The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-02-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Lights On Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and PupIlo
Edited ny Charles x. Meyers.
oFFICERs.

gins, Dow City. g. ~ S:,.s i
Third Vice-President. VIM. Lind
berg, kiron. =. Y - ~
Fourth Vice-President, Edward Ly
on, Charter Oak. a.. "a. Z. .l.,..
Secretary-Treasurer, Chas. X. Mey
ers, Denison. .-.7
Elementary Superintendent, Mrs
< Anna Williams, Denison.
Secondary Superintendent, Frank
Woolston, Denison.
Adult and Home Superintendent
Mrs. e. w. Pierce, Denison.
Educational Superintendent, Miss
MOnetta Jorgensen, Vail.
Supervision Superintendent, F. l.
Hoffman, Denison
March 3. Jesus Bringing Peace
Mark A. 35 to 500.
We have brought before us another
day in the life Of Jesus. The scene is
on the Sea Of Galilee, and the shores
about. 1t would appear that it was de.
sirable to cross to the opposite side
of the sea from Capennaum and that
Jesus was very tired and undertook to
gain sleep while the boat was making
the voyage from one shore to the 9TH
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storm arose and the disciples and the
when they were at their wits end they
called on Jesus to save them. They
asked "Carest thou not that we per-
ish?" Jesus reproached them for their
lack of faith, rebuked the winds and
waves and there was peace on the sea.
OF course to have fear in great
storm was natural, but they should
have remembered who was the passen-
ger that night. and had faith that no
harm could come to them. VI
In time, the other side of the sea
was reached and here a remarka BILE
scene took place. Where the landing
was made must have been apart from
the WALLACE; Wild rocy place, for
there was found man who was furi-
4Ously mad or as we would say insane.
mad or as we would say, insane. l
can not explain why this man, the
abode of evil thinking, was able to
understand that Jesus was the Son of
God and cry out to that effect, but
this was not the only occasion when
this thing is seen. Be that as it may,
the insane man wanted to be let alone,
but Jesus came to the world to cure
just such cases as this, and He called
on the evil insane spirit to leave the
man, and such was the power of the
Master His words were obeyed. This
was the time when the swine, were
affected and ran down into the sea
and were destroyed.
The news Of the curing of the in.
sane man and the death of the hogs
soon spread to the villages along
the coast and the inhabitants came
II ss,rr 10 hat Il
uAk occurred? Were they glad
man well and in his right
Y4lnAf Did they want such a healer
and helper in their midst? One would
naturally say Jesus was welcomed,
but such was not the case. Jesus was
urged to depart at once. There are
two ways of looking at things in this
world. One is the business and ma
terial. and the other the spiritual. The
people where Jesus was healing that
day looked at the situation from the
first point of view. The death of the
swine doomed up big to them, made
the most impression, material things
first and religious consideration sec
ond was their turn of mind, so away
with the great Jesus so that affairs
could 90 on the same as ever. The
evil spirits in the man asked to be let
alone, the people about said the same
thing. The spirit of these men is that
shown by all who want to run saloons,
gambling rooms, places of immoral re-
sort They all cry ''lct US alone and
their friends rise up to shut off those
who would bring on needed reforms.
There was one person, however, in
the group who appreciated what had
llappened-the man who had been Civ.
en- his right mind. He begged to 60
with Jesus but greater work was. to
be opened up for him. Jesus told him
not to join His party but to go home
to his friends. tell them how great
things the Lord had done for him and
how He had mercy on his awful con-
dition and healed him. The record
says that the happy man began to tell
the story everywhere and later rec
ords say that because of this testimony
many believed on Jesus. There is no
save to the uttermost than one who
has been under the domination of sin
and made strong and good.
Among the many things we can
learn from this lesson thus far. it
might be suggested, this is one: In the
terror OF the disciples that night lest
the boat 60 down in the storm, we see
the littleness of human nature. We
fear when we are in trouble that the
great cause OF Jesus in the world will
go up or down as misfortunes affect
us. We can do our Bit" but the in
tluence of Jesus in the world will go
on, no matter what may happen to US !
We have had called to attention the
placing of first things first" The
curing of the insane man changing his !
life for good stood out as the great