Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-12-18
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY OF CALM
REFLECTION.

Pleasant, Interesting, and Instructive
Lesson and Where II May ne found-A
Learned and Concise Review Of the
Same.
The lesson for Sunday, Dec. 81. may
found in Luke "a: 44-53.
INTRODUCTORY.
We have come to the last and crown
ing effort of the life OF Christ. Here his
glory is fully manifested as he gives
his final instructions to his disciples.
He is visibly taken up into heaven,
whence he will not less gloriously reap
pear: Even so come, Lord Jesus Far
rar thus groups the ten appearances OF
the risen Christ: /. To Mary of Mag
dala John 20: 11-17; Mark 16: 81. 2.
To other women Matt 2S: o, 1O). 3.
To Peter Muke "a: "a; 1 Cor. is: 81. A.
To the disciples on the way to Emmaus
(Luke "a: 1896; Mark Is: 12, 13). 5. To
ten apostles, and others duke "a: 36-49;
John 20: 1928; Mark 10: 14). O. To the
eleven apostles. including Thomas John
30: 26-29). z. To the eleven apostles at
the Lake OF Galilee John 21: 1-24).
s. To the five hundred on the hill of Gal
lice Mark 2S: 1920; Mark 16: 1918;
/ Cor. Is: o.. Q. To James, the Lords
brother Il Cor 15:7). 10. Before the As
cension duke "a: so, 81; Acts /: 6-9)..
WHAT THE LESSON SAYS.
And he said to them. Directly follow
ing the eating of the "broiled fish" rem
dered in the last lesson.--These are
the words, /. c., "that all things must
be fulfilled" etc. below. (Luke Is:
31-34. Spoke to you, or talked over
with you Qaleo). ).--While yet with you.
He does not seem to consider himself on
exactly the same bodily relations as be-
fore.-Toses. Prophets. s.--Psalms
The threefold division of the Old Testa-
ment, the Psalms including all the lyrI-
cal and strictly poetical books.
Opened. Intensive form. To open
out. Understanding, or mind (noun),
the opened mind constituting the "under-
standing" as we use the word.--That
they might understand the Scriptures.
Literally, might put together the writ
ings, the only way to properly under
stand the Bible.
Thus it behooved. Rather, Thus it is
written that the Christ should suffer.
CTischendorf. Prom the dead. Out
from among the dead is nearer the Greek
phraseology.
WHAT THE LESSON TEACHES.
These are the words. Almost the first
thing Christ was doing when he began
his ministry was pointing to the Scrip
ture concerning himself. That was
there in the synagogue at Nazareth.
Now the last he is doing as he leaves the
earth, in his bodily presence, is pointing
again to the word. Assuredly Christ
cared for the Bible, and he holds 1t up
before us as the abiding lamp for our
feet and light for our path. 1t puts us
on essentially the same place as those
al nfr.lA ~ nh Il. 10.
place our fingers in the print OF the nails
but we can put our fingers upon the
sacred page and upon the very words he
spake while yet with rs. Is not that
enough? He said it was then.
Then opened he their understanding.
It is possible then for one to read the
Scriptures without understanding. for
certainly these men were Bible students,
and since they had so read without the
understanding up to this point, it is pos
sible for one to-day to peruse the word
to little avail. We need the understand
ing clarified. In the last lesson we read
how Christ opened the disciples eyes
that they might know him. lie is doing
the same thing for them all now, and we
may say, for us all. For the understand
ing he gave them was that they might
even see the sin-bearing and triumphing
Christ in his word. This he does through
his Spirit, for each of us as for them.
To read the Bible with understanding is
to find Christ revealed to the heart
therein.
And ye are witnesses OF these things.
There is something, then, for us to do.
Christ has left with us the lively declara-
tion of the things which he said and did.
"How much i would give to see q genu-
ine revival of religion in this placelD
Instantly the words seem spoken in the
heart, @How much?D God comes to us
and he asks how much we are willing to
do to make his salvation known to q lost
: world. What is your witness? Does
your tongue tell OF his grace? Better
still, does your life testify of the king
dom and patience of Christ? If we
would see his kingdom come, we must
keep on witnessing.
Endued with power That power has
been given, poured out upon the church.
1t only remains for the believing soul to
personally appropriate It. At Acts /: 4
we see Christ bidding the disciples to
swat for the promise of the Father" 1t
was but promised gift to them. Turn
to Acts 2: 23. and we find 1t spoken Of as
gift possessed: "Having received of the
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he
had shed forth this, which ye now see
and hear" The Spirit has already been
given to Christ for us, and whenever we
receive Christ we receive the Spirit with
him. II we have not given ourselves
fully to Christ, then we are not fully In
the spirit. To be filed with the Spirit
give up the whole to Christ-body, soul,
feet, hand and life. All his-all ours.
While he blessed them he was parted
frcM them. This, his parting token, he
was always blessing, going about doing
good. He lifted up his hands, asst were,
to bless the bread and then, by thai
same sweet. tell-tale gesture, they knew
him. It was his familiar attitude.
There on the tree his arms were ont
spread as IL to take wide world to his
breaking heart, and when next he ap-
peared in the closed room after the
resurrection he was putting out his
hands in blessing. Yes, when last we
beheld him, as the heaven s received him
out of our sight, his hands were lifted In
blessing. And, for us who love him,
what shall be the future? @Ye men OF
Galilee, why stand 70 gazing up into
heaven? This samo Jesus which is
taken up from you into heaven, shall SO
come in like manner as yo have seen him
go into heaven"
Next Lesson--Review, or any lesson
preferred by school.
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