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THE SABBATH SCHOOL,
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH 25.

Review OF the Eirat sIuafter, Luke H., !
IL; Mark t.. 29-34-Golden Text: Mark
K, 45-Summary OF the Various Les.
sons.
ISTnopUcTroN During the quarter We
have studied the life OF Christ from His
birth TO the middle OF the second year Of
His public ministry. We hnve heard the
angels siug His praises; we have seen the
; dove and heard tho VOICE from heaven; we
have watched His conflict with Satan and
rejoiced at the victory He gained; we have
been forciby impressed with the seven
! humble men He has chosen as His disci
ples: we have listened to His heavenly iu-
struction, In the upper room, ut the we'll.
and In the synagogue; and we have beheld
His mighty healing power, and now we are
| ready to exclaim, Truly. Thou art the
Christ, the Son OF the living God.
LESSON I. The birth OF Jesus. At Bet!i
lehem. Micah SO. God 80 ordered events
that through natural causes Joseph and
Nazareth to Bethlehem. The angel OF the
Lord appeared to the Shepherds "Unto
YOU Is born"-upto the Jews, urto all peo.
nile: "a Saviour'-a Dellverer; "whicn Is
Christ"-the anointsd Ono, aad as such
our Prophet, Priest and King; "the Lord"
this child Is Jehovah Himself.
II. Jesus twelve years old; ut the feast
! of the Passover. When they start on the
return trip the child Is left behind found
In the temple with the doctors OF the law,
asking and answering questions; all were
|, astonIshed; His parents gently reproye
Him: He tells them He must be about "His
Fathers business" returns with them 10
| Nazareth.
IIf. The preaching OF John the Baptist.
TIberIus Caesar Roman Emperor; PLATE
Governor Of Jud dear Herod tetrarch. Of Gal
iIee; Annas and Calaphas high. priests.
| John preached In the wilderness; baptized
In Jordan; preached repentance; insisted
that they bring forth fruits unto repent.
ough reformation required OF all; pointed
to the Messiah. 2
". Jesus goes from Nazareth, in Galilee,
| to the Jordan, to be baptized Of John.
John shrinlls from such 3 step; Jesus urges
| IL; is baptized: the heavens are opened; tue
! Spirit descends like doyeupon Him; voice
from heaven; led into the wilderness; fasts
forty days and nights; afterwards hungers;
tempted. u. Command stones be made
bread. g. Cast thyself down.3. Fall down
and worship Me. "
Y. John tha Baptist was near the close
OF his life work. He was, anxious that his
disciples should accept the leadership OF
Jesus. Pointed Andrew and John to Jesus;
thew follow Him; Jesus turned and asked
them what they sought; invites taem with
Hlmythey. abide with Him that day; bring
their brothers, Simon and james, to Jesus;
Jesus goes into Galitse; fnds Philip and
Nathansel. 49, ,
VI. INCIDENTS a Tichruler OF the Jews;
and member. Of the sanhedrln came to;
Jesus hy ght: intro oduced the subject OF
miracles: Jesus said: Ye must bs born
s1ain:s NI1cdernis failed to understand;
| Illustration of fthewlnd. Jests points Nfco..
| demus TO fhs H0naof Nun; illustration OF
| the serpenti In the wilderness; Gods great
love for man; hsthat bcl:eveth shall have
| life.
VII. Jesus goes through samarla; stops
! ut Jacobs we'll, meets tue woman;> nsks
| drink; she expresses surprise; usspeaks
| OF the gift OF God-livlng water, and tells
| her thut those who drink suall never
| thirst: she desires It, Jesus asks her ITO
! call her husband; she says she has none;
has hud five; calls Jssusa prophet; asks
about place OF worship; true worship must
be In spirit and IN truth.
VIII. Jesus is ut Nazareth; In the syna.
gooue; on the Sabbath Day. Reads from
isa. Gil, 2; applies tho Scripture to Him.
! self; H. can save tho poor, the broken
; hearted, the captlvss. the blind. the
bruIsed; they question regarding His low.
iy birth; He cannot heal there because not
| 10 Elijah and Elisha; they think He puts
them lower than the heather; try to kill
Him; He escapes. -
TX. Jesus in Capernaum; in the syna.
coeue; on the Sabbath day. Tenches the,
people; they are astonlshed at His doc.
trlne: IN unclean spirit cries out; Jesus
casts Him out; fame spread abroad; at
| Peters house; mothor-in-law healed
when the sun was down the diseased and
those possessed with devils we're brought
to Hin, and He healed them all and Gust
out the devils. He suffered not the devil
TO speak." Jesus Is no. dependent upon
the testimony OF devils to carry on His
work or to prove His divinity. There is 10
concord between Christ and ssli"'. 2cor.'
| G:I4-1G.
X. Jesus in Capernaum ut Peters house,
| Great crowd at the door; Il parnlytic
brought and carried to the roof; the ROOT
J torn up; the bed let down; Jesus saw theit
| faith; Thy sins be forgiven thee; tie scrlbes
| reason; He spenketh blaspherhies; Jesus
answers them; which Is easier to say,
Arise, or thy sins be forgiven tho cure; the
people amazed. They gloriled God, say.
| inr. "We never saw 1t on this fashion"
Tbey saw that none but God could perform
such a wonderful cure and they were filled
| with reverence aud fear. The divinity OF
our Lord Is here fully established.
XL. Jesus teaching at the seaside; soes
Levi at tue receipt OF custom; Follow Me-
a feast ut Lewis house; sat with pubiicans
and sinners; the scrlbes and Pharisses
question the proprlety of this; the sick
need u physician. Why do not Thy dlscl'
ples fasfp this IL marriage feast and 1t Is
not an occasion for fasting; two Agures-
old garment, old bottles. BY these figures
Jesus shows that the jewish system OF re-
ligion was old aud efrete, ready to vanish
away CHeb. s:1a), and that He proposed to
roplace it with something entirely new
Jesus calls His disciples from among the
common people. He pays no attention to
caste or social distinctions, but wherever
He finds an honest, humble heart He Is
ever ready to say, Follow Ne. He is preach
ing by the seaside, near Capernaum, Mat
thew Is sitting at his place OF business,
ueur by, and in his heart is longing to Join
himself to the one whom he already be-
lieves to be the Messiah; but he Is de-
spised publican, and has been socially os'
tracized therefore he cannot expect to be
noticed. Imagine his surprise when Jesus
stops and says, "Follow Me-" He hesisatei
| NOT IL moment