The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-11-27
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THE LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 80.
Jesus Risen" Luke "a i-io-Golden
Text I Corinthians i5. 2o---com-
mentary.

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 JoScphs new tomb, where
In was never man yet lai'. Johu xix, 3S-i2l
According TO Matthew and Mark, some OF
the women of Galilee who followed Him.
ministering unto Him, saw Him die As they
stood afar OF, or rather were standing afar
on when He died, and also saw where Joseph
and Nicodemus buried Him. Then they re.
turned and prepared spices aud ointments
and rested the Sabbath day according 10 tho
commandment txSiii., 56). These are thcy
who como so early 20 the sepulchrc. with
sad aud heavy hearts they come Co add ono
more kindness to the many which they have
already stowcJ on Him whom they loved
10 well.
g 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 sepulchery' MARK xvi, - But
they find that difficulty removed ere they
come to II. When love leads US on in His
service, even IT, )ugh u often be unnecessary
and unbclieving sffort, Hts love and power
rolls away all the stones. how much more
does He do this when our service Is believing
as well as lovingl
3. And they entered in and found not tho
body OF the Lord Jesus" Putting the various
accounts together 10 would seem that Mary
NhEuulhuo was tue IiISt 10 int the ScpulCnec
empty AMI the stone rolled AWAY. and that
she, too, was the first to tell Peter and John
John Xxx, /, y. Then it would seem that
the other women came and saw an
angel sitting upon the stone which had
besn rolled away and also an angel
sitting IN the sepulchcr and that
each told them to go aud tell His disciples
that He was risen Matt SNvii.. =, :; Mark
xvi, >, a. Mary Mngdalcnc sccms to have
fingered after tho Others, so blinded by
grief aud tears that she either did not know
that 1t was angels who spoke 90 her from
the tomb, or did not caro- to know; neither
did she know Jests Himself when Ho first
spoke to her until He called her 10y name.
80 binding IL unbelicying grief IL Mary
and the other women and the disciples hal
only believed His simple statement that Hs
would rise again the third day they would not
have bcen found looking IN "A sepulchre for a
litrless body or seeking the living among tho
dead.
!. And It came TO pass ns they were much
perpeScd thcreHbout, behold two men stood
by them in shining garments" These ara
probably tho same two mentioned by
Matthew aud Mark. Jesus sent the seventy.
two and two before Him duke K, Il; tho
Spirit sent forth Paul and Barnab1s, then
Paul and Silas, Barnabas aud Mark tActs
xiii, .; Ky. 80, 40. In tho beginning OF the
churchs history, and also IN Jesus's last
days we read of Peter and John as follow
laborers luke xii, :: Acts Ill, I: iv., l9l
So also we often find tho angels two to.
gether, ns when two accompanied the Lord
To visit Abram and two appeared at tho
ascension Gen. xviii, T. =; Actsi, l0
D. And as they wers afraid, and bowed
down their faces 10 the cnrth. they said unto
them, Why seek ye the living Cmargin, Him
that livcthl among the dead" See His own
words 10 John long aftcrward: II am the
first, and the last, and the living one; was
dead and behold ! am alive forevermora'
Rev L., II, Is II. W. We learn from this
verse that unbelicf causes fear and turns our
faces earthward The remedy is to look up
and see Him who Is alive forcyermore, rnd
who has the keys of hades and death; VINO
has all power III heaven and on earth; who
says, Fear thou not, for | am with thee
:. q. He is not here, but is rscn remember
fhow He spake unto you when He was yet in
Galiloe.' IL would not do for us to say Of
our dead in Christ that they are risen. for
risen refers To the body. and the body re-
mains in the grave till the resurrection OF tho
righteous Mt the coming of Christ; but we
may truly say as We look into tho grave,
They are not here, they are with Christ ~
T. Saying, the son of Man must be de-
livercd into the hands of sinful men, and ho
crucitled, aud the third day rise again
Many times had lie said these very words
just as plainly ~ these angels now said
them tMett. xvi, ~; xviii, 90; xx., ~; see
also John H., 10, Matt xii, iO, but they had
mover believed them.
\. And they remembered His words ~
That was the right thing 10 do. Ii they hal
remembered sooner they would have saved
themselves much sorrow. Tho word OF Goi
is to be received kept hid or laid up in tbs
hoart, eaten, talked about, medltatcd ON.
o. And returned from the sepulchcr, and
told all these things unto tho eleven, and TO
NIL thn ra.t " Roman, hprintr His word makes
us forget our sorrow, and turns us away from
the dead to minister unto the living. IL we
have not something to tell about Jesus our
hearts must be very empty OF tho things
which concern Him, and We had better ask
ourselves il we really know Him. There aro
two appearances Of Christ which occurred
somewhere in connection with this lesson,
though not mentioned by Luke. His appear.
ance To Mary Magincne before He had ai-
Cended TO the Father (JOhn Xxx, rs, ~, aud
His appearance little later 10 the other
wonlrl whom Il0 suffered TO hold Him 10y
the feet and worship Him Matt. xviii. o.
10 ut was Mary Magdalcne, and Joanna.
and Mary, the mother of James, AMI other
women that were with them, which told these
things unto the apostles" According to the
word Of the angels, "Go quickly and tell His
disciples that Iio Is risen from the dead"
they departed with fear and great JOY, anl
did run TO bring His disciples word" II was
then that Jesus met them and said "Be not
afraid; 60 tell my brethren" Matt. xviii,
I-lU. The explanation of any seeming dill
hculty IN the various accounts IL that somo
OF the evangelists summarize matters, while
Others give certain item or items moro in
detail. There are no contradictions
ii. "Anl their words seemed TO them "a
idle tales, and they believed them not "
Paul preached Jesus and tho resurrection nt
Athens; some Knocked, and Others said: We
will hear thee again Of this matter. When
mt Rome he preached the GOSPEL OF tine
not tActs xvii, 32; xviii. 3D. 2i. We ars
nowhere encouraged to hope that in this dis.
all who hear the Gospel will be-
lieve. The parallels of the sower ana the
tares declare tho contrary, and also the COM
mission in Mark xvi, 10, l6 This is not 10
be wondered at, for the carnal mind -
enmity against God. But these men TO
whom the women came We're disciples: they
had lived with Christ, had preached thS
Gospel and wrought miracles in His name,
and 10 them the fact OF HS resurrection was
an idls tale. Let us not wonder then If the
Blessed Hope OF His return and all that 10
signifies is To many truo Christians only an
idle tale.
IL. "Then arose Peter and ran unto the
sepulcher, and STOPPING down he boheld the ,
linen clothes laid by themselves, and de-
parted wondering in himself at that which
was corae 10 pass" This isprobably the same
visit TO the tomb recorded in John xx,, D. Z;
or II not, then Peter went twice 10 the tomb
once with John, when Mary told them.