The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-03-26
THE WOMAN OF CANAAN.
international Sunday School Lesson
for April 3, 1S9S.


BIASED Upon Peloubets Select Notes.l
THE LESSON. 15:21-31. Read |
Matthew Is and / Kings l7:l-24. The paral-
lei is Mark I: 2-H.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Then came she and |
worshlped Him. saying. Lord. help me.
Matt 1925.
TIME.-Early summer, A. d. 90. Several |
weeks after the last lesson.
PLACE.-The first miracle was per-
formed on the borders Of the country OF |
Tyre and Sidon, 40 or so miles northwest of |
the Sea of GaliIee. Kings 17:S-24 relates |
two examples of Elijah's help to woman |
of this same region. The other miracles OF |
the lesson were performed in the region OF
Decapolis, on the southeastern shore of the
Sea of Galilee Mark 7:SD.
EXPLANATORY.
I. Jesus Retires from Galilee for a
Time.-V. 81. The reason for this
seems to have been the increasing OPP
position of the Jews as described in the
previous portion of the chapter, and in
the discourse concerning the bread OF
life which followed the feeding of the
5000 a short time before this lesson
John 6:60-7D. We learn also from
John III that 1.-The Jews sought to kill
Him."
ii. The Afflicted Daughter.-V. %.
Jesus had gone privately into house,
but He could not be hid, and Syro-
Phoenician woman in her great anxiety
for help had found Him. And she cried:
"Have mercy on me-" Her daughters
trouble was her own. Her daughter
was "grievously vexed with a devil
The torment of this disease may be
learned from the description of similar
cases. One such, boy, is described as
often falling into the fire and often into
the water Matt. 1918, 49,. The spirit
makes him dumb, "and wheresoever
he taketh him, he teareth him, and he
foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth,
and pineth away" Mark 9:17, 1S). The
| Gadarene demoniac was wild and fierce,
"crying and cutting himself with
stones"
Ill. The Mothers Victorious Faith
VS.. 1928. but He answered her not a
word" He appeared to treat her with
neglect and Indifference. 1t seems, by
what follows, as if He arose and left
the house. Various reasons are given
for this silence. (1) To test and deep
en- the woman's faith. (2) 1T seems
to us that this was not the reason so
much as that He might show His dis
ciples and all succeeding centuries
what dauntless faith this woman had.
Not for her sake, but for ours, she was
put off for awhile "A. f. Schauffler.
"His disciples besought Him,
saying: Send her away" Cure her and
let her go. They interceded for her,
but partly because it was trial to them
to have her crying after them.
"But He answered." speaking to
the disciples, and presenting the diff
Guilty in the way. The mother may
have overheard it. 81 am not sent but
unto the lost sheep of the house OF
Israel" This was His present work
and, till His death, it was the best means
for finally reaching the Gentiles.
"Then came she and worshiped
Him." BY prostrating herself before
Him in oriental fashion.
"But He answered." with a compar-
ison probably not unfamiliar to her
as expressing the feelings OF the Jews
toward the Gentiles: 1T is not meet
Citing, proper) to take Ito take away
the children's bread, and to cast it to
dogs" The children" are the Jews;
the dogs" are the Gentiles. "There
was some reason lying at the base Of
the designation. The heathens around
were, in the mass, exceedingly unclean
ly and ferocious, barking too. inces
sanity at the true God and true godli
ss."-Morison.
She granted the truth of the prov
erb, but out of its very truth she brings
an argument for the granting of hel
request. yet" it is not in spite of
but because of the truth of the prov
/ erb, that she argues for help. 9Th,
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from
their masters table," So let me hav,
the crumbs, what is left over after yol
have done all you plan for the Jews
It will not take anything away from
them if you help me.
80, woman, great is thy faith" He
faih was great in its love, being for he
daughter. 1t was great in its earnest
ness. 1t was great in its foundations
the power and love of the Messiah
and His past good deeds to others. I
was great in its humility, conquerin,
self. 1t was great in overcoming oh
stacles. "And her daughter was mad
whole from that very hour" AS sh
found on her return mark 1900; TO
she acted upon her faith and wen
home.
IV.-Christ the Healer and Helper G
Man.-Vs. 29-31. One example G
Christ's work having been given /
detail general picture is presented
massing His works together so that W
may see more clearly His character an
what He came to do. After no very Ion
stay Jesus went north through the tel
e ritory of Sidon mark 7:3T. then cas-
y ward through northern Galilee, acros
the upper Jordan, and down on The cas-
/ side of the Sea Of Galilee, TO the pa1
IS of Decapolis (the ten cities) borderin
e on that lake (Mark). He was thus sti
J. out of Herod's territory.
n "And great multitudes came unit
II Him, having with them those that wer
d lame, blind, dumb, MANNED. and man
others. and cast them down at Jesu
feet: and He healed them. Insomuc
that the multitude wondered. whe
n they saw the dumb to speak. til