The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-09
THE MIGHTY
 WORKS Sunday School Lesson for March 13, 1910
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l LESSON TEXT.-Matthew S:23-3i Mem | ory verses, 24-26.
 | GOLDEN TEXT.-"What manner or
 man is this, that even the winds and 1 the sea obey him m?"-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
 f Galilee, southeast of Capernaum' | where there were towns called Gauara,
 and Gersa, or Gergesa.
 | Suggestion and Practical Thought
 1. The Storm on the Lake. Christ's | Word of Peace.-Vs. 23-27. After l long. weary day of varied labor for | bringing men into the kingdom of
 heaven Jesus, followed by his disci-
 ples, entered into a ship. Soon Jesus i lay down on a 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"
 | 1nI ipc
 the disciples, and other sailors if any
 were in the boat (see Mark 4:36).
 What manner of man is this?" The
 inconceivable wonder of arresting | hurricane was a new revelation of | Jesus power even to his disciples.
 II. The Restoration of the De-
 moniac-Vs 2S-34. Jesus is able to | destroy the most disastrous powers | that are ruining 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. Gil, 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 a natural
 resort under the circumstances. There
 were no asylums for such persons.
 Exceeding fierce" One of the
 worst, most incurable cases. Lux
 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"
 29. And they, running to him from afar, and prostrating themselves before him (Mark). cried out, with 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 1000 (Mark).
 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 I 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 natuI al course, and held that no amount of property, in the scales of heaven, can weigh against the soul of man or child. A message that is needed today
 Christ tells us that those who be-
 lieve in him shall do greater works than he, and it is true that Christ in
 his Christianity is doing on 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