Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-02-28
INPRoyEp uNlFoIM INTERNATIONAL
SUNDNS01O0L
! LESSON
By E o. SELLERS. Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Btbis Institute. Chicago)
tcspyrisht. 1919. Western Newspaper Union
LESSON FOR MARCH 3
JESUS BRINGING PEACE.

JESUS 0hlN0IN0 P6A06s
LESSON TExT-Mark A:ss-6:eo
GOLDEN TExT-Jehovah hath done
sress things for US whereof We are glad
DEVOTIONAL READING-Ps. ll7a-s.
N-iA
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Matt. s:s3-A. Luke S:22-Ss;
Matt N:s2-ss; Luke s:S-4sA.
PRIMARY LESSON MATERiAL-Mark
A:x-4i
MEMORY vERsE-Even the wind and
the sea oeey him.-Mark 4:A.
INTERMEDIATE TOPlC-Teliing the
good news about the Prince Of Peace.
MEMORY vERSE-Aark Sis.
This lesson Is a most dramatic one.
Surprise and revelation. rebuke and
encouragement are rapidly inter-
changed. Leaving the multitude to
whom he had been preaching. Jesus
asks the disciples to pass over with
him to the other side Of the lake ".
$50. let us pass over:" Jesus never
asks his disciples to go where he will
not so. How vivid is the touch in Y.
SO: ''They took him as he was" He
was tired and weary, he whose invita-
ton is to -all who are weary and
heavy laden He who had not where
to lay his head" is carried by loving
hands into the boat. and Is soon lost
In restful Aumber. Both Master and
friends are soon to meet a great SIM
ner but first they must encountered a
great storm
I. The Great Storm. The Master of
forces sleeps calmly on. Why notf
Who else could afford to be so appar-
entity indifferent, Not so these dis
cipies. They have vet to know him
perfectly. and hence II Is natural that
In their alarm they should awaken
him as they view the rapidly filling
boat and exclaim, Master. carest thou
not that we perssh." Weary and un-
concerned as he appears to have been,
he arose and rebuked the wind and
the waves Wind and waves are mate
rial things and therefore not suscep-
uble to rebuke. Jesus fronted the in
tangible calse; he rehuked the devil
who was responsible for this turbul-
ence: and the calm was commensurate
with the storm. The Psalmist says,
~Great peace have they that love thy
law Individuals and nations are
now In the midst Of great storm"
day Of crime. stress, distress and
tragedy: struggle. temptation. grief
and loss. and the cry Lord save us!"
u growing louder and more insistenk
Some Of US look for the early return
Of the king. but all should listen for
his words peace be still" for It is
the peace which he alone can give
that has power to calm the growing
turbulence Of this age. -
70. The Great Sinner. Reaching the
other side, they entered the land Of
Gadara and there met demoniac who
is, we believe, type Of the great sin
ner, for he was. (a) without restraint
mo man could bind him" ". 81; (b)
he was injurins himself, cutting"
etc. ". 81; (c) he was separated
from his friends. ''dwelt among the
tombs' ". 81; (d) he was ''unclean"
". ~. There was also evidence Of
the futility Of human resolutions and
the vainness Of attempt at control or
reformation ". ~. mo man had the
strength to tame him." Note the tor
ment Of his life ". y. As he healed
this man, the people saw their Illegal
gain interfered with, and hence the
selfish request that Jesus should "de-
part out Of their coasts" ". I'D, and
this even In the face Of what had been
done for the stricken one. Selfishness
knows no law. The Jews could not
eat pork but they were raising it to
sell to the Gentiles Of the land, which
amounted to an insult to their God,
and an evasion Of their law. Jesus
permitted" the demons to enter the
swine thereby rebuking the avarice OF
the people and conclusisefy showing
that they had left the demoniac. Luke
tells NJ e 80 that the Gadarenes
were taken with q great fear" Fear
Of what1 Surely no fear Of the Gall
lean teacher, but rather Of the e6ecf
Of the restored mans testimony on
their material prosperity. Big busi.
ness win have many sins to account
for In the face Of greed for gain while
ignoring the cry Of the a6icted amid
unsuitable and unsanitary living con
ditions. Church members have 10
right to condemn the liquor franc.
while they rent stores to carry on this
destructive business.
A sureesfed outline Tor this lesson