The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-04-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the 1nterna tional Series Tor
April rs, 10OO-The Daughter
of Jairus Raised.
Prepared by H. c. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

20. And besought Him greatly, saying:
My little daughter lieth at the point of
death; I,pray thee. come and lay thy hands
on her. that she may be healed; and she
shall live.
a. And Jesus went with him; and much
people followed him, and thronged him.
.35. While he yet spake. there came from
the ruler of the synagogue's house certain
which said: Thy daughter is dead; why
troublest thou the Master any further?
36. AS soon as Jesus heard the word that
was spoken, He saith unto the ruler OF
the synagogue: Be not afraid, only believe.
81. And He suffered no man to follow
Him, save Peter and James, and John the
brother of James.
49, And He cometh to the house Of the
ruler Of the synagogue and seeth the
tumult. and them that wept and walled
greatly.
80. And when He was come in. He saith
unto them: Why make we this ado, and
weep? the damsel Is not dead. but sleep
eth
40. And they laughed Him to scorn. But
when He had put them all out, He taketh
the father and the mother of the damsel,
and them that were with Him, and enter
eth in where the damsel was lying.
Al. And He took the damsel by the hand.
and said unto her. Talitha cumi; which is,
being interpreted. Damsel. ] say unto
~. And straishtway the damsel arose,
and walked: for she was OF the age of IL
years. And they were astonished with
great astonishment.
GOLDEN TEXT-He is risen. as He said.
Matt. 2S:6
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
At this point the order of the les
sons slightly varies from the chrono-
logical order of the events recorded,
probably to admit of this as an Easter
lesson. 1t will be well to recall the
chronological order. After the SER
mon on the mount. in the summer of
A. d. 2s, Jesus heals the centurion's
servant and raises the widows son.
1t is about this time that John the
Baptist sends to Jesus to know if 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 Galilee, and here,
in November, come in the two miracles
of Mark 5:22-43, one of which we study
to-day as 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 (Luke 7:11-17).
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 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 sis a teacher come from God"
The Daughter of Jairus Raised
Two points stand out prominently in
this story: 1) 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 it was 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 a faith. And Jesus did
put forth His hand to raise from the
dead. Ever since it 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
| will raise it un" And John in his
record makes note that "He spake of
the temple of His body" The story of
the resurrection gives the world it's
own proof of Jesus authority and that
He was what He claimed to be, the
Messiah and Saviour; for Luke tells
us that ''the rulers 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. a better, brighter
and more glorious life beyond the
grave. where the limitations of earth
shall be nolonger binding, when we
shall see no longer as through glass
darkly. but eye to eye.
EASTER THOUGHTS.
For if we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with
Him. Thes AHA.
Therefore we are buried with Him
by baptism into death; that like as
Christ was raised up from the dead by
the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness CT life
Romans ga.