The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
Lesson x.--FRst Quarter, For
March 10, 1912
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.

SAAS ACS1SAAs EuC nGANo
ing OF the fever stricken and all man
ner of diseased people and spirit o
sessed people and the healing OF
a leper, are all samples Of the king
dom which was at hand, but which did
not Come because they would not have
Him. Verse 80 Of our lesson summa-
rizes it briefly, "He preached in their
s~ynagogues throughout all Gatlee and
cast out demons" It is more fully
stated in Matt. iv, %, sand Jesus went
about all Gahlee, teaching in their
~synagogues and preaching the gospel
of the kingdom and healing all manner
OF sickness and all manner OF disease
among the people," 1t was predicted
by the prophets that in the kingdom
the blind would see, the deaf hear. the
dumb sing, the lame leap as a hart,
and no one complain because Of sick
ness, for infquity would be forgiven
lisa. xxxii, a; xxxv, 5, o.. 1t was
also predicted that in the kingdom
wolves and lambs, leopards and kids,
calves and lions, COWS and bears and
little children would all live In peace
together lisa. x, 6-9; lxv, 25). No one
seems to expect these last mentioned
things until Jesus shall come again,
but many are wondering why they can.
not be healed Of all diseases even
though the kingdom has not come.
They ask often complainingly, "Is not
the body as well as the soul included
in the atonement2" Yes; the great
atonement will reach the body, too,
and In the resurrection these bodies of
our humiliation will be fashioned like
His glorious body, but till then we
must wait patiently in strength or
weakness, "A He may In His infinite
love and wisdom decide. Some are
healed by His hand without a physi-
clan and some by His blessing upon
the physicians skill and medicine,
while some continue in weakness, and
many are passing out from the mortal
body. The truly devout soul says In
der all circumstances, Even so, Fa-
ther," and rejoices in the perfect will
OF God.
Our lesson verses 20 to 81 tell Of His
going from the synagogue to the home
OF Simon and Andrew, where Simon's
wtfe's mother lay sick Of a fever. He
took her by the hand, rebuked the fe-
yer, and Immediately she was well
and ministered to them. Compare the
ministry of angels in verse 10. Think
Of Samuel as a little boy m~inistering
to the Lord II Sam. Ill, u and let all
our service be "unto the Lord" and
before the Lord" Possibly more
might be healed If He saw that they
would minister unto Him, for He is
seeking in every way to bring people
unto Himself that he may all them
with His fullness (Ex. xix, 4; / Pet.
iii, 49,.
Verses 80 to "a tell OF all manner of
diseased and demon possessed people
being brought to Him to be healed,
and It is written here and in the paral-
lei accounts In Matthew and Luke that
laid His hands on every n of
them and healed them luke Nv, 4o);
that He cast out the spirits with His
word and healed all that were sick,
that 1t might be fulfilled which was
spoke by Isaiah the prophet, saying,
himself took our inarmities and bare
our sicknesses" Matt. viii, is, IL; lisa.
1855, ~. II they had only received Him
~ their Messiah the Lord would have
made bare His holy arm In the eyes OF
all the nations, and all the ends of
the earth should have seen the saliva
ton Of our God Qsa. III, 10), but be-
cause He is still the despised and re-
one Of Israel we continue in
faith and patience to wait for His re-
turn. He needs no testimony from His
adversaries, so He suffered not the de-
mons to speak v e though they said
''Thou art Christ, the Son Of God"
Lesson verses 80 to 80 tell of His ear
" morning praying a great while be-
fore day, having gone off to a soli-
tary place. Since He felt the need Of
being away from ven these few dis
ciples that He might the better CON
with His Father, how can we
know much Of real communion with
God In the constantly busy life that
30 many lead? 1t is true that we can
pray to God anywhere and at any time,
but see how He went away alone. ST.
and the others found Him and
told Him that people were looking for
Him; then He said: Let us go into the
next towns" II must preach the king
dom Of God to other cities also" We
must not forget that .'the field is the
and our orders are, go ye into
all the world" The four lepers OF
Samaria should put us to shame with
their words: we do not well. This day
Is a day Of good tidings, and we hold
our peace I'll Kings vii, %. Our les
chapter closes with the record OF
i healed leper who published and
blazed abroad the fact Of his being
healed so widely that Jesus had to
stay away from the cities, and the peo-
pie came to Him from every quarter.
He is still the same Jesus, full OF com-
passion as when He said to that leper,
II will, be thou Clean and as quickly
rs the leper was healed Immediately
as quickly q a sinner be saved.
without money and without price He
gives eternal life to all who receive
Hin. The strange thing is that those
who profess to have been saved BY
Elm have not the zeal of this leper nor
gratitude enough to tell others the glad
EAdings.