The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-05-31
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
..en In the Interna atiOnal Series for
June 3, 10OOEThe Twelve
Sent Forth.
Prepared by II. G. Lenington-l
THE LESSON TEXT.
(Matthew 9:35 to l0:S.)

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ss And Jesus went about all the cities
nd villages teaching In their synagogues,
and preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and healing every sickness and every dis
ease among the people.
ss But when He saw the multitudes, He
was moved with compassion on them be-
cause they tainted and were scattered
abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
81. Then saith He unto His disciples:
rhe harvest truly is plenteous. but the
laborers are few
Is Pray ye. therefore, the Lord OF the
harvest, that He will send forth laborers
into His harvest.
/. And when He had called unto Him
His 10 disciples. He gave them power
against unclean spirits, to cast them out,
and to heal all manner of sickness and
all manner OF disease.
. Now the names of the IL apostles are
these: The first, Simon, who Is called
Peter. and Andrew, his brother: James,
the son Of Zebedee, and John, his brother.
3 Philip, and Bartholomew: Thomas,
and Matthew, the publican; James, the
son Of Alpheus. and Lebbeus, whose sur
name was Thaddeus;
4 simon, the Canaanite, and Judas Is
cariot who also betrayed him.
g. These L. Jesus sent forth. and COM
way Of the Gentiles, and into any city OF
the Samaritans enter ye not:
G. But go rather to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.
: And as yc go, preach, saying: The
Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
s. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise
the dead, cast out devils: freely ye hav,
received, freely give.
GOLDEN TENTH is not ye that
speak, but the Spirit of your Father
which speaketh in you.-Matt. 1920
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The lesson study should include the
text as printed above and through
the tenth chapter. The / following
brief analysis may be hclpful:
The Spiritual Harvest Field .......vs 35-?s
The Twelve Apostles ChOscn.........vs ii
The Apo"tles Sent F'orth..............vs 5-S
Special Instructions. ns...................Ns. III
The Spiritual Harvest Field,-We
have come now in our study of the life
of Christ to the last quarter of His
second year. Jesus toured among the
towns of Galiee during the autumn
of \. d. 2S and the winter just follow
ing, He went into the Jewish syna-
gogucs, and there preached the com
ing of the Kingdom of Heaven. He
not only preached, but He healed. Not
only did He speak gracious words, but
He performed kindly acts. His effect
i've and pointed preaching and His
beautiful life attracted the people.
But to appreciate what Jesus said con-
cerning the shepherdlcss multitudcs
it is not necessary to suppose that
other reasons may have brought
many to hear and see the great Teach
er. 1t may be, as some have said,
that the throngs followed out of idle
curiosity to see the miracles: they
may have been hungry for the loaves
hnd fishes. But whatever the motives
Of the people. Jesus saw down into their
hearts. They were sin-sick and weary.
Yesus had compassion upon them, as
kbeep having no shepherd.
The Twelve Apostles fhoyen.-f..
was in furtheranoe of the great work
before Him that Jesus now commits
stoned the Twelve who had been
| closest to Him for some months past.
He had selected them to be with Him
and learn His ways just before His
Sermon on the Mount. This was
! early in the summer of this same year.
Now they were not only to learn, but
they were to do some actual work.
So lie called the Twelve, gave them
especial power over unclcan spirits
and disease and gave them their com
mission.
Before passing to this. however, we
may note briefly something concern
ing these II men. First comes Simon,
whom Jesus had called Peter" mean
ing a rock. He fulfilled Jesus cXpec-
tatons and became the "rock" of the
early church. Andrew was Peters
brother. They were among the first
five of Jesus disciples. They were
brothers whom Jesus had called "sons
of thunder" Boanerges), because Of
their fiery dispositions. John after
ward so learned to control his tenn
Per that he became 1.-The disciple
whom Jesus loved" Bartholomew is
said to be the Nathaniel of John :ij.
Lebbaens is the same as Thaddeus
and as Judas (Judc). Simon was a
Canaanite, which means that he was
one of the sect Of fanatic nationalists
who were always in revolt against the
foreign yoke. Judas lscariot was the
only disciple who was not "A Galilcan.
lScariot means man of keriott,' Il
Judean town.
The Apostles Sent Forth.-The com
mission of the disciples was to preach
among the Israelites, and not among
Gcntiles. This was because Jesus had
been sent to the chosen people OF
God first. They were better prepared
for the message (at least should have
been) by their long national training.
First to the Jews. then to the Gentiles
was the order. Their message was to
be: "The Kingdom of Heaven is at
hand" The King had come, remission
of sins might be had through repent
ance and faith. They were further
to heal the sick, cleanse the lepers and
east out devils. Jesus says to them:
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