Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1896-02-20
SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS .
NUMBER 28
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON MN, FIRST QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL 5ERiES, HEB. 23.

sS-ComDsntary BY the Rev. ID. M.
stearns-
43. "A woman hah spent all her living
upon physicians, neither could be healed
Of amy. Another helpless case, an Op-
p0rtunity fOr thu Lord to work. 1t H. still
true that W. are slow to come to tile Lord
until we have come to the end Of our
selves Oh, that the Lord would bring US
quickly to see our nOthingness and the
vanity Of all earthly things. that we might
find i'll Him our all. He is still, in His
word, showing the glad tidings Of the
kingdom Of Cod (verse n that He may
allure us 10 Himself, but because 10 many
will not read
"A. Immediately her issue Of blood
stanched.' The life Of the flesh is in the
blood (Lev. xvii, ID and for 12 years her
life haf been ebbing away. The story Of
the little girl Of our lesson Is that Of u
years development of life suddenly cut
Off, and just a. suddenly restored by The
same Jesus who healed the life that was
ebbing away Mere natural life, whether
steadily developed or steadily frittered
away, Is nothing until it is touched by
Jesus, who is the life He was crucified
at the place Of a skull, " and all that is
on the earth Of human greatness or glory
is az empty as a skull apart from the
cross of Christ
45. "And Jesus said, Who touched Mes"
The woman had heard pf Jesus, perhaps
was acquainted with some who had been
healed BY Him, and by their testimony
was encouraged to believe that II she could
but touch the hem Of His garment she
would be whole. Faith cometh by hear
ing and hearing By the word Of God Rom.
I, I'D, so il We would strengthen Others
and increase their faith we must commu-
nicate that which God has done for u
and through ~ to Hi glory tPhi. vi-
46 III perceive that virtue IL gone out
Of me. Thus spake Jesus in answer to
the disciples statement that the multitude
throngcd Him As He preached to the
houseful the power of the Lord was pres
ent to heal G-uke v, 1s), but we read Of no
one being healed except the one who came
through the roof 30 id this case power
went from Him To only this one poor
woman. a. He ut AZ another time over
against the treasury His heart went out
more to one poor woman than to all the
others. Not all who go to church or read
the Bible are blessed, but only those whose
hearts 90 out to Him in conscious need or
worship.
Az. "She declared unto Him befdrn All
the people for what cause she had touched
Him and how she was healed immediate
W." 1T seemed hard for this poor, timiG.
trembling woman thus To testify before
all the people, but observe that she did it
''unto Him, and it was in gratitude for
blessing received. Unto Him Is the key
to all service, and when thus we serve we
do not mind the people, whether few or
many.
Az. Daughter, be of good comfort.
THY faith hath made thee whole. GO in
peace. Surely it was worth while To CON
fess Him publicly in order to receive this
gracious word from His own lips right 10
her heart. If those who feel very weak
and timid only would declare unto Him
before the people, what q blessing they
might received A. far a. j. recorded she
il the only woman He ever addressed al
daughter. II Think how the words good
cheer. .T '.lnade whole, w 20 in peace. III
would keep coming to her in All her after
life-his words to her soul.
49, "Thy daughter is dead. Trouble
not the Master The incident we have
just been studying occurred while Jesus
was on His way to the house of Jairus to
heal bis little girl, who seemed to Be dying
when Jairus left the house to 20 for Jesus
(verse Al, 42). Put yourself in the place
Of Jairus ana imagine lii heart, AZ every
moment seemed an hour that Jesus tarried
in order to speak to the poor woman.
Then think of the agony Of soul as this
message comes.
So Fear not. Believe only, and she
shall be made whole" Ere the father
49, a.
"Oh, IL He had only come without delay
ingni these gracious words fall from
Jesus lips. In Mark v, 80, it l., Be not
afraid, only believe"
81 ''He suffered no man to 90 in save
Peter and James and John and the father
and the mother of the maiden" That
would make just seven, with the little
girl, seven altogether, the perfect number.
On two other occasions these three disci-
pies were the favored ones Why, We shall
know some day. If We are willing t0 he
His choice ones, set apart for Himself. n
a people for His own possession Fps. iv,
8; Titus ii, IA, r. W do not know why
we may not.
81 weep not. She is not dead. but
sleepeth " Thus He spake as they all
wept and bewailed her In the case of
11-14) The body sleeps, but a. to tile
spirit, the person, the word il, Absent
from the body; present with the Lord i
Departed to be with Christ" (Phn. /,
2l, %; II Cor. V, gl For the Christian
who lives for Christ, to die is gain.
53 ''And they laughed Him to seorn.
knowing that she was dead They had
only natural sight. They believed what
natural man. but tu the spiritual man,
believing l. seeing. said I hot unto thee
that If thou wouldcst believe thou should
est sees" Blessed are they that have not
seen, vet have believed (John Il, 40; Xxx,
29). The believer is to believe God rather
than his own eyes Or feelings or thoughts
Or anything. Nn matter how things look
we are ever to sav, ''I believe Gnd THAT ID
shall be even as ID WA t0ld me'' tActs
xvii, 25J Abraham considered not his
own body nor thoughts nor feelings. but
just believed that Sod was able to keep
His promises. and it was not for Abraham
to ask how.
54 And He put them all out and took
her by the hand and called. saving.
Maid, arise The weeping. waiiing.
unhelieving ones may NOT he permitted I'd
rtt ILLS NtlNNtf. Willy AttAAtA NHAAl HtGr A4lA4
unb ,Iief hindrrs. Therefore ID must de-
part. Weeping Mary could not recognize
Him on the resurrection morning. Neither
could the unbelieving two who walked TO
Emmaus
IS. And her spirit came again. and she
arose straightway ami Hr commanded 70
give her meat some of thr resurrection
thoughts that III in hcrR win TN found in
The last lesson in connection with thc wild
owis s0n / often wonder how this earth
and things Of earth would appear u one
who had seen the realities Of the heavenly
land even though bus for an hour We
are to live in some measure rs such, for
we are dead with Christ, and risen with
Christ, arc to have our affections &c On
things above and live as strangers here.
Japanese Occultism.
You talk about the miracles Of India,
but japanese occultism isn't to be de-
spised The Indian adept viii throw
a rope into the air and lasso an imagi-
nary peg, then climb mp the rope, throw
it still higher and climb q second time,