The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1918-03-09
LESSON FOR MARCH 10
JESUS RESTORING LIFE AND
HEALTH.
CMay be used as missionary lesson.)

LESSON ~TEXT-Mark 5:Z-43.
GOLDEN TExT-Himself took our In
frmities and bear our dlseases.-Matt-
BIZ.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL FOR
TEACHERS-Matt. 9:27-S5; Luke 7:16-17;
11-19; John 5:1-9; 11:1-46; 1O:7-1S.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus restoring tho
little girl to life.
MEMORY VERsE-Bless Jehovah o my
soul, and forget not all his benefts.-PS
1892.
INTERMEDIATE ~ToPIC-Jesus the
giver of life.
MEMORY v~ERsE-John 1910.
SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Medical
missions.
This is one Of the most beautiful
stories of the Bible. 1t appeals to the
loving parents hearts and charms he
attention of every child. The intro
duction Of the woman who touched the
Masters garment is referred TO by three
of the gospel writer's and gives US an
intensely interesting sidelight on the
reception accorded to Jesus during his
Galilean ministry.
The dramatis personae is as fol-
lows: () The Father is about to lose
all the poetry and music of his home.
(2) The Child, twelve years old, is just
vi LLC DAlOA VI OS"Abh "OA
hood. 1t takes little imagination to
picture how her life had entwined it.
self about the heart of the father ana
the other loved ones. The stricken
child is still to be found in the land,
and it is this background which makes
the picture so vivid. Why the suffer-
ing? Why the separation? Only u
Heavenly Father knows 1t all, and
some day we will read the answer in
the glory of his presence. (3) Tho
Woman, who-where from or whittier
to we are not told-only n of a vast
throng who had just faith enough to
touch the hem of his garment and be
made whole. (4) The Galilean Proph-
cts response to the furtive touch OF
need was instantaneous, but without
the marring movement of haste. We
can fancy these characters walking
along the highway. Jesus paused as
they were interrupted. The woman
was healed the moment she touched
his garment. What is the meaning
of the pause?
Having taught the multitude and en-
couraged the heart Of Jairus, they
reached the home, where Jesus exclud-
ed all but Peter, James and John, who
entered with him into the house OF
tumult, made somber by the weeping
and wailing of professional mournerS
and relatives. Again we are impressed
with the
Calm Dignity of Jesus.
5 as he asked, "Why this tumult? the
child only sleeps" Their laughing
| scorn is due to their ignorance of the
? power of the Mighty Christ in face OF
, the fact that the child was really dead.
When he had turned the unbelieyerS
out, Jesus took the father, mother and
: disciples into the chamber of death.
The occasion was not for a spectacular
. demonstration of power. Having re-
l stored the child to life and to its par
I ents, Jesus admonishes them not to
] publish the news broadcast. Evident
ly he was not yet ready to precipitate
matters in the minds of the multitude
for of a surety he knew that in certain
quarters the fact Of the cure would
! be made known.
This is q beautiful picture of love:
~ The Fathers love wv. 22-24). (a%
y His need; (b) his position Eat Jesus
feet" (c) his plea, II pray thee" I'D
his insistence, "besought greatly" (2D
The Strangers Plea wv. 25-35). Gay An
interruption; (b) "Of long standing; :"
(c) Jesus knowledge; (d) Jesus re-
Spouse; (e) her confession; () her
blessing. (3) The Masters Love wv.
35-43). (a) Jesus knowledge; the child
y was not dead in his sight (b) delay.
does not mean refusal; (c) the tender
resurrection in answer to faith; (d&
V the provision for her needs.
Sorrow brought Jairus to Jesus. SOr-
row today brings more men to Jesus
than perhaps any other means Ger
Y talnly it has been so during this great
war. AS the ruler of the synagogue
Jairus laid aside his pride and hostil-
ity to make his plea for help and ac-
It cept service of Jesus.
e There are three recorded instances
II where Jesus raised the dead. This
Is "only daughter" which was a simple
" and apparently easy matter. (2) The
a. "only SON" of a widow, when he stop
If ped the bier" This was apparently
It attended with more difficulty than that
ID of the little girl, for "she only slept"
h The raising of Lazarus, a grown man,
Ig apparently presented still greater diff
If hculties. Viewed from our human an
lie gle there were difficulties, but with
h God there are none. His fiat created
the time and matter worlds. To as
al cribe difficulty to God is but to Judge
to hib by our standards.
IL The great need in the foreign field Is
ID evangelization supplemented by educa'
t. ton and the ministry OF healing
It, through dispensaries and hospitals. In
Is the midst of the present war situation
to let us not forget our responsibility IA