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Lesson
LESSON IV.
• MINISTERING TO PHYSICAL'
NEEDS
Mark I: 2945
Golden Teat -And- he healed many
that OR eidk-Mark'1: 34.
THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING
Time -April and May, A.D. 28.
1'laee-imp events recorded in the
eater mart of the lesipn, through
rse ,33, occurred in Capernaum. The
preaching tout, and the healing of the
per, :tools place in Galilee, though
*here we .Are not definitely told.
The Miracles of healing which topic
place on this particular day in Cap -
4j naum are recorded also by Matthew
(8: 14-17), and Luke (4: 28-41)..
29. "And straightway, when they
were come out of the synagogue."
This is still the same Sabbath. day
during -which Mark tells us, in the
preceding paragraph that Jesus had
taught with such astonishing power
the Capernaum synagogue and had
delivered one possessed by an unclean
spirit. Undoubtedly the whole city
was in commotion that day because
of what had taken place in this house
of worship, and centainly in every
hone that noon the one subject of
conversation was Jesus of Nazareth,
his teaching, and his miracles. "They
came into the house." Jesus went
with them. He had come to teach men
the way from the synagogue to the
house. The Christ of the synagogue
is the Christ of the house. "Of Simon
and Andrew, with James and John."
The house belonged. to Simon Peter,
as Matthew and Luke tell us, though
possibly Andrew also was living there.
James and John wore simply invited
to the home that day. • Pei er had not
yet given up his home on the Sea of
Galilee, though he had undoubtedly
given up his fishing business.
The Touch of His Hand
30. "Now Simon's wife's mother."
Peter was the only apostle whom the
New Testament definitely states to
have . been married. "Lay sick of a
fever." Fevers are common in the
Orient, and they would be especially
distressing in such a hot climate as
prevails around the Sea of Galilee,
which is five hundred feet below the
level of the sea. "And straightway
they toll him of her." Dr. Lenski has
-very sympathetically suggested titet
"most likely when Jesus came into
the house and did not see the woman,
he asked where she was, and then
heard of her ailment." She was no
doubt confined in an inner apartment.
With Jesus, the greatest man that
ever lived, it was so easy to confide
anything and everything.
31. "And he came and took her by
the :hand." Have you ever made a
careful study of the hands of Jesus,
of all they did, and, finally, of their
piercing on the cross, and the benedic-
tion which they symbolized as they
were uplifted that day when ho as-
cended into glory? The hand of Jesus
was as warm as love could make it.
It was thrilling with tenderness and
vibrating with compassion. The touch
upon the fevered hand of that old
woman in Capernaum was as a con-
densation into one act of the very
principle of the incarnatibn and of the
whole power which Christ exercises
upon .a fevered and sick world. "And
raised her up; and the fever left her."
The Fevers Of The Soul
"It is not illegitimate to allow our
minds to pass from the fevers of the
body to the fevers of the soul. In-
deed, that is one of the authorized
Ways when we seek to interpret the
miracles of the Lord. The Saviour's
miracles are the outer and visible
types of inuer and greater wonders.
They are done in the body in order
that we may infer the deeper oman-
cipations of the spirit.
'32. ";And at even, when the sun did
set, they brought unto him all that
were sick, and them that were poss-
essed with demons." 36. "And all the
city was gathered together at the
door" 84. "And he healed many that
were sick with divers diseases, and
cast Out many demons; and he suf-
fered not the demons to speak, be-
cause they knew him." "The strict
laws o;( the Jewish Sabbath gave a
few;dnotfi-s of rest to all, but the blast
of the trumpet which announced its
close was' the signal for a renewal
of the popular excitement, now In-
creased 'by the rumor of a second
miracle: 'all that had any sick, with
whatever disease,' brought them to
the great Healer. The whole town
was in motion, and crowded before
the zhouso.
