The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-06-21


GoipEx TExr-Sow IL Christ risen from
the dead, and become the firtt fra.ts Of
them that slept Cor Is ~.
CESfR<L Tnrln-The risen Saviour q our
Resurrection and Life.
TiNE-Eariy Sunday morning, April Q. A.
D. -; the third day after tho crucifixion.
fLAcE-The tomb IN the garden, near
Calvary, Jerusalem.
P,E.IrEi. AccnrSgs- Matt. 2s:l-f5: Luke
2s:l-i:; John COILS.
HEIRS oyER HARD PLAcEs-Th. Bsu1Il :
Friday afternoon, between four and six
o'clock. in new sepulchre. near Calvary.
aided by Joseph Of Arimathea and Nicode-
mus. Precautions: the Sabbath Matt. a.
63-Gf0. Ia order 20 prove the resurrection.
the death must be proved beyond doubt.
In the providence OF God. the centurion
testified % m. death OF Jesus: the sol.
uiers pierced His heart; the tomb was
new. and. at the request Of the chief
priest. the tomb was sealed aud guarded.
The Resurrection; very early Sunday morn.
ing Matt $50, accompanied by an
earthquake and by shining angel. & Al
v..sg man Matthew says an angel ~
shining garments. IL. III ano'her forn
not a different body. hut only their eyes
were holden SO that he appeared different
luke 2i:iGl. I.fo ne country: 10 EN-
mans, eight miles northwest Of Jerusalem
t>cc Luke - 1891
pHrAa or EVENTS tip Mary and Others
come % the scpulshrc. gal Mary returns I'M
mediatcly 20 tell Peer aud John. s3 The
other women enter the sepulchrc. a. They
20 10 report to the disciples a. Then
Peter and John come TO the srpulchre and
return 81 Mary again draws near the
sepulchrc aei sees Jesus.
ORR Looms ArrKsg,Scy AFTER Hrs RES
vEEEerioS- III To Mary Mayialene John
20sll-ii. Marx 1C:l9i. % To the women
returning from the scpulchrc Matt. $50.
49, To Peter Luke - :3;: Cor 1850. a.
To TWO disciples IL Emmaus Luke "a 1880.
10 To the ten AT Jerusalem John 20;lY.
- To the eleven at Jerusalem John 2o:26).
az To seven disciples oy the Sea Of Galilee
tJohn2l:i2f. Is, Tothre.even Oh a mount
am IN Gaiilec tiiatt- > 1918. %, To the 5OD
brethren. possibly identical with 81 Il Cor
l5:tl. NW To James probably at Jerusa-
lem Il Cor. i5:1. I'D To the eleven just
before the ascension luke - 20, 81.
The REsrRnECTIoS PRovEp-m By the
testimony OF the apostles. f2p They had
every opportunity OF knowing. 49, They
were convinced against their own expec
taiions. a. They attested their belief BY
their lives and their death. % Mult.tudes,
nj the time and on the spot, believed. 90
II changed the lives Of the apostles. "a
The change OF the Sabbath testiies to it.
r., The story OF His enemies contradicts
itself.
.zsSoS FACTS On Friday afternoon. al
three o'clock. Jesus died. He w2s laid away
that same afternoon in the tomb as the next
day was the Sabbath Saturday, and on
Sunday the women expected 70 emoalm the
body and lay il in its final resting place All
Friday night, all Saturday. and all Satur-
day night, the disciples had no expectations
whatever OF seeing their Master alive
again They had not understood His pre-
dic-ions about a resurrection, and hence de
rived no comfort from them. To them He
was no lon.scr the Messiah, because He WINS
dead, anu they thought the Messiah never
could die. SO they were in despair, and
gloom settled in their hearts and minds. In
this condition the women came to the grave
early on the 1irst day Of the week. What
h opened TO them. and especially the ex.
nericnce OF Mary. may be seen in to-day's
lesson
with a heavy heart Nary came TO the
tomb while IL was yet dark. She knew that
: great stone had been rolled over the door
OF the sepulchcr. But when she arrived
there. ~. the stone was rolled away, aud
she body or Jesus was no lon ger there. In
auiazrsnen,. she ran and told Peter and
John They AZ once ran TO the tomb and
pushed their way into the interior Then
they. TOO. realized that the body Of Jesus
was not there. After this they returned
home. leaving Mary still At the grave. To
her. waiting and weeping. there appeared
two angels. who ask tho cause Of her sor
row. she tells them and then turns away.
But as She turns she secs Jesus, whom,
however, she does not vet recognize In the
dialogue which follows, He reveals Himself
70 her. AMI instantly She falls AZ his feot-
saying: MY Master Then. in obedience
TO his command. she runs and tells the dis
eipics that Jesus Is arisen, and she has seen
Him with her own eyes.
c0NvExT--whcn Jesus was actually
deaf the disciples must have been plunged
IA the blackness OF despair. For Ia Christ
al their hopes had been ccntercd- I'VE
trusted hat Il had been He who should
have redeemed Israeli And when God
suffered HIM 20 be thus cruelty put 70 death
the faith Of the disciples must have been
ruiely shaken. They saw for themselves
IA Tie future only sorrow and bitter disap-
pointaicn, How often disciples in our day
nave riinltsT t&utrAtArtfs MY AAtr P'@s&
and bricnt n1pcs for the future; they 70
ioicc In Goi and His promises. and al goes
wei for time Then, suddenly and with
out warning. 4 thick cloud arises and blots
our the sun Of their hopes, the bitter storm
skaters all Their expectations and they are
left dcsolafc. At last faith waivers, and
perhaps even fails utterly; they had hoped
aud trusted In God. but now they arc
temDtcd 70 think that God has forgotten
them With aged. JACOB they say:
.Au these things arc against me-"
sooner Or later some such experience may
ovcrtakc any one. But notice again when
the darkness was icnsest with Mary, tho
hight was nearest Thenit was she learned
that there was 4 ..snnst needs be" In this
bitter experience. She now understood ~.
never before the dealings of God with HIS
children. and how al Things work together
for good in the plans Of God. Joy took tho
place II sadness. and faith revived and
was strengthened. So, in our sorrows,. X
we are only Gods true children, we, too.
shall learn that after darkness light will
surely come. and after sorrow, JOY will
arise.--Iicv. A. r. Srhaufiicr.
REST ERECTION LESSONS.
1. II proves that Jesus was the Son OF
Col.
>. I. proves ,hat we have a living Saviour.