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ROCKDALE IBANNER. SUBSCRIPTION; advance).;.!....$1,00. r PER YEAR (in FOR 6 Months 50 cts. Entered at the Conyers Post Office as second class ttiall matter. Advertising rates made known on Demand* Job Work Neatly and Promptly Executed. T. D. O'KELL EV - Business Manager JOHN R. MAGGOT Editor SABBATH HELPS. [After several requests, we have consented to give in each issue of our paper an exposition of the Sabbath school lessons for the next Sunday. We shall gather 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. We hope that they may encourage a great many in studying the scriptures, and in that way accomplish some good.] This is the fifth comment on 1 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 regar< to cQst or trouble, until they are . epual to any published, except those in publications specially devoted to Sunday school work. Lesson for Feb. 17t|i 1CG9. Subject of Lesson— “The Tim¬ id Woman’s Touch.” Golden Text —“Be not afraid, only beliove.—Mark 5:36. Time— Autumn of A. D. 28. Place— Capernaum, on the way between the house of Matthew am the house of the ruler J aims. Parallel Accounts —Matthew 9:20-22; Luke 8:43-48. Scripture Text—M ark 5:25-34. 25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, * 26. And had suffered many things had of many all that physicians, she had, and am nothing spent bettered, but rather was -grew worse, had heard 27. When she of Je¬ touched sus, came his in the press behind, and " For garment. said, If I touch 28. she may but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29. And straigotway tho foun¬ tain of her blood‘was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 80. And Jesus, immediately * knowing in himself turned that virtue had gone out of him, him about iu the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31. And his disciples said, unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging who touched thee, and sayost thou, me? 32. And he looked round about tosoe her that had done this thing. 33. But the woman fearing and trembling, in her, kno and wing what down was done came fell before him, and And told him all the truth. 34. he said unto her, Daughter, tliy faith hath made thee whole, go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. Review and connection —We were told in our last lesson how that Jesus and his disciples spent the night on the beautiful lake called the Sea of Galilee; that a se¬ vere storm arose while J esus was asleep; that he arose, calmed the storm, and rebuked tho disciples for thqjr lack of faith; that as he came upon the shore next mor¬ ning two men possessed of (devils tan to. meet him out of the tombs; that he cast out of the men -a legion of demons, and allowed them to go into a herd of swine which ran at oncq into the sea and were drowned; that the Gadarenes besought him to leave them, which he did at once; that when one of the healed demoniacs wished to follow J esus, lie would not let him, but told him to go home to his kindred and friends and tell them what great things the Lord had for him, and that he went and did as Jesus had commanded him. Immediately Jesus crossed the lake b.u k to t apernaum, but not without having sown the seeds of Lut among the Gadarenes. VI hile he was reclining at dinner pro a lj atthe house of Matthew, and perhaps on the same day as e e mg o the demoniacs, the C0Uipla ined to Jesus’ ^ < ? C lUse 1 ate . ith pub V Y ' wait hl;r e K U 1 rebuke rebuke. Durum During the tl same dinner, | 1 :he disciples of John the Baptist came to him and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?” While he was explaining this to them, a ru¬ ler, Jairus, came to him and be songht him to go and heal his daughter who was even then about dead. Jesus and his disci¬ ples at once started for J aims house, while a great number of people follow them, On this journey from Matthew’s house to* that of the ruler, occurred the in¬ cidents of our present lesson. Explanatory.— 25. “A certain woman.” Nothing is known of her; hut tradition tells several interesting things about her. Eusebius says she was a Gentile, and dwelt at Cesarea Philippi. It is said that she had a bronze monu¬ ment erected in front of her house in commemoration of her cure; that it consisted of two statues, one lierseH in the attitude of sup¬ plication, the other her deliverer. She is also called Veronica, who proclaimed the innocence of Je¬ sus in the presence of Pilate, and wiped Jesus’ bloody face with her own handkerchief while he wore the crown of thorns on his way to be crucified. The fact that she had been sick twelve years is men¬ tioned to show both the incurable nature of the disease and the su¬ perhuman nature of the Cure. 20. This verse also mentions some things to show still more clearly the striking contrast be¬ tween the healing of, Jesus and that of the most skillful physi¬ cians of that time, She “had spent all that she had;” Jesus healed her for naught. Like the fierce demoniac of last Sunday’s lesson, this was intended by our Savior as a kind of parable from real life to show the healing of a sin-sick soul when it comes to Christ. The woman came timidly, yet trusting; the man came boldly. They were both alike healed. Both had difficulties to overcome: the man’s were the evil spirits within him; tho woman’s were mostly difficulties from without. 