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SABBATH HELPS.
[After several requests, we have
consented to give in .each issue ol
our paper an exposition of the
Sabbath school lossons for the
next Sunday. We shall gatliei
these comments from various
sources, and shall try to keep in
mind always our determination to
make them, as thorough and re¬
liable as possible. Wo hope tha
they may ^encourage a great many
in studying the ^triptures, and in
that way accomplish some good.
Tliis is the fourth comment on
the Sabbath lessons we have pub¬
lished. It is our determination
to improve from time to time these
explanations, gathered from vari¬
ous sources with but little regart
to cost or trouble, until they are
epual to any published, except
those iu publications specially
devoted to Sunday school work.
Lesson ior Feb. 10 th 1889.
Subject’ of Lesson —“The
Fierce Demoniac.”
Golden Text—“G o home to thy
frkinds, and tell them how great
things the Lord hath done for
thee, and hath had compassion on
thee." .
Time —Autumn A. D. 28. The
next morning after our last lesson,
Place —Ou the eastern shore of
. the Sou of Galilee, nearly oppo¬
site the city of Tiberius. In all
probability near the modern town
of Gersa. Parallel accounts—
Matt. 8:28-34; Luke 8:26-40.
Scripture Text— Mark 5:1-20.
1 And they came over unto the
other side of the sea, into the
country oftheGadarenes. 2 And
when he wnsccano out.of the ship, of
immediately there met him unclean out
the tombs a man with au
spirit, 3 Who had his dwelling
among the tombs; and no man
could bind him, no, not with
chains: 4 Because that he had
boon often bound with fetters and
chains, and the chains had been
pluokfc [ asunde 0 * by him, and the
fetters broken m • pieces; neither
could any man tame him. 6 And
always, night and day, he was in
the mountains, and in tho tombs,
crying, and cutting himself with
stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus
afar off, he ran and worshipped
him, 7 .And cried with a loud
voice, and said, What have I to
do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of
the by most high God? thou I adjure thee
God, For that torment him, me
not. 8 ho said unto
Come out of the man, thou un¬
clean spirit. 9 And ho asked him,
What is thy name? And ho an¬
gion: swered,'saying, My name is Le¬
for we are many. 10 And
he besought him mueb that he'
would not-send them away out of
the oountry. 11 Now there was
there nigh herd unto tho mountains a
great of swine feeding. 12
And all the devils besought him,
saying, Send us into the swine,
that we may enter into them. 13
And forthwith Jesus gave them
leave. And the unclean spirits
went out, and entered into the
swine: anti the herd ran violently
down a stoop place into the sea,
(they were about two thousand;) l-i
and were choked in the sea.
And they that fed the swine Hod,
and told it in the city, and in the
country. And they went out to
see what it was that * was done.
15 And they come to Jesus, and
see him that was. posessed with
the devil, and had tho legion,
sitting, mind; and and clothed, and his right
Ami they that they were afraid. 16
saw it told them
how it befell to' him that was pos¬
sessed with the devil, and also
concerning the swine. 17 And
•uey uegan 10 pray mil depart
dSunray^fhin^M hrmitht
him, Go home to thy friends, nud j
tell them how great things tho
fff 1 hath do . ne for l\ WG > \* th 1
lish in Doeapolis rmlv I
Jesus how <mnat thiii«^fi 1
had done for him: and all
men dnl marvel.
^
first recorded parable, that of tie
^ower. It seems that Jesus, on
that beautiful autumn afternoon,
continued for some time to teach
the people in potables. Eight of
these are recorded. Perhaps
AOipe are left unrecorded; for in
Mark 4:33 we are told that “with
many such parables spake he the
word unto them/’
Connection—A t the close of the
day’s teaching, Jesus with his dis¬
ciples retired towards the middle
•if the lake. He was very weary
from his day’s work, and soon fell
asleep. Though they had started
so the opposite side of this Sea of
Galilee, and though they, had not
more than 7 or 8 miles to go, it
seems that they intended to spend
the night in their boats upon the
quiet bosom of this beautiful wat¬
er. However, a storm arose dur¬
ing the night, while Jesus was
•isleep, and became so violent that
ihey wake him. He quiets the
winds and waves, and rebutes the
the disciples for their lack of
faith.—Our lesson begins with
what occurred noxt morning.
Comment.— 1 . “And they came
unto the * other side of the
sea, into the country of the Gad
.irenes.” Matthew’ says “country
of the Gergesenes.” These may
have been different names refer¬
ring to the same people; but most
likely they were taken from two
districts where one was included
in the other, just as we may very
properly be called Georgians or
Americans.
2. “There met him out of the
combs a man with an unclean
spirit.” Matthew’ says “two men”
while Mark and Luke both one
man, giving the more notable
case, w’ithout saying that another
was not also healed. This is no
contradiction, nor even strange.
A very apt illustration is seen in
the fact that some historians say
that in > 824 LaFayette visited this
country and had unusual honors
heaped upon him; while others
yay, and truthfully, that LaFayette
and his son at that time visited
America and enjoyed high honors.
