The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-03-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
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MarchIl, t0oo-The farsiytie
Healed.
Tprepared by Hector c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.
MARK 2.3-laD

sick OF the palsy. which Was borne OF iou.'
4 And when they could not come hisn
unto Him for the press. they uncovered the
roof where lie was: and when they hau
broken AZ up. they let down the bed wherein
the sick OF the palsy lay
& When Jesus saw their faith. lie said
unto the sick OF the palsy: Son. thy siss
be forgiven thee.
s.,ting there and reasoning In their hearts.
! Why doth this man thus speak bias
phemies. who can forgive sins but God
only
s And Immediately when Jesus perceived
I'm His spirit that they so reasoned within
themselves He said unto them: Why rea-
son ye these things In your hearts?
q Whether In IL easier TO say TO the SICK
OF the palsy: Thy sins be forgiven thee;
or TO say; Arise. and take up thy bed. and
walk?
OF man hath power on earth 10 forgive sins
Che saith TO the sick Of the palsy
IL say unto thee: Arise. and take up
thy bed and go thy way into thy house
r. And Immediately he arose. took up
the bed and went forth before them all:
insomuch that they were all amazed. and
GOLDEN TEXT.-The Son OF man hath
power on earth to forgive sins-Msrk
s:l0. -
NOTES AND loAl
Mark follows up the narrative Of the
Lords life without chronological inter
rupiion. Including the interval elaps-
ing between the last lessen and this.
we make this summary:
Jesus at Prayer Mark 1850
Preaching Tour in Galilse .........-.ys. .e-s9
Healing the Leper --...--.......... VS. -.
Jesus IN Capernaum ...-.......... Mark ~ =
The Sick Cf the Palsy. -.........----.v 30
Questioning Scribes ...............--..vs- ..
The Power OF Jesus .....-.........--..v VS.. s-l2
Jesus at prayer.-We note here the
fact that Jesus prayed. Several inter
esting questions arise in this connec-
tion. The first is regarding the need
of prayer in general. Another is: Did
Jesus. the sinless One. n eed topray? And
If this is answered in the affirmative.
why? Then is suggested the very in
tsresting study OF secret prayer, in "a
solitary place"
Regarding our need OF prayer there
is probably very little dispute. Even
the most ungodly utter prayer when
confronted by sudden danger. or meet
some great sorrow. 1t seems involun-
tary, in other words, natural. Did
Jesus need to pray? Surely He did not
depart into solitary place alone TO
pray, simply to set us an example. The
mere fact OF His praying seems 10 in
dictate His need of prayer. Why? Be
cause. as we have said. it was natural.
II II is natural for us. how much more
for Him who was infinitely nearer the
Father than we. Then. too, IL He were
one with the Father, as He so often said
lie was. communion with God was His
very life, as il is also the being of our
spiritual life. Then, regarding secret
Sabbath. surrounded all the day by
large crowds.
Preaching Tour in Galilee.-But the
Saviour was not TO be left alone long.
/ The people of Capernaum clamored for
| Him, so His disciples came TO tell Him.
But other towns and villages also
needed the Gospel. He went about
from place to place preaching and heal
ing.
Healing the Leper.-At one of the
places where the Lord stopped 10 preach
a leper came TO Him for healing. Jesus,
plying him aud seeing his faith. spoke
the word, and the leprosy departed and
he as clean sed. Ii seems from this
inc ent ;hat many Of Jesus miracles
were done privately and quietly. This
healing of the leper was done so. And
Jesus charged him not TO tell people
of his cure. but the man did. and We are
told that after that Jesus could no
more openly Chat is. without attract
! ing more attention than He wished)
enter into the city" Prominent people
are often unable to do much quiet good
by people who. recognizing them,
claim their entire attention. So Jesus
had 10 do His preaching outside the
towns, where the people came seeking
Him.
Jesus in Capernaum.-After this tour
Jesus returned to His home by the lake
of Galilee. But here. as formerly. and
ir the other towns "straightway many
were gathered together" And in the
house Jesus preached 10 them. His voice
reaching even those no crowded about
the entrance.
The Sick Of the Palsy.-The presence
OF Jesus brought those who needed
healing. and one sick of the palsy borne
by four Of his friends. But they could
not bear him through the crowd. so
they carried him to the roof. as they
could with those oriental houses, and
through the opening lowered him into
the house right before Jesus. The jews
believed all bodily suffering came be-
cause of sin. So Jesus said: ''Son. thy
sins be forgiven thee"
Questioning Scribes.--The rribes.
learned in the law were quick 4 seize
upon this. God alone could forgive
sins.
The Power OF Jesus.-,Jesus' answer
was direct and TO the point. lie had
before healed in miraculous way diff.
ferent diseases. Only the power Of God
could do that. Was thai. then, less
vondcrful than TO 60 TO what they be-
lieved to be the root of the trouble. and
say the sin was forgiven. Herein was
the power Of Jesus shown that lie could
heal the infirmities of both body and
soul.
AFTERTHOUGHTs.
Secret prayer and mediation is the
| life NJ Tho Snni