The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-05-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
SUNDAY, MAY Is.
THE Trsnshguration." Luke il ss.3e-
Golden Text, Luke tx. IS. "This is Ny
Sen, Ny Chosen hear ye Him."

- 10 W intlu1lnX the tnStt-
mony OF Peter concerning Christ, Christ
own testimony concerning His approaching
Suhcrings anil death and resurrection and
That those who follow Him must be content
TO suffer with Him; but that there is a future
glory awaiting all such which will more than
reconpenSe FOR all the suffering. and that
some ot them would not die till tbey bnd
seen The glory of that kingdom He alsp tes-
'lneI that II any preferred their life in this
world they would lose tho world To come but
u Wll'ng w renounce this world for His sake
.ney Mouh receive and forever enjoy the
glory of the kingdom of God
HE took Peter and John and James. ,nJ
weht up INTO mountain to pray These are
thc threc whom Ne took with sUim to a.,
Jariuss daughter RAISED 10 life. and tho sa,nn
tnrte Tie took nearest To Him IN the garden
nl netnSemane. He saw tit to elect these tn
ue win Him on these occasions He pl,Nrtnd
WE'VE out Of all His followers whom
tie might qualify for special service. He
mas an elect nation through whom He vot
purposes to make Himself known 10 Tho
"ofll, lie Is now gathering an elect church
guy oi a., NATIONS which shall reign with Him
as priest kings when through His cloct Israel
lie viii sub1ue the world unto UimscIf
Election when understood is glorious
- And as He prayed the fashion Of Uia
'ouhtcnnnce was altered and Hi, roimont
vas whte and glist"ning' Matthew and
MARX say mat lie was tranShgurpd; Matthew
>ays that MS raiment became shininy OK
otclng white rs snow, as no fuller on earth
can whit" them; Matthew saws His rain,.nt
was white as the light Here was for a bricf
season the outshinng of that glory which
was hidden IN that mortal body during His
humlllation, reminding us of the Garden of
bden when man made in the image " God
was clothed with light "a with garment
anu pointing us forward to the resur.
Tectlon anu the time of the King.
dom, when We shall be like Him. for
we Stall See Him a. He is; and the righteous
shall shine forth rs the snn in the Kingdom
ot Their Father Il. John III, ? Matt xiii, 43.
Dan xii, ~ 80
81. And, behold, there talkcd with Him
two men, which were Moses and Elinsn -
Loses the servant OF the Lord died ON
Mount Neho liNO years before this and the
Lord buried him in "A valley in the land OF
Moab lDeut. Nxxiv) 10 was about 40 wears
since Elijah was translated without dyin,
vi; Nj H. and Yet here are both alive and
well, and II Jude tx, refers to the resurrm,-
tion OF Moses body. then both stood here in
their immortal bodies Blessed be God fn-
the lie eternal and Tor the assurance that If
we arein Christ We shall bc nlivo and vol
1000 years hence. 1000 years hence. yes to ali
eternity, III increasing fellowship with Him
81. wv no appeared IN glory and snake Of
Ills decease which He should ACCOMPLISH Mt
Jerusalem, This verse and the next ars
l'Ahllhi w lFlht's NlutlltM ana Mark ,ltuHlv
saying that Moses and Elijah tailed with
Jesus, and emitting all reference to the dis.
clplcs being heavy with sleep. Let rs draw
near and llsiea 10 the subject OF their con.
versation, for IL must be- the most iiuport,ut
OF all events that they speak Of They do
not SPEAK oi THE great Roman empire, nor uf
the worlds progress they do not even sneak
OF the condition OF Israel nor of the birth or
baptism of Jesus, but of His death which is
soon to take place at JcruSaleu That death
OF which He had Himself been speak.
ing 10 the disciples only week be-
Tore: FORE The H, suiferings Of which he -pnke
...,. ~ ,iie prophets (i.u. XIV. - a- a.