In such cases wo must so inter¬
pret that both accounts may be
correct, if there is no good reason
for doing otherwise. This rule
applies equally as well to all his¬
torical criticism as to scripture
interpretation. “With an unclean
spirit” means that the spirit which
possessed thorn made them un¬
clean; they were naked and filthy.
What was the exact nature of
this being posessed of demons, is
a question too hard for us to an¬
swer. The different views on this
subject may be classed iu a gen¬
eral way into two classes; those
supposing it merely mental de¬
rangement and those supposing
;he existence of personal demons
bat took possession of the minds
and wills of men. The former
views are very hard to harmonize
with the scriptu^t language, as
when the evil spirit went into tw r o
ihousand swine; w hile the latter
views require a very remarkable
and mysterious combination of
men and devil. We are inclined
to the latter; for we cannot soe
any thing unreasonable or un
scriptural iu supposing that Satan
at that important crisis of the
world employed extraordinary
means to thwart the Savior of the
world, but that God over-ruled
even this for his own glory and
that of Ids Son. Furthermore we
cannot tell but what some iu our
insane asylum at the present day
are.really possessed of demons.
At least one thing is true, that
when for instance a modest, deli¬
cate, refined, and kkmhearted
lady becomes almost suddenly as
bold, coarse, cursing, murderous
and as strong ag a lion, refusing
to wear clothes, we have yet to
see the theory of brain disease
that gives a satisfactory explana¬
tion of the matter.
\“ Ara r tho r 1 *-” 10
excavfltlons m « thc
artificial. In those" days there
were no asylums for the insane; i
and those unfortunate people were
°®^casts and were driven into the
wilderness to eke out their few i
miserable days! Prof. Isaac Hall
savs tiiat - 25 vears a£ro tbe x
i
about raving and literally na¬
ked; but such things are not al¬
lowed now.” This is due to the
influence of Christianity.
4. “Fetters,” perhaps cords,
were for binding the ankles or
feet; “chains” were for any other
part of the body,
5 . “Night and day, crying and
cutting himself.” He seems to
have been very raving, given to
hideous yells, and inclined to cut
himself w’ith sharpedged rocks.
Already in a torment akin to that
of hell, he was doing what lie
could to make himself more" mis¬
erable. We believe this was a
fact, not a parable; but at the
same time that it was intended as
a living illustration of the effects
of sin in the heart. We are in¬
clined to believe that the sinner
who in a Christian land refuses to
go to Christ and be healed, is, in
God’s sight, as completely raving
as were these Gadarene demoni¬
acs.
6 . But he did better than many
sinners—he ran to «[esus and
“worshiped him.” “Tv T orshiped
him” likely means that he bowed
down and put his forehead to the
ground. The man not the demon
went to Jesus, for he felt that he
needed help.
7 . In this verse the , demon
seems to cry out iu distinction
from the man.
8 . This verse gives the reason
why he cried out.
9. “Legion” means a large body
of soldiers, about 6 , 000 ; but it de¬
notes here a large number.
10. They preferred anything to
being sent away into perdition.
11 . The herd of swine were
kept there to feed Roman soldiers.
12. 13. They ask to be sent into
tlie swine; Jesus let them go, and
they were drowned.
14. 15. “Sittiug and clothed.'
This is mentioned to show the
great change that had come upon
him.
16. 17. In these verses we are
told how the news was spread,
and tlie effect on the people.
They begged Jesus to leave.
18. When he was about to leave
the healed man wanted to go with
him. How natural!
19. But the Savior of men had
another use for him, and so says
to him, “Go home to thy friends,
and tell them how great things the
Lord has done for thee, and hath
had compassion on thee.” How
kind! how loving! what a persua¬
sive message to those people in
heathen darkness! We wonder
which were the greater fools in
God’s sight, these demoniacs or
the people who rejected Christ
after seeing such a living exem¬
plification of his mercy and divine
power.
20 . Not only was the raving de ¬
moniac a type of the sinner, but
the healed demoniac is intended
as a model of every truly convert¬
ed man or woman down to the
coming of Christ to “judge the
quick and dead.”
It is more than probable that a
blacking factory will be started in
Athens, where the best shoe black¬
ing made can be had. On£ of the
largest furniture stories iu the
city will be interested in the inter
prize.
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., the
deserted, wife of the fickle son of
the Maine statesman, has made
a two years’ engagement with
Manager Frolnnan, of the Lyceum
theater, New’ York, as the leading
lady in a fine theatrical company
which into “star the country,’ be¬
ginning the first of September
next It is said she has a line
talent for the stage.
