The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-11-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.
A Pleasant. Interesting, ana Instructive
Lesson and Whore IL May ne found--A
Learned and Concise Revlcw of tia
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Same.
The lesson for Sunday. Nov. 30, may ne
found In Luke -; LIZ
INTRODUCTORY
we have before us good Sunday lesson.
Incidentally there f. story teaching here on
the sanctity OF Gods day. Ii is la the very
fact that the women so wrought upon and
SO eager for their kind Offices To cine dead
should yet have tarried till the Mosaic Sab
tath was over, sprfnging forward. then,
with the first dawning OF the new morn.
such reverent souls as these and the dis
clpies arc not the ones 20 hastily or thought
lessly change a time honored custom
There must have been something Ia the
solemn yet gracious events of that new day
tc draw one TO 10 and concentrate upcn It,
as by divine tour de force, sharp and
final, all the swcredness and grandeur OF the
day just passed and with new sweetness
and blessedness all its own
WHAT TINE LESSON SAYS.
Now Connecting this chapter very
cit sely with the preceding chapter, whose
last verse reads, "And they returned, and
prepared spices and ontments; and rested
the sabbath dav. according to the COM
mlndment. THE first day OF the week
Adopted by the disciples as the Lords day
as memorial OF the sacred events and "A
sign and token OF the new kingdom that
had dawned.-Nery early. IL was then
one thought-spices. Commonly used i'm
matics.-Certain odors. Omitted by
TischenGD rf
They found. Mark realistically tells OF
II cir conversation as thew drew near.
Mark IS: 3.)--The stone. Usually placed
against or In the mouth OF 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. Matt. %: 65-)
Entered i'm. All the accounts need to bo
read 10 bring the whole scene vividly before.
the mind. Each OF the Evangelists pic
lures the events from different stand
point
Afraid. II is difficult 10 fully realize
their emotions under the thronging wonders
OF the hour.-Bowed down. Both in rev.
erence and amaz@-The living The
Margin suggests ~the living one" l. e., the
everything.
Here. In the tomb.-Is risen. More
accurately, has been raised. using Christs
own word regarding himself. Matt. 20: 10.
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 ppOintment that was, And
how often, indeed. i'm our experiences God
gives us better than we expect? We. come
10 the sanctuary perhaps i'm a mood OF duti-
fulness 10 anOint as IL were a dead Christ.
and To- we return with the joyful conscious
ness that we have seen our Lord i'm living
ma esty and power. More than we ask or
think. David tells il OF himself: ale
asked life Of thee-thou gavest him length
OF days for ever and ever. lie
got better than he prayed. lie asked
lie; he received eternal life. There was
the leper returning just TO thank the man
who had healed him OF his foul disease. one
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he discovered "A new Wilderness OF soul that
exalted him TO the heights of blessedness.
There was the poor thief on the cross.
"Lord. remember me when thou contest i'm
thy kingdom and behold this, "This day
with me in paradise" is spoken. Verify.
"they that wait.upon the Lord shall renew
(change) their strength
Why seek ye living among the dead? And
yet men have been doing IL ever since.
There is one phase OF belief calling itself I'm
sclf-named dlstinctiveness, The Church. that
is ever coming To tomb TO find the Christ.
And there are other forms OF faith not so
widely sepa Tn ted from the Achievement toned
mode as they might be that seem ever turn
ing To empty sepulchers OF rite and ceie-
mony. When we read OF the high church
pomp and circumstance OF some places Of
Christian worship we feel like saying, "Why
geek we the living among the dead?n In the
wilderness OF ritual and dry bones valley OF
seek ye the living among the deadg" And
yet once more when men fall 10 exalting
characterization and lauding civilization
and education and morality as IL they were
Synonymous with Christianity, how can one
help saying, "Why seek We the living among
the deadPn Where is lac then? ale is not
here, but i risen" His coming Will not
be from beneath. 1t must be "A descent
from above
The Son OF man must be delivered. That
divine must be keeps appearing and reap
pcaiing on the sacred page and In religious
experience. Our eve has just been resting
on that strong word In Paul's Epistle to the
Rom"ns, closing the fourth chapter: "Who
was delivered for because Of our offenses
and was raised again for because OF our
Justification Does IL mean that eternal
love put itself under such constra int OF pity
that our ofenses must needs bring Christ
down, and that the eternal decree OF God
10 save and Justify all that turn unto him
must. rs It were perforce bring Christ up
again from the dead? Well, then, IL Is all
of grace. and that sovereign grace may. be
trusted. Only remember the unaltera BILE
condition here: "If we believe on him that
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead"
And they remembered his words. We are
so forgetful. Why is IL that we are never
remembering Gods words OF comfort and
help TO us save I'm days OF calamity? The
Lord must needs visit us in afiictiOn and
loss before we realize how near and loving
a Father he is. Out from the midst Of our
tears at last. az 1t were through magnifying
glasses. we behold our friend and brother.
That God who is at all times "our refuge
and strength" seems yet TO be seen by
earth's children. only, as "a very present
help i'm trouble.n So poor is our vision, so
near-sighted we. so absent-mlnded. And
vet our Lord has said OF that gracious
Spirit: ale shall bring all things 20 your re-
mcmbrance IL we were oftener and deeper
in the Spirit. would we not always be i'm re-
membrance I'm days bright and days dark?
Is not here the secret OF happy life?
Which told these things unto tie apostles.
who2 Why, ait was Mary Magdalene. and
Joanna. and Mary the mother OF James. and
other women that were with them. which
told these things unto the apostles" q,
holy women, close up 20 our Lord at the
cross OF his suffering as in the garden OF his
resurrection, you are ever telling blessed
news to the apostles. You have came with
n swift, glad message regarding missions.
You have brought US new inspiration con-
corning temperance, you have told us
blessed news about Gods little ones. Per-
haps you have other messages TO bring US
from your garden to the Lord. So be it,
what once seemed 20 us "as idle tales and
We "believed them nOtn have all become
Gods own verities Aud the truth Is large: