Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-29
RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
LESSON TX, FOURTH QUARTER, IN
TERNATiONAL SERIES, NOV. 80.

stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by per
mission Of II. s. Hoffman, publisher, Philadel
phial
!. "Now upon the first day Of the week
very early in the morning, they came unto
the sepulcher, bringing the spices which
they had prepared, and certain others with
them" On Friday afternoon His body
wrapped in linen, with about hundred
pound weight Of spices which Nicodemus
provided, was By him and Joseph Of Ari-
mathea laid in Josephs new tomb. where
in was never man yet laid John xix, 3S-
49,. According to Matthew and Mark,
some Of the women of Galilee who fol.
lowed Him, ministering unto Him, saw
Him die as they stood afar off, OF
rather were standing afar off when He
died, and also saw where Joseph and Nico-
demus buried Him Then they returned
and prepared spices and ointments and
rested the Sabbath day according to the
commandment (xxiii, 3d. These are they
who come so early to the sepulcher, With
sad and heavy hearts they come to add one
mere kindness to the many which they
have already bestowed on Him whom they
loved so well He will no doubt give them
full credit for all their loving kindness,
but If they had only believed Him they
would have been spared this labor and eX-
pense. We often mean we'll in our desire
TO serve Him, but like these women do
much fruitless work because of unbelief.
2. "And they found the stone rolled
away from the sepulcher.' They said as
they came, "Who shall roll us away the
stone from the door of the sepulcherW
Mark xvi, 81 But they find that difficulty
removed ere they come to it.
3. "And they entered in and found not
the body of the Lord Jesus" Putting the
various accounts together, it would seem
that Mary Magdalene was the first to find
the sepulcher emptYpnd the stone rolled
away, and that she, too, was the first to
tell Peter and John John Xxx, l, p. Then
it would seem that the other women came
and saw an angel sitting upon the stone
which had been rolled away, and also an
angel sitting in the scpulcher, and that
each told them to go and tell His disciples
that He was risen (Matt. xviii, 2, 4; Mark
xvi, 5, y. Mary Mugdalene seems to have
fingered after the Others so blinded by
grief and tears that she either did not know
that it was angels who spoke to her from
the tomb, or did not care to know; neither
did she know Jesus himself when He first
spoke to her until He called her by name.
So binding Is unbelieving grief.
4. "And it came to pass as they were
much perpleXed thereabout behold two
men stood by them in shining garments"
These are probably the same two men
toned by Matthew and Mark Jesus sent
the seventy, two and two before Him duke
X, y; the Spirit sent forth Paul and Barna-
bas, then Paul and Silas, Barnabas and
Mark (Acts xiii, .; XIV, 49, 40J. In the be-
ginning of the church's history, and also
in Jesus last days. we read Of Peter and
John as fellow laborers duke xxi, 8; Acts
iii, /; iv, 49, So also we often find the
angels two together, Us when two accom-
panied the Lord to visit Abram and two
appeared at the ascension Gen xviii, /, 2;
Acts /, 100.
s. "And as they were afraid, and bowed
down their faces to the earth, they said
unto them, Why seek we the living omar
gin, Him thatliyeth among the dead?" See
His own words to John long afterward; 81
am the first, and the last, and the living
one; was dead and behold am alive for
evermore' (Rev j, II, 10, r. W We learn
from this verse that unbelief causes fear
and turns our faces earthward. The rene
dy is to look mp and see Him who is alive
forevermore, and who has the keys Of hades
and death; who has all power in heaven
and ON earth; who says, "Fcar thou not, for
/ am with thee There is n word here,
too for those who think too much of the
spot where the mortal bodies Of our loved
ones are laid Rather let rs look up to
where they are alive and well, If 50 be that
they have died in Christ.
9. "Ho is not here, but is ,isen; remem-