Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-21
Sunday School Lesson
Rev. Hugh T. Stevenson.

lighted lamps who are assigned the
duty of helping guide souls by the light
Of their lives to the Lord. We need TO
be careful how we hear the gospel, for
by hearing and doing we establish our
relation to the Master. During the
storm that threatened their lives Jesus
demonstrated that the winds and waves
obeyed Him. just as We ought to prove
our faith by doing His will and work.
In the country Of the Gadarenes.
probably modern Kherea, where many
rock-cut tombs exist today above the
ground. and q steep precipice runs
down into the sea. the Master was met
by man possessed by many demons.
Jesus healed him and allowed the UNI
clean spirits to enter the swine. The
citizens put material possessions and
swine above Christ, who then left their
land. Returning to Capernaum. He
these was a ruler of the synagogue.
This officer had an only daughter. about
IL, who was almost dead. The petition
Of the suffering father found a ready
response in the Lords love, for He as
sured the heart-broken father that she
would live. He went along with him
to help bolster up his weak faith.
When messengers arrived telling the
father to cease troubling the Lord, for
broken-hearted fathers hopes by His
comforting message. He ordered them
to quit weeping when He reached the
home, turned the Knockers out Of the
house and then demonstrated the power
of God by calling the little one to arise.
In response to His command her spirit
returned to her body and she "arose
and walked" Faith was rewarded. If
we trust Christ, by prayerfully listen
ing to His word and doing His will. our
faith will be rewarded, just as WASH
ington's prayer at Valley Forge was an
Swered.
Carrying Good Tidings.
We ought to b. encouraged to follow
the example of Washington and the
Captain of our salvation in carrying
good tidings to all people" by recalling
the fact that our Lord was supported
in His ministry by a group of women
whose contributions and work helped
the Master to do His work. "They min
istered unto Him of their substance"
Throughout His ministry our Lord was
dependent upon the hospitality of
strangers and friends, who showed
their appreciation of His work by their
deeds of goodwill, SO that they became
fellow workers with Christ Jesus. He
discovered the possibilities of women
He knew them as well as He knew men,
Seeley declared that the female SEX
in which antiquity saw nothing but in
feriority, which Plato considered in
tended to do the same things as the
male only not so well, was understood
for the first time by Christ
While en- route to the home Of Jairus
to raise the daughter of the synagogue
official from the dead He realized that
some unknown soul had touched Him
and been helped. History records the
success Of many victories won by ply
sicians, who have toiled and risked
their lives in mastering epidemics OF
the black plague, yellow fever typhoid
and many contagious diseases. Luke
tells how Christ restored to life not only
Jalrus' daughter, but healed a woman
who had spent years and a fortune
consulting the medical authorities OF
that day in an effort to obtain health
She was afraid to stop the Lord and
ask Him to heal her, but she tinidly
pushed her way in the crowd until she
could touch the hem of His garment
and was instantly made whole. Her
t1midtty made her hesitate, but when
Jesus asked Who touched Me?" she
made bold confession. The Master
tenderly made known unto her that il
was her faith, not her touch, that had
made her whole. She went away with
her soul filled with love, because Jesus
had healed her of her chronic disease
that had baff1ed the physicians of that
day. Let us join Him in carrying good
tidings to all people, for this alone can
destroy the dangers Of war and promote
liberty among all nations.