Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-12-09
SUNDAY.SCHOOL LESSON

living way ior man ) redemption. HIS
resurrection made light the pathway
through the valley of the shadow of
death and sure hope of blessed i'm
mortality beyond the grave, by this as
surance: 81 am the resurrection and the
life; he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live That the
Messiah should rise from the dead was
an event clearly predicted in prophecy,
and Jesus himself repeatedly foretold
both the fact Of his rising and the day
on which it would happen, and even
rested the evidence of his divine mission
upon that event. AS the resurrection is
an important event in the system Of
Christianity, SO the day of its occurrence
is the great day of Christian worship.
On the same day of our Lords resurrec-
ton, after he had showed himself to
Mary Magdalene and the other women
who early visited the sepulchre, and to
Peter, he joins himself to two of the
disciples, not Of the apostles, but Cleopas
and another, from the minuteness of the
account given in this gospel. thought to
be Luke himself, on their jnnrp~p f,nn
Jerusalem to Emmaus. The site of this
place is not fully identified, but is sup
posed to be the modern Kulonia. about
seven miles northwest from Jerusalem.
The disciples did not recognize him, for
he had supernaturally influenced their
vision, that he might the better instruct
them on the subject they were SO ear
nestly discussing. Apparently ignorant
Of the matter of their conversation, he
made inquiry about it. One of them,
Cleopas, expresses surprise that even
a stranger in Jerusalem should not have
heard of this great event which had SO
lately taken place, the cruci6xion of
the great prophet, Jesus of Nazareth.
They express their faith still in him as
prophet, but are doubtful in their be-
lief whether he is the promised Messiah.
For probably they. with the rest of the
Jews, were looking for temporal re-
deemer, one that would deliver them
from the Roman yoke, as Moses had de-
lived their fathers from Egyptian bond
age. 1t is possible they still cherished
ray of hope. and having heard of the
story of the women and the angels at the
sepulchre, they recalled to mind his pre-
dictions, that he should rise again after
three days. His enemies had not for
gotten it. and had taken every precaution
against deception being practiced. by
sealing the great stone a. the entrance
of the sepulchre and placing Roman
guard there; and why should his friends
forget it? Jesus rebuked them for their
slowness to comprehend the prophets, and
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was in accordance with prophecy. He
unfolded to their minds the passages
beginning with Moses and going through
the prophets that had fnretold a humlii-
ated and suffering Messiah, and that as
Moses was a temporal redeemer. Christ
was spiritual redeemer. They are 81
interested by his inspiring discourse, tina
their journey seemed very short to them
and when they come to the village they
press him to 60 to their homes. They
give him the first seat at the table
thereby acknowledging him to be thei
Master. According to the Jewish custom
he took the bread, blessed it and brak
and gave it to them. Probably, the,
had frequently dined with him, and hi
peculiar manner would more likely b
noticed at the table than in conversation
on the road. At this time the spell
broken and they recognize him, just a
he mysteriously vanishes out of thei
sight. 1t will be noticed that most q
the acts of our Lord after his resurrec
ton were extraordinary. During tn
: forty days, the time between his resul
9 rection and ascension, there are recorde
, only ten appearances, five of them o
the first day, and the most of these fc
only short time. Where the place {
: his abode was, we are not told. In thi
/ case one moment he was with them an
!, seen by them, the next moment he cease
to be seen by them. He was not
! spirit, for when he appeared to the apo
. ties that evening he assured them to Il
contrary, and told them to behold b
hands and feet and handle him; an
: that a spirit had not flesh and bone
HIS physical body had probably change
n TO spiritual body, and was not subje
to ordinary natural laws. What was
!. miracle to the natural body was natu
. to the spiritual body. Paul throws lig
+ on this subject in discussing the que
tions. "How are the dead raised VI
. and with what form of body do they a
70 pear?' and says, after speaking of t
\ different kinds of bodies, $50 also is &
80 resurrection of the dead. 1t is sown
70 natural body, it is raised spiritu
"A body. There is natural body and the
N is spiritual body" See l. Cor. l!
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~ The Christian shines unconsciously
as the Jewel sparkles. as the bird sin,