El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON !, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 8.

Math. XIV, 25-Commentary by the Rev.
D. NJ. Stearns.
copyright. 1898. by D. NJ. Stearns.]
81. :: Then Jesus went thence and de-
partedtin the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.
The herald of Christ having been cut OFT,
and thus His own death, humanity speak
ing, having been made more sure, He sets
forth the great truth, by the only miracle
recorded in all four of the gospels, that lie
is the true bread for the perishing, suffl-
cient for all He only can still the storms
of this troubled life, and He will in the
morning watch, but He will not accept
the position of King till then. Those who
would make Him King are more occupied
with washing their hands than their
hearts They draw nigh with mouth and
lips, but their heart is far from Him, and
even the disciples do not understand that
it is the heart that God looks at and what
He wants there is truth, humility and faith
in Him, although this was plainly set forth
Ps. ii, 6; Mic. vi, 8; II Chron. Xxx, 20, l. C.
20. And, behold, a woman of Canaan
came out of the same coasts and cried unto
Him, saying Have mercy on me, . Lord,
thou Son of David My daughter is griev-
ously vexed with a devil " 1t is only in
trial that faith shines brightest. AS in
Gen j. 2, it was in the darkness the Spirit
Is urSG ncdrU Oh anu Scell koo lo
is ever. The devil is allowed to work in
order that the works of God may be made
manifest John tx, 3; xi, ~. AS far as we
know the only place the Son of God was
seen on the plain of Dura was in the fur
mace with those who had unbounded faith
in Him.
g. But He answered her not a word.
And His disciples came and besought Him,
saying, Send her away, for she crieth after
~. how hi md
how to deal with it. Sill ence is not denial,
and delay is not unkind The Lord waits
that He may be gracious; blessed are ala
they that wait for Him (.John XII, 6; 1sa
Xxx, 1S). He saw her faith grow even
under His silence. 1t was a good deal to
her that He did not say no and drive her
away. The disciples were like most of us.
selfish, and wanted quietness for them
selves. They had not learned to live unto
others and forget self Have your
ga "But He answered and said, l am
not sent but unto the lost sheep of the
house of Israel - So He had commissioned
the twelve (chapter X, 81 He might now
have added, But they have rejected Me,
therefore have l come to you but it was
not necessary. He her faith still
strong under all this, and how it delight
ed Himl Did He not say: "Other sheep l
have, which are not of this fold Them
also 1 must bring, and they shall hear My
voice, and there shall be one fold and one
shepherd?' (John X, 16.)
90. "Then came she and worshiped
Him, saying, Lord help me" How His
heart rejoiced in the clinging of this help
less one. He longed to help her He in
tended to, but it was not quite time
Though the need is not personally hers,
but the daughter S, see how her Cry still is,
Lord help meI When we by faith in
Christ receive Him, and are assured by
His word that now we are accepted, re
deemed, justified, and that some day we
shall be like Him (Eph. i, 6, z; Rom. v,
/; John iii, p, is not all this in order
that we may one by one take up the case
of others and bring them to Christi
&c. but He answered and said, 1t is
not meet to take the children's bread and
cast it to dogs His words look hard and
even unkind, but God is love, " and He
was God manifest in the flesh, - and there
Is naught but love in all this. We must
not judge Him He is the Judge We
must trust Him and wait patiently, and
we shall one day see that He has not done
| without cause all that He has done GEEK
| xiv, 49,
81. And she said, Truth, Lord. Yet
| the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from
| their masters table" She had addressed
| Him as Lord and Son of David, and now
as Master. Let Him say what He will, let
Him do what seemeth Him good, she will
| trust Him, she will cling to Him, like
| Ruth to Naomi, and like Ittai to David,
| like Elisha to Elijah Nothing can drive
her away. She has come for somewhat,
| and she will have tiff only dog. He
shall be her Master, He is SO very great
| and she SO poor and needy.
50 "Then Jesus answered and said un
| to her, o woman, great is thy faith. Be II
| unto thee even as thou wilt And he1
daughter was made whole from that very
hour" So she triumphed, her faith in
| Him gave her her hearts desire. He in
tended to do it. l doubt not but that He
| took that journey in order to do it, but
there is a time that is always best. If He
keeps us waiting it is because He is say
ing to us as to His mother at the mar
rage, milne hour is not yet come" 1t is
| sometimes asked, "Can our faith bring
blessing to others?'' Let this case answer
for we have no reference to the daughter
faith He said Great is thy faith, - We,
the daughter was made whole.
| 80. And Jesus departed from thence
and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and
went up into a mountain and sat down
there. - He took the long journey to be
| refreshed by great faith and to do wonder:
for His hidden one We read of nothing
else that He did at that time He sent
| Philip, one of the seven a long journey tc
bring joy to the Ethiopian. He sent Ga
| briel from heaven to instruct Daniel anG
| comfort Zacharias. He sent an angel tC
the ship in the storm to comfort Paul
| There is nothing too wonderful for Him
and He is always 'this same Jesus (Act.
| i, III.
80 And great multitudes came unto
Him, having with them those that were
lame, blind, dumb, manned, and many
others, and cast them down at Jesus feet
| and He healed them" What sample o.
what His kingdom will be- 1.-The, inhabit
ant shall not say l am sick, the peopl,
| that dwell therein shall be forgiven theil
iniquity" lisa xxxiii, 24). 1t will bt
heaven come down to earth. One does moi
| wonder that they wanted to take Him by
| force and make Him their King (John vi
| 15) for when hungry He could feed them
| when sick He could heal them, and if they
| died He could bring them to life.
| 81. "InsOmuch that the multitude won
dered, when they saw the dumb to speak
| the MANNED to be whole, the lame to walk
| and the blind to sec, and they glorified the
| God of Israel" But why did they won
| der? This was just what Isaiah said thai
their Messiah would do lisa. XXXv, 5, g.
| Why did they not velcOrpe Him and 81, h