The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1889-06-20
JESUS RlsEN.
international Sunday School Lesson fO'
juno -, 1850.

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LESSON TExT--Mark 10.1.l8
GOLDEN TExT-Now 10 Christ risen from
the dead, and become the first fruits OF
them that slept.-1 Coz. IS 10.
CENTRAL TRUrH-The risen Saviour Is our
Resurrection and Life.
TrME-Early Sunday morning, April 0, A..
D. 80; the third day after the crucfxion.
PLAcE-The tomb in the garden, near
Calvary, Jerusalem.
PARALLEL Accouyrs--Matt. 2s:l.15; Luke
N:1-12; John 20 Ills.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACEs-Th' Burtdl:
Friday afternoon, between four and six
o'clock, in new sepulchre, near Calvary,
aided by Joseph Of Arimathea and Nicod6-
mus. Precautions: the Sabbath Matt ":
6268). In order TO prove the resurrection,
the death must be proved beyond doubt
In the providence of God, the centurion
testified to the death Of Jesus; the SOL
diers pierced His heart; the tomb was
new, and, at the request Of the chief
priest, the tomb was sealed and guarded.
The Reswyrectton. very early Sunday morn
ing Matt. 1924, accompanied by an
earthquake and by shining angel. 5.
vouna man: Matthew says an angel in
shining garments. 10. In another form:
not . different body, but only their eyes
were holden so that he appeared different
I.uke M:i8). Into the country: to EN-
maus, eight miles northwest Of Jerusalem.
(See Luke A:13-3i.)
ORDER OF EvENrs-Q) Mary and others
come to the sepulchre. a. Mary returns i'm
mediately to tell Peter and John. C0 The
other women enter the sepulchre. (D They
20 to report to the disciples. (0 Then
Y~A~ a. hA nhvA avSA
return Q) Mary again draws near the
sepulchre aed sees Jesus.
OUR LoRD's APPEARANCE AFTER His RES
uRRECrroN-U To Mary Magdalene (John
0O:l1-14; Mark 1910. (2) To the women
returning from the sepulchre Matt. 2S:0).
(S) To Peter duke N:84; Cor. 16:5). ~
TO two disciples ct Emmaus duke "a 4:1Sa0.
(5) To the ten at Jerusalem John 20:1o).
10y To the eleven at Jerusalem John 20 :26).
"a To seven disciples by the Sea Of 0slilee
John 81 :1-2l). (6) To the eleven on mount
ain in Galilee Matt. 2S:16-l6). 10y To the 500
brethren, possibly identical with (e) Il Cor.
1850. (O To James, probably at Jerusa-
lem Il Cor. 1870. Q1) To the eleven just
before the ascension Luke 24:50, 51).
The RESURRECTION PRovED-Q) By the
testimony Of the apostles. .(O They had
every opportunity OF knowing. (O They
were convinced against their own expeo-
tations. az They attested their belief by
their lives and their death. (O Multitudes,
at the time and on the spot, believed. (8)
It changed the lives Of the apostles. a.
The change Of the Sabbath testiaes to 1t.
(S) The story Of His enemies contradicts
itself.
LESSON FAcrs--On Friday afternoon, at
three o'clock, Jesus died. He was laid away
that same afternoon in the tomb, as the next
day was the Sabbath Saturday, and on
Sunday the women expected to embalm the
body and lay it in its final resting-place. An
Friday night, all Saturday, and all Satur-
day night, the disciples had no expectation
whatever Of seeing their Master alive
again. They had not understood His pre-
dictions about o resurrection, and hence de-
rived no comfort from them. To them He
was no longer the Messiah, because He was
dead, and they thought the Messiah never
could die. 80 they were in despair, and
gloom settled In their hearts and minds. IN
this condition the women came to the grave
early on the first day of the week. What
happened to them, and especially the ex.
perience Of Mary, may be seen In to-day's
lesson.
With heavy heart Mary came to the
tomb while 1t was yet dark. She knew that
great stone had been rolled over the door
Of the sepulcher. But when she arrived
there, 10 the stone was rolled away, and
the body Of Jesus was no longer there. In
amusement, she ran and told Peter and
John. They at once ran to the tomb and
pushed their way into the interior. Then
they, too, realized that tho body Of Jesus
was not there. After this they returned
home, leaving Mary still at the grave. Tc
her, waiting and weeping, there appeared
two angels, who ask the cause Of her sor.
row. She tells them and then turns away.
But as she turns she sees Jesus, whom,
however, she does not yet recognise. In the
dialogue which follows, He reveals Himself
to her, and instantly she falls at his feet,
saying: "My Master" Then, In obedience
to his command, she runs and tells the dis
ciples that Jesus is arisen, and she has seen
Him with her own eyes.
CoMMENTs-When Jesus was actually
dead the disciples must have been plunged
In the blackness Of despair. For In Christ
all their hopes had been conferred. 1--WE
trusted that it had been He who should
have redeemed Israel" And when God
suffered Him to be thus cruelty put to death
the faith Of the disciples must have been
rudely shaken. They saw for themselves
III tuo IutuEc Ouiy boTTOW buu uiuUoT uieoP
pointment. How often disciples in our day
have similar experiences They have plans
and bright hopes for the future; they re-
joice in God and His promises, and oil goes
well for time. Then, suddenly and with.
out warning, thick cloud arises and blota
out the sun of their hopes, the bitter storm
skaters all their expectations and they are
left desolate. At last faith wavers, and
perhaps even fails utterly; they had hoped
and trusted In God, but now they are
tempted to think that God has forgotten
them With aged Jacob they say;
"All these things are against mel
Sooner or later some such experience may
Overtake any one. But notice again when
the darkness was densest with Mary, the
light was nearest. Then it was she learned
that there was "must needs be' in this
bitter experience. She now understood as
never before the dealings of GOO with His
children, and how all things work together
for good in the plans Of God. Joy took the
place OF sadness, and faith revived and
was strengthened. 80, in our sorrows, Il
we are only Gods true children, we, too,
shall learn that after darkness light viii
surely come, and after sorrow, Joy viii