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who recently turned servant adrift
notice or sucocr because the
doctor had said she had the beginnings
Of an incurable disease. was deeply
and personally concerned for his SER
wants welfare, and sought succor from
the Saviour. Jesus promised to go and
heal him.
Then came the electric shock of q
great faith. The splendid soldier re-
Piled. II am not worthy that thou
shouldest come under my roof. But
speak the word only and my servant
shall be healed. know all about au'
thority; I exercise it myself and
know the lesser must obey the great
er. MY soldiers obey me; the unseen
forces Of the world obey you. Say the
word and the healing will be wrought
This episode overwhelmed Jesus
He was always prepared for the worst
and, 10. here he found the best. HE
marveled." The experience came to
him like a draught from tonic spring
He exclaimed, 10 have not found SO
great faith, no, not In Israel Then ne
proceeded to make startling deslara
ton. which the ears Of his hearers
were not fitted to comprehend.
When the Last Enter First.
One Of the paradoxical laws OF the
Kingdom as laid down by Jesus Is that
the last shall be first. Here he illus
trated this, in poetical and dramatic
fashion. MANY shall come from the
East and the West and shall sit down
with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob IN
the Kingdom of Heaven; but the sons
of the Kingdom shall be cast forth
into the outer darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth"
That phenomenon is being witnessed
today Deep students Of the religious
life of the time are gravely concerned
over the fact that the older Christian
nations, like Great Britain and Amer
lea, seemed to be passed by IN pro
found spiritual visitations such az
have come in recent months to Korea
India and China Something like the
experiences of the Apostolic church
have come upon these unsophisticated
disciples. They are experiencing YER
liable baptism Of. spiritual power, to-
gether with an overfowing JOY and q
success in witness-bearing that are
without parallel in. modern Christian
history. 1t does seem as If the des-
pissed East is finding the fullness OF
the Kingdom ahead Of us who had al
most regarded it as our birthright.
plainly the message is written that
the home churches are to receive new
by way of the foreign
field
An Old Mother-in-Law Story.
mi %u, fcfo nd In y
mother-in-law stories, and both are IN
striking contrast to those nowadays
commonly circulated. On Is the idyll
of Ruth and Naomi, one Of the i'm
mortal pieces Of literature. The other
is the one given in the present lesson,
Of Peters wife's mother sick Of the
fever. Jesus touched her hand, and
the fever left her; and she arose and
upto them
No cruel, heart-scorching jest about
that. Here was a mother. loved by
both daughter and daughters hus'
band She had an honored and useful
place in the home, and, as is the
wont of mothers everywhere, she was
foremost in helpful service Her Ill
ness did more than interfere with the
running of the simple household ma
chinery: 1t put sore burden upon the
heart of the great apostle. SO he led
the Master to his home--a home, per-
baps, where Jesus had often enjoyed
the comforting ministries Of the moth
err. Gladly did he heal her, and great
was the rejoicing over the restoration
The mother showed her thankfulness,
woman fashion, by ministering to the
needs Of her guests.
A Man Meeting His Mission.
An evening scene, rare and remark
able is pictured in the next verse. 1t
was the close of the Sabbath. Devolt
Jews we're free to labor. Ceremonial re-.
straints were laid aside for week. SO
they came thronging to the home
where Jesus sojourned. bringing to
him all the afflicted ones of the COM
It was a sore tax upon one
spiritually straitened at the close OF
busy Sabbath. Yet Jesus failed them
not. He never regarded himself. but
gave needy humanity first claim upon
his powers. Therefore he "healed all
that were sick"
This was his mission. He came to
make up whatever was lacking in hui
manity. That he might serve men, he
left heaven. He was not in the world
to be comfortable or prosperous or
free from WEAKNESS and pain. AS the
great sharer Of all the needs of man
he lived and labored. Of him the
prophet had declared-and multitudes
have proved the word true-"Himself
took our infirmities and bare our sick
nesses."
WSHRDLU OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
GOOD GUIDANCE.