The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-06-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
SERIOUS SUBJECTS CAREFULLY AM,
ABLY CONSIDERED.

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found In Mark 10: lib.
INTRODUCTORY.
Says the critical Ewald: Nothing stands
more historically certain than that Jesus
rose from the dead ami appeared again to
his followers. Says the candid Arnold: Il
know OF no one fact in the history OF man.
kind which Is proven by better and fuller
evidence OF every sort. TO the mind OF a fair
inquirer" Think OF IL. The malice OF the
Jew and the might OF the Roman were ar
rayed against him. He was crucined in the
sight OF all. his side pierced by the lance of
the soldier. his decease witnessed by Pr
late's centurion. was buried still In the light
OF day in Jose phi s we'll known garden, was
! placed In rock sepulchre. with stone
rolled against and into the mouth. a seal
upon the stone. guard beyond the seal. to
make il sure" Moreover his own dis
ciples had given him up for dead and the
faithful women came 10 embalm his lifeless
body. Lost TO the world. men esteemed
him TO be. But there was one door they did
not lock. IL was the farther gateway OF the
tomb. That way is wide open still, and
through Christ the tomb becomes u tunnel
way from lesser light TO brighten.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
When they looked. The later versions
(see variations) are again more happy in
their renditions here: Looking up, they
see that il is rolled back"-Fori ~ lras uery
great. The for" may be to explain the sur
prise implied in the above words.
Entering in. The tomb was a large vault
like structure. They sa1c All but Mary.
who had run to tell Peter and John and does
not SEQ or understand until later, when
Christ himself appears to her Gohn 20)-
A young man. The angel described in Matt.
2S:2 - Gri0hted. The word means awe
struck. Not necessarily frightened. for the
same word Is used of the people at the foot
of the mount OF transformation who were
greatly amazed, and running TO him saluted
him"
BE NOT Gfr'i0hted. Or overcome with
amazement.- TO seek Jesus. Reminding
them OF their quest. which at sight of the
apparition may have fled their minds for the
moment--NOt here. because risen. -
See the place. the empty place. Proof of
| his rising.
Go your ,cay. That is. withdraw from
here. The grave is not the place to seek
TO find the risen Christ.--And Peter
Singled out probably. as essentially
/ needing tho divulgence.--Into GdHlee.
| Il Cor 10 G is he said unto you at the
supper Matt 2G 32).
And fled. Now thoroughly alarmed at the
thought that they had seen a SPIRIT
Neither said they anything. Speaking TO
none whom they met, so great was their
CONSERVATION. Here the text of Tischen-
! dorf ends.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
Slceet spices. Spices for the lead; the
Lord wanted them not. He las already
been anointed unto his burial. and the buri-
nj scene has passed. Now comes tho spec
tacle of the resurrection life. He is not
ere, but is risen" They had brought sweet
spices for the dead. But here the living:
| Have We here any meat" And when they
| looked, 10! "he took it. and did eat before
| them. Let love still bring him spices and
her incense; but let ii be tor living. not
dead Christ. 1t is Rome that fingers in the
garden. her hands laden. il may be. with
al omatic herbs. seeking whore they have
laid him. Go your wav," said the angel 10
the seeking women. "he is not here" BE
it ours to leave the garden with it's empty
| tomb and go out with hearts homage into
some busy peopled Galilee: there shall we
see him, as he said Yea. our license.
with the prayers OF all saints, rises up
ward TO a throne where sits he that liveth
and was dead. and behold. he is alive for
| evermore.
Who shall roll us alcdy the stone? How
natural and real the scene! They kept
troubling themselves as they walked along
in the morning twilight. Ever the anxious
| thought kept recurring, who shall remove
the great stone for us? And then they just
! looked up, and. there. il was already rolled
| away, great IA IL was. How graphic u
sketch out OF our own experiences! 1t
seems like u leaf torn out of the Christians
! day book. We keep troubling ourselves
about barriers 10 loves ministries. We
anticipate and muse over the difficulties in
the way. Happy for us. If. like the women.
we yet keep on our way as we muse. For
| when we reach the place we oft-times find
| God wills. Whatever lies across the high
ways OF his grace and glory shall go aside
for faith and love and shall find her paths
made straight Coming to that earlier
| tomb ut Bethany Martha kept thinking Of
| her brothers mortality, who shall roll away
such a stone? For he hath been dead four
| days" Then Jesus: said not unto thee
that il thou wouldst beEeUe thou shouldst
see the glory OF God?- And was not that
! the reason the stone i'm the garden WAS
| a
could not be holden Of death and was per-
| haps already risen. But that men might
see the glory Of God. Come. see the place
where the Lord lay"
Ind Peter. The celestial considerateness
Two words. but how full OF sweet mean ing :
We ask what heaven is like. This angels
speech gives us glimpse. casting up a win
dow, as il We're, on heavens tenderness.
Heaven is the place where in fullest meas
ure anothers Joy Is ours: not another's
| grief; for, hank God, there shall be no
more curse" and sorrow and signing shall
flee away" And Peter"-Peter was the
one who nee ded the word-Peter. whom
.est we saw aut there in the shadow OF the
palace at the cock crowing. weeping bitter
| ly; Peter. who by this very humiliation shall
come to know the grace that saves. and
shall henceiorth tell TO others out OF a iull
and chasteled heart how great Savior he
has found. And Peter" Gods singular an d
specific mGrcy. Have you an ache at the
|
singles you out. brother sister. 20 help
you. II you will go to Him in His word now,
wistfuly prayerfully. you will find mes
sage for yourself. and your own name. If
you will read Alright. between the lines.
After that he appeared. They were 20 be
fully convinced of his identity Again and
again he was 20 manifest himself unto them
until their every doubt was removed and
they stood forth unfaltering champions Of
the risen and glorihed Christ. We may
count reven prominent appearances Of
Christ after his death u) The garden
epiphany: (2 The divulgccnce to Peter and
James, (S) The manifestation at Emmaus:
t4) The appearance. twice over in the closed
room; G) At the seaside: co. At the noun
tain in Galilee; ca On Olivet. These por-
travals OF himself are recorded in the diff
ferent books of the New Testament. The
continual witness and reminder OF them to
both church and world is this Lords day on
which we arc met for the study OF the les
son before US. DIR. W. N. Clake has well
said: AS we have In the Lords supper a
visible broof OF our Savior's death. so in
the Lords day we have an historical proof
Of the reality of his resurrection
Welcome. sweet day Of rect
That saw the Lord arise;
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