The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-27
The SUNDAYBCHOOL.
An INTERPRETING AND iNerRUo-
TIVE Lesson.

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IN INTERESTING AND iNerRuo-
TIVE LESSON.
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Reflections Of an Elcvatinx Uharacter.
Whelssoms Food. for Thought -study.
ing the scriptural Lesson Intelllsentsy
An& PrsAtahH.
The lesson for sunday, Nov. 30, may be
foundi i'd Like g; I'D
II. hsya batd drsl e ,RH ,,.sss 49,.
Incidentally there Is story-teaching here on
the sanctity Of Gods day. It is Ill the very
fact that the m 80 wrought upon and
50 eager for their kind Offices to the dead,
should yet have tarried till the Mosaic Sab
bath was over springihg forward. them;
Such reverent souls as these and the dis
clples are not the ones to hastily OF thought-s
lessly change q t~fme-honored custom. |
There must rave been something in the
solemn yet gracious events of that new day
to draw one to it and concentrate upon 1t,
as BY . divine tour de force, sharp and
fial, al the sacredness and grandeur Of the
day just passed and with b new sweetness
and blessedness all its own.
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
NoT: Connecting this chapter very
C1Cbc1y WAOA. tA0 pTeCSUlu8 CQapCS1, WQOS6
last verse reads, aAnd they returned; and
prepared spices and ol~ntments; and rested
the Sabbath day, according to the COM
mandment.n-The first day of the week.
Adopted by the disciples as the Lords day
as a memorial OF the sacred events and a
had dawned.-very early. It was then
one thought.TEspices. Commonly used in
embalming.. From this word comes our aro-
matics.-Uertaih odors. Omitted by
Tischendorf.
They found. Mark realistically tells Of
their conversation as they drew near.
(Mark 10: 3.)-The stone. Usually placed
against or in the mouth Of a tomb, partly to
protect from wild beasts, exposed as the
tombs were, and in this case made doubly
secure, sealed and guarded for fear Of the
disciples. lMatt, 27i 65.)
Entered IN. All the accounts need to be
read to bring the whole scene wildly before
the mind. Each Of the Evangelists pic
lures the events from a different stand
point:
Afraid. It is difficult to fully realize
their emotions under the %thronging wonders
Of the hour.-Bowed down. Both in rev.
erence and amaze.-The living. The
Margin suggests sthe living one," l. e., the
everything.
Here. In the tomb.-Is risen. More
own word regarding himself. Matt. 20: 10.
H shall rise again, or be raised agafnn).
In Galilee. The first broaching OF his
death and resurrection. Matt. II: 20. 1t.
was probably here that the words fell with
strongest force in the hearing Of women.
Tho Son Of man must be. Christ had
said "shall be" or is going to be. The
angels add to this the expression of certi-
tude the thought of the imperative nature
OF the work to be wrought.-The third
day rise again. Every word fulfilled.
Returned. To their place of temporary
nhH6a I'm tho pitu. --TpIJ nil %l,na,. +hf,r-
Mark says that as they fled they said anot
anything to any man." ozark 16: 81 Farrar
significantly adds, seXcept the apostles to
whom they were expressly told to announce
it," (Matt. 2s:7. - Fer another explanation
see notes on verse 10, Variations.-AIl the
rest. The disciples gathered with the apes
ties.
Mary Magdalene. OF her special and i'm
portant part in this, read John 90: 1-1s.-
Other women The word women is directly
implied in the gender of the adjective
fo the apostles The intelligence coming
to them at first by the lips OF others. For
Tischendorf's reading. adopted by the Re-
vision, see Variations.
Seemed to them, or in the presence of
them. As If to note the fact that they were
apostles. Idle tales. AS If to say mere talk.
believed them not. The negative of be-
lieve. They disobeyed (a-pisteo).
credulIty in Ran. Like Peter.-Behold
the linen clothes. That was all.-Depart-
ed wandering. John. who outran Peter.
departed believing. John 90: 8.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES
They came into the sepulcher, bringing
the spices. But they were not needed. Bet
ter odors were blowing from Araby the
blest. Angels had brought down on their
garments the perfumes Of the throne. What
a gracious disappointment that was! And
how often, indeed, in our experiences Goo
gives us better than we expect? We come
to the sanctuary perhaps in a mood of duti.
fulness to anoint ms. it were a dead Christ
and 10! we return with the joyful Conscious
ness that we have seen our Lord in Twin,
majesty and power. More than we ask O.
think. David tells it OF himself: al,
asked life OF thee-thou gavest him length
of days for ever and ever. II,
got better than he prayed. He asked
life; he received eternal life. There wa
the leper returning just to thank the MAJ
who had healed him Of his foul disease, on,
of ten; and there at the feet OF the Maste
he discovered a new Wilderness of soul tina
exalted him to the heights of blessedness
There was the poor thief on the cross
"Lord. remember me when thou CONTEST il
thy Kingdom" and behold this, .Thi da,
with me in paradise" is spoken. Verify
"they that wait upon the Lord shall rency
(change) their strength
Why seek ye living among the dead? An,
yet men have been doing 1t ever since
. cItS liiusS VI SliS Calling llScll.l III
sc1f-nan1ed dis.inctiveness The Church. Thu
is ever coming to u tomb to find the Christ
And there are other forms Of faith not S,
widely separated from the above-mentionet
mode as they might be that seem ever turn
Ing to empty sepul.hers OF rite and ceIe
nOny. When we read of the high-churcl
pomp and circumstance of some places o
Christian worship we feel like saying, 9Wh,
seek ye the living among the dead?n In tn,
wilderness of ritual and dry bones valley o
vain creed, again the query comes, .Why
seek We the living among the dead?n Am
; yet once more when men fall to exaltin.
humantarianism and 1auding civilization
and education and morality as If they wer,
synonymous with Christianity, how can on,
help saying, @Nhy seek We the living anon!
the dead2n Where is he then? ale is no
here, but is risen.n His coming will moi
be from beneath. 1t must be a descen
from above.
The Son OF man must be delivered. Thar
divine must be keeps appearing and reap
pealing on the sacred page and in religious
experience. Our eye has just been restin,
on that strong word in Paul's Epistle to tn,
Romans, closing the fourth chapter: uWh,
was delivered for (because on our offense
and was raised again for because of) on
Justification Does it mean that eterna
love put itself under such constraint of Dit,
that our ofenses must needs bring Chris
down. and that the eternal decree of Go.
to save and justify all that turn unto hin
must. as it were perforce, bring Christ u
again from the dead? Well, then, it is al
of grace, and that sovereign grace may b
trusted. Only remember the unalterabl
condition here: eIf we believe on him tina
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead.na
And they remembered his words. We ar
SO forgetful. Why is it that we are neve
remembering Gods words of comfort an,
help to Sus saw In days of calamity? Til
Lord must needs visit us in af1iction an,
! loss before we realize how near and loyini
} a Father he is. Out from the midst of GU
, tears at last, as it were through magnifyin,
glasses. We behold our friend and brother
, That God who is at all times -FOUR refug
!, and strength" seems yet to be seen b
earth,s children, only. as "a very presen
J help In troubles So poor is our vision. s
| near-sighted we. SO absent-minded. An,
yet our Lord has said of that graciou
sptrit:FaHe shall bring all things to your re
81 Incmbrance.' !, II we were oftener ana deepe