The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-02-12

f CONFERENCE.-THE Inc OuSS aA'eIHN1s
Capernaum. in the synago ana ~ ' 'i'e
home OF Simon, Jesus went fortn lhto
4 the villages of Call The brlei RECORD
is. mad lin Mark i: So to sA5,s and IN Luxe lt
~: " TOYS: l6 There may.havet been Two
reasons for that journey. One OF them is
given by the Master Himself Verse u.s..
q Fla SnlaInly declares that His mission was,
+ To 4 tie people, regardless Of locality, and
i that. therefore, He could not conflne. dllll-
L self to any one community. ~ 6, can 80. ,seS
orK o Une nos 70 be contn
nersons. - Ills His change Of place would
lie necessary to him ana heipiut 70 itint..
Istantly gazing upon him and hearing l' HIM
would 6e false mPfeys %s
1is i',hfra aIn His absences
f,19e nor = Would reflect and be better pre-.
pared upon His return for q proper sIs a apSi
Of Him an q rIes S Sn slight
Account aeeoui Of Of this journey in Galilee;
4 NASSEMBLAGE .-(N 1 and 81 AZ
the end Ct His presenting tour y oena rn
\ then regarded as His home. Matthew
5$iW:l3.) Very soon, the whole town was
made aware of His presence. ! mere was as
any method which might have been en-.
ployed. There was. no place In the ely
where He could have been concealed
Mark VII: - IT was only I 70, a tof
y the Intelligence would have been quickly
borne from house to house and from or
street to street Al the excitement M, ips
Y cures speedily returned as the people
learned that the illustrious Teacher was
again in their midst. Those who had been
who desired help, together assembled
about the door where He stopped. filling
the space OF the court, Many. unable 70
gain access to this approach; s CO, ero% snnea
advantage Then II was that once more
the Master taught the multitude.
PALsY-Nerses and oo "a e AE IA ioa as
were regarded by the people more nal
the needs of the soul, Precious, and far
reaching as the truth was. falling from
demands !'' which hi could not be ignored. An
b unfortunate man, afflicted with, palsy,
lying on s1retchsr 6erne ny 1q he
Of Jesus. whom they sought they MS.
,cended to the top Of the house, the ROOF
Z of which was fiat; after the style Of a, az
beers, laid on loosely. were easily removed,
\ and then the grabatus. or low couch. on
which the man reclined. was lowered ny
4 ropes until it rested at the very feet or
Jesus. All this was done without permls;
sion. The friends seemed TO feel that
They had right to present their claim.
expecting that tho very sight OF the help,
less man would arouse the sympathy OF
Jesus (Matthew tx: 36), whose great heart
had revealed its love on many occasions.
The case would be parnlleled If nov
while some minister is preaching sick
men were laid before him,
IAN FAITH.-Verse 81 OF all experiences
possible to men IS (! m9re IRE profanS
Icrcise In which one depends on God
Awakened by conviction Of j., The Is !, divine I'm
goodness and power, and satisfied u, tnn \
waits for God to do what seems to Hin
wise. He ceases his own. efforts and rests re;
content with the hope Of blessing. I'M,
brings ali the clements of his nature into
harmony, II is pleasing to God. because
II brings the man TO God " was Llit
faith OF the parties In this instance ina
moved Jesus, The four who carried an5
h the one who was carried all believed
( Here was an exhibition which could no
be resisted. and Jesus ceased teaching Z
perform gracious act of cure. But nov
did He cure: He thought more Of thu
mans soul than of his body. For the mo
ment. negecting the palsied frame, III
!, he iaith which Was so manifest 'son
thy sins be forgiven thee" he said. on
What wonderful Pr prom wa
a lii lifetime biotted out The suit ana Con
2 domination gone. (Romans V; -
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 6 and ID HOY
that sentence was greeted by the palsie
Is man or his friends. We are not In
formed. Was the one conscious of hi
"A new spiritual condition2 Were The fou
disappointed that the object OF their Nis
had been overlooked? But some ther
were greatly surprised. Certain scribe:
at firsi copyists and afterwards expounc
q ers Of Scripture. men accustomed TO cor
81 slider every religions movement IN II
light OF the written word. were III u
Il audience. Their chief business was
follow the ulterances of Jesus and
Z determine whether He was sound in do
trine, Mark xii: 2sD Some OF the
probably came from Jerusalem purpose
Matthew xvii: .ls) Sitting in q iii
group, they ,confsrrcd concerning Y
Masters words When Jesus spoke 70 Y
paralytic these men exchanged glanc
ana whispered. W hal did !, meun2 NJ
there any thing in Scripture to warra
sucn a statement? Can man forgi'
sin? They thought ot Jesus only as
man, Had He MOI committed blasphem,
Was lie moi liable TO death, the penal
Il affixed upon blasphemy? neviticus XXI
sG) Those scribes We're extremely orth
gt DEFENsE.-(verses s and % Like
K sensitive plant, Jesus felt the mental co
dItion OF those who were near Hi
Thar very thoughts were open to Il
ltpiritual vision, When arraigned, the,
fore by the scribes. who sat in 1nd
Y "a defend Himself, The teaching h