeded to inaugurate new
movement in the training of His dis
c1ples in missionary work, and with
them went forth on a preaching tour
through the towns of Ga1ilee, which
contained probably population of tive
Or three million.-Selah Merrill. This
probably continued for several weeks
during Nav and June. The religion of
Jesus is in its very nature aggressive,
missionary, unselfsh, seeking that all
the world may partal1e of it's blessings.
Missionary was written in capital let
ters on the very beginning of the
Gospel.
Healing of the Leper. Only one in
cident of this tour is related A loath-
some leper was made clean, like Naa-
man, whose flesh became pure as q
chlld's This was parable of redemp-
tlon enacted before the eyes of the peo-
pie. In the 1eprosy, a constitutional,
inherited, loathsome, defiling, painful,
contagious, permeating, incurable dis
Jesus, in curing him, making him clean
and pure, rejoining him to his kind,
showed that His work was to cleanse
the soul from sin, and make it pure and
Heavenly, and that the power which
could cleanse the leper, could forgive
and purify the sinner.
Jesus in the Home. Jesus had no
home of His own Matt $500, but He
blessed with His presence the homes Of
some of His beloved disciples; the homo
OF Lazarus and Mary in Bethany, and
of Peter or some other friend inCaper-
naum. There are many whose pres
ence in our homes is a perpetual bene-
dict;on and inspirations; but none SO
much SO ae Jesus, with His teaching.
His example, His sympathy His love,
His counsel. We car have Jesus in our
hearts and homes, if we invite and well
come Him, put away all that is distate-
ful and opposed to Him, cherish all that
He loves, listen to His words, obey Him,
love Him with all our hearts.
The Place. In order tc understand
the story, it is necessary to have
clear idea of an oriental house. These
are usually of one story with fiat Y
root and outside stairs to the roof; for
during the heat of the summer the
family always sleep there. The rooms
are large. A house of the better class
consists generally Of blank wall fac
ing the street, with narrow doorway
in the center, opening into court
yard, to which there is no other access.
Round three sides of this open square
oCn
wholly or partially enclosed, some
times with only pillars supporting the
roof, between which curtains may be
hung. The principal or reception room
is on the side facing the entrance At
the farther end Of it, against the wall,
runs raised dais, with a few cushions.
Besides these, and perhaps few scraps
OF carpet, there is rarely any furniture.
The poorer houses have no upper story;
but whether there be an upper story or
not, the roof is invariably flat, covered
with earth and lime, whitewashed, and
pressed down by the use Of
a stone roller.-Canon Tristram. The
court is often partially covered with a
veranda whose roof is of mating or
wooden tiles.
The Audience. The house was crowd.
ed with people who, with oriental free
dom, had entered the house where the
great Teacher and Miraele-W Worker was
staying.
The Palsy as a Type of Sin. Sin in
the soul takes all the forms which par
nlysis does in the body. (D Sometimes
it takes away or dulls the sense of
feeling. It's victims are insensible to
the goodness of God, the appeals of rea-
son, the truths of religion. They are,
as the apostle says, past feeling" (9
1t sometimes weal1ens the will so that
even when men would do good evil is
present with them. They put off duty;
they know, but will not come to a de.
cision. (3) Sometimes sin, like what in
those days came under the name Of
palsy, produces a fixed condition of
evil, with intense tortures of con.
science
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
Most persons who come to Christ are
brought to Him by some human instru.
Thara ara manu-