The Tupelo journal., 1904-03-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson I'm the International Series
for March o., 1004-Jesus
Gains the Storm.
THE LESSON TEXT.

OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Raising of Widows Son........L Luke 7:11-17.
John the Baptist's Message. Matt. I1:2-19.
John the Baptist's Message....Luk 7:1S-35.
Jesus Amounted by a Woman. Luke 1860.
Second Preaching Tour..........L Luke S:1-3.
Healing Blind and Dumb Man. Matt.12:22-31.
Scribes and Pharisees Warned. .......
Matt. ~i2:38-45.
Jesus True Kindred. Matt. ~l2:46-50.
Jesus True ...........M Mark 3:3l-31.
Jesus True Kindred. S:l9-2l.
Parallels by the Sea...........Matt l3:l-o3.
PARALLELS by the Sea.............Mark 4:l-4.
Parallels by the Sea.............Luke S:4-lS.
Shilling Of Tempest .............Mat 8:z3-27.
Shilling of Tempest. Mark 1924.
St1iIlng or o.Zz-Zo.
T1ME.-The fall OF A. D.. 20 (part of THE
Year OF Public Favor').
PLACE.-The sea Of Galilee.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Mark ABS, 36.) "On that day" A
day of ,eaching on the lake shore, de-
scribed in the first part of this chap
ter. 1t was the day on which He had
spoken the parallels. of the sower, the
lamp, the wheat and the tares, the
leaven and other parallels OF the ma
ture of the kingdom and how it should
grow. When even was come" 1t
was at the close of a long. hard day.
Jesus was too sensitive, tender-heart-
ed and sympathetic to reach the close
of such a day without being thorough
ly tired; there was the speaking to the
crowd-not altogether sympathetic
and the listening TO the stories of the
poor and ~friendless who always
thronged to Him, the healing of many
who were sick and the constant sight
of degradation, sin and suffering. His
life was not an easy one, ever at the
height of His popularity. Let us go
over unto the other side:" To get away
from the crowds; when He was with
them He could not rest and His hu-
mar endurance had been taxed to the
utmost. He must have rest and quiet
and time to think and pray in order
to be ready for another day of serv-
ice.
(Vs. 81. 49, "A great storm of
wind" Small lakes, especially if they
are surrounded by high hills, are al
ways subject to sudden squalls. The
Sea of Galilee lay at the bottom of a
fCiy uStp fdIlcy, OoU lccI D6lOW lue
level of the Mediterranean sea. The
rugged hills that rise abruptly on both
sides of the little lake are broken by
huge gorges through which the wind
sweeps down in whirls and eddies upon
the water. The tropical heat of the
valley partly accounts for the sudden
ness and fury of these storms. THE
NV Lo4& 49, ~ I--.y $3.50
er for a boat to live in a sea of choppy,
uninterrupted waves, on a little lake,
than on the mountainous swells of the
ocean. Was now filing" OF course
the boat was we'll handled, for many
of the disciples were professional fish
ermen, and knew every inch of the
lake from years of life upon it, but the
boat was not large and was heavily
loaded and could not afford to ship
much water. In the stern, asleep on
the cushion" Mark does not say ION
a cushion" but ION the cushion" he
is naming a part of the ship-perhaps
the small deck across the stern on
which the steersman sat, but certainly
no soft pillow. That Jesus could
sleep in such a place and under such
circumstance shows how utterly
weary He must have been. They
awake Him, and say unto Him." ETC.:
They were fishermen and their home
was on the sea, but they were helpless
in such a storm as this and thorough
ly frightened-and fishermen are not
quick to admit that they are fright
ened. "Carest Thou not that we par
ish:" An appeal with a touch of re-
proach in it.
(Vs. 39-41.) Marks account of the
shilling of the storm is most impressive
in its simplicity. The wind ceased.
and there was a great calm" What
silence is there that can compare with
the silence that follows the raging
storm? The waves sink back like
tired creatures grown drowsy after
their madness-that meaning is in the
word translated ceased; there is abso-
lutte stiffness on the water broken only
by the distant mutterings of the flying
storm. There was a great calm"
This was the most impressive and awe
inspiring moment in the lives of the
a%stounded disciples. The words that
broke the silence they could never for
get. Why are we fearful" AS if He
were surprised and disappointed that
they had been afraid; He would not
have wondered at a panic in some of
the other boats. but these were His
disciples. His closest friends. Have
We not yet faith" Not yet"-how long
would it take-how much would they
have TO see of Him TO learn TO trust
Him perfectly! OF course they did
trust Him in a way and He knew that,
but IL hurt Him to see that the trust
was not complete. They feared ex-
ceedingly:" They were awe-stricken;
never before had men seen what they
had just seen; and what did it mean?
Who vas this who was Master of the
elements themselves? They realized
that they had not begun TO fathom the
mystery Of His being. What did it
all mean?" they asked themselves, and
they probably never fully understood
till after the resurrection
Trust in God.
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