The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-18

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LESSON goE ". issl-
GoLpkS TIKI III ye then b. risen Win
C1rst week those thlnss Which are above.
v1sre cnrtss ssststh % tss right hssd q 0od
CENTRAL Tnurl-Tne Saviour = uv,n~ a
htgh. but EVER abiding with ux.
Ifnk-Ine latter part of April: after Sem
esy. ApdA - A .. - TIE Aseensioa 80
PrAcR-Ths sortssra shors Of sAs 20 q
Ca.iiee- near Capernaum o. BethssidA
orn LohD'sA DuRIxc THE FoD
- 81 TO Mar hAgda,ene sJohn OIL
y. Marx ie9- o. To the women returning
from The sepulcher matt $50. CD 70 Peter
Luke M ! Cor 15:s' M To two disciples
- mnau Luke 3l:i33u. f0 To the eleven
- Jerusaie-n MARI 1910. Nl To the eleven
q Jerusalem John 0H)- O. r. seven dis
eipies ~ The ses Of Ganise (John 2l:i-2O. 90
10 The eleven on . mountain IN oa,tlee Matt
e-iei9. % 70 nve hundred brethren. pos-
siDiy identical With o. q Ger. Ssey. u0 n
James. probably - jerusalem. I'D To the
eleven. iuss before The ascension (AessAi-e. 1
Cor. t5sf.
HkxPs OWN HARD PLAcRAL-i. .Afser these
thinss:" the appearances described in the pre-
vtous chapter Sea Of Tiberias:- another
lame for the sec Of Caiilee. Jesus he'd sent
word 70 The Disciples 70 meet Him in Galfiee
A0Er< we're IUKRILHH- -
seven are named here and we're q this place.
But al The eleven vent 70 Galiles CGssi SID
and net these seven afteruarda 4 simon
Peter. etc - this vas In the vicinity Of Peters
bone. and that Of James and John. the sons q
xebedee. Thy had often nshe1 IN the lake.
That night they caught nothing although
the nigtf vas The best time for fishing Luke
e.3l- Z Jesus stood" He eane 70 them while
about their daily toll "Knew not that Il wAs
Jestss- ~ the Light VS. dim Il being 81 day
break: o. they dd not expect Hin there. s
Meat food 70 80 with bread usual
fsh- . Disciples whom Jesus
loved" John Naked having on
only bis uncergaruert. Cast himself into
the SEE" 70 s=in quickly 70 the shore q
Two hundred cubits:" Three hundred -
three hundred and cry feet II. Simon Peter
vent up" into the boat Great fishes. : hun
cred and nfry and three stype Of their future
success - fishers of men- An example u
given on the Day Of Pentecost. u. -Dine:~
breakfsst ~ Third time % he disciples q
sbody-
The Questioning Of Peter - 70 whether be
truly loved bis Saviour. whom so lately be DE-
nied follows Immediately after the dinner. az
To show Peter that Jesus knew his failures.
and heartily forgsve him 81 To guard him
against his natural scif-conndence. lest he
should again fall g. TO publicly reinsfase
him among the dfsciples. and show 70 his
brethren hat he vas fully restored "a To
restore peace and kope within Peters own soul.
- TO impress upon nim that only in deep and
earnest love 10 Jesrs could be DO his appointed
YORK e 10 set clearly before hin the great
vork be va % DO.
The ascensicn from Mount Olivex near Beth
asy. Thursday. May u D. 80 II Is veil ~
vAys 10 remember that while the cross ID the
central point Of Chrisf's mission. yet the last
view Ne have Of Christ 10 not on the cross. but
. > risen and ascending Saviour. leaving :
promise o. His abiding spiritual presence and
care and . promise 10 return again II Va ~
this time. doubtless. that the great change
came over His body. Which q described In I
Cor. l55is1
srBsEcrs YoR FrRrEKR SrrDY-ne ap-
pesrsnce Of Jesua-The proofs Of His resurrec-
ti0n-The lessons Jesus taught by this aid in
their nshing--Peters haste to 70 TO Jesus--
Jesus last message 70 His disciples u2axk
Ie.I55G--He ascension
LESSON
Exactly how long this appearance
Va after the one in our last lesson, we
do not know. The disciples had in the
meantime gone TO their home By the
side Of the lake. and those who are
mentioned in the lesson were engaged
in fishing Then Il was that they saw
Him standing by the shore. They did
not recognize Him. even as the two
walkingto Emmaus failed torcalize who
It was that joined them and talked 50
sweetly. They had been toiling all the
night but had caught nothing. He spoke
70 them and told themt to cast the net out
Of the right side Of the ship. They
obeyed. and As . result they caught :
large number of fish. I presume that at
this their memories were at oncea wak-
ened- and they tor ut least John re-
membered a similar occurrence years be-
fore this. So John said to Peter: 1T is
the Lord" At that Peter at once jumped
into the sra. TO get TO the shore Is soon
IS possible When they got 70 the shore
they found that He had made provision
for their wants. and that . meal was
all ready for them This. the text saws.
was the third time that Jesus appeared
70 his disciples. This does NOT mean
that no one had seen Him since the sec
ond meeting in the upper chamber in
Jerusalem. but that this was the third
time that He had appeared to His dis-
ciples as a body.
CHRrsrs APPEARAScEs--1- This We
have already studied about last week
2 This happened 70 the women who
had gone 70 the sepulcher. and were ON
way home. thinking that some
one had taken His body away. but not
that He was alive 3. This
was 70 Simon Peter. but where or under
circumstances il occurred no one
tell & This was 20 the two disci-
pies. rs they were walking TO Empaus
On sunday 5. The ten disciples were
AL together that same sunday evening in
when the blessed Master
rarne "a them the doors being shut for
fear Of the Jcwsl. The two who had
KEEN Him on the way TO Emmaus were
also prese mt Thomas was absent. O.
Then for a whole week, there seems to
been no one who saw Him. At
on the next Sunday evening He
again came and this time Thomaa was
present. and he, too. became = believer
the fact OF the resurrection Of his
Lord :. This Is the one that forms the
esson story for to-day. .. In Galilee
he appeared - about 1--WE hundred
brethren az once but exactly where We
ire not able 20 say. .. This was TO
James only 10. To all Of the apostles.
Ind WA on the Mount Of Olives From