Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-30
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson Second Quarter, For
April 3, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Matt. tx, 1884.
Memory Verses, %, 2e-Golden Text,
Mark tx, 25-commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.

This lesson gives an account of four
different acts Of healing upon five diff
ferent people-the rulers daughter,
twelve years of age; the woman twelve
years sick, the two blind men and the
demon possessed dumb man. Matthew,
Mark and Luke record the first two,
but Matthew alone tells of the others.
All are equally easy to Him to whom
nothing is difficult when there is conf
dence in Him. The principle OF verse
30 holds all through. According to
your faith be it unto you" But we
must always remember that these
were samples of the kingdom which
was then Mt hand. but because of His
rejection postponed till He shall come
again. AS l understand 1t, we cannot
expect kingdom manifestations in this
age of His rejection except Us He may
In great grace see ft to grant them.
But as the age draws to a close, which
It is rapidly doing. we may look for
greater signs as the kingdom Of
heaven again draweth nigh. May We
like Stephen. be full of faith and of
the Holy Ghost. full Of faith and
power.
The other accounts of the first two
healings are found in Mark and
Luke wifi. There we are told that the
mans name was Jairus; that he was a
ruler Of the synagogue; that he fell
down at Jesus feet and besought Him
greatly, for his little daughter was
lying at the point of death. and she
was his only daughter. Jesus arose
and followed Jairus, and so did His
disciples. and much people also fol
lowed Him and thronged Him. Con-
slider the anxiety Of the fathers heart
and his expectation. for, although he
had not heard the words Il will come
and heal her" will. q. was not the
Lord Jesus Christ with him, and
was not that assurance enough for
Jairus?
But in the throng that pressed upon
Him there was one deSolate heart-a
woman who had been ailing for twelve
years and, having spent all that she
had upon physicians. was nothing bet
tered, but rather grew worse She.
having heard Of Jesus. had such conf
dence in Him that she said within her
self, IF l may touch but His clothes
| shall be whole" She accordingly
pressed through the crowd behind
/ Him, touched the borderNof His gar
ment and was instantly healed OF her
Illness OF many years.
Most gratefully and gladly would
she have slipped away without trou
bling Him further, but He had more
for her than she had dared to expect.
He had n personal word for her heart
full Of peace and assurance. Before
she could get away Jesus. knowing all
things. asked who touched Him. for he
knew that virtue had gone out of Him.
The disciples were surprised ut His
question. seeing so many touching Him
but the woman came with fear and
trembling, fell down before Him and be.
fore all the people declared why she
had touched Him and how she had been
Immediately healed. Then came to heI
the added. unexpected blessing in His
precious words to her heart: "Daugh
ter, be Of good comfort; thy faith hail
made thee whole. Go i'm peace and be
whole of thy plague" Instead of the
unrest she might have had because
she had, as it were, stolen a blessing
she had His own word of peace
Then she might have had some symp
toms of a recurrence of her trouble
and the devil would be sure to be OIL
hand with some unrestful suggestions
but now she had not only an expert
ence, but His infallible word that sh
was healed, and had He not called he
daughter" and wasn't that wort
while? Let all secret believers comics
Jesus Christ publicly and see what ad
ditional blessing will surely come {
them.
But all this delay has seemingl
made Him too late to help the littl
girl, for before He reaches the hous
messengers come, saying that she
dead. AS soon as Jesus heard it II
said to Jairus, ''Fear not, believe onl.
and she shall be made whole" Gub
viii, 50). And quickly it is even so, an
she is alive and well and eating liz
any well child. Only the father and tt
mother and Peter, James and John wei
present at the raising to life-just seve
including Jesus and the little girl, Il
unbelieving scorners all without. l.
US be "most surely believers, KNOWN
the certainty" of oil His words Q.ul
1, Ia. He is never too late, and not
DIT ing is too hard for Him who Great,
all things.
e Two blind men follow Him into t
next house, into which He enters, be
10 ging Him to have mercy on them. II
4 one question was, believe We that
~ am able to do this?" Their affirmati
le reply brings His According to 20