27. “When she had heard of Je¬ sus,” what a wonderful healer he was—that ho was both able and willing to heal all sick people who came to him,—she “came in the press (or crowd) behind” Jesus. She wanted to appear as one of the crowd following along out of curiosity, as many were doing, and not as one coming to be healed. She “touched his garment” as if accidentally. Matthew says “the hem (or fringe) of his garment.” Matt, ix, 20. 28. If I “touch but his clothes.’ This is mentioned to show the strength of her faith in connec¬ tion with her timidity. 29. And straightway (immedi¬ ately) “she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.” Not only had the symptoms of her disease disappeared, but the dis¬ ease itself had gone and she knew it. 30. “Knowing in himself that virtue (or healing power) had gone out of him.” Pei’haps there is no better way of explaining how Jesus knew of the healing, than by remembering that he was God as well as man. He also knew who was healed. When he said “Who touched my clothes? le only meant to bring a public confession from the one who had been the recipient of so great a dessing. Christ will have con¬ cession as well as faith. 31. This verse shows that the disciples did not understand any¬ thing about the matter, and their question seems to imply a rebuke to their Master. When we speak rashly about God’s providences it is mostly due to the fact that we are such ignorant creatures. 32. The language “to see her that’ had done this thing,” shows conclusively that he knew all aftout whafc had been done. 33. What a picture of Hie strug gling woman we have here! She was ceremonially unclean, and yet she had voluntarily touched Je sus. This was a great offense un¬ der the Levitical law; yet be would make her come forward and con fess before the crowd. Jesus seems severe; but he is severe on o-ble» dare completely; for s ^ ie uow a tender commenda from the Master, the Savior of the world. 34. “And he said unto her, daughter.” Doubtless she was nearly or quite as old as Jesus, yet he, the Savior of the world, addresses her so tenderly. “Daughter in this figurative and kindly use appears nowhere in the New Testament save in this narrative.”—Pelonbet. “Go in peace,” literally “into and “be whole of thy He here gives her as¬ of the completeness of her cure, and that it was all the result of her faith. PRACTICAL LESSONS. 1. There are many unknown suf¬ ferers about ns, near us in the crowds. 2. Suffering often leads us to seek help and salvation in Jesus. 3. The sinner seeking a cure for his malady from self, or good res¬ olutions, or efforts of will, find them all physicians of no value. We grow worse where we would grow better. 4. Jesus of Nazareth passethby ready to help all who come to him. 5. Jesus does good by the way. 6. True faith has its foundation in reason and in fact. It is no “basnless fabric of a dream. 7. True faith uses every means within its power. 8. Jesus is always and every¬ where alive to a suppliant’s touch. 9. Strong faith, though mingled with error, brings the .blessing. Gold is gold still, though mingled with sand. 10. We may live in the very presence of Christ’s marvellous words of conversion and salvation and yet receive no blessing from it. 11. But those who touch him with the hand of faith are saved. 12. It costs something to do good, no matter how the doer loves the doing. A slight earthquake shock was felt on the cost of South Carolina on Thursday night, near Charles¬ ton, The fire in Douglassville Sun¬ day night, the first in five years, destroyed over $8,000 worth of property. The little town of Toc coa was almost literally burned down Monday. The damage is thought to be upwards of $15,000. The supreme court has granted Tom Woolfolk a new trial. Speaking of individuality Joe Howard says: “Strike out, swim away from other men. Make your own record. Don’t everlas¬ tingly be somebody else’s lieuten¬ ant. Avoid beaten paths, If you can’t make a spoon, at least spoil a Horn in laudable endeavor. The second