Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson IN the international Series FOR
April 3, 19O4-Jesus Visits
Tyre and Sidon.
THE LESSON TENT.
MARK .4-S,p


- And from thence file arose and went
INTO the borders OF Tyre and Sidon, and
entered into an house. and would have no
man know Il: but he could not be hid
- For a certain woman. whose young
daughter hac unclean spirit heard OF
Him. SaS came and fell nj HI, feet
~. The woman Was n Greek. "a Syrophe-
n'c'au by nation. and she be sought Him
that He would cast forth tho devil out of
her daughter
"a But j sus said unto her: Let the chill
dren first b. allied: for q - not me ct to TAX.
the chi!dren's bread. and TO cas-, IL unto the
dogs.
". And she answered ana sald unto Hin .
Yes. Lord: Yet the dogs unSer the table eat
OF the childcen's crumbs.
-. And lie said unto her: For this sal ing
go thy way; the devil Is gone out OF thy
daughter.
80. And when she was come to her house
she found the devil gone out and
her daughter laid upon the bed.
u. And again. departing from the coasts
OF Tyre and Sidon. file came unto the sea OF
Galilee. through the midst OF the coasts OF
Decapolis.
81. And they brlng unto Him one that was
deaf and had an impeachment In his speech :
and they beseech Him to put His hand upon
him.
SO. And lie took him aside from the multi
tude and put His fingers into his ears. and
lie spit. and touched his tongue;
81. And looking up to Heaven He sighed,
/ opened.
IS. And straightway his ears were opened.
and the string or his tongue was loosed.
and lac spake plain.
30. And He charged them that they sho nd
should tell no man; hut the more He
charged them. so much the more "A great
doa' they published It.
81, And were beyond measure astonlshed,
saying: He hath done an things well: lie
maket IN both the dear to hear. and the dumb
To speak
GOLDEN TENT Without faith II is i'm
possible 20 please Him.-Heb. ili6
ANALYSIS or SCRIPTURE SECTION
jesus Walking on the Water. Mark & :45-52
Jesus HeaNng Many Mark 5S-5G
discourse or Eating with Unwashed
=, ion"S ..'''..:. .............. Mark Z; 1-2S
Healing Woman's Daughter. Mark 7:2i-5O
Htaling Dear and Dumb Man. Mark :3l-S7
Read also parallel passage: Matt li:22-
15:Sl
TlME.-Latc IN the summer OF \. u 90.
fLACE-The region OF Tyre and Sidon:
foreign country.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
From thence" From Capernaum.
"rhe borders of Tyre" etc.: That ia
Phoenicia. Jesus and his disciples were
now in the land of foreigners They were
there Tor several reasons. % They could
not stay where they were. His followers
had many Of them left Him. and popular
feeling against Him was running high in
lGalilee. Ii was a reaction (2) He had
had controversy with the Pharisees
from Jerusalem, in which He had talked
TO them with plainness they had prob
ably never heard before, calling them
hypocrites; OF course. making their OPP
position TO Him more bitter Further
work in Galilee at this time was out of
the question. CD A foreign country was
chosen because OF its distance from the
scene OF the trouble and because its peo-
pie were not likely to know or care about
the contention between Jesus and the
Pharisees. He entered.
would have no man know it," This was
not preaching tour, but much-needed
respite from a wearing ministry. Safety.
rest and the training OF the disciples were
sought. AN unclean spirit" Probably
epilepsy. A very distressing dis ase and
one which Jesus frequently met In
those days II was supposed, like feyers
and insanity, to be caused by demons.
The symptoms were intense suffering.
falling Matt. II: 1913. sudden
paToXysns, dumbness, foaming at the
mouth and other accomplishments OF
what we call epilepsy mark .: II. 49,.
"A Creek" That is. Gentle. or as
Jew would be apt to say dog" The
Jews were an arrogant race and almost
always mad uncompllmentary names for
foreigners. "A Syrophoenician:. Or
Syrian Phoenician. Let the children
first be filled" etc: sentence which
we say at first does not sound like Jesus
/ Compare Matthew'S account BY the
children Jesus meant the Jews The dogs
He used In the common way for GentiIes.
1t was not harsh as 1t would be to call
a person dog to-day He did not think
the Gentiles of less importance than the
Jews, or care less for their sufferings.
but in planning the great work Of saliva
ton He had TO begin somewhere. The
plan must be the wisest one possible.
and then He must stick to it, The plan
was 10 begin the conquest of the world
at home, with his own people.
They bring unto Him." After He
reached Galilee again. Took Him aside
privately" II is not an easy
thing TO communicate with one who Is
practically deaf and dumb Jesus might
have healed him offhanded in the crowd.
but lie wanted TO make spiritual i'm
preston on him as we'll See how the
Master uses the sign language i'm dealing
with this man-tOuches his ears and his
tongue; He spat saliva was suppose TO
have healing power; the man received an
idea. Then he looked up to Heaven and
signed; the mans idea was enlarged; God
came into the transaction, and Jesus
spoke the word. and he was healed, and
had learned the mos. impressive lesson
OF his life as we'll
Grapes from Canaan.