The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-10-19
TAE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Internal lonai Lesson tor octoisrr -. is0A
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had authority. ana not ~ thc sef'pe~ Maf~
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prAcr IN ruE nlaroay The second year OF
Icsus' publit ministry The year OF develop
tncnt slc.i chiefly IN Calico. New kinds of
miracles were now wrought. showing "a vsicr
reach 81 Ills power ana authority. and deeper
compre henson 10 Ills dcstrclnd ability 10 heip
anu save mVn
The can ~ the four IN cur last lesson
FtAcs--,nrrrnaurn on the northwest shore
81 the sea % Gaiiicc. Here was Jesus home
for the time the center OF His work IN o.alilee.
Jrsrs Between 81 and = years old He had
been prcaching about one aud one half years OF
Ills three and one half years ministry.
JonN rnE BAPrisr- Thirty-two years old.
Having preached less than two years. he 4 now
a prisoner IN Hcrod's castle 81 Machorus. be-
You'd the jordan.
LESSON NOTES.
The Synagogue at Capcrna,m. 1t Is
Of no little interest that nj Tel Hum
tCapcrnauml have lately been discov-
cred the ruins of synagogue, prob
ably this very one in which Christ
taught. The walls were scventy-four
feet nine inches long by iifty-six feet
nine inches wide. anG ten feet thick. II
arpcars 20 have been better finished
than any other synagogue in upper
Galilec. and To have been ornamented
more profusely- The interior was di-
yided into five aisles by four rows OF
columns. III Tel Hum be Capcrnaum,
this is. without Il doubt. the synagogue
built bv the Roman centurion luke
.:45l. and one Of the most sacred
places on earth. 1t was in this build
ing that our Lord gave the well-known
discourse in John 6.-"And taught" 1t
was common to call upon any suitable
person 10 speak in the synagogue SER
vices. Jesus used the best means at
hand. even though they were often
misuscd by others.
AS one that had authority" a. Not
rs an expounder Of others opinions.
but with the original authority Of the
source If truth. Ills teaching was
fresh. Independent. and original. .e)
He spoke with the authority of one
who knows. He knew the way To
Heaven. for lie had been there; He
knew the principles of the kingdom of
God. for lie was God; and He spoke.
therefore, with the authority Of an ex-
pert. L. is just this speaking with au-
thority, and not by differences, and
guesses. and hopes. that the soul needs,
and that distinguishes Christ's religion
from all others ~ What He said was
pure. unalloyed truth, and therefore
came with the authority of truth TO
the souls Of men; the one made for the
other by the Creator Of both. ca His
conduct. His character, His unsclfish-
ness, His holy life. His Divine deeds
gave Jesus great personal power in His
teaching. The teacher will speak with
authority just in SO far as the truth is
part of his own being and has been
made real to him in the workshop OF
his own experience. What men know
by observation or by experience. that
they can teach with authority. We
need to he experts in the Christian life.
"A man with an unclean spirit" De-
mons are called unclean because they
are impure. unholy. dehling. and pro-
duce such effects both in the body and
the spirit Of those whom they possess.
The outward filth was "A type of the
moral deilcmcnt.
Demoniacs. az \ dcmoniac was one
whose being was strangely .ntcrpcne-
trated by one or more fallen spirits. :"
called in the Greek demons or lesser
evil spirits. ('-Devil" in the original
is used only Of the arch-fiend.) De-
moniac possession is 1.-THE caricaturc Of
inspiration" We know who inspires
by the effects produced. CD This pos
session was real, not mere imagina-
ton or superstition 90 1t is distin-
i Il
always 10 have been connected with a
diseased state. (i) "Demoniacal posses
sion Of the body is distinguished from
Satanic influence on the soul. The
possessed were not necessarily the
worst Of men. like Judas, when
satan entered into him. or An
Mas. when Satan filled his heart" =
Stock. 81 Yet lavish sin. and
especially indulgence in sensual lusts.
superinducing. as it would often. a
weakness in the nervous system which
is the especial bond between body and
soul. may have laid open these un-
happy ones to the fearful incursions Of
the powers of darkness. Afford II
is almost certain that this possession
never occurs but in morally dis
ordered person. and by the yielding Of
the will to evil. The soul is a castle
which Satan cannot enter without per-
mission from within. Gods obedient
children are absolutely safe. 90 The
object of these demons seems to have
been 10 ruin their victims. body and
soul. Violent contortions and spasms
Of the body, accompanied with excruci-
ating pains. were occasional features
of the horrid state. Bliss. They were
sometimes made wild and fierce. like
the dcmoniac of Gadara--crucl to them
selves and violent toward Others.
And they were all amazed
questioned" Each turned TO his neigh.
Dor. in astonishmcnt. 10 ask his opin.
ion, Saying. What is this? New
teaching with authority. And lie
commanded the unclean spirits. and
they obey Him. Such is, apparently
the correct reading and rendering OF
the abrupt remarks which the aston
ishcd people made to ono another
with authority commandcth ITe.'
With Tho aufhorifv and v,cxvcr xxhicl