The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-07-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
NTERNATlONAL SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR JULY rs, 1885.
A Miracle in Which We Read Two Les
sons-The Quickening of the Spiritual
Saints.


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tonal lesson committee Its extreme length has
made II necessary for the lead publishing houses
to unite n printing portion OF the text as follow:
D. Then Mar ha, as soon "a she heard that Jesus
was coming. went and met him; but Mar sat still
IN the house.
q. Then said Martha unto Jesus Lord, II thou
hadst been her~ my brother had not died.
p But know, that even now. whatsoever thou
wilt ask Of Col God viii give It thee.
% Jesus said unto ner Thy brother an all rise aga
"a Martha sakh unto him. know that he shall
rise again In tn. resurrection at the last day.
IS Jesus saith unto her. am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yas shall he live, --.
81 And whosoever liveth and believeth In me shall
never ,iio.. neJeves. thon tn ?
q. Sire saith unto him. Y,a, Lord; believe that
thou art the thirst, the IN OF God, which should
come into the world
80 Jesus aid: TAX" Y" away the stone. Martha,
thu sistar II him taat c'a saith unto him
Lord by this time he stnketh for he hath been dead
four days
10 Jesus saith unto her: Said not unto thse
that II thou wOuldest believe thou shouldest the
glory Of Godt
A. Then they took away the stone from the place
where the dead was laid Aud Jesus lifted up his
eyes and said: rather. thanH tnee That thou hast
heard me.
A. And knew that thou nearest me Away; but
because OF the Poop which stand by said II, that
they may believe that thou hast'sen me-
VI. And when ne thus had spoken, he cried with
loud voice, Lazarus come forth.
~ And he that was dead came forth bound hand
and foot with grave clothes: and his face bound
about with napkin. Je'us saith unto them, Loose
him. and let him go.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Verse 20. Then Martha. Each sister Is true
to her own trait of char" re-. TIL ac'i-
Martha goss Gu: TO meet Jesus; he coaJrm-
pl tive M .rv ar5mai3.s at : IA S LII L
her grief. Jesus was coming. II l-,. CON.
from Bethab?ra, or RNth.tny, beyo - J dan,
the pl zee OF the last less N. Went and met
him. JESUS sent word OF bis coming. as
he wished to see the sisters apart from
tho prcsarce of Others Trc r7ru-~'nr
Gus. oms of tho Jews were opp ssiy,,
and The hous, was probably full of
D opl,, who were in only form sym.
thiz NJ with the mournerI Mary sat still.
A .curding to jewish custom she was seated
on the ground, while all around her sat
people lamenting with her.
81 % Lord, II thou hadst been here
These words expressed the great burden of
the two sisters thought during the four days.
80 if Jesus had only been herem just so
people in sorrow often say, 'If We had only
tried such a remedy or called in such ply
Scian!" But know thateven now. Their vas
in her heart a faint hope. but too faint to be
expressed, that jesus might raise her trother
from his grave. Already at least two mira
c,es of resurrection had been wrought, and
il is almost certain that there had BEEN
others. GU wi. i've :. tbco. Wa TO-. can
rest in this mighty interc ,ssor, whose prayer
in our behalf cannot fail.
% Jesus saith. The purpose of Jesus in
these words and those that followed was to
awaken and lift up her faith. Thy brother
shall rise again. Those words were not only
for her comfort, hut for ours The RAISING
of Lazarus, soon to be wrought, was to he
foretoken Of another higher and more glori-
Gus resurrection.
"a Martha saith. Her utterance shows
that she possessed the most enlightened
views of her time concerning the hereafter
Not in vain had the two sisters received
Christ under their roof The resurrection
at the last day. Probably her thought OF
the resurrection was less consoling than ours
In like circumstances. for as yet the truth
had not been revealed I'm its glorious full
ness And even now but few Christians