The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1904-03-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson In the international series
for March ~, ioot--Jesus Feeds
the EtVe Thousand.
THE LESSON TENT
Matt lt.i1.9D

70 when Jesus heard OF a. lie departed
thence hy ship into desert place apart
and when tho people had heard thereof
thry followed Him on foot out % the cities
a. And Jesus went forth, aud saw agreht
multitude, and VAS moved with con,pas-
sion toward them and he hea'ed tue"
sick.
IS And when Il vas evening. Ills dis
eipl,s came TO Him, say ms, This lsa desert
place. ana the time Ia now past, seni the
multitude away. that theN may 80 into tue
villages and buy themselves vctua's
le But Jesus said unto them, They neea
not depart give Sc thCm to eat
II, And thel say unto Him We have hNe
but nVe loaNes and Two nshes.
rs lie said Bring them hither to Me.
~. And He commanded the multitude 10
sit down on the grass, and took the nNe
ioavcs. and the two fishes, and looking up
10 Heaven. lie blessed, and brake, anu
gave the loaVes TO Hts disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
~, And they did all eat. and we're hlled,
and they took up OF the fragments that
remained twelve baskets full
n. And they that had eaten we're about
ave thousand men, beside women ana chill
dren.
% And straigh,way Jesus constrained
His disciples to get into a ship, and 10 80
before Him unto the other side, while lie
sent the multtudcs away,
q. And when lie had sent the multtudeA
away. lie went up into the mountain apart
TO pray: and when tho evening Was come
lie was there alone.
GOLDEN TENT.-,Irsua said ant"
them, am the bread of hfe'-J"h"
0t3S.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION
Feeding Five Thousand ,..., Matt h.ls-sS
Feeding Five rhousand.,,,,,, Mark e'sQ-te'
Feeding Five Thousand .,..,. Luke s.lV-lt.
Feeding Five Thousand. John Clio.
TlME.-April, a, ID, ~ End OF he
Year OF Public Favor" Very soon after
the last lesson
PI.ACE.-Capernau 90, then great
grassy plain rising from the northeastern
shore OF the sea OF dadlee, very likely the
plain OF Butaiha, not far from Bethsaida'
NOTES AND COMMENTS,
CMatt. 14:l3, lA. 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
This is the only miracle related by all
four. Grief aver the fate Of the noble
man who was gone made Jesus anxious
| to get away from the crowd to think ana
pray. The murder OF John meant much
! TO Him in every way--the shadow OF the
cross was beginning 10 fall across His
own path: within year He was to fol-
low the Baptist. This was His first rea-
son. A second reason. as Mark shows,
was the return OF the disciples from
their mission, enthusiastic but weary.
| They needed His advice and counsel, but
anything like privacy and quiet wac Inn
possible at Capernaum; the only thing
to do was to get away, II is possible, too,
that the stir the new movement was
making led Jesus TO fear that Herod
would mistake Il for the beginning OF a
rebellion. The account OF Mark adds
many details not in Matthew. The null
titudes followed Him on foot" Je-
sus and the disciples went across the
lake; the crowds went by land around
the head OF the lake. II was six OF
elght-mile walk. saw great multi
sude:" He must have been both glad
and sorry to see them. That they cams
az all indicates the excitement that wa
abroad IN the land.
VA aGzaaA IA place ls desert:
Uninhabited: the n0ar68t tuWn ~es~s
long way on "The time IL airead,
past" The time for the evening meal
Send the multitudes away" For theil
sakes, that they might get food. The
ciples we're thinking OF their own re
sources; they had nothing to give thu
people. Jesus was never resourceless
give ye them TO eat" A puzzling com
mand to the disciples. Obedience
seemed impossible, but Christ nevet
commanded what we cannot do. Whef
He commands we may be sure. eithei
that wee can make way, or He will MAKE
one for us.
(vs. 70, 25). The first three Gospel
tell us that after the miracle Jesus sem
the disciples away hurrIedly TO the othei
side OF the lake and remained behind
Himself to dismiss the multitude. Thu
|, strikes us at once as being strange, ant
we ask: why? John 6:14, Is makei
It all plain: the people thought because
they had been miraculously provided
with food that the golden age foretolt
by the prophets was at hand and that
the last Messlanic King they had beer
expecting was come. They were about
TO proclaim Him king. Jesus saw theiI
purpose, knew that such action would b.
disastrous and that He must take In.
slant measures to prevent It; single
unwise move and their enthusiasm
would fame up and II would be too late
He preferred to manage the crowd en-
tlrely alone. and then the departure Of
the dlsciples--neXt TO Jesus the most i'm
portant persons there-would show The
people that no political move had beer
planned. and would turn their thought
from a coronation to the fact that II wal
late and time TO be going home. Jesui
Himself knew that the Messiah thel
hoped for would never come. He coult
not for a moment lower His own concep
ton OF His miEsion TO make II agree will
the Messianic hopes Of prophets ant
people. He put the crown from Him; Il
was not hard now; Lat had all beer
fought out in the wilderness before Hi
preaching began But after Il was al
over He went up into the mountain
apart TO pray; and when the evening wal
come He vas there alone"