The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-07-13

Le.son In the international serses sso
July II. 1DOO-rhe Gentiis
Woman's Faith.
fpreparcd by II. G. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

Mark 7:2i-30)
.. And from thence lie arose. and went
IA he borders OF Tyre and sidon. and
,,,,rel into an house. and would have I'D
MN know II; but lie could not be hid.
M For certain woman. whose young
51ugther had an uncIean spirit. heard OF
,Itm. and came and fell at His feet.
N Tho woman was "A Greek. a .yrophe-
,tgian by nation: and she besought Him
maj lie would east forth the devil out OF
her daughter
s- nut Jesus said unto her. Let the chill
dren trst be nll,a. Tor Il is not meet 70
take the children's bread. aud 10 cast II
INTO the dogs
rs And she answered and faid unto Him.
yes Lord, yet tne uos- u.4sr tne t4ole
~ OF the CHI .dreii .',u,nDa
~ And IL s..lr LNsu a. = Frf thlS say
INK 20 thy ,..s "a. ue>'i Is Zone Ou, vf
I'm daughter
she found the devil gone out. ana her
GOLDEN TEAT.-Lord. help me-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
triumphant Faith" would be an
appropriatc topic for this lesson. and
Gospels it Is the faith of IA Gentle
that is held up TO the admiration Of
The world. We remember that upon
another occasion Jesus, speaking OF
me Roman centurion said: II have
not found so great faith, no, not in
Israel" This time it is the faith OF
. svrophoencian woman that is held
up as an example by which we might
profit. However. before entering upon
this study we may make q brief note
Of what happened between the last
lesson and the present. This Includes:
Visit 70 Jesus OF Pharisees from Jerusa-
Discourse on Eating with unwashen
Hands.
The feast of the passover occurred
April l6. A. ID. 20. but Jesus did not go
10 Jerusalem 10 attend it, probably
because of the already apparent oppo-
ttion Of the Jews The Jews of Jul
dca had evidently looked forward to
His coming. and were disappointed.
Even the Pharisces wanted to see Him,
for MS soon as the passover feast was
over they started north for an inter
view Jesus did not avoid them; lie
and the disciples went on in their nc
cusiomed way. No sooner had the dis
tingushed men from Jerusalem ar
rived than they found an occasion for
controversy. The disciples did not
follow the traditions of the Jewish
elders and rabbits in the custom Of
washing their hands before eating
Jesus reply. as usual, went straight
to the heart of the matter. lie said
Matt. l5:l6) "Ye nave made the
commandment OF God of none effect
by your tradition" and cites in illus
traiion traditions which have had the
effect OF causing open violation OF one
of the ten commandments. Then TO
tie multitude that gathered about
Him lie declared that il is mot that
which goeth into the mouth that de-
;iieth man. but that which cometh
! out" explaining that those things
which proceeded out OF the mouth
come forth from the heart: and they
aeiie the man. For out OF the heart
proceed evil thoughts, murders, adult
tcrics foundations, thefts. false wit
ness. blasphcmies; these are the
things which defile man; but TO eat
with unwaShen hands uefileth not
man" This rebuke TO and exposure
81 the Pharisecs before the people
helped increase the growing hostility
70 Jesus. So He departed for a short
rest among the hills of eastern Phoe-
hic.a. There lie entered into a house,
and would have no man know it," But
WORD soon got abroad that the great
miracle worker and preacher OF Cali
lee was in the neighborhood. and the
incident OF the visit of the Syrophoe-
nician woman occurs
Faith Triumphing Over Obstacles
me beautiful story Of Gentle won.
ans faith turns on the point that the
jews In general and the Pharisees
Wiih especial scorn used TO speak OF
an TEXTILES as dogs. The fact that
Jesus used the term seems not to have
surprised the woman, and probably
Ior Tie reason that the exclesivcness
q ne strict Jews was universally I'M
uers'ood. and at this place. only so or
'l miles from Capernaum, the Phoe-
means were accustomed to meeting
with the naughty contempt OF their
helghbors TO the east and south. Her
daughter had an unclean spirit, a
uemon, according to Matthew. She
needed help, and. from what she had
heard OF Jesus, she knew lie could
give i TO her. and she was willing to
hlnk her own pride TO gain It, The
answer OF Jesus in. no wise discouraged
Nm s..1s ~
"hu me Grntiles only dogs" yet she
remembered that even "fhc dogs I'M
yer The table eat OF the children's
crumbs. For this saying" showing
ner humility. trust and faith, Jcsus
granted her prayer. 20 woman, great
! my faith: be il unto thee even as
'non wilt."-Matt. 1928