The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-18

Text, John, 9:4-commentary Pre-
pared by Rev. D. M. Stearns.
This lesson might be entitled, "Some
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, GAS thou hast
sent me into the world, even so have l
also sent them into the world" and
after his resurrection he said to his
disciples, "AS my father hath sent me,
even so send / YOU" John 1913; 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 dwelleth in me, he doeth the
works" John II 1850; IA 100 When
therefore we read in lesson verses q,
%, that he taught them as one that
had authority. we see why; and we
should lay to heart 1 Pet 4 IL, eff
any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God" See also Elk. ~;
Jer, 1 10; Phil. 2 10; Coz 20.
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. 4 :23, "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.
to we have the laws or life Of the
kingdom, and in Matt. and 9 as in to-
days lesson some samples of kingdom
health, for when the kingdom comes
the inhabitant shall not say, 81 am sick
and the people that dwell therein
shall be forgiven their iniQuity." Elsa.
80 :24.)
1t seems strange that while men do
not know this Holy One Of God, the
demons know him Tvs. "a, 34). 1t is
written, "The demons believe and
tremble" GAS. 2:19). 1t is still true
that men, women and children are Oft
times 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 Fundamentally here for
him and his affairs, we may hear him
say, concerning the work of my hands
command We me-" lisa. 45 :13). Les
son verses 29-31 introduce us to the
home of Simon Peter whose wife's
mother lay sick of a 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
pftality, 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
came to her home that day. Immedi-
ately, as he took the sick one by the
hand, she was well, perfectly we'll, no
slow and gradual recovery, and helped
Peters wife to minister to her visitors
See Heb. 1872, and compare the story
in Gen. IS.
What multitudes of people were
made glad, and homes made happy,
that evening, by him who is the source
of all health and happiness and peace
and joy, who will finally Danish all sor-
row, and crying, and pain, and death
from the whole earth Tvs. 32-34). No
doubt he slept after the labors of such
day and evening, for his body was
mortal and he was often weary, and on
the midst of great storm. In the
morning, great while before day, he
was away in a solitary place, in COM
munion with his Father, for that was
more to him than aught else Tvs. 35)
and it should be so to us also. Simon
and the others having found him, and
told him that many were seeking him,
his reply was, 'Let us go into the next
towns for therefore came I forth" We
should consider whether we are ever
ministering to the same people, or
reaching new people.
In his journeyings a leper came to
him with great faith saying, eff thou
wilt thou canst make me Clean" He
surely believed that nothing was too
hard for such a wonder worker Ger.
81 II, 81; Gen. 19:14), and he was not
disappointed. The great heart of
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