The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-04-11
NUMBER 15.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INIEi NATIONAL LESSON FOX
APRIL f3

APRIL 13
l. = on Text: Tho Widow OF Nain.'
Luk~vii. II 49, Golden Text: Luke
vi. 10 Common ary on the
Lesson.
II. And it came to pass the day after,
that He went into q city called Main" He
had been at Capernaum where His soul had
been greatly refreshed by the faith OF Cen
tile, Roman centurion, leading Him to say,
III have not found SO great faith, no, not In
Israel, and to look forward to the time OF
The kingdom when many who were far Off
shall be found there, and many who thought
themselves entitled to tho kingdom shall bs
cast out tsee Matt. viii, 1913.
"And many Of His disciples went with
HIN. and alRGh peaplss = sT2bsE Little Her:
| from the plain OF Esdraelon, south of Cana
and southwest of the sea of Galilee. Main is
on the northwest Of Little Hermon, the
| middle hill OF the three, whilo Endor is on the
north and Shunem OIL the west Jesus left
Capernaum aud journeyed some twenty
miles southwcsterly to Main. lie would not
be very far from Cana or Nazareth, and n
little farther on He would have come to
Shuncm, where Elisha raised a little boy to
life and restored him to his mother
~ Ki., w., but His steps are by the Spirit
directed to Main
II. "Now when lie came nigh TO the gate
of the city, behold, there was dead man
carried out" Only here, in all Scripture, is
this city mentioned, but it is forever made
memorable by this meeting Of the Prince of
Life and Light and the Prince of Darkness
WHO has the power of death. The Son of God
was manifested that He might destroy the
works OF the devil Il John ill.,, 9, and when
He has gathered from this present world His
elect company of associate rulers He will
there reign till lIc hath put all enemies under
His feet; tho last enemy that shall be de-
stroyed is death Il Cor. XIV, 25, 26.
'Ihe only son of his mother, and shc was
widow; and much people of the city was
with hcr." The little girl whom Jesus raised
| TO life was nn only daughter luke viii --A2a--
md Lazarus seems u have been IN only
| brother Thoughtful readers will stop
moment to remember that Solomon's master
workman in brass, etc, was widows son;
| SO also was Jcroboam, son of Ncbat: n poor
widow sustained Elijah, and another was
commende! by Christ for her Offering q Ki.
| vii, IA; XII, 26; xvii, 8; Luke xxi, =, 3l
| Special words of comfort for widows arc
found i'll Ex. xxt., %; Ps. xviii, 5; cxlvi.,
D; Zech. vii, 10; and some day we shall see
moro clearly into all These things
13. And when tho Lord saw her, ue had
compassion on her, and said unto her: Weep
| not" In one company the center of attrac-
| ton was the Lord of Lfo and Glory; in the
other, this poor, desolate, broken hearted
widow. The two now meet, and from the
| Fountain of Lifo into the heart of the doso-
late flow tho oil powerful words: Weep
not" So He also said in the house of Jairus
luke ix:, 50; and to Mary after the resur-
rection He said: "Why weepest thou!" John
xx., 49, Yet He Himself wept at the grave
Of Lazarus and on the mount Of olives and in
the garden of Gethsemane John 1i., 30;
Luke xix, Al; Heb. Vs. y When He weeps
it is because Of sin either in its present or
1 sf,le r., do - T---"- -thl Resurrection
sels 9 ;aaSSss,as csssxsak taaehsas The sacr,;
the wofus fluu uye<J16k kE<vc1 Ok - We z1ilS6
stop and be ssllI; 4 sFas when ssyd saw that
him out Of the bukh. Israel at the Red Sea
had to stand still In order to see the saliva
tion of Jehovah. Saul had to stand still that
Samuel might shew him the word of God.
Israel had to stand still that Samuel might
reason with them of the righteous acts Of tho
Lord. And again did they stand still to SEQ
the salvation of Jehovah in the the days OF
Jchoshaphat lex. ILL.,, 4; xiv, 49, Sam. tx,
u: XII, Z; ii Chron. XXX, 10. In the busy.
cveryduy life, following the dead things of
this world, we are not apt to hear or see the
! words or works of the Lord; although even
there He is ready to meet us, and it is there
| we do need Him so much but how thankful
! we should be for the day which kindly COM
pels us to stand still, and for the week night
evenings when wemay stand still and turn
aside 10 the prayer meeting or the Bible study
to hear what He will say unto us.
-, And He said: Young man, say unto
| thee, Arise" Now when all is still and all
eyes arc upon Him He utters just four words
| lin the Creek, but what powtr and meaning
there is in them; and all because of Him who
uttered them. They arc the words Of Him
and it stood fast (Ps xxxii., G-9l, by whose
word the Heavens were made and oil the host
OF them by the breath OF His mouth. OBJ
serve the II say unto thee" which He uses so
fourteen times. Compare it with the many
hundred times repeated "Thus saith the
Lord" of the prophets, and note its signih
canoe. The word ''arsc" signifies to awake
as from sleep .(see Matt viii, 2G; xvii, \, and
is used in reference to those who rose from
the dead after His resurrection Matt xvii,
| 52)
IS. "And He that was dead sat up and be-
| gan to speak" Life and health and speech
| from the Prince of Life all unmerited, all of
grace, and all by His word in the power Of
the Spirit. The words which He speaks are
| Spirit and Life, and he that hears and be-
lieves hath everlasting life, and is passed
| from death uuto life.
'And lie delivered him to his mother" Is
there not here hint, rs in the resurrection
of the little girl and Lazarus, of the reunion
| OF families i'll the resurrection? And while
there shall then be neither marrying nor gil
| ing in marriage, are we not by these fact
and by Thess. H., 10 taught 10 expect in
measure reunion Of those who in feapJ
in service have been united op great
/ seems to hat (,oSS
they hey glorified i dc God, % say nousLI EHasyEe EHHaye
prophet is risen up 9ppyou fEuGiGiannlbercd
thomrht e" I't'eeu Of the ,s >" th9 great ths
and Elisha, s(of visitation fE, 81, or
these worsHon, as lisa. xiv, as, ss,.
prophetS Aeph. IL, 2, ETC. The two
! dreadeHFe now common centra:
SOB, md her son and ali their ph fpends
S;,5 9he disciples and much people
owed Jesus, and together they pIori'
OF ~ seen seen in in nim; IN l. This was the great
~ pi 1esus IN all He said and did and i'm
ST prayer He isable to say trinmpbant nba ~
II iaHe ti, gloriiied Thee ON the earth; hive
John xvii, ~. e"'''' ho 10
!, Aha this rumor of Him went forth
,hout all Judea, and througl,ont ~,
sioh round about" That is about
o SnYIn0 t,frnnn II NWN