4TJ Moses and Elijah, hal already en- loved
hundreds OF years Of rest and bliss hy virtue
OF these sutferings about To be accomplished
Every redeemed soul from Ah'l down had
been redeemed no; by blood of animals slain
as sacrifices but 10y this blood soon to bo
shei, the precious blood of Christ ms Of "A
Lamb without blcmsh and without spot.
All scripture may be- summed up andrr two
heads, Tho suiferings of Christ, aud tho
glory that shall follow Il Pet l., ~. Tho
great event ot the past is His death aud res
urection The great event of the future is
his coming IN power and glory
80 But Peter and they that were with
HIM were heavy with sleep" Here i'm the
presence of His glory they are ~ drowsy that
;hey can hardly keep awake; and IN Geths.-
h'oh'i w lil' presence OF Ills agony, tnpy
actually sleep and yet those thrp, were tho
most highly favored Of the twelve. The man
OF sorrows could not find sympathy enough
even in His most intimate friends to keep
them awake either in the presence Of His ,ut.
ieringS or His glory.
And when they were awake they saw
Ills glory, and the two men that stood with
Him. He was gracious unto them nnd sui.
fered them not tO lose ALL
15. And II came tO pass ~ they departed /
from Him, Peter said unto Jesus. Master II
Is good for Us 10 be here, and let us make
'hfee tabernncles; not knowing |
what he said Had he been wide awake |
and heard the conversation between Jesus, !
Moses and Ell iah he would probably have /
talked moro wisely and have known what ho /.
was talking about.
- while He thu, ,pake there cono n
loud aud overshadowcd them and they +,
etrco aS they entered into the cloud All |
through the wilderness tho Lord went be- |
ore them in n pillar Of cloud When the |
tabernacle was erected "a cloud covered the
en- OF thG congregation, and the glory of the |
ora lilcd the TabernaClr;' and when the |
Tempt" was dedicated the house was filled |
With cloud and with the glory of the Lord
tx xiii, ~ Nl, ~; IL. Chr. v r. H. In
he vision OF l-alah wi. q the house was
illed with smoke and Ezekiel d. ( saw a
'reat cloud, and fire Unfolding itself, aud
~ lSltNll'NN hAbhl II. Ai Ills ascension
loud received Him, and when He comes
gain It will bo IN the clouds ut heaven
Acts ~; Matt NXyi., %. SO also when the
isen aud translated saints meet Him i'm tho
Iir, 1t shall be IN the clouds H. Tn iv., H.
30 And there camo voice out Of tho
loud, saying, This is Ny beloved Son hear
linn Matthew adds, In whom am we'll
'leased." The X. V says, This IS my Son,
ny chosen; hear ye Him At His baptism
he voice from Heaven said, This is nv be- !
owed Son, in whom | am we'll pleased"
Matt. Ill, Il; Mark l., II. Luke nj, 2?J
IN third occasion when Jesus prayed. "Fa-
her, glorify Thy name,n the voice from
ieaven said, II have both gloriiied it AMI
'ill glorify 10 again John xii 2sl 80 that
20 have three distinct testimonies from the
ather concerning His Son.
~. And when the voice was past Jesus
'as found alone" Matthew SAYS that when
le disciples heard the voice they fell on their
lce and were sore afraid hut Jesus came
nj touched them and said, "Arise and be
OF afraid and when they lifted up their
yes they saw no man save Jesus only. Not
ven Moses or Elijah may be put on level
ith Jesus. There is no salvation in either
them. Moses and the prophets wrote of
linn, but He Is the end OF the law for right
BUSINESS 10 every one that beleyeth, and i'm |
linn in His first and second comngs is the
lltillment OF all prophecy. To Jesus only
lust we look for salvation; to Jesus only
)r grace to help in every time of need. J
esus only is 10 be our patience, our wisdom,
lr strength.
"And they kent il close and told no man !