The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-11-07
FOR THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON VI, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATIONAL SERIES, NOV. II.
Text of the Lesson. Mark iii, G-I9-
Memory Verses, 13-15-GOIden Text,
John Nv. 1G-COmmcntnry by the
Rev. ID. VI. Stcarns.

6. "And the Pharisees went forth and
straightway took counsel with the Hero
dians against Him, how they might de-
s1roy Him" In Luke vi, II, it is written
that after Jesus healed the man in the
synagogue with the withered hand on the
Sabbath they We're filled with madness"
The Pharisees and Herodians stand for
religious hypocrisy and woridliness. A
hypocrite must be an enemy Of Christ,
for He is truth itself and light and with
out guile, while James tells us plainly
that "the friendship of the world is en-
nifty with Cod" and John says that ''the
who.a world Heth in the wicked one"
Z. but Jesus withdrew Himself with
His disciples to the sea, and a great
multitude from Ga,i,ee followed Him."
Worldliness and Hypocrisy cause Jesus
to withdraw Himself. Religious formal
ism viii never draw the people who are
hungering for something that is real. The
world with all its uHreality has nothing
to offer such. but they will follow Jesus
to the seashore, or the Salvation army
barracks. or the humblest pace Of wor-
ship where the simple gospel is preached
by such as live il out in daily life.
s. "And from Judea, and from Jerusa-
lem and from Idumaea, 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, "The works
that I do bear witness of Me that the
Father hath sent Me- Gohn V, 36). If
there is none of His works in our lives,
how can we prove that we are His?
Ar,I 10 to Tf= III afral.a 1aA
a small ship should wait on Him because
of the multitude, lest they should thr0ng
Him" 1t is not to the careless, aimless,
surging crowd that re reveals Himself
anu makes His power known, but 10 such
as seek Him with humility Of mind and
definit eness of aim. His word is always
true, "Ye shall seek Me and find Me
when ye search for Me vita all your
heart" DER. xxx, 49,
TO- For He had healed many inso-
much that they pressed upon Him for to
touch Him, as many as had plaques" It
was the healing of the body they sought,
not the deeper and more serious healing
Of the soul. Yet He healed many, for He
had compassion upon them, and it was
His custom as lie healed to preach the
word (AIath. iv, 23).
IL "And unclaan spirits when they saw
Him, iell down before Him, and cried,
saying, Thou art the Son Of Cod" These
demons from the pit knew Him and testi-
fled 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 He had said long before that
the dumb brutas, the OK and the ass, put
His people in Israel to shame.
r. And He straitly changed them that
they should rot make Him known" He
has no fellowship with demons and wants
no help from them. IN John He says
that His father, and 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 at all. We cannot
be in full fellowship with Him if we
seek honor of men rather than the honor
which cOmeth from God only. May his
approval be everything to us, and our
great ambition to be well pleasing in His
sight John Y. A; IL Tim. ii, Is; II Cor.
V, 8, r. V. margin).
Is. And He goeth up into a mounta /
and calleth unto Him whom He would,
and they came unto Him." In Luke vi,
r. it is written that He continued all
night in prayer to God He did nothing
without much prayer. Are we in any
measure like Him in this? After prayer
He chose a few out of many to make
them a blessing to many John XIV I'D.
Election is always the choosing of some
that others through them may be bene-
fitted
IA. "And He ordained twelve. that they
should be with Him. and that He might
send them forth to preach In the last
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 be qualified to go forth TO preach.
abide thou with me, fear not" said
David to Abiatnar G. Sam. xxi, 2S), assur-
ing Him that whoever touched the one
life touched the other.
Is. And to have power to heal sick
nesses and to cast out devils" His COM
mission in Math. X, z. s. reads. "As ye so