The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-02-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON.
"A Day OF Miracles in capernaum."-
international s. S. Lesson for
Feb. IS, 1906.

feb. lS, 1900.
BY REV WILLIAM EVANS. r ID.
director Biblical Department o. ths
Mood, Bible Institute. Chicago. Oni-
ella. Lecturer OF the Cook county
tchlcago) Sunday school Asso-
citation on the Intcrna Iona
b 3 L~essons)
Copyright. 1906 by Joseph n Bowiesy
Scripture: Mark l.2l.3f.
Golden Text. lie healed many that
were sick"
Some one has said tha, in this les
SON we spend a Sabbath with Jesus.
We go with Him TO church. listen 70
His preaching. watch Him when inter.
rupted by a maniac cast Ont the evil
spirit, and then make the cure a
powerful aid TO preaching. After the
service we accompany Him to Peters
house. and see Him cure Peters aged
mother OF a fever, and there spend the
afternoon In quiet and rest. Towards
sunset We see the people Of the village
bringing e Him a great number OF
sick folk on whom He lays His hands
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the days Of His life. And a busy day
Il was.
Christ as a Teacher.
Our lesson sets Christ forth as lone
Who taught with authority. and not as
the scribes." The teaching OF Jesus
struck the people like a panic. They
had been used TO the dry-as-dust teach
ing OF the Scribes; Jesus spoke a iiv.
Ing. not a mechanical message. He ex-
planned the Scriptures not as a COM
mentator but as the author. Christ's
message was frst-hand. He spoke as
one who knew.
:hrist's Teachings Authoritative To-
Day.
Conscience is NOT the ultimate rule
OF life. the final arbiter in the ques-
tons OF the soul. While we recognize
that the conscience is the viceregent
OF God In the soul. the religious in
stinct in man, yet We must also be
aware that Il is a faculty that can be
warped, drugged. misguided and ST
fenced. Therefore IL cannot be de-
HNA-fA AH0n a. al dU@QllAE4N GUIIttI
criterion OF truth and conduct.
Reason Is Not the Ultimate Author
ity.
A man may say that he needs no
other revelation than HIS own reason,
or that he will accept nothing in the
Bible saving what accords with his
reason. thereby making his reason
and not the revelation OF God the cri-
terion Of right and wrong. Iaasmuch,
however. as different men have differ
ent reasons for doing. believing and
juuging things. we become at once in.
volved in a maze OF conflicting stand
ards OF truth and we are left hope
lessly in the dark. Reason therefore
canno be the ultimate authority in
matters OF faith and practice.
Words OF Jesus Final and Authorize
tive.
When Jesus Christ has spoken there
IL nothing more TO be said. When
Christ has passed His judgment. there
is no appeal from il. His words are
final and authoritative. Jesus said:
TIC iHdA AtJCNNfAn ME anu IttfllttO
not Ny words. hath one that judgeth
him: The word that I have spoken.
the same shall Judge him In the last
day" Thus we see that the words OF
Christ are not only TO be the stand
ard OF our conduct here and now. but
the standard by which we shall be
Judged hereafter.
Jesus as a Miracle Worker.
Miracles were not the principal part
OF Christ's work. They were always
subordinate. More than once Christ
expressed the fear that men might be
tempted to make miracles the most
prominent part OF His work. and thus
advertise Him as a healer OF mems
bodies rather than tho saviour OF
their souls. That was the reason why
again and again He forbade those
Whom He had healed to advertise the
healing. This is vastly different from
sects to-day who make heal
the principal thing. and soul-sav.
ing subsidiary. Miracles were merely
Incidental to the soul-saving work OF
Miracles Typical of Jesus Desire 70
Help Men.
Jesus never wrought miracles 10
prove 10 the people that He was the
Indeed the challenge 70 cast
down from the pinnacle Of
The temple was a temptation Of the
ievil 10 make Christ ~miraculously
10 the waiting people in the
courts below that lie was the Mes
'iah. This He resolutely refused to
10. Nor were the miracles performed
or the purpose OF persuading men
They we're tokens OF Christ's willing
less 10 relieve tho distresges of mon