The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-04-12
rHH SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Prepared by H. c. Leningtoa.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

rulers OF tne ByuhBoBue, J2IIu1 py name
and when he saw Him. he fell at His feet.
My little daughter lieth At the point 0
death: I pray thee. come and hay thy hand
on her. that she may be healed; and sh
snail live.
~ And Jesus went With him; and mucl
people followed him. and thronged him.
IS. While he yet spake, there came from
the ruler Of the synagogus's house certail
which said: Thy daughter ID dead: VIII.
troublest thou the Master any nurthsrf
Sc. As soon a. Jesus heard the word this
was spoken, He saHh unto the ruler o
81. And He suffered no man to follow
Him. save Peter. and James, and John tn
brother Of James
IS. And He cometh to the house Of tn,
ruler Of the synagogue, and seeth tn
tumult. and them that wept and wailet
greatly.
80. And when He was come in, He saitl
unto them: Why max. ye this ado. ant
weep? the damsel is not dead. but sleep
eth.
10. And they laughed Him to scorn Bu
when He had put them all out, He takeu
the father and the mother Of the damsel
and them that were with Him. and enter
eth in whore the damsel was lying.
IL. And He took the damsel by the ha nd
and said unto her. Talitha cumi; which is
being interpreted. Damsel / say unt'
thee, arise.
~ And straightway the damsel arose
and walked; for she was Of the age Of L
years. And they were astonished with 4
great establishment.
GOLDEN TEXT-He is risen. as He said
Matt. S&
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
At this point the order of the les
sons slightly varies from tho chrome
logical order of the events recorded
probably to admit of this as an Easte,
lesson. 1t will be we'll to recall the
chronological order. After the ser.
mon on the mount. in the summer OF
A. ID. 2S, Jesus heals the centurioni
servant and raises the widows son
1t is about this time that John the
Baptist sends to Jesus to know II He
is really the Messiah. July to Septem
ber is spent by Jesus in His second
tour of Galilee. In the autumn the
demoniac is healed at Capernaum, then
follows eight parallels by the seaside
Gncluding that of the rich fool, of the
sower, of the leaven, of the pearl OF
great price and others), then the still
ing of the tempest on Galilae, and here
in November, come in the two miracles
of Mark 5:22-43, one of which we study
to-day as a story suitable for the East
ertide.
Instances of Lives Restored by
Jesus.-In the four Gospels we have re-
corded just three instances of the Sa-
viour bringing back the dead to life.
One is the story Of Jairus' daughter
Another is where the son Of the widow
of Main was raised Uuke 7:11-1O.
The third was the restoring of Lazarus,
recorded in the eleventh chapter of
Johns Gospel. These are the only in
stances we know Of. yet they help to
show the power Of Jesus. Sometimes
it is what we call the human side of
Jesus nature that Is revealed most
strongly, but it is only God who can
give life, so we have new proof that
Jesus "is teacher come from God"
The Daughter Of Jairus Raised
Two points stand out prominently in
this story: (D the faith of Jairus,
and (2) the fact that Jesus has not
only the power to heal disease, but to
raise up even after the hand of death
has done its awful work. The faith
of Jairus is illustrated by the one lit
tie sentence in the text: "Thy daugh-
ter is dead: why troublest thou the
Master any further?" 1t seems that
even after he had heard that his daugh
ter was dead he continued to trouble
the Master" 1t can hardly be said
that 1t was a faith strong enough to
believe that Jesus would raise his loved
one even from the grave, yet it needed
only the kindly touch of Jesus, and
His word "Be not afraid, only believe"
to make it such faith. And Jesus did
put forth His hand to raise from the
dead. Ever since 1t has been the COM
fort of the sorrowing to believe that
beyond and after death they may yet
again meet their loved ones. for they
are not dead, but only asleep.
The Resurrection of Jesus. - This
raising of Jairus' daughter is typical.
almost prophetical, of Jesus own res
direction. Already He had met the
opposition of the Pharisees, and al
ready He had said to the Jews: "De-
stroy this temple, and in three days
l will raise it up" And John in his
record makes note that "He spake Of
the temple of His body" The story of
the resurrection gives the world its
own proof of Jesus authority and that
lie was what He claimed to be, the
Messiah and Saviour; for Luke tells
us that "the Yulers also with them de-
rided Him, saying He saved others;
let Him save Himself. if He be Christ
the chosen of God" The sequel shows
that He not only raised others from the
dead, but could Himself come forth
from the tomb after suffering one OF
the most horrible deaths that the cruel
Romans could devise.
Does Death End All?-After all is
said, there is only one answer to this
question. Life is more than body, and
the spirit is more than flesh. The res
direction of Jesus is the pledge that
we shall live again, better, brighter
and more glorious life beyond the
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