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LESSON FOR MARCH 17.
THE PARALYTIC HEALED.
I.KSSO.V TT.XT-.Mittk 2.1-12.
(SOl.tUIN TUXT "HIosm the Lord. O
my rottl, itntl foijM not nil his briu'ili;
ulin foritlvcth nil thltio ttdiiultli"; who
hrnlcth nil thy disomies."-!'. 10H:2.3.
Events tread upon tho heels of events
in the lifo of Jesus, especially diirltu;
his early Galilean ministry, and nono
depict these events moro graphically
than St. Mark, who is presenting us a
picture of him as a servant.
Jesus had been upon a preaching
tour and now returns to tho town of
Capernaum. As soon as It was notaed
about that he was nt his homo n
crowd quickly gathered about tho
door. So great was tho crowd that
thero wns no longer any room in tho
bouse nor about the door, that is tho
crowd was so dense that lato comers
could not look in to sco nnd hear the
prophet.
That many of these were attrncted
by his popularity thcio is no doubt,
but it gave Jesus nn opportunity to
rpeak and preach tho word which ho
wns quick to seize upon. "Ho preached
Hie Word unto them." Is this not u
lugpcstlon for teachers? especially of
foino of the adult classes.
If your class Is a Iliblrj class stick to
your text or elso change your name.
1 he npnstlcs followed his example In
tls respect; so have all the mighty
tJJon of God.
The result of this teaching nnd
frenching Is mnnlfest in this record
and should bo an encouragement .o
iTreacherB nnd Christian workers, via.,
t:at It not only nttracts the crowJ,
Put that it reveals sin nlbo.
Sickness Result of Sin.
Whilo all sickness may not bo tho
nsult of sin, yet remove sin from th"
sorld and nn overwhelming proper
ton, perhaps all, suffering would
cnso. Wo aro promised that In hhi
rower and better kingdom thero Is to
Ytt no moro pain nor sorrow. Jesus
tI,ercfore said first of nil, "Child, thy
s:ns aro forgiven." How his volco
irust havo thrilled with tenderness
and pathos as ho uttered these word?.
But the crltlcn wero there; they
over have been wherever a good
deed is being pet formed. Note th?
Tore sitting Idly by (v. C). Showing
no such anxiety pb tho four that tho
needy might corn's Into the presence
o! Jesus.
"Who can forgive sin but one, oven
Ood? Their reasoning was correct
and their conclusion was logical; tho
tioublo was that unbelief nnd prejit
df co had so bltn&d their eyes that
tlvy could not nnd would not rccof,
nftie tho power of God working through
h's Son. Yes, they went farther and
nmde the fatal blunder of nscrlbiu-;
to Beelzebub this work of God (Jnc.
10:33).
t would seem an though their smuR
Bilf-estccm would at least hnve hern
R'artlcd when this young teacher
showed them that ho was reading tho
thoughts of their hearts. "Why rea
son ye these things In your hearts?"
Human reasoning can dlsprovo God,
but tho deductions of tho intellect can
not satisfy tho cry of human hearts
after God (Job. 23:3, 4).
Tho greatest lesson for tis to learn
at this point 1b that the forgiveness of
sin is greater in tho estimation of God
than tho relief of human sufferings.
Turning to tho ono sick of tho
palsy ho said, "Arise!" "What?
Why such a thing Is a phys
ical impossibility. Surely this young
prophet has gone mad; wns not this
boy let down a few moments ago
through that holo in yonder celling, so
helpless that It took four of his
friends to bring him to this place?"
In seeming reply to such n query
Jesus tells tho man to tnko up his bed
ana waiK.
Jesus Could Make Men See.
Small wonder that tho man's new
power nnd this uso of that power
should ainazo thoso present so that
they should exclaim: "Wo never haw it
on this fashion." Let us bewaro that
our eyes bo not blind to behold simi
lar miracles in this tho tweutleth cen
tury. (Head, "Twice-Horn Men").
It is very doubtful If tho "all" of
verso 12 Includes tho "certain" of
verso (J. Wo must bo careful thnt
even as believers we do not crowd
away soma needy, palsied ono. Be
ware alco of loveless censoriourness.
What Is meant by glorifying God
(v. 12)? Tho answer Is suggested by
tho spiritual seer, St. John. God's
glory Is wrapped up In tho Son who
delighted to do God's will. God's
power Is shown over all flesh In tho
Son, and through tho Son ho is giving
life eternal lifo.
