Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-23
9nttrnationat gessol1s.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON !, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 8.

IESSJN u 0CSSiNO SST'iS'S N'e"
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 8.
Text Of the Lesson. Math. ~, 21-31.
Memory Verses, 25-28 - Golden Text,
Math. xv, 25-Commentary by the Rev.
d. M. Stearns.
copyright, 1898. by D. M. Stearns.]
81. "Then Jesus went thence and de-
parted into the coasts Of Tyre and Sidon.
The herald of Christ having been cut OIL,
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 He
is the true bread for the perishing, suffi-
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
In their Scriptures. See Sam. xvi, q;
Ps. Ii, 6; Mic. vi, 8; II Chron. xz, 90, l. C.
%. And, behold, a woman of Canaan
came out of the same coasts and cried unto
Him, saying, Have mercy on me, o Lord,
thou Son of David My daughter is griev-
ously yexed with devil. 1t Is only In
trial that faith shines brightest. AS in
Gen. /, Q, it was in the darkness the Spirit
is first heard Of and seen moving. So 1t
is ever. The devil Is allowed to work in
order that the works of God may be made
manifest (John tx, 3; Il, ~. AS far as we
know tho 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.
%. "But He answered her not word.
And His disciples came and besought Him,
saying, Send her away, for she crieth after
u.s." He knew the case thoroughly and
how to deal with it. Silence is not denial,
and delay is not unkind. The Lord waits
that He may be gracious; blessed are all
they that wait for Him (John xi, 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 quictness for them
selves They had not learned to live unto
others and forget self Have your
"a. But He answered and said, 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 come to you, but 1t was
not necessary. He saw her faith still
strong under all this, and how it delight
ed HIM Did He not say: "Other sheep l
have, which are not Of this fold Them
also I must bring, and they shall hear My
voice, and there shall he one fold and ono
shepherd" (John X, 16.)
25. "Then came sho and worshipcd
Him, saying, Lord help me" How His
heart rcjoiccd 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 daughters see how her cry still is
"Lord help mel 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. "
]; John iii, q, is not all this in order
that we may one by one take up the casr
of others and bring them to Christi
26. 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 Ho
was "God manifest in heflesh, 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 (Ezek
xiv, 23).
81. And she said, Truth, Lord. Yet
the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from!
their masters table" She had addressed
Him rs Lord and Son of David, and now
as Master. Let Him say what He will, lcs
Him do what seemcth Him good, she will
trust Him, she will cling to Him, like
Ruth to Naomi, and like 1ttai to David.
like Elisha to Elijah. Nothing can drive
her away. She has come for somewhat,
and she will have tiff only dog Ho
shall be her Master, He is SO very great
and she so poor and needy.
%. "Then Jesus answered and said un'
to her, o woman, great is thy faith. Be il
unto thee even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was made whole from that very
hour" So she triumphed, her faith in
Him gave her her hearts desire. Ho in
tended to do it. doubt not but that He
took that journey in order to do 1t, but
-, &c 81,
keeps US waiting, it is because He is say-
ing to us as to His mother at the mar
riage, milne hour is not yet come" 1t is
sometimes asked, "Can our faith bring
blessing to othersp" Let this case answer,
for we have no reference to the daughter
faith He said, Great is thy faith, " yet
the daughter was made whole.
80. And Jesus departed from thence
and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and
went up into q mountain and sat down
there" He took the long journey to be
refreshed by great faith and to do wonders
for His hidden one. We read Of nothing
else that He did at that time. He sent
Philip, one of the seven, long journey te
bring joy to the Ethiopian. He sent Ga
briel from heaven to instruct Daniel and
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" (Actt
i, 11).
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 am sick, the people
that dwell therein shall be forgiven thell
iniquity' lisa. xxxiii, 2D. 1t will bt
heaven come down to earth. One docs no
wonder that they wanted to take Him b!
force and make Him their King (John vi