Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Lesson 3-First Quarter, lanu-
airy 20, 1918.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Text Of the Lesson, Mark f:2f-34-
Memory Verse, Gal. 6:2-Golden
Text, John, e:4commentary Pre-
I pared by Rev. D. M. Stearns.

IniS lesson might De eHtttieu, N'AHS
of the Words and Works OF Jesus
Christ" and the Golden Text should be
as true of his followers as of himself,
for he said to his father, "As thou hast
sent me into the world, even SO have |
also sent them into the world" and
after his resurrection he said TO his
disciples Gas my father hath sent me,
even SO send you" John 17-1S; 20
21) AS to his own words and works
he said, '.The words that l speak unto
YOU speak not of myself; but the IA
Their that dwelIeth in me, he doeth the
works" (John II 1850; IA 100 When
therefore we read in lesson verses 2ls
%, that he taught them as one that
had authority. we see why; and we
should lay TO heart l Pet. All, If
any man speak. let him speak as the
oracles of God" See also Elk. IL;
Jer. 1879; Phil. 2:13: Col. l DC.
In the rest of our lesson chapter we
see him casting out demons, healing all
manner of diseases, and even leprosy,
as it is written in Matt. %. And
Jesus went about all Galilee, 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" In Matt.
s to 7 we have the laws or life of the
kingdom, and in Matt. s and 8 as in to-
days lesson some samples of kingdom
health, for when the kingdom comes
the inhabitant shall not say, Il am sick
and the people that dwell therein
shall be forgiven their iniquity." lisa.
SO :24)
1t seems strange that while men do
not know this Holy One of God, the
demons know him Tvs. "a, 3D. 1t is
written: "The demons believe and
tremble" {Jas. 2:19). 1t is still true
that men, women and children are oft
fines possessed by evil spirits, and
blamed for what the evil spirits say
and do through them. To bring them
TO Jesus would be better than finding
fault with them, for he is still the
same Jesus, and as able to cast out
demons as when on earth In his humili-
alton. But we must remember. as we
saw In last weeks lesson, that the
kingdom has not come yet, and king
dom conditions can only be by special
grace, and foreshadowings of the fu-
ture. AS to his authority Tvs. %, 27)
he is in the place of all power at the
fathers right hand, and when we are
really and whole-heartedly here for
him and his affairs, we may hear him
say, Concerning the work of my hands
command We me-" lisa. 1919. Les
son verses 29-31 introduce US TO the
home of Simon Peter whose wife's
mother lay sick of fever. 1t was a
poor time to bring company home
from church, some might have thought
and said; but as no remarks are re-
corded from Peters wife on this occa-
sion, we may suppose that she was
glad to see her husbands friends even
though her mother was sick. If she
did not entertain angels by her hos
pitality, she received the Lord who has
thousands of thousands ministering to
him, and she must surely have been
glad all her days, and to this present
time, and forever, because of him who
ean1e 10 ner nome that gay. immedl-
a'eis' as ne took tne SICK one by the
iianu' sue was weh' perfectly well, no
sio" anu sfauuai recovery ana heiped
Peters wife to minister to her visitors.
20 40 - anu compare the STORY
40
Mhal nuiutuoes OF people were
maze giau' ana MONIES made happy,
tnat evening py MIN VINO is the source
OF an health ana happiness and peace
anu JOY VINO VIII nnaliy Danish all sor-
row. anu crying ana pain, ana death
IRON the whoie earth Tvs. 52-34). No
uouot ne slept aiter the labors OF such
uay anu evening Tor MS BODY was
mortar ana ne was orten weary, and on
one occasion we ma MIN sleeping In
the must Oh great storm. In the
ihornihs' great Whiie Derore day, he
was away III SOLITARY pace, IN COM
luuIliou Win his fHtner. Tor that was