The Red Cloud chief., 1912-10-24
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 27.
wANpeRlNos IN oecApoLIs.

LESSON FOR OCTOBER Z7.
WANpeRlNos IN DEcAPoLIo.
LESSON TExT-Mark 7:si-s:i0
GOLDEN TExT--"lie hath done all
things we'll: He maketh even the deaf
90 hear and the dumb to speak.
S:37 II. v.
Last week wo saw our Lord In the
region Of Tyre and Sidon dealing with
the Syrophenician woman. In ' 81
(R. w we now see him journeying
back towards the Sea Of Galileo
through the border Of that section con.
tanning ten cities. for that Is what the
word Decapolis means.
I. JESUS THE HEALER wv. 81
s7). Jesus had gone north seeking rest
but he "could not be hid" ana now
upon his return be continues to meet
these sad cases which need healing.
and who are brought to him by their
intensely interested friends. Jesus
does not need bcseeching. He whose
heart was touched with compassion 10
ready to hear the faintest cry.
This FIRST section 10 rich with sug.
gestions. Jesus takes the man apart
suggesting the necessity for individ.
ual personal dealing with God. Men
are not saved en- masse but as sepa.
rate individuals. It could not be other.
wise and have q man retain his per
sonality. To work any cure for our
sins Jesus demands our individual at
tention. Then JesuS placed his I'm.
gers in the mans ears: suggesting
the added emphasis that we must come
into personal contact with God II we
would be healed. We may stop to rea.
son lisa. 1879 with him but our sins.
that be as scarlet, will not be removed
unless we come by personal, individ.
ual. experience under the blood. (Eph
1:O.
ellis blood avails for all our race.
His blood avails for me-"
Moistening the mans tongue with
his own saliva suggests that the source
OF healing IL to be In Jesus own per
son. Our salvation 10 not in the words
he spake. nor the life he lived. but the
life he gave (Heb. s:12.l4).
Fellowship With God.
Jesus also looked to heaven, indicaA-
ing that We must continue In fellow.
ship with God, and also indicating his
own fellowship with the father. Jesus
sighed over the wreck Of sin. The con
Of man came to bear our sorrows and
to share our griefs. lisa. $3.50. At
tention has been called to the sighs
and the tears Of Jesus. II our pray
ers were more accompanied BY tears
and heartfelt signs they would be
more powerful. (cf. Romans $3.50.
It 10 equally true that II our signing
were accompanied BY more prayers
we would accomplish more In his king.
dom.
After these preliminary and sugges.
tive acts Jesus spoke the ono word
"Ephphatha"-Be opened-and deaf
ears were opened to words Of praise
and counsel and to the cry Of distress.
Loosed was the mans tongue to speak
his word Of personal testimony and to
witness for his healer. Read Isaiah
S2:1] and 1854, 8.
II. JESUS THE PRovIDER wv.
lilo, CT. Matt. 16:32-3S.)
The tremendous stir Jesus caused
10 graphically suggested by Mark In
verse one Of this section. From far
and near they had gathered and now
ht the end Of the third day their small
supply Of food 10 exhausted. We are
told BY John (6:26. 27) why they had
followed him. still they were deeply
interested In him and considered him
to be = prophet (John $40. Never.
theless Jesus was moved with . com.
passion then, even a. now he 10 moved
whom he beholds 10 In our unworth'
ineSS.
No Hunger Too orsat
The compassion Of Jesus 10 . very
active principle, II does not consist Of
sighs and lamentations. or Of investi.
cations and condemnation Of condi.
tions. His compassion causes him to
act. But the disciples are aghast at
his suggestion that he feed this mul.
titude Of "about four thousand"
"Whence shall one be able to all these
men with bread" (R. WI On the 9th.
er occasion Jesus had asked Philip.
who lived In the nearby town Of Beth.
saida, where they might nnd bread:
but now they are In desert place.
Il may seem strange for the disciples
to ask such = question. He had fed q
larger number with smaller resources.
After taking stock ". 81 Jesus com.
mands the people to ait down. He
received their seven loaves ". 81 and
brake and gave. nrst to the disciples.
and through them to the people. Such