The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-14
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON vi, FIRST QUARTER, tNTERNA-
T.oNAL SERIES, FEB. 18.

Text of the Lesson, Mark i, 21-34.
Memory Verses, 33, 34-Golden Text,
Mark +, o4-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. VI. Stearns.
TCopyrish.. 1906, by American Pres, AssociationJ
This Sabbath day in Capernaum was
probably shortly after His rejection at
Nazareth Duke ", $500 as the anoint-
ed Of the Lord, for we read that, ''leav-
ing Nazareth, He came and dwelt in
Capernaum" (Matt- ", 49,, fulfilling
Isa. IL, l, ., and causing the place to
be spoken Of as His own city (hatt.
TX, u. The Sabbath day finds Him IL
the place Of worship, as was His GUS
tom duke iv, 18), and we have no diff
Aculty in knowing whence He got His
message, for the Father who sent Him
gave Him a commandment what He
should say and what he should speak
(John XII :9); therefore His word was
with authority and power, and not as
the scribes, who sought homer from
men and not from God Only John V,
AZ The true servant OF Gca Will pc
sure to get his messag" from Goa ana
seek only the approval Of God, never
considering what men may think OF 1t
or os him as the messenger. The devil
and his angels are real persons, for
whom a real and fearful place Of tor
ment has been prepared {Matt. XIV, AZ.
They know Jesus as rhe Holy One OF
God, the Son CT God, the Christ (verse
q, Luke ", ~, and they know that he
viii yet destroy them and az thel-
works (Aeb. Ii, II; John Iii, s., for
while In our lesson they ask, art Thou
come &c destroy us:' on another oc-
cas.on rhey ask. "Art Thou come hither
to rccment US before the time" (Astt.
VIII, z9.] The Lord Jesus was never
disturbed by the presence Of these evil
ones nor deceived hg their testimony.
He would have none Of them speaking
az Him. but with His word cast them
our (Matt. viii, 16). Some one has said
that evil spirits are like bad tenants
when they get notice to leave they do
all the harm they can 20 the property
before they move out (verse 26). Notice
that Jesus rebuked the evil spirit. not
the man. While we hate sin and. the
devil we must love sinners, even .as
God does, and seek their salvation.
Those who saw and heard these things
did nse know that they were, looking
upon Him who talked with Abraham
and Moses. the Creator Of all things,
the Redeener Of Israel, and they mar
reled at His power. Do we know some
thing of His gift Of power, over all the
power of the enemy and because Of His
work in and through us is His fame in
any way being spread abroad In either
home or foreign lands?
From the synagogue they go to the
home of Simon. where his wife's moth
er Is sick with fever, and, awed by
the events Of the morning, they tell
Him Of her. He took her by the hand.
and Immediately she was we'll and took
part In ministerlng to them. 1t is pos
sible that some sick ones who are look
ing to Him to heal them and wondering
why he does not do so might know His
healing power if He saw that they
would serve Him and live to His
glory If they were healed: When He
does or does not do what we ask Him
for, He always has the best Of reasons
for granting or refusing our requests,
ard some day we shall see that it has
not been without cause Geek. xiv, 20.
have often been helped by these lines:
With peaceful mind the path Of duty run.
God nothing does nor suffers to be done
But what thou wouldst thyself, couldst
thou but see
Through all events Of things as well as
He.
Some people act as if they parted
company with the Lord when church
was out, as If they said I'll see you
again next Sunday, but those who
know Him will always want Him with
them, Will rejoice in His assurance,
"Lo, am with you all the days." Il
will never leave thee nor forsake thee
(alatt. xviii, 20; Heb. xiii, 81, and will
be careful not to allow any person,
place or thing to mar Fellowship with
Himself. Il we have trouble Of any
kind, mentsl or physical, let US tell
Him quickly, according to Phil. ", 6, 7.
and we shall ind Him as good as His
word always.
Does any kind Of q fever consume
you, either in things lawful or unlaw-
full, business, pleasure, lust Of any
kind. the cares Of this world, let Ills