35. ';And in the morning, a great
while before day, he rose and went
out, and departed into a desert place,
and there ,prayed." In the present in-
stance; as the context indicates, it was
Jesus' resolve to preach the gospel
of the I(tuudom all through Galilee.
Jesusa'peayed because he was man.
His .prayeivs were communions with
his Fath9a.
,36. "And Simeon and, they that were
with him followed after him." The
word 4here, translated "followed after"
means, litRi'al1y, "to hunt down," and
"gives the idek of hard, persistent ,
search."
il'he Work of Preaching
>37.. ".bpd they found inter and say
unto !'ifm', .A11 are seeking thee," No
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doubt these disciples Who Went out
to search for Jesus knew "why he had
.gone oft; to be by himself: Realiz-
ing that the sinlesei . Son of God,
who had power tb :heat' all diseases,
needed prayer se.keeitly that he had
to rise early in the morning to find
time for It, they should them_seives
have gone out' to be alone with God
as their Master was that morning.
Instead of that they wereburdened
with -the immediate- demand's of a
great multitude, and they"' did what
so many Christian workers do, they
put work before .prayer.
88. "And 'he saith unto them" Lot
us go elsewhere into the next downs,
that I may preach there also; for to
this end came I forth." By the phrase
"came I forth" we believe that Christ
refers definitely to his coming from
the Father, Therein we discover the
strength of his purpose. The strength
of his service lay in the complete
abandonment of the Servant to the
One who commanded. He moved ev-
enywhere with the dignity of the auth-
ority .under which he served. He was
in the world for a purpose. In this
sentence is the key -note of his confi-
dence, the -secret of his strength, the
Willing of the power that made him
the prevailing Servant of God.
39. "And he went into their syna-
gogues throughout all Galilee, preach-
ing and casting out demons."
40. "And there cometh to him a
Ieper." Leprosy was regarded as the
most loathsome and terrible of dis-
eases. It existed in various forms,
but its invariable feature was its foul
uncleanness. The leper was an out-
cast. "Beseeching- him, and kneel-
ing down to hint, and saying unto
him, if thou wilt, thou canst make me
clean."
41. "And being moved with com-
passion." Of the three words trans-
lated by "being compassionate" this
is the strongest, for it means not only -
a pained feeling at sight of suffering,
hut, in addition, a strong desire to re-
lieve or to remove the suffering. "He
stretched forth his hand, and touched
him, and saith unto him, I will; be
thole made clean." 'In so touching
the untouchable we have a sign of
fearlessness: there was no appendix
of diseases called hopeless in Christ's
list of ailments. We have also the
sign of friendliness. the leper was a
sort of human island washed by lone-
ly seas which no friendly mariner ever
crossed.
42. "And straightway the leprosy
departed from him, and he was made
clean." The. one thing that the man
needed most was the one thing he
wanted most, and it is exactly the
thing that Jesus gave him, i.e., a
cleansing from his foul disease. So
many men in suffering the conse-
quences of sin and of disobedience to
God want the consequences removed,
such as poverty, suffering, social
shame, loss of position, but do not
eels God to remove the love for sin,
nor do they ask him for cleansing
and forgiveness. No man unclean in
sin ever sincerely came to the Lord
Jesus for cleansing hut he received
it •immediately.
43. "And he strictly charged him,
and straightway sent him out, 44. and
saith unto him, See thou say nothing
to any man: but go show thyself to
the priest, and offer for thy cleansing
the things which Moses commanded,
for a testimony unto them." Jesus
thus orders this man to carry out in
due form the ceremonial requirements
"the things Moses commanded," and
thus to have himself officially rein-
stated as clean of leprosy. Jesus has
not come to detroy, but to fulfill, the
law and the prophets (Matt. 5, 17) ;
and by his orders to the leper he had
healed fulfills the law of Moses in the
present case, This helps to explain
Society Glamor Girl Off on World Cru ee
Gloria Baker and her mother, Mrs. Margaret .Emerson, are visited in their
state room aboard the Franconia by George Vanderbilt, Mrs, Emerson's
seen, as the couple sail fom New York on a cruise.