Lt tis glorify God over tho fact and
hasten to bring othors to tho feet of
Jesus. Let us co-oporato as did tho
foif. Let us demonstrato as did tho
bIck ono by our walk. Thus shall we
stop tho mouth of every critic, si
lenco tho tongue of every skeptic, and
glorify tho Son who enmo to glvo us
strength, lifo, peace, salvation and
everlasting lifo.
A suggested outllno of tho lesson
would ho:
1 Jesus teaching, v. 1, 2.
2 Jesus forgiving, v. 3-5.
3 Jesus rebuking, v. C-10.
4 Jesus commanding, v. 11-13.
"A NATION ONCE AGAIN!"
Ireland's Hope of Home Rule
ti2C2Z2&?2'i!&fZ&i
I NATURE, GRACE AND j
TRAINING FITTED
ST. PATRICK TO
HIS TASK
u So Well Accomplished, i
M
Ireland Was Known
ik
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4
for Centuries as
the "Land of
Saints"
I i
T. PATRICK says of him
self In his confession that
ho wob born nt "llannnvoti
Tnbernlne." which Is ex-
vTCjTjj) tremely hard to Identify.
i'3 Some, however, clnlm that
Klrk-I'atrlck, near Glasgow, In Scot
land, took its name from St. Patrick.
The saint was born nbout 372; was
a cnptlvo and a slave of the king of
Dalaradln, in Ireland, from 38S to 39C;
went to Gaul and was thero ordnlned
priest; wns consecrated bishop and
eent to Ireland as missionary In 432,
and died nt Saul, near Strangford
Lough, County Down, Ulster, where
many years before ho had founded bis
church, March 17, 4C0, tho day now
sacred to his memory.
Ireland wns then occupied by n
great number of potty tribes, most of
whom were evangelized by Patrick. So
well wns tho work accomplished that
Ireland was known In subsequent cen
turies as the "island of saints and
scholars."
The method employed wns thnt of
dealing cautiously and gently with the
old paganism of the people. Tho chief
tains were first won over nnd then
through them their clans.
Of St. Patrick himself much thnt hns
been related Is fabulous, but his au
tobiographical confession nnd his epis
tle to CorotlcuR, both of which nro un
questionably genuine, reveal a devout,
simple minded man, and n most dis
creet nnd energetic missionary.
In his epistle ho states that he was
of noble birth and that his father,
Cnlphurnlcus, wns a Roman dcctilro.
His Mother, Conchessa, or Conccls,
was the sister of St. Martin of Tours.
The family of tho saint is nfllrmcd
by the earliest authorities to have
belonged to Britain, but whether tho
term refers to Great Britain or Brit
tany or other parts of Franco is not
Bsccrtalned.
Some of tho quaint stories told in
Ireland about St. Patrick would make
the traveler imagine that tho saint
I visited tho Island for the benefit of
i witty guides, or to promoto mirth In
j wet weather. It is not rcmarkablo
thnt tho subject of these stories for 1C
1 centuries, at countless hearths, has
I been regarded and Is todny honored as
i the greatest man and the greatest ben
I efactor that ever trod the Irish soil,
and considering the versatility of the
i Irish character, It is not strange that
i thero remains respecting tho Baint n
I rast cycle of legends serious, pathot-
I c and profound.
It could not bo otherwise. Such a
people could not hnvo forgotten the ho-
role flguro who led thorn forth In tho
txodua from tho bondage of pagan
anrkness. In many Instances doubt-
, less has tho tales become n tradition,
I the foliage of an ever actlvo popular
Imagination, gathered around tho cen
tral stem of fact; but tho fact re
Dinlned, A largo tract of Irish history 1b
dark; but tho tlmo of St. Patrick nnd
the three centuries which succeeded
It Is clenrly, as depicted by history, a
time of Joy. The chronicle Is n song
of gratitude and of hopo, as befits the
story of a nation's conversion to
Chrlstlnnlty.
