The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1889-06-21
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by PEI
mission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher, Philade

for the kingdom of God, and had not con-
sented to the action of tho council respecting |
Jesus (for he was secretly disciple of jesus,
went boldly to PLATE and begged the body Of
Jesus, and having received it, he and Nicode-
mus wrapped it in linen with about an hum
dred pounds Of lny1rh and aloes, and laid it |
i'll his own new tomb hewn out in the rock,
wherein never man before was laid, and
rolled great stone to the door, Tho women |
who camo with Jesus from Galilee watched |
these proceedings, then returned and pre-
pared spices and ointments and rested tho
Sabbath day, according to the command
mont. Pilate ut the request of tho Jews,
caused the stone to be sealed, and set O watch
should steal Him away, for they remembered
that He had said 'After thrcc days will
rise again" GIatt xvii, 57-G6; Luke xiii,
50-56; John xix, 3S-l2.) Is it not strange
that the unbelieving jews in this case re-
membered more than the disciples, for al
though He had repeatedly said that He would
rise again the third day, they seem not to
have believed it nor thought of it.
2. "And very early in the morning, the
first day of the week, they calno unto tho
sepulchro at tho rising of tho SUM-" What
dark Sabbath it must have been to them.
3. "They said among themselves, Who shall
roll us away the stone from the door of tho
sepulchres" They evidently expected to find
everything just as they saw Joseph and Nico-
demus leave it on the evening before the Sab
bath, and they seem not to havo known Of
the sealing of tho stone nor of tho watch that
had been set. How much better they kept
tho Sabbath than Christians now keep the
day which VIC call Sabbath, for if anything
unusual has happened our Monday papers
by thousands,'' and we all know that among
tho thousands so called Christians were not
lacking
4. And when they looked they saw that
the stone was rolled away; for it was very
great.n The fact that they went on though
believing the stone TO be in their ,vay, teaches
us of tho love that rises above all difficulties,
and tho fact that the stone was gone when
they got thero reminds us that difficulties
vanish as we go forward.
). And entering into tho sepulchro they
saw u young man sitting on tho right side,
clothed in long white garment; and they
wero atfrighted." In Luke xiv, 4, We read
of two men III shining garments. While in
pictures of angels which We arc accustomed
see, they aro always represented Us women
with long flowing hair, the Scriptures speak
of them as men Gen. xviii, 2; xix, 1G; xxi,
"a, Josh. V, Is; Judg xiii, 6, etc.,
6. 'And He saith unto them, Be not af-
frighted." So said tho angel to Hagar and
Mary, to Gecharias and the shepherds Gen.
xxi, II; Lu. i, so, 13; ii, 10y; and from the
first ''Fcar not'' to Abram, to the last to
John Gen. Wv, /; Rev. j, 10, what comfort
inclcsc.iioablc this word from heaven brought
to sinful, trembling humanity; and today it
comes with as much power as ever to every
saying, ''Ifcar not, for l am with tEee."
Z. But go your way: tell His disciples and
Peter that lie goetll before you into Galilee:
there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you"
Everything always has been, is, and shall be
just as he says.
s. "And they went out quickly, and fed
from tho sepulchre,n etc III Matt. xviii, s,
/ it is written that with fear and great Joy
they did run to bring HIS disciples word"
Mark, i'll this verse, evidently implies that on
their way to the disciples they said nothing
to any one, but were filed with trembling
and n,nazeinent, fear and joy, as they fed
along; their ullbelief now revealed to them
would cause them fear and anaZenlent, while
tho fact that Jesus was risen would fill them
with joy
o. 'sEo appeared first to Mary Magdalene" /"
The other women had seen the empty tomb,
and had been assured by the angels that He
was risen, but this Mary is tho first to SEQ
| Himself and speak to Him and hear Him.
| 10. "And sho went and told them that had
! been with Him, as they nlourned and wept'
| Before aac saw the Saviour that morning
sao had been to the tomb, seen the empty
sepulcll1'c, run and told Peter and John, and
then evidently returned, hoping to find some
trace Of Lis body, like the others not looking
e1, IoJ
| Him lie had spoken to her and said, ''Go
to my brethren and say unto the,n I ascend
unto my Father and your Father; and to my
God and yoe.' God" John Xxx, 10; and this
| is the mesa. y which she heurs from Him.
II. ''And they, when they had heard that
| Hc was alive, and had been seen of her, be-
ieved not" III Luke xiv, II, it is written
| that their words seemed to them as idle tales,
| and they believed them not. 1t may be that
their own unbelef On this occasion often re-
Cured to them us il after days they had to
deal with tho same dullness and slowless OF
heart in others.
12. "After that Ho appeared in another
form unto two of them, as they walked, and
went imto tho country After he appeared
to Mary Magtalenc it would seem that lie
ascended tothe Father, then quickly returned
and appeared to the other women C,lutt
xviii, 8, 10) after which ho made the I'll,
pcarance recorded in this verse to the
two as they walked to Elnmaus. sThc
these two were we know not; inas,nuch q:
He appeared to Simon Peter somo timo dur
ing this first day Quke xiv, 81; Cor, XIV
81 We might suppose that these two We're
James and John; or since a special appear
ance to James is recorded q Cor. XIV, q il
!. might be John and some other, for it woult
seem strange indeed if He did not appear Ii
John who stood by His cross and to whom
lJc committed Mary His mother, but we have
no authority, we must wait patiently ant
, some day VIC shall know.
13. "And they went and told it unto tn
residue, neither believed they them" Jesu
walked with the two to Emnaus, and bein:
, constrained by them, went in to abide witt
them, and in breaking Of bread was reveale;
to them, and vanished out Of their sight
salem, and found the eleven gathered to
gcthel (that seems to spoil our suppositio1
that John was ono of the two, but not con
clusively) and told them all that had hap
l pcned, with tho result stated in this verse Q
{ our lesson; and according to the next vers
(Which may possibly refer to His appcaranc
eight days later He appears suddenly in th
: midst of the disciples gathered together :
, the city of Jerusalem and upbralds ther
: with their unbelief and hardness of heart, be
cause they believed not them which had see
erievous u; unbclief and nothing that S
: nbounds among His professed followers an
+ especially III connection with the glor1or
truths associated with resurrection.