The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-29
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
Sept. 30, Lesson xiv-The
Quarterly Review.

This interesting epoch IN Jesus life-the first
eight months Of the third year OF His ministry
begins at the sea of Galilee, that tiny but most
famous sheet of water in the world. Jesus him
self gave II its fame. On its shores He preached
and worked His miracles. In the sea itself He
worked some miracles: the draught OF fishes
and the walking on the water. In q boat He
preached one sermon to the people on the shore.
speaking. as some one has said. from the placid
bosom OF the lake. At emblem OF the peace Hts
doctrine produces. . IL walking on the
sea- lesson u is the emblem OF the religious
life. then 'the bread of life (Lesson I'D SYM
bellies the sustenance Of the religious life. We
apprehend that figure. as has shown
in the New Evangelism. not by the reason. but
BY the imagination. 81 am the bread Of nfe.'
With what faculty do we apprehend that? We
lcok at it long and earnestly. and at first are
utterly bafied by IT, But as we look, IL becomes
more transparent, and we see through IT. We DO
not understand IL. II we were asked what We
saw, We should be surprised at the difficulty we
HAD In defining 1t. Some image rose out OF the
word bread. became slowly living. sank into our
soul. and vanished. The popularity OF this ex-
preston is that it is not a smile. I am like
bread Christ does not say that. / am bread
the thing itself. And that faculty, standing face
to face with truth, draws aside the veil, or
pierces it. seizes the living substance. absorbs
IL. and the soul is nourished." From
Galilee Jesus goes to the Mediterranean. les
son nI.) His motive was triple. to avoid being
proclaimed King, escape Antipas and the Phari-
sees. Rest and refreshment were to be found m
the locality. Natures grandest features were
there in juxtapositlon; sea and mountain. The
Incident of the syrophoenician woman throws
light on Jesus ministry. His own and His
apostles mission was to be confined primarily
to the Hebrew nation Object was. to form a
hearthstone out Of that nation. on which a FIRE
might be kindled, TO whose warmth and cheer
all nations might be invited. Any deviation from
the plan must be evidently exceptional.
Hence the ordeal to which the Syrophoenician
woman was subjected. She proved herself a
daughter of Abraham by her faith. and. as
such. worthy OF having the thing which she
asked done for her. . . . After a brief respite,
Jesus and His disciples journeyed back TO Dec
apolis via the northern boundary of Galilee. In
transit, two events OF transcendent Importance
occurred-the utterance of Peters Credo lies
SON IV), and the TRANSPORTATION Uesson W
In his word. Thou art the Christ, the Son Of
the living God" Peter burst the shell of an
hereditary and universal misconception OF the
nature OF the Messiah. He first spread the wings
of a true Messianic faith. and scared above the
temporal ideas OF throne, army and conquest
ION this rock / will build my church" Not the
confession, but the man as a confessor, forms
the basis of the church Confession apart is
dead, but In the character is the livest thing in
the world. The TRANSPORTATION was a
sight of fadeless ~splendor. The form of the serv-
ant, In which Jesus had condescended to clothe
himself. was now dissolving; the fullness OF the
Godhead was unveiled. His seamless robe became
| a web and wool of electrical light, and His coun-
tenance like snow on which the sun is shining.
The TRANSPORTATION is the heavenly amen 10
the recent earthly confession and Messiahship Of
Jesus. Jesus now crosses the sea TO
Capernaum. where two lessons of first impor-
lance are added to those already given in the
training of the twelve. lessons VI and VIII
1t was the master stroke of the Master Teacher,
the placing OF the child in the midst of his self
seeking disciples. The instant obedience tho
child rendered when called; the docility with
which he stood where Jesus placed nm. NBe.
in the end. the switthess with which he ran 20
receive and return the Savior's embrace, and all
with a SELF olivion TO which the question.
7 What shali 1 have for this?' never so much
as occurred-there as I'm a simple living tab
leau. the characteristics Of the approved dis
ciple stood forth. a snowy cameo on an inky
agate. . Jesus next sets a high standard
for His disciples In the practical matter of
forgiving those who injured them. Peter had
made an advance on the Talmud. II taught
forgiveness to the third offense. Peter moro
than doubled 1t. In the multiplication Of the
perfect number, seventy times seven. Jesus
practically says. Throw away the multiplied
ton table" . . . Jesus next appears desson
Wild in Jerusalem. fulfilling ceremonial right
| ecusness by attending the Feast of Taber-
nacles, and healing the blind man-an acted
parable. Still in Jerusalem 0esson IN, he ut
tiers His parable of the Good Shepherd, in which
He holds the mirror before the hierarchy Of His
dav. that they and the people NAV discover their