Tho higher legends, which, how
ever, do not profess to keep close to
tho original sources, except ns re
gards their spirit nnd tho manners of
tho tlmo, aro found in boiiiq nnclent
lives of St. Patrick, tho most valu
able of which Is tho "Tripartita Life,"
ascribed by Colgen to tho century aft
er tho saint's death. Tho work wus
lost for ranny centuries, but two cop
ies of It wero rediscovered, ono of
which has beon recently translated by
an eminent Irish scholar, Mr. Hon
nessy. Tho miracles, howovor, recorded In
tho "Trlpnrtlto Lifo" nro neither tho
most marvelous nor tho most Interest
ing portion of that life.
Whether regarded from the religious
or philosophic point of view, few
things can bo more Instructive than
the picture which it delineates of bik-
;
Nearing Realization at Last
mnn nature In thp porlod of crltlcnl
transition and tho dawning of the re
ligion of penco upon a race barbaric,
but far, indeed, from savage.
That warlike race regarded It doubt
loss as a notublo cruelty when the new
faith discouraged an amusement bo
popular bb battle. But In many re
Hpctts they were In sympathy with tho
faith. That race wiib one of which
the affections as well as tho passions
retained nn uubluutod urdtir. and
when nature Is stronger nnd less cor
rupted It must feel the need of homo
thing higher than Itself, Its Interpreter
and its supplement. It prized the
fninlly ties, like the Germans record
ed by Tacitus, anil It could but have
been drawn to Christianity.
Warlike as It was, It wan unbounded J
also in loyalty, generosity, and self-sac-
rlllce; it was not, therefore, untouched
by the records of martyrs, tho princi
ples of self-sacrltlce. or the doctrine of
a great sacrifice. It loved the chil
dren and tho poor, and St. Patrick
made tho former the excmpllerB of the
faith and the Intter the eminent Inher
itors of tho kingdom.
In the main, Institutions and tradi
tions of Ireland wero favorablo to
Christianity, and tho people received
tho Kospel gladly. It nppenled to them
and prompted ardent natures to find
their rest in spiritual things. It hnd
created among them nn excellent ap
preciation of tho beautiful, tho es
thotlc and tho pure.
Tho rapid growth of learning, nB
well as piety, In tho thrco centuries
succeeding tho conversion of Ireland
proved that tho country had not been
until then without a preparation for
tho gift.
Perhaps nothing human had so
large nn Influence In the conversion
of tho Irish as tho personal character
St. Patrick.
of our apostle. By nature, by grace,
nnd by providential training he had
been especially fitted for his task.
Everywhere wo can trace tho might
and sweetness that belonged to his
character; the versatile mind, yet
tho simple heart; tho varying tact, yet
tho fixed resolvo; the laigo deslro tak
ing counsel from all, yet the minute fo
llcltudo for each; tho llery zeal, yet
tho geutlo temper; tho skill In using
moans, yet tho rellanco In God nlone;
tho rendlness In action, with a willing
ness to wnit; tho habitual sclf-pos'
session, yet tho outburst of an In
spiration, which raised him ubovo him
self tho abiding consciousness of nu
authority an authority in him, but
not of him, nnd yet tho ever present
humility. Above all, thero burned In
him that boundless lovo which scorns
tho main constituent of apostolic, char
acter. It wns lovo for God; but It was
lovo for man also, nn Impassioned
love, a parental compassion. Wrong
and Injustice to the poor he resented
nB an injury to God.
A just man, Indeed, was St. Patrick;
with purity of nnturn like tho patri
archs; a truo pilgrim llko Abraham;
gontlo nnd forgiving of heart llko
Moses; a praiseworthy psalmist llko
David; an emulator of wisdom llko
Solomon; a chosen vessel for pro
claiming truth like tho Apostlo Paul;
n man of grace nnd of knowledge of
the Holy Ohost llko the beloved John;
a lion in strength nnd power; a dove
In gentleness and humility; a servant
of labor In tho service of Christ; a
king In dignity and might, for bind
ing and loosening, for liberating and
coavlctlng.
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the wagon and Mulled fur the eenir
tciy On the way they were met by
it ttrtn who asUed what they weto do
ing with that men.
' lie won't woi'i. it ml he has nothing
to eat, ho we are taking him to the
lemetery to bury liltn alive." wan tin
teply
Touched with pity, the stranger
Hlllll
Tt lends. I hnvo it sack of co n
heto that he Ih welcome to."
Heating this, the hry man rahed
his head long enough to inttilie.
"Is it MicUcd?"
"No. It Itui't, but "
"111 le on," Intermitted the doomed
man, as his head disappeared fiom
view.
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Sunday School Teacher And
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