Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-17
IrternatIonaISu Sunday School Lesson.
BY REV. F. B. HARGEAvEs.
Lesson 4. JltlJ 25th.
TIE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS.

TIE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS.
John Il, 20-27 and.39-44. CThe lesson
selected 5by the committee, embraced
verses 17-44, but by common consent il
has since been abbreviated as aboye.)
Golden Text, John IL, %. Time, inn
mediately following the last lesson.
Place, Bethany, two miles southeast Of
Jerusalem.
AT length the destroyer, Death, had
accomplished his work. and Lazarus
was no more.
The customary funeral rites had been
CAREFUL observed. The body had been
laid away in the family vault To await
the final resurrection of the dead.
The two sisters, with clothes rent
and dust covered heads, sat on the
earth sgrrJuad-d Uy friends and Profes-
siOual mOurners and gave vent 10
their grief. IL was now fJur days since
t-eir brother had died and they must
continue the mourning celebration NJ
least three days longer. Ia the midst
Of 1t all q messenger comes to the
house and announces that .l6sus is Just
outside the town. Mary does not aY-
pear TO hear the news, but Martha rises
and goes forth TO meet Him.
The meeting which followed was in
eypressiblV paCletic and tender. Eigh-
teen hundred Years have since been
swept back into the lap Of oblivion,
but there never passes & day but that
Christ words on this occasion are re
peated under similar circumstances
and give hope and comfort 10 the sLricE-
en- hearts of the suffering, Jesus
said unto her, 1 am the resurrection
and the life; he that beEeVeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live;
and whOsOeVer beIeVeJh in AIe shall
never die
AfterlR ards Martha brought Mary to
the Master and the mOurHerS also fol.
lowed, thinking she was going TO the
grave TO weep. They were thus pres
eut at the interview between Mary and
Jesus. Amongst them were some who
were opposed to Christ, who were cOgL-
liant u His works and teachings in de-
rusaIem. they mingled their loud
cries with the tender words OF sJrrJw
from the sisters, and the sight must
have have filed Him with righteous in
dignatiOn.
The sad and brOken-hearted sisters,
however, moved Him exceedingly, and
we are told that Jesus Wept'" They
went 10 the grave, q recess cut into
the limestone r0ch, a stone fitted INTO
groove, covering up tbs entrance
Jesus orders the stone removed. Ihen
He uttered words OF thankful praise To
the Father who had already heard HIS
prayer. Stepping To the mouth Of the
tOm0, He cried with Il loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth - and imme-
dia1ely, to the intense surprise of The
people assembled there, Lazarus came
forth, wrapped in his grave clothes
Loose him, and let him 60, said tae
Master, and Lazarus fresh IN the full
vigor Of manhood went down to his
home.
Thus Christ performed His GROWING
miracle and atJssted to the Rabbits and
people alike than He had power Over
death and the grave. Thus, ut the
close Of His wonderful me work, lie
gave q stiller stronger proof than He
had ever given before, that He was the
Messiah, the sent of God.
LESSON THOUGHTS.
l. Death does not end all. There is
a life beyond the grave.
.. In Christ only have we hope Of
eternal life.
8. The sympathy of Jesus is precious
TO Ills children.
4. Jesus calls to life thos5 who are
dead in sin