The Brinkley argus., 1910-06-10
The Canaanitish
 Woman Sunday School Lesson for June l2, 1910 Specially Arranged for This Paper

GOLDEN TEXT.-"Great Is thy faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt. Mat i5:2S.
 TIME-Early summer of A. D. 29, a few weeks after the last lesson.
 PLACE.-On the borders of the country of Tyre and Sdon, forty or fifty miles northwest of the Sea of Gallee
 Suggestion and Practical Thought.
 Hatred That Repulses Christ-V. 21 Why did Jesus leave Capernaum and Galilee? Our last lesson saw Jesus at the height of his popularity His wonderful provision of food, his blessed gifts of healing, and the other marvels which he worked, together with the gracious words that fell from his lips, had so captured the love and honor of the people that he could with difficulty prevent their making him their king and thus falsifying all his teachings. For, though he had come to set up a kingdom, it was a kingdom of the truth, quiet and peace full, and not a kingdom of force; his kingdom was to grow up within men, and was not to come with observation.
 Already at the time of his highest fame, the cloud had arisen that was to cover the whole sky When, interpret ing the feeding of the five thousand, Christ insisted upon spiritual food and not literal bread as the supreme gift to men (John 6:22-71), many even of his disciples were offended and walked no more with him. We have already seen Qesson ? the delegates from the scribes and Pharisees of Jerusa- lem as they watched him to catch him in some word or act by which they could bring a charge against him. What was this charge that the Phar- tsees sought? That the disciples of Jesus ate with unwashed hands-not hands that we would consider unclean, but hands that had not been washed according to the Pharisaic rules that had grown up.
 What position did Christ take re- garding such observances? That the Pharisees were hypocritical, wasting their thought and time on empty reg ulations while they transgressed the real law of God
 What was the importance of this controversy? These twenty verses l (Matt. 15:1-20) sum up the great con | troversy of the New Testament" that between the religion of the letter and | external obstacles and the re ligion of the heart between what St Paul calls "the righteousness which is | of the law and the righteousness which is of God by Cor grounded upon) faith" Phil. 9."-Cambridg Bible
 What was the effect of the contro- versy on Christ? This hatred and bit ter opposition drove Jesus into retire ment again.
 Where did he go this time, with his | disciples? Into the coasts (borders. region) of Tyre and Sidon. These | fourishing seaports, the capitals of Phoenicia, are not far from the Sea of Galilee, Tyre only about 35 and Sidon 55 miles.
 Love That Christ Seeks.-V. 22 How did Christ succeed in his plans for rest? He could not be hid,' says Mark
 Who broke into our Lords retreat! As we might expect, mother! Her daughter (Mark tells us that it was a
 title girD was grievously vexed with a devil
 How did this mother approach Jesus? She must have forced her way into the house against opposition. She 1 fell at Christ's feet (Mark) and cried, Ia mercy on me. Lord. thou son of | David"
 The Suppliant Tested.-Vs. 23-27. Those that pray are usually tested. This Is not to inform Christ whether they are sincere or not. since he knows all hearts.
 The First Test was the difference in race, nationality and religion. She was by language a Greek (see Mark, and we have no knowledge that our Lord spoke Greek. By nationality she was a Canaanite. of the blood or the original inhabitants of the land. de- scendants of Ham.
 How did the woman overcome these obstacles? By calling Jesus Lord and son of David" thus showing some knowledge of the Jewish Mes siah
 The Second Test was silence. He answered her not a word.
 How did this woman meet this test of silence? By her persistence; she continued her beseeching cries.
 The Third Test was the opposition of the disciples.
 How did Christ answer the disciples selfish urgings? By remarkable statement of the unity and restric- lions of his mission "l am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel"
 How did the mother meet this new obstacle? By ignoring the disciples and going straight to Jesus once more
 The Fourth Test was an absolute de nial from the lips of Jesus, or what seemed such: "It is not meet to take the children's bread. and to cast It to dogs"
 How did the mother meet this ob- stacle? Truth, Lord, yet dogs eat or the crumbs which fall from their mas ter's table"
 The Suppliant Rewarded-V. 2s t,. d;d Iacuc rocejya this saving!