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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. They asked him
what the matter was, and
tremblingly pointed to a plar ar j
strength which read: this “The supp ortin<^
of floor is 150
per sq. ft.” “Great Go j;” h e ex
claimed, “I weigh a 00 pouuds,
and if I don’t s^rad die out I ll go
down!” And suiting his action tJ
the word he began to take long
steps so his whole weight wouldn 't
come on any one square foot of
the floor.
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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, *?*
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This Jan. 28tb 1889.
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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
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