The Prescott daily news., 1910-10-28
THE MIGHTY
 WORKS,
Sunday School Lesson for March B, 1910
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LESSON TENT.-MattheW o.-o-of Meih- ory verses 24-26.
 GOLDEN TEXT.-''what manner of man is this. that even the winds and the sea obey him ?''-Matt S:27.
 TIME.-Autumn of A. D. 2S; perhaps two months after the Sermon on the Mount
 PLACE-The eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee, southeast of Capernaum' where there were towns called Gadara, and Gersa, or Gergesa.
 Suggestion and Practical Thought
 1. The Storm on the Lake. Christs Word of Peace.-Vs. 23-27. After long weary day of varied labor for bringing men into the kingdom Of heaven Jesus, followed by his disci- ples, entered into ship. Soon Jesus lay down on pillow 'in the hinder part of the boat" (Mark) and fell into the deep, sweet sleep of natural ex- haustion. 24. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea. Mark and Luke call it furious storm, a hurricane.
 25 And his disciples came to him This shows they had faith in him. although it was feeble. Lord, save us: we perish"
 He first rebuked the disciples, and then "rebuked the winds" as master rebukes his servant for disobedience. Mark quotes his own words, Peace, be still:" Peace" to the winds; and the wind ceased" (Mark). And there was a great calm"
 27. The men marveled. Meaning the disciples, and other sailors if any were in the boat (see Mark 4:36). What manner of man is this?" The inconceivabe wonder of arresting hurricane was a new revelation Of Jesus power even to his disciples
 II. The Restoration of the De destroy the most disastrous powers that are running the bodies and souls of men. He gives the victory over the principalities and powers, rulers of the darkness of the world, and spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph. 6:11, 12) When he was come to the other side" in safe sail ing after the storm was over, doubt less in the early morning. There met him two," one of which was the more prominent and remarkable and hence is alone mentioned by Mark and Luke.
 Possessed with devils" Better, demons. Mark calls them "unclean spirits" Coming out of the tombs." Caves cut in hillsides, and natural resort under the circumstances. There were no asylums for such persons.
 Exceeding fierce" One of the worst, most incurable cases Luk, says they wore no clothes, and Mark that they had such insane strengt' that letters and chains were no strong enough to bind them, and that no man could tame them. No won der that mo man might pass by that way"
 %. And they, running to him from afaS and prostratng themselves before him (Mark), cried out, with q loud voice (Luke), What have we (the unclean spirits) to do with thee?"
 30. There was a good way off, at the foot of the mountains (Mark), "an herd of many swine feeding" about 2,000 (Markl.
 31. Suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. How demons could enter into swine we do not know, but it is more of a mystery than the con nection of mind with body in us There is no scientific objection to demoniacal possession of brutes.''
 32. He said unto them, Go. l. e., do as you wish; will not hinder you, my business is to save the man, not property. It was property held at the expense of bad moral influences upon the community. like liquor sa- looms in our country. Jesus did not order the demons to go into the swine He simply let things take their natur al course, and held that no amount of property, in the scales of heaven, can weigh against the soul of a man or child. A message that is needed today
 Christ tells us that those who be- lSeve in him shall do greater works than he, and it is true that Christ in his Christianity Is doing on a far larger scale the works of Christ than it was possible for him to do in Pal estine. The kindly feeling, the desire to help, the increased skill. which spring up under Christianity as flow CTS grow in the sunshine, have made Christ's works through his people greater than those he wrought on earth. They are not miracles, but are better than the power of miracles as the prolonged sunshine is better than