The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-04-13
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
,...op "a the international scsies Zee
April ~. f0oo--'Thc Daughter
Of Jairus Raised.
rnrepared by II. G. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

49, lutie daughter lieth at the point Of
sas,h. pray thee. come ard lay thy hands
=. her. that she may be heaied; and she
shall i've
..n,Ie followed him. and thronged him.
-, While he yet spake. there came from
~ rnler OF the synagoguc's house certain
..s,ch said: Thy daughter Is dead: why
,,aublest thou the Master any fur,horf
"a A. soon as Jesus heard the word that
wos spoken. lie Saith unto the ruler Of
~ synagogue: he rot afraid. only believe.
y Ana He suffered no man to follow
MIN save Peter and James. and John the
brother OF James.
x Ana lie cometh 10 the house OF the
Nor OF tho synagogue. and seeth the
,umu,,. and them that wept and Walled
greatly
mia them: Why make We this ado. and
wen? the damsel Is not dead. but sleep
s'i a. And they laughed Him to scorn. But
vhen lie had put them all out. lie taketh
,he father and the mother OF the dumsel.
md Them that were with Him, and enter.
s,h In where the damse was lying.
Al And lie took the damsel by the hand.
and sail unto her. Talitha cumi: which Is.
beng Interpreted. Damsel. ! say unto
10 Ana straightway the damsel arose,
enI walked for she was of the age OF II
Years. And they were astonished with Z
lreat astonishment.
GOLDEN TEXTILE is risen n. as He said.
Malt ESQ
NOTES AND COMMENTS
Al this point the order OF the les
sons slightly varies from the chrome
logical order of the events recorded,
probably 10 admit of this as an Easter
lesson. Ii will be well to recall the
chronological order. After the SER
mon on the mount. in the summer Of
A. d. Is. Jesus heals the ccnturion's
servant and raises the widows son.
Ii Is about this time that John the
Baptist sends to Jesus to know if lie
Is really the Messiah. July TO Septem-
Der is spent by Jesus in His second
tour Of Galilcc. In the autumn the
demonac is healed at Capernaum, then
follows eight parallels by the seaside
INCLUDING that of the rich fool, of the
sowcr. Of the lcaven, of the pearl of
great price and others, then the still
ing Of the tempest on Galilee. and here,
in November, come in the two miracles
Of Mark 5:22-43. one OF which we study
to-day as story Suifablc for the East
,rtide.
Instances of Lives Restored by
,Iesus.-ln the four Gospels we have re-
corded Just three instances of the Sa-
yiour bringing back the dead to life.
One il the story of Jairus' daughter.
Another is where the son of the widow
Of Main was raised duke .:1l-17).
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 10
show the power of Jesus. Sometimes
( 4 is what we call the human side Of
hsus' nature that is revealed most
s'rongly. but il is only God who can
give life. SO we have new proof that
Jesus lis teacher come from God"
The Daughter of Jairus Raised
Two points stand out prominently in
this story: % the faith of Jairus,
and ls) the fact that Jesus has not
only The power 10 heal disease. but TO
raise M even after the hand of death
has done it's awful work. The faith
q Jairns is illustrated by the one lit
tie sentence in the text: THY daugh-
Ter Is dead: why troubicst thou the
Master any furthcr?" 1t seems that
even after he had heard that his daugh-
ter was dead he continued to trouble
The Master" II can hardly be said
hat u was n faith strong enough to
Believe that Jesus would raise his loved
one even from the grave. yet II needed
only the kindly touch of Jesus. and
hls word "Be not afraid. only believe"
10 make IL such faith. And Jesus did
PIT forth His hand to raise from the
nead Ever since il has been the COM
iort OF the Borrowing to believe that
beyond and after death they may vet
again meet their loved ones. for they
urc not dead. but only asleep.
Inc Resurrection OF Jesus. This
raising ~ Jairus' daughter is typical
Almost prophetical. Of Jesus own res
direction Already lie had met the
opposition Of the 'Pharisccs. and al
''auy ne had said 10 the Jews: "De-
Troy this temple. and in three days
VIII raise il mp" And John in his
t.cord makes note that "IIc spake of
we temple Of His body" The story of
ne resurrection gives the world it's
'"h proof Of Jesus authority and that
w. was what lie claimed TO be, the
-n'ss'ah and Saviour; for Luke tells
y mat the rulers also with them de-
,ucu linn. saying, lie saved others:
~ nm save Himself. IL He be Christ.
.'e chosen Of God" The sequel shows
KY, iic not only raised others from the
'au' nut could Himself come forth
I'm me tomb after suffering ono OF
Ky NEST horrible deaths that tho cruel
'on'ans could devise.
noes Death End Nlc-After all Is
a"u mere is only one answer TO this
.-'Suon. Life is more than body, and
NJ spirit Is more than flesh. The res
a'v,uon OF Jesus Is The pledge that
W. shaH live again. better. a brighter
NV W. more glorious life beyond the
f~so where the limitations OF earth
,, NH, oc no longer binding. when we
NH, ne no longer as through a glass