A jug of cider 32 years old was
unearthed in Camden the other
swallow day, and of two the of 29 the men whc)*got and a
or smooth
deceitful liquid 16 w ere made
drunk jrithin ten minutes.
amkphanged it into the Jonesboro !
boro. This arrangement has some |
Lew men will go
tW ® Uvy mil ® S t0 ' vhlp an edltor ‘
The Eastman Times-Joum 9 1
S rts tue following timely ide BB :
“The idea < f.teaching every girl
to thump a piano, and every boy ,
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in,lie a complete eara. " T .vc>r - y.*.us ?\ >.
writia Samuel Cr.vxs. ot tVr.ua y.ia. IS.. “1 »ns
troubled w:t:» a of ilie la!,;.-. J.-'Ktora
artorded no ri iicf. amt «i<l I c o; Kv.
many months. I began using Ci rrr
Pectoral, amt noon .found it wm.i.ei) iug ton. T
comiiiuc-rt to ttuce this medicine until a C di-CT, -as
effected- I have no doubt that
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ry Pectoral saved my life.” Scores of testimo¬
nials, equally as satisfactory, are ou tile.
Prepared by Dr. J, C. Ayer lit Co., Lowell, L.aas.
To Our -Friends and
Customers.
We take this method of stating to
you that we are now prepared to
accommodate you as w&have here¬
tofore. AJ bimatuV we ask you is to come
to see us. We will say further: we
will give you as many goods for the
money as any retail store anywhere
and give you as much for your
County Produce as anyone, and
with Twenty-five Years experience
in buying Goods we know what
Goods are Worth'and we know the
inside track on all ,o Idl© Discounts,
which enables us to buy Goods as
cheap as any County Store any¬
where. Thanking you for past fav¬
ors and hoping the same in future.
We Remain Yours,
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THIRD “ “ “ 8 “.
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OVER 7,000 BOTTLES SOLD IN HER OWN COUNTY, WALTON
This medicine of Mrs. Bush’s does exactly what it claims. It is
classed as a blessing to humanity. No specificdoubless has been
indispensable. so popular and done so perfectly its work. To every household it is
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: to be cosfino'I to iry b-sd most of the time.
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. t-fit, my physician filially dottamiaed to giva
th® Ayer’s Caer
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I took three bottles of this preparation, and am,
now well.”
Sold by ail Druggists. Price $1; six bottles, $ 3 .
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become »cur own
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Cas ses. Both ladies*
d#and fcerc^SLTtt gents’ si es, with works
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G 30 ''^•rcasArat?® RGIA, Rock da ,„
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jah Overton, represent^"’
JAOverton.se^^^ tuion Cu'y fi| ed th - *<> the co-3
show persons cause eoncern if ;^ U ’^«i is ae a « ^
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GEORGIA, homestead notice
R° t . k(jal e L
Whereas F. M. Ayers I
emption of Personalty HomesteL and ^ f
valuation of 0 *^
the naary same 1889 at a t 10 o’clock on JL L*"' th j ‘? :
my office
This Jun. the 2oth
o. Seajjas^
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GEORGIA, oitation.^
RocMa’i e county—
signed tion on for the permanent estate letter^ *
ot Henry I w f‘
said county deceased, and
ZTSSSSis-! ,
tare.
This Jan. 28 th 1889
.
•d AMWs, OH
NATION.
GEORGIA, Rockdale county
To all whom it may concern'tvn
Gee lias, in due form, applied to"
Ordinary tion on th" for permanent M letter of H
said county dcceased ln^ 1 an ^ Gec
G, Seamans, Or
ROCKDALE SHERIFF SA
Will be sold before the court house
Rockdale , county, on the first Tui
March, next, one sixth of the undHj
title and remainder interest of Hot
in and to the following t,
i and8 tQ .
hundred and sixty-seven acres, more
t same lining being 20214 of lots Nos. 329 and 330 ' J J
acres, also the north
33S, ing and lOlli the south also half of acres,’more] lot 337, each3
acres; fifty
lying and being in the south-west more] J
said lot ,>38; and, also, ten acres,
yingand being in the north-west co,
lot No. C53. All of said lands betel
Sixteenth district of said county; sai
and interest to he sold, being that t
him, said Robt. J. by ISenj. E. Can, in
of his to John T. Henderson as tr
record Mrs. M. in E. Carr, dated Aug. 29, pages'il 183 , ]
book of Detds “A,”
said county, under which deed the sail
Carr, the mother of said Robt. J, elainx
use. Said lands now being in pos«
Summer Carr and Grant Carr, tenants
Mrs, M, E. Carr. Said rights, intcra
aforsaid, sold as the property ot said
J. Carr under four fl. fas. against him
favor of Baldwin & Co. and two infav<
Berry & Co., all issued from the Justic
of 475 District, G. M., of said couni
controlled by T. H. Bryans, jr, 'ibis
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and all Habits,vhil
lj' Evil
to Premature Decay. Consumption wIm
send for Fears’ Treatise on Diseases ol
with part cttlars for Home Cure. pay.J ]
ores guaranteed. No cure Nashville,! no
Pears, 612 and 614 Church St.,
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DENTIST,
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Office in Cain's wooden build
up stairs, opposite Hotel.
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