Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-06-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
SUBJECT FOR SUNDAY. JUNE %
''Jesus Risen," Mark 10: 1-13-Gold.
en- Text, Cor, 10: 20-Notes


ter His death at 3 O'Clock on Friday after
noon, Joseph Of Arimathea, who was also a
counselor, but good and just man waiting
for the kingdom Of God, and had not con-
sented to the action of the council respecting
Jesus for he was secretly disciple of jesus,
went boldly to Plate and begged the body OF
Jesus, and having received il, he and Nicode-
mus wrapped it In linen with about an hum
dred pounds Of myrrh and aioes, and laid il
| In his own new tomb hewn out in the rock,
wherein never man before was laid, and
rolled great stone to the door. The women
who came with Jesus from Galilee watched
these proceedings then returned and pre-
pared spices and ointments and rested the
Sabbath day, according to the command
ment. Plate, at the request of the Jews,
caused the stone to be sealed, and set watch
until after the third day, lest the disciples
| Should steal Him away, for they remembered
tnat He had said: AFTER three days will
rise again" Matt. xvii, 57-66; Luke
xiii, 50-56; John xix, 3842) 1t is not
strange that the unbelieving jews in this case
| remembered more that 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 came unto the
sepulchre at the rising of the sum-" What a
! dark Sabbath it must have been to them; the
light of their life had gone out; they had
left all and followed Him, day by day minis
tering unto Him, hanging upon His words,
rejoicing in his mighty works and constantly
expecting that He would show Himself in
reality as the King of Israel; but He wa1
dead; more than twenty-four hours bis body
had now lain in the tomb, and they were on
their way thither, thinking only of amounting
His dead body.
8. "They said among themselves: Who
hall rnl 1, a. Ia
the sepulchre?' They evidently expected to
find everything just as they saw Joseph and
Nicodemus leave it on the evening before the
Sabbath, and they seem not 10 have known
OF the sealing Of the stone nor Of the watch
that had been set
4. "And when they looked they saw that
the stone was rolled, aSsy; for it was very
great" The fact that they went on though
believing the stone to be in their way teaches
us of the love that rises above all difficulties
and the fact that the stone was gone when
they got there reminds us that difficulties
vanish as we go forward.
5. And entering into the sepulchre they
saw young man sitting on the right side,
clothed in long white garment; and they
were affrighted." Ihave no doubt but that
the children of God are always accompanied
by one or more of these faithful, patient,
ministering spirits; and the more we delight
in Jesus whom they serve, the more will we
be sensible Of their presence and rejoice in it.
6. And He saith unto them, Be not af-
frighted." So said the angel to Hagar and
Mary, to Zacharias and the shepherds Gen.
xxi, II; Lu. i. &c. 13; IL, 10y; and from the
first ''Fear not" to Abram, to the last to
John Gen XIV, / Rev. j., ~ what comfort
indescribable this word from heaven brought
to sinful, trembling humanity; and to-day it
comes with as much power as ever to every
penitent soul who sincerely looks to Jesus,
saying: Fear not, for | am with thee"
Qsa xii, 10) "Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,
who was crucihed." They sought Him ig-
norantly and in some measure bhndly be-
cause Of their unbelief; but they sought Him
sincerely. and all true seekers shall find Him,
and III due time have their blindness re-
moved. Blessed are all they that seek Him
with the whole heart. He is risen; He is
not here; behold the place where they laid
Him" They could see for themselves that
the angels words were true for the linen
clothes were there in which His body haal
been wrapped, and the napkin that was
about His head wrapped together in place
by itself John Xxx, 9, n; and the angels 10
minded the women of the words which Ha
had spoken concerning His death, and resur-
rection the third day. luke xiv, ~
8. "And they went out quickly, and fled
from the sepulchre," etc. In Matt. xviii, s,
it is written that with fear and great joy
they did run to bring His disciples word"
Mark, in this verse; evidently implies that on
their way to the disciples they said nothing
to any one, but were filled with trembling
and amazement fear and joy, as they fed
along; their unbelief now revealed to them
would cause them fear and amazement, while
the fact that Jesus was risen would fill them
with joy. But where was now the use of
their spices, and what availed the time spent
in the preparation thereof? The unbcief of
Christians causes the waste of much time and
money because they know not the thoughts
of the Lord, nor understand His ways.
9. HE 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 the first to see
Himself and speak to Him and hear Him
speak.
TO- "And she went and told them that had
been with Him, as they mourncd and wept"
Before she saw the Saviour that morning
she had been TO the tomb, seen the empty
sepulchre, run and told Peter and John, and
then evidently returned, hoping to find some
trace of His body, like the Others not looking
for His resurrection; but now she had seen
Him. He had spoken to her and said: siGo
to My brethren and say unto them, ascend
unto my Father and your Father; and to NV /
God and your God" John Xxx, n; and this |
is the message which she bears from Him tc
these disconsolate disciples
H. And they, when they had heard that |
He was alive, and had been seen of her, be-
iieved not" In 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 unbelief on this occasion often re. |
CURED to them as in after days they had to |
deal with the same dullness and slowness of |
heart in others.
12. "After that He appeared in another
form unto two Of them, as they walked, and |
went into the country" After He appeared
to Mary Magdalene it would seem that He |
assembled to the Father, then quickly returned
and appeared to the other women Matt. |
xviii, 8, 1o), after which He made the ap. |
pearance recorded in this verse to the two az |
they walked to Emmaus Who these two |
were we know not.
49, "And they went and told it unto the
residu neither believed they them" Jesus
walked with the two to Emmaus. and beino |
constrained by them, went in to abide with
them, and in breaking Of bread was revealed |
to them, and vanished out of their sight:
they rose up at once and returned to Jeru-
salem, and found the eleven gathered to-
gether and told them all that had happened.
with the result stated in this verse of our les.
son; and according to the next verse (which
may possibly refer to His appearance eight
days LATER He appears suddenly in the midst |
Of the disciples gathered together in the
dty Of Jerusalem and upbraids them with
their unbelief and hardness of heart, be-
cause they believed not them which had seen
Him after He was risen. There Is nothing 90
grievous as unbehef and nothing that so
hbounds among His professed followers and
especially in connection with the glorious
truths associated with resurrection. II Christ
be not risen there Is no forgiveness of sins,