The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-10-31
FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON V, FOURTH QUARTER. IN
TERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. 4.
Text of the Lesson. Mark a.. 23-2S,
and iii, 1-5-Memory Verses, 3-5-
Golden Text, Mark ii, 2S-Commen-
tary by the Rev. ID. VI. Stearns.

%. "And it came to pass that He went
| through the cornfelds on the Sabbath day,
| and His disciples began, as they wen., 90
! pluck the ears of corn" In Math. xii, l, it
/ is written that His disciples We're hungry,
so that we must bear in mind that there
was an actual bodily need TO be supplied.
| He himself was ofttimes hungry and
! weary (Math. iv, ,; xxi, is; John iv, g.,
and the disciple must be content TO be as
His master Gohn XIV, 2O). If we suffer, we
shall also reign with Him QI Tim. ii,
1O. In our abundance we are apt to for
get Him, and He ofttimes proves us to
see if we are relying on Him or on our
| circumstances Deut. Viii. >; Gen. xii ID. -
"a. And the Pharisees said unto Him,
Behold. why do they on the Sabbath day
| that which is not lawful?'' The Pharisees
were class Of religious people not yet
extinct, who We're full of talk, but lacking
in deeds. except when their deeds would
| bring them praise Of men. They were
| hypocrites and whited sepulchers, fair out
wardly, but all unclean within (Math
xiii, 3, 3, q. 2S). We may be sure that
He who said, Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy" would in no sense
transsress His own commandment nor
| lead others to do it. These hypOcrites
make me think of a captain on ferry
boat whom I saw collecting fares one
Lords day and at the same time finding
fault with a man for whisting the air
Of a sacred song.
%. And He said unto them, Have We
never read what David did when he had
need and was an hungered, he and they
that We're with him? L believe there Is
an analogy in scripture for about every
event in life that can come to any one.
Jesus, being full of the word, knew just
how and when to apply ii; hence we SO
often hear Film saying. 1t is written,
Have We never read?' How many church
members would hang their heads in shame
if He should ask them, Have We never
read?'
26. How He went into the house Of
God in tha days of Abahar, the high
priest, and did eat the shewbread, which
is not lawful TO eat, but for the priests,
and gave also to them. which were with
them" In Math xii ,. Z, He cites also
the conduct of the priests in the temple
| on the Sabbath day and quotes from Hos.
vi. 6, Il viii have mercy and not sac
rifice." An outward apparent disobedience
does not always spring from spirit of
| disobedience. and the Lord always .Ooketh
upon the heart. He reads our motives
and reckOns with us accordingly. He
welgheth actions and spirits Q sam. Ii,
3; Prov. xvi, p. Behind outward con-
formity he often sees spirit OF rebellion
Let US be ambitious 70 do right IN Ills
sight who readeth hearts.
p. 'And He said unto them, The Sab
bath was made for man, and not man for
the Sabbath" This sentence is found
Only in Mark IN this incident. 1t is the
gospel Of service, and every servant OF
God is to serve God every day. but one
Is as a1fr araDr
man that on that day he may wholly and
peculiarly delight himself in the Lord and
thus be refresh d for the work Of the
other days. Man IS not a slave Of the
Sabbath, but the Sabbath is for his special
benefit and joy, not 10 enjoy himself Qsd.
lviii, Is, 40, bu, that he may delight HIM
SELF in the Lord and thus learn to ride
upon the high places of the earth.
%. Therefore the Son Of man is Lord
also found both i'm Matthew and Luke.
All things were made by Him and for
Him. 1t is His day He is the maker Of
it and the proprietor OF it. He gave it to
us that we might the better glorify Him
and enjoy Him He certainly has a right
to tell US what He would Ike done with
His own property. When we, too, by
faith in Him become Ills property and
truly call Him Lord, then the day and
people being al His and for His pleasure
He will surely be glorifed in them The
r
ing able to say from the heart, Thou are
worthy, o Lord. and l am for Thy pleas
ure Q3ev. Nv, ID.
iii. 1. "And He entered again into the
synagogue, and there was a man there
which had a withered hand" In Luke vi,
6, it is written that this was on another
Sabbath, and that He was teaching in the
synagogue. 1t would seem, then, that
He was always found in the synagogue on
the Sabbath day and ready 10 read and
i,ffa cx~rn-
agOgues were not the most spiritual places
in the world, for tie service was very
formal. yet it was II s custom t. be there.
,. And they watched Him whether He
would heal him on the Sabbath day, that
they might accuse Him." What odd kind
Of people did 60 to church on Sabbath
days long ago, and He knew just what
kind Of people they were. Yet lie went
too. Well, He must have had more grace
than many of His followers nowadays
Yet il is written that If any man have
not the spirit of Christ he is none Of
His" (Rom viii, %. Why should they
want to accuse Him when He never did
any harm to any, but always went about
doing good? They must have been re-
lated to one who is called 1.-THE accuser
Of the brethren" (Rev. XII, 10.
g. And He saith unto the man which
had the withered hand Stand forth
Luke says, ''He knew their thoughts"
luke vi, s.. 1t viii greatly help Us if we
remember that there is always one with
us who is reading our thoughts and
searching our Utmost hearts. But how can
we help our thoughts? only by being
flied with His thoughts. We are not re-
sponsiDle for the thoughts that are pre-
scented TO Us, but we are responsible for
receiving and bordering them.
f. "And He saith unto them, Is IL law
full to do good on the Sabbath days or
to do evil, to save life or to ki4? But
they held their peace" In Math. XII, II,
u. it is written that He used the ilustra-
ton of the lawfulness of taking a sheep
out OF a pit on the Sabbath day, adding
How much better is man than a
sheep?' and then said, 1T is lawful to do
well on the Sabbath day We are GER
tainly safe in doing on the holy day what
ever will g.orify God and tend to magnify
Him through any work of necessity or
mercy.
3 "And when He had looked round
about on them with anger, being grieVed
for the hardness Of their hearts, He saith
unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
And he stretched it out, and his hand was
restored whole as the other" What a
good thing for that man to Zoe found in
the synagogue that day. How much he
might have missed by not being therei
Think what Thomas missed for a whole
week by not being with the brethren on
the night after the resurrection.
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