Fcirm
rQ '`1ms
Conducted by
PROFESSOR OR HENRY C. BELL
with the co.operation of the various departments of
Ontario Agricultural.. College
1.--Q.-"I sell cream to a local
creamery and am unable to under-
stand why the test varies from time
to time. On the last statement which
I received, the test was 32 per cent,
while the test on the previous ship-
ment was 35 per cent. My cows are
on the same feed and I do the separa-
tion myself se that the separator is
turned at the same speed each time.
Why should there be this ciiii.'erence
in tests? J.S.-Oxford Co.
A. -It is to be expected that the
per cent of fat in cream will vary
with each shipment and with different
separations. A number of factors
may influence the test and it is quite
impossible to control them all' com-
. pletely. Tests mach at the Dairy De-
partment, 0.A.C., show that night
differences in the temperature of the
milk, the amount of water or skim -
milk used to flush the separator, var-
iations in the amount of 'milk in the
supply can, the speed at which the
separator bowl is driven, and the per
cent of fat in the milk, will all have
an influence on the test of the cream.
Too much emphasis should not be
placed upon the variations in the per
cent of fat in the cream. The import-
ant point is the pounds of fat paid
for. Many times when the test is up,
the weight of cream is •down or vice
versa,
2. -Q. -"The butter from my last
two churnings has a very strong, bit-
ter flavour. I have never had this
trouble•before and my customers are
complaining. I take every precaution
to have everything clean and the cows
are fed__mixed hay, corn silage, roots
and oat chop."--1t.T., York Co.
A. -Bitter and rancid flavours in
butter are quite common at this sea-
son of the year. It is very likely
that one or more of the cows in your
herd are advanced in their lactation
period arid producing milk which con-
tains abnormally large amounts of an
enzyme known as lipase. The objec-
tionahle'ilavour is not noticed on the
fresh milk and cream, but if it is held
for a day or two it becomes very no-
ticeable. The cows raveing the trou-
ble may be detected by holding a
sample of milk from each cow for 48
hours and then examine the samples.
Cows producirg defective milk
should be dried off. However, if the
cows in question are producing well
and it is not desirable to dry them,
the criem immediately after separ-
ating he .heated to 145 deg. F.,
arid held for a churning. This pas-
teurizing inactivates the enzyme, thus
the development of the flavour is
checked.
-Dairy Department, 0.A.C.
the final phrase, "for a testimony for
them."
45. "But he went out, and began
to publish it much, and to spread
abroad the matter, insomuch that
Jesus could no more openly enter in-
to a city, but was without in desert
places: and they came to him from
every quarter." This verse explains
the strange meaning of Jesus in the
preceding verse in definitely forbid-
ding the healed leper to tell others
what had happened to him. "Our
Lord enjoins silence because he did
not, as yet, wish to draw on himself
the public attention. When "his own"
had been prepared to receive him,
then, but not before, he would court
the publicity from which, as yet, he
shrank,
There are about 5,000 different
languages in the world,
Granite 'is a fine -formed rock which
has been exposed to great heat and
pressure.
Canadian Fogle k,r rr
Had B?!i mp r Year
OTTAWA. -More Canadian dress-
ed poultry was exported in 1937 than
in any other year; the department of
agriculture reported with figures
which showed a 79.96 per cent. rise
over those of 1936.
Exports in the year just ended to-
talled 88,996 boxes, compared with
49,452. Weight of the 1937 ship-
ment was more than 2,678 tons.
There was also a record export
movement of live poultry from Can-
ada to the United States in 1937. In
the first 11 months of the year, Am-
erican buyers took 1,157,768 live
chickens and fowl, compared with
344,937 birds in 1936 and 35,547
birds in 1935. The increase in 1937
over 1936 send 1935 represents 812,-
831 and 1,122,221 birds or 235.65
per cent. and 8,157.01 per cent. res-
pectively.
