The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1906-06-01
SYNOPSIS OF THE LESSON FOR NEXT
SUNDAY. MAY go, AT THE LOCAL
SABBATH SCHOOLS.
CHRIST FEEDS THE FIVE THOUSAND.
Comment and Suggestive Thoughts Rela-
tive To the Miracle Performed I'm the
Country of Tyre and sidon.

LESSON TEXT-Mark 7:24-30 Memory
verse, -.
GOLDEN TEXT.-"Great is thy faith:
be II unto thee even as thou wilt. Matt.
1928.
TIME.-Summer, A. ID. %, a few weeks
after last lesson.
PLACE.-On border OF country of Tyre
and Sidon, 40 or SO miles northwest OF Sea Of
Galilee
Comment and Suggestive Thought.
V. "a. From thence went"
From Capernaum or its vicinity, Jesus
and the twelve went into the neighbor-
hood of Tyre. Borders" The coun-
try district within the domain of the
cities named. Would have no man
know it, He did not wish notoriety
OF any sort. He had come hither that
He might quietly teach His apostles.
Gould not be hid" 1t soon became
known that the great Healer was
there
V. 25. For" What is about TO be
told brought Him such fame that il
probably accounts for his brief stay
In this region. In the Rev. Yer, this
verse begins with But straightway."
Immediately upon hearing of His ar
rival, woman who had great need
sought Him out. Young daughter"
A little child. Had an unclean
spirit" She was the victim of what
was known as demoniacal possession.
Heard of Him" Perhaps she or her
neighbors had been among those who
flocked to Gailee to see and hear
Jesus Mark 3:S).
Y. &c. "A Greek" Probably she
spoke the Greek language. "Syrophoe-
nician." She was a Phoenician by
race, and lived in the political division
known as Syria; some other Phoeni-
clans lived in northern Africa, and
were termed Libyo- Phoenicians. Be
sought Him." BY combining Mat
thew's account with that of Mark, we
see that the following conversation
took place:
Woman--Have mercy on me, o
Lord, thou son of David; my daughter
is grievously vexed with a devil
Jesus remains silent.
Disciples-Send her away, for she
crieth after us.
Jesus Ito disciples)-I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep of the house of
Israel.
Woman (worshiping)-Lord, help
mel
Jesus Ito wOman)-Let the children
first be filed for il is not meet to
take the chrdren's bread and to cast
il unto the dogs.
Woman-Truth, Lord; yet the dogs
under the table eat of the children's
crumbs.
Jesus-O, woman, great is thy faith:
be it unto thee even as thou wilt Go
thy way; the devil is gone out of thy
daughter.
AS we see how Jesus tried the wom-
an, first by His silence, then by APP
parent rebuff, we feel sure that He
was trying to bring her into the
household OF faith" that she, as well
as her daughter, might be blessed.
" q. Let the children first be
filled" Jesus words to the disciples
tsee above), which she had heard,
would give her to understand that He
meant Gentiles must wait until Israeli
ties were provided for. Not meet"
Not fitting. Unto the dogs" The
Jews thought that they alone were
children OF God and they called people
of other nations dogs" to indicate
that their lives were unclean, and
perhaps that they "barked" at true
Goodness.
V. 2S.. she answered" One of weak
faith might have gone home discour-
aged or perhaps resentful, but this
woman's faith was energized by
mother-love, and she was ready to
bear anything if she might gain her
daughters restoration. Yes, Lord"
She agreed to what Jesus said, and
addressed Him as the sovereign Lord
of mankind. yet the dogs" etc. The
woman humbly accepts what He says
and from the truth Of the proverb
draws a new plea.
20. For this saying" Because OF
the faith and love shown by this say
ing. Jesus was greatly pleased by her
faith, for IL put her where He could
bless her; she had opened her heart
to Him. See Matthew's rendering in
our Golden Text. The devil is gone
out" Jesus had not seen or touched
the child, but He assures the mother
that she Is cured
V. 30. Was come TO her house." Be-
lieving Jesus word, she fastened
homeward and found her daughter, re-
leased from her malady, "laid"-or
more literally 'thrown"-upon the
bed. Probably a convulsion had ac-
companied her release. What a happy
home that humble cottage now be-
came! Note the obstacles which this
woman overcame: CD Nationality;
she was to Jews foreigner. GU Re-
ligion; she was Canaanite and pagan.
go Speech; she was a Greek, a Gen.
tile. (4) Sex; she was a woman, and
not accustomed to appear in public.
Beyond all these. Jesus, Himself,
seemed to put obstacles in her way
Practical Points.
V. rs. Sooner or later Christ and the