horn may not be spoil, ed. Successive trials may result in abiding success. It is said that six children in Goode’s district, Campbell coun¬ ty, were bitten by a mad dog last week. The children are under the treatment of a man named Price, who has a mad stone. It is the source of regret to many people in Georgia that Bishop Key of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will soon move to Fort Worth, Texas. There are twelve citizens fresh from the Emerald Isle in Atlanta, prospecting with a view to estab¬ lishing an Irish colony. They are from Donegal, in North Ireland, and represent considerable capi¬ tal. They all talk genuine Irish dialect and are well pleased with America. The following story about Con¬ gressman Barnes of Augusta is goingthe rounds: The other day he went with some Southern friends of his up into the loft of the war, state and navy building, where a fine view of Washington City and the river, is to be had. While they were up there Barnes’ friends noticed him to turn pale and look scared. 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Ayers county emption of Personalty h . ap?liw valuation ann of Homestead a * the same at 10 o'clock ^’ 1 pl ruary 1889 on the 8th di at my office. J This Jan. the 25th 18S9, 0. Seam a»s,o CITATION. GEORGIA, Rockdale county _To Reims all has whom it may concern. Whs M m due form appi| ’,k * 1 signed for c 5 * permanent Jeucrs tion on the estate of H enry JiH said county deceased, and* ffi , said application on the first Mot, *?* 2 This Jan. 28tb 1889. °. S EASUys, 0 tai| CITATION. GEORGIA, Rockdale county— To all whom it Gee has, in due form, appuea to “ Ordinary for permanent th ^ e tion the estate ietter of on of Mrs. Nannie said county deceased, G es, and (I * iU pass said application on the First Mond 1889. This January 31, 1889- ay in 0, Seamavs, Ordii Will ROCKDALE be sold before SHERIFFS^ the court house d Rockdale county, on the first iw,| title March, and next, remainder one sixth interest of the undivided ] in and to the following of Kobt j| hundred and sixty-seven lands, w being of lots acres, more or same Nos. 329 and 830, each 338, taining and 20214 the acres, also the north half J south half of lot 331, each cod ing 10114 and acres; also fifty acres,’more or lying being in the south-west csrni said lot 338; and, also, ten acres, more or ying and being in the north-west com lot No. 853. All of said lands being j| Sixteenth district of said county; said i and interest to be sold, being that gin him, said Robt. J. by Bonj. F. Carr, in a of his to John T. Henderson as trustsJ Mrs. M. E. Carr, dated Aug. 29, 1873 , J record in hook of Deeds “A," pajes 2M said Carr, county', the mother under of which deed the said j said Robt. J, claims ai use. Said lands now being in possessioj Summer Carr and Grant Carr, tenants of Mrs, M. E, Carr. Said rights, interests aforsaid, sold as the property of said 1 J. Carr under four fl. fas. against him-h favor of Baldwin & Co. and two infavori Berry & Co., all issued from the Justice ( of 475 District, G. M., of said county, controlled by T. H. Bryans, jr, This F 1889. a. d. McDonald sher l -yWho and Debilitated arc Weak, Seri and! a fering Lility, from Seminal Nervous Wd B 1 1 ness, and s'I Nightly the effects Kmiiiij ot . Conaummiou lyEvil Habitg.whichj oriusaij to Premature Decay, send for Pears’ Treatise on Diseases of il with part’eulars for Home Cure. Cures guaranteed. No cure no pay. i Pears, 812 and 614 Church St„ Nashville, D SR. J. SEAM DENTIST, CONI EES,..... 1 i Office in Cain’s wooden bnildi up stairs, opposite Hotel. GEORGIA RAILROAD Stone Mountain Bonte, Georgia BailboadCo. Office General Mana^r Augpbta, Sept. 29 , i® COMMENCING SUNDAY. A the following Passenger schedule will operated. Trains run by 9°th IEenili ' F A S T LIN E. no. 27 West BAiLi. Lv Augusta 11- 9 45 57 am am \ I &r il ArConyers NO. 28 EAfcT DAILY. Lv Ar Conyers Atlanta 2 34O 42 pm f m | ,l Ar A'AjSll* Aug no Lv 2 Atlanta eas-T daily 8.O0 am Lv * Augu Amrastoi&t^ Lv Athens Conyers 5.15 9-*9«“ pm J ^al \r | Lv V £ , rl.soat ArWa’sh’n 5 2O pm f Ss Sj0 ai ArMild’ve 4.»pm I ^ 4 24 P' >•0, 5 BAIT 1 ’usUdhoOF ft! Ly Union Point S*om J A r foint^ , - uion JDailv except Sunday. and to*** .. jit s top *1 Train Nos. 27 and recieve passenger- stations oni> Gr0 vd following - the Harlem VfcrfviJ town, B ir.ett Norwo d, Greensboro, ? y ia( jisoa ! Union 1 Poir.:. Circle Cm Rutledge, Social Moun Conyers, Lithonia, tain Train and No. Decacui 1 com ecis , * Tj> ipoi» } ? j oonnectsforCharhstona^” We*t and North V e«- .j point* * and Eat South No. Wes-, VftertJgod* No- - 1 f Savannah. {nir for ton and 4 West and North Charlesicn, Savannah JOHN ““S' W GREEN,, ‘
