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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR MARCH 27.

Works of Jesus"
Introduction. the quarter we
have studied the life of Christ from His
youth to the beginning of the third year
OF His public ministry. The first year is
called the year of obscurity, because Of the
little recorded about Him. The second
year is the year of His greatest popularity,
while the third year is the ar OF opposi,
!tion and death. His popularity reached
ITS height at the time OF the miracle Of
feeding the five thousand.
Lesson l. Topic: Jesus among. the doc
tors. Place: nazareth and Jerusalem
Jesus grew and became strong like other
children. At the age of twelve He went
with His parents to the feast OF the Pass
over. 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 aston
lished; His parents gently reprove Him;
He tells them He must be about His
Fathers business" returns with them to
Nazareth =.
II. Topic: Preparing the way. of the
Lord. Place: The wilderness of gudea.
,Tiberius Caesar, Roman Emperor; Plate,
Governor of Judea; Herod, tetrarch of
.Galiee; Annas and Caiaphas, high priests.
John preached in the wilderness; baptized
in Jordan; preached repentance; insisted
that they bring forth fruits unto repent.
ance; thorough reformation required OF
all; pointed to the Messiah.
III. Topic: Jesus overcoming Satan.
of John. John shrinks from such a step;
Jesus urges it; is baptized; the heavens
are opened; the Spirit descends like, a
dove upon Him; voice from heaven; led
into the wilderness; fasts forty days and
nights afterward hungers; is tempted by
Satan: |. Command stones to be made
bread. 9. Cast thyself down. 3. Worship
iV. Topic: Christ and His gospel. Place:
Nazareth Jesus is in the synagogue on
the Sabbath day. Reads from lsa. 81: !,
2; applies the scripture to Himself; he
can save the poor, the broken, hearted, the
captives, the blind, the bruised; they ques.
ton regarding His lowly birth; He cannot
heal there because He is not received /;
justifies His course by Elijah and Elisha !;
they think He puts them lower than the
heathen; try to kill Him; He escapes.
V. Iopic: The miraculous draught OF
fishes. Place: On the Sea of Galiiee. Jesus
walking BY the Sea of Galilee; the people
pressed upon Him; He entered into Peter 9
boat and taught them while they stood on
the land commanded Simon to Launch
out into the deep" for draught; simon
said they had toiied all night and caught
nothing, but he obeyed Christ's, word; a
great multitude Of fishes inclosed; the net
was breaking, and Peter beckoned to
James and John to come to their assist
ance; both ships were filed until they
began to sink; the disciples were aston,
ished at the miracle. They left all and
followed Christ.
VI. Topic: Christ healing diseases. Place:
Capernaum. Jesus is in the synagogue on
the Sabbath day. Teaches the people; they
are .astonished at His doctrine; an unclean
spirit cries out; Jesus casts him out; fame
spread abroad; at Peters house; mother
in-law healed; when the sun was down the
diseased and those possessed with deVlis
were brought to Him, and He healed them them
all and cast out the devils. He suffered
not the devils to speak" Jesus is not de-
pendent upon the testimony OF devils to
carry on His work or to prove His OWN
itv There is no concord between Christ
and Belial z Cor. 6: 4-l6.) 9,
VII. Topic: Christ's power to heal and
save. Place Capernaum. Jesus is prob
ably at Peters house; great crowd at the
door; a paralytic brought and carried TO
the roof; the roof torn up; the BED let
down; Jesus saw their faith; Thy SINS s1
be forgiven thee" The scribes reason; He
speaketh blasphemies; Jesus answers
sns snsm be "fSp foraiVen? The @ cure; the people
amazed. They .glorify, God, saying, We
never saw it on this fashion" They saw
that none but God could perform such a
wonderful cure and they were filled win
reverence and fear. The divinity of our
Lord is here fully established. -,
VIII. Topic: Reasoning about the oap-
hath. Place: Capernaum. While Jesus
and His disciples were walking through
a field of grain on the Sabbath day, the
disciples plucked the grain and ate IL 70
satisfy their hunger; the Pharlsees 1ouno
fault; Jesus justified their course oy re-
ferring to David's act in eating the snow
bread, and to the priests who were obliged
TO work on the Sabbath; He healed man
with a withered hand; they would hit a
sheen out of a pit on the Sabbath day, and
a man is better than sheep. ,..
TX. Topic: True and false TeNglon.
Place: The Mount OF Beatitudes, or the
"Horns of Hattin." After night OF
PRAYER and after choosing His twelve
apostles. Jesus preached the Sermon on
the Mount to His disciples and the assem-
bed crowds In this lesson He shows that
mere profession is not sufficient; we must
be doers of the word and not hearers
only; the one who hears and does IS INK
ened to a wise man who built MS mousse
on a rock and W hen the storms came u
stood; the one who hears and fails to 40
;s ike a foolish man, who built on the
sand, and when the storms came his mouse
fell. ~ ,e
x. Topic: The power and authority OF
Christ. Place: Jesus and His disciples are
crossing the Sea of Gaiilee. Jesus ID
asleep: a great storm arises; they awake
Christ and appeal to Him to save them;
He arises, rehukes the wind and says unto
the sea. Peace be still, and there IS great
calm; He gently 'reproves them Tor Gnelr
weak faith; they are astonlshed at Chrise
and the wonderful miracle. Let all learn
to have faith in God. ,,
XI. Topic: Herod's great crime. Pace;
Macherus. The death, OF John occurred
about the time the twelve returned. Herod
Ant;pas was ruler of Galilee and Perca;
When he heard of the mighty works o.
Christ he said John is risen. John had re-
buked sin in high places. This is neces'
sary, for, allowed to 60 unrebuked' the
sin is made popular and the moral sense
of the community is deadened. Herod )
course brought disaster to himself.
MI Topic: Feeding the. multitude.
Place: A desert pace on the northeast
coast of the Sea Of Galilee. God can sup
ply bread where it is least likely to be
found Five thousand are fed, besides wo-
men and children; twelve baskets of frag-
ments are gathered. After performing
this wonderful miracle the, people were
about to make Jesus king, but He would
noS permit it. He had no ambition fo;T
worldly glory. That night He prayed
r,ar.y ali night on the mountain alone,
and between 3 and 6 oc.ocl; went to d!3
disciples, walking on the waves.
Last Years Sunshine.