College Student Awarded First Trophy in Pinehurst Golf Title
lion Maples, left, young co;lege student, accepts the first prize in the mid -winter golf chati1piolship et Pinehurst
S.C., from Guy fierce, as the rureadr-up. Maples downed 'Harlon itt the finals.
Around
The Dal
RADIO HEADLINERS
OF THE WEEK
3y FRANK DENNIS
A new fifteen -minute radio pro-
gram, called "Hollywood Spotlight
Review," presents an all-star review,
featuring such favorite Hollywood en-
tertainers as Phil Harris and his or-
chestra; Bob Burns,' the Arkansas
traveller; Larry Burke, the Holly -a
wood troubadour; and a different
guest star every broadcast. It took
the air over stations CFRB, Toronto;
CFPL, Lon.clon CFCH, North Bay;
CKGB, Timmins; and CJKL, Kirkland
Lake; everp Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday from 7.45 to 8 p.m. com-
mencing Monday, January 10th.
"Hour of Charm"
Phil Spitalny and his popular ail-
gi'rl orchestra featured on the "Hour
of Charm" program over an NBC net-
work including CBL, Toronto, and
CBM, Montreal,. are now heard every
Monday night at 9:30. Mr. Spitalny
and his orchestra are illustrated
above, while the inset shows Miss Ar-
lene Francis, dramatic star of radio
and stage, who is Mistress of Cere-
monies on the "Hour of Charm."
"Cats", the term describing peo-
ple who follow the swing style of
p':pular music, will certainly enjoy lis-
tening to the guest band on the pro -
Jap Home Minister
Admiral Nobumasa Suetsugu has
seen appointed to succeed Dr. Eiichi
Baba as the Hone Minister for Japan
gram "Styled Music," heard every
Sunday from 5116 to 5:30 over CIS
CL. The regular band on the pro-
gram is that of Eddie Duchin, and
the guest band selected by the re-
quests sent in. If you want to hear
your favourite orchestra, just drop
a note to "Styled Music," care of
CKCL, and we understand the boys
will be only too glad to play all re-
quests,
.Amateur Auditions
Another new show started last
Friday, featuring amateur and semi-
professional
emiprofessional talent, over CFRB. The
sponsors are asking for applications
for auditions to appear on this pro-
gram. Each act chosen will receive
regular professional fees for the en-
gagement. We understand that regu-
lar vaudeville units will be formed,
and will he sent on a coast-to-coast
circuit. Jack Murray, producer of
the show, informs us that all who
wish auditions will be given them,
the age limit starting at fifteen pears.
Of course, there will be one or two
very exceptional circumstances where
the age will be less, but from what
we have seen of the program, they
would have to be very exceptional
indeed. The program is heard over
CFRB from 8:30 to 9.00.
It gives us pleasure indeed to say a
few good words for Bob Kesaan, who
does the "Early- Bird" program every
morning from 7:45 to 8:45, over CK
CL. Gags galore and music that will
really wake you up, and have you on
the tips of your toes by the time you
reach your place of work, is the sort
of bu.iness that comes out during
the program. It really was quite
surprising to us tt learn that a Cana-
dian announcer can do such. It you
have any numbers you would like to
request, and we don't mean "Asleep
in the Deep," just send them along
to Bab, and he shall be most happy
to play them.
Heard Over Canadian Network
Stars of the Metropolitan Opera
Company of New York will be heard
over the Canadian network on Satur-
day, January 22nd, from 2:00 to
4:45 p.m. as an NBC -CBC internati-
onal exchange feature. The perform-
ers will be presented on their regular
Saturday afternorn performance di-
rect from the stage of the famous
Opera House.
Arturo Toscanini and his NBC
Symphony Orchestra will be a feature
presentation on Saturday, January
22nd, from 10.30 to 11.30 p.m. The
91 -piece orchestra will play the
works of outstanding composers on
this date.
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