The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-03-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
ksssss I'm the International Series
for March 20, lD01-Jesus Feeds
the Five Thousand.
THE LESSON TEXT.
Matt. l4.ls-23.)

II when Jesus heard of II. lie departse
thence by ship into a desert place apart
and when tho people had heard thsrsoI'
they followed Him on foot out OK the cities
~ And Jesus went forth. and saw great
multituds. and was moved with compass
sion toward them. and lie hes1eo the"
sick.
Is. And when Il was evening, HIS dis
ciples came to Him. sayin This Is "A desert
place and the time Is now past; SEND Inc
multitude away that they may go into ths
villages, and buy themselves Elctua4k'
I6. But Jesus sald unto them, They neea
not depart, give ye them TO eat.
IL. And they say unto Him We nave hei'
but i've loaves and two fshes.
Is. He said, Bring them hither 70 NE
- And He commanded the multitude 70
sit down on the grass, and took the h's
loayes. and the two fishes. and LOOKING up
to Heaven lie blessed, and brake ana
gave the loayes TO His disciples anu 0N'
/ disciples 10 the multitude.
~ And they did all eat. and were hAeo.
and they took up Of the fragments lha'
! remained twelve baskets full.
Il And they that had eaten were aoou'
five thousand men. beside women anu Sn'''
dren.
% And straightway Jesus constrained
His disciples to get into a ship, ana 10 20
before Him unto the other side. whAs Ais
sent the multitudss away.
%. And when lie had sent the multltudes
| 10 pray; and when the evening was come'
| lie was there alone.
GOLDEN TEXT.-Jesus said unite
MEM, 1 am the bread of Hfe.-John
6i35
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Feeding Five Thousand. Matt. h:ls-A
Feeding Five Thousanc........h Mark $3.50
Feeding Five thousand ........ Luke s:lo-lt
Feeding Five Thousand. ...... John s;l-ts
TIME.-April, A. ID. 70. End Oh ms
Year of Public Favor" Very soon AFTER
the last lesson.
PLACE-Capernaum CD. then great
grassy plain rising from the northeastern
, shore of the sea Of Galilee very likely the
plain 0! Butaiha. not far from Be'hsa'ua'
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
J Matt. l4:13, l4). Now when Jesus
heard IT." The story Of John the Bap-
lists death. He withdrew TO
{ desert place apart" AS to the reasons
for this Withdrawing, be sure TO read
the accounts of the other three Gospels.
D This Is the only miracle related by all
: four. Grief over the fate OF the noble
) man who was gone made Jesus anxious
: TO get away from the crowd to think and
y pray The murder Of John meant mucn
to Him in every way-the shadow OF the
i cross was beginning to fall across HIS
own path; within a year He was to fol-
, low the Baptist This was His first rea-
5 son. A second reason, as Mark shows.
was the return Of the disciples from
u their mission, enthusiastic but weary.
They needed His advice and counsel, but
anything like privacy and quiet was I'M
'e possible at Capernaum; the only thing
E 10 do was TO get away. It's possible, too
le that the stir the new movement was
~ making led Jesus to fear that Herod
g would mistake II for the beginning OF a
l- rebellion. The account OF Mark ADDS
many details not in Mathew. THE null
ls titudes followed Him on foot: - Je-
~ sus and the disciples went across the
s. lake: the crowds went by land around
r. the head OF the lake 1t was six or
he eieht-mile walk. Saw great multi
Sc tude:" He must have been both glad
ne and sorry to see them. That they came
e at all indicates the excitement that was
" abroad in the land
ru (vs. 15-21) The place is desert" "
n Uninhabited: the nearest town was
ne long way off The time Is already
IN past" The time for the evening meal
ed send the multitudes away" For their
sakes. that they might get food. The dis
Oh clples were thinking Of their own re-
sh sources; they had nothing TO give thu
M people Jesus was never resourceless
ie- give We them to eat" A puzzling com
20 mand TO the disciples. Obedience
'es seemed impossible, but Christ neve'
OF commanded what we cannot do. Wher
to He commands we may be sure. eithe
70 that we can make a way, or He viii maxi
"a one for us
ne Tvs. %. 2s). The fret three Gospel
i.H tell us that after the miracle Jesus SEE
%, the disciples away hsrriedly to the othe
an side 81 the lake and remained behin'
be himself TO dismiss the multitude. TIL
me strikes us at once as being strange. an
y We ask: Why? John 6:14 10 make
M n all plain: the people thought becaus
me they had been miraculously provide
with food that the golden age foretol
Slr bv the prophets was at hand and tina
US the last Messianic King they had bee
4. expecting was come They were abou
HOT 10 proclaim Him king. Jesus saw thei
pa purpose, knew that such action would
In disastrous and that He must take IL
TN slant measures to prevent IT; sing
ibl- unwise move and their enthusiasm
~ would flame up and IL woulo De 100 ia'
be- He preferred to manage the crowd Ell
on tirely alone, and then the departure
the discples-next to Jesus The most In
Ss4, portant persons there-would show tn
act people that no political move had bee
ers planned. and would turn their though
obe- from coronation TO the fact that IT WI
late and time to be going home. jest
Himself knew that the Messiah the
hoped for would never come. He cou
not for a moment lower His own concel
,a' ton OF His mission to make 1t agree VIII
~ the Messianic hopes Of prophets al
- people. He put the crown from Him;
uns was not hard now; that had all be-
oo'" fought out in the wilderness before n
ans preaching began. But after It was
- over He went up into the mounta
nave apart 10 pray; and when the evening VI
az come He was there alone"