The Red Cloud chief., 1905-02-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX, FIRST QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, FEB. 20.

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While we have but n few verses as
signed to US as a lesson from these all
important portions of Scripture. the
committee advise tie reading and study
of the whole chapter. and this is the
proper thing to do. In the last chapter
and I'm his the miracle ut the begin
ming IL but the introduction to the
weighty truths which follow. Among
the events which TRANSFERRED in the life
of our Lord between the last lesson
and this the following are some of the
more important: The choosing of the
twelve. the sermon on the plain, the
healing Of the ccnturion's servant. the
raising of the widows son. the stilling
of a storm on Galilee. the raising OF
Jairus' daughter and the healing of the
woman twelve years sick and Of the
%dernoniacs, and the death of John the
Baptist, which Immediately preceded
our lesson today. Johns disciples
buried his body and went and told Je-
sus and the apostles gathered them.
selves together unto Jesus and told
Him all things, both what they had
done and what they had taught. Then
He invited them to come aside and
rest. for so many were coming and go
Ing that they had no leisure even to
eat CIatt. xiv, II; Mark vi, 80, 81.
This is why they went over the
sea of Galilee to Il desert place, ac-
cording to the other evangelists, for
| Ait ...,,t. g., ,.,lnl La. nnnh OF
the four, but 1t Is the only II which
all mention. Since the Spirit has re-
corded it four times. He must want us
to give very special heed to it. 1t
should be studied with the four ac-
counts side by side, as in a harmony of
the gospels. Taking the whole sixth
chapter of John, i'm which u lesson Is
found. we notice that Our Lord made
the miracle the occasion of u great dis
course on the bread of life and the
necessity Of our apprOpriating Him as
such, receiving Him as the Christ, the
Son of the living God oversees 20, AZ,
90, 81, go. In each Of the previous
chapters the symbol Is water, but here
Il Is bread, the bread of life, the true
bread from heaven; but, whether living
bread or living water, it is Christ Him
self who il set forth by these emblems
These 5000 suggest the whole hun
gering. perishing world. perishing fol
lack Of the bread of life, and, while
the Lord Jesus is full Of compassion
for them and would have them know
Of the kingdom of God and His power
to heal them all. the disciples of Chris
are rather inclined to send them AVA
or let them care for themselves. Thu
Lord says, Give We them to eat" ant
to my mind this would be the bes'
Golden Text for this lesson, but there
IL many Il Philip who says, III we hat
that which we certainly have not W.
might do Il little toward feeding them,
t and there is many an Andrew wht
says, This IL the sum Of what w
, have, and 1t is so small that it is abso
-, lutely useless to think of doing any
thing with It," Compare Luke iX, 11-13
with verses 8 to 9 of our lesson.
: Let us watch our Lord working ant
V zee how easily and beautifully an
I %abundantly the multitudes are fed
They are made to sit down in compa
MES on the grass, of which there wa
6 an abundance. The lads five lOave
and two fishes, which Andrew though
90 Insignificant, are placed In our Lord
:, hands, and He, looking up to heaven
u gave thanks, blessed and brake then
and gave them to the disciples, and tn
disciples to the multitude, rs much a
they would, and they did all eat an
g were filed, and twelve baskets wer
hlled with what remained after all ha
eaten heartily. Now, Philip, what ar
you thinking about? Do you recall til
y wilderness story of the millions VIII
were fed every day for so many year,
and do you wish that you had not tall
Cd SO foolishly about what o penc
might do? And, Andrew, are you so
q, ~ that you did not know your Ma
ter's power when you spoke so dispaI
D agingly OF the loaves and fishes? Wei
beloved, is 1t not truly captivating
d watch our Lord doing His might
A: works, whether In Gen. 1 or Rev. x,
g. or at the Red sea or the Jordan or
/; the wilderness, whether feeding tho
. sands or healing a little girl, winnin
q rich ruler or q poor sinful woman
But nov notice that, as DIR. Eide
ge Cumming says, this miracle depends
4. upon the surrender Of a single persO
That lad vas asked to give up to Chri
all that he had. Our Lord had pow,
TO feed that multitude In many way
but this particular miracle dependt
s. upon this boys surrender. Our LOl
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