Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-12-11
The RESURRECTION.
LESSON xl, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC. 10.

init verses, 10, IO-GOIden Text, Rom.
viii, 3i-Commentary by the Rev. d.
NJ. Stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of II. s. Hoffman, publisher, Phil
adelphia.l
l. 1.-THE first day of the week cometh
Mary Magdalene early when it was yet
dark, unto the sepulcher and seeth the
stone taken away from the sepulcher."
2 "Then she runneth and cometh to
Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom
Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They
have taken away the Lord out of the sepul-
cher, and we know not where they have
laid Him"
There had been an earthquake and
resurrection not only of the body of Jesus,
as He had foretold, but also of the bodies
of many of the saints CNath xvii, 5l-53),
and when Mary and the other women
reached the tomb an angel sat upon the
stone by the mouth of the tomb and said
that Jesus was risen (NIath. xviii, 10.
Mary Magdaene was the first to run with
the tidings TO the disciples, but she did not
take IN the angels word that He was
risen any more than she had received
Jesus own word that He would rise How
fearful is uni lief
Peter therefore went forth, and that
ether disciple and came to the sepulcher"
T. 80 they ran both together; and the
other disciple did outrun Peter and came
3rst to the sepulcher."
Love is feetest; it will make our feet like
kinds feet lldb iii, l9). 1t says. DRAW
me- we will run after Thee" Is. of Sol
i, ~ But if unbelieving love will do this,
what should believing love do?
3 " \ nd he. StODDiuu down and Innlriurr
in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he
not in"
Joseph and Ncodemus had wrapped the
body in linen clothes with about hun
dred pounds weight of myrrh and aloes
Chapter xix, 30, 40).
6. Then cometh Simon Peter following
him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth
the linen clothes lie"
lmpulsive as usual; the same Peter who
would die with Him before he would deny
Him. who would walk on the water TO
Him, and who a little later cast himself
from the boat into the sea to go to Jesus.
Z "And the napkin that was about His
head not lying with the linen clothes, but
wrapped together in place by itself"
s. "Then went in also that other disciple
which came first to the sepulcher, and he
saw and believed"
He saw the clothes and the napkin and
that the body was gone, and he now fully
believed Mary's story that the Lords body
was taken away; but that Jesus had ac-
tually risen from the dead the next verse
would seem to teach us they did not yet
believe. Foolish and slow of heart to be-
lieve all that the prophets had spoken
were they duke xiv, 25), and just as fool
ish are we, and much more to be blamed,
if with our completed Bible and the Holy
Spirit to teach us we continue unbelieving
in reference to the resurrection of the just,
the rewards for service, the marriage of the
Lamb and the return with Christ in power
and glory duke xiv, IA; Rev. xxi, ~
xix, l-15).
O. For as yet they knew not the Scrip
ture, that He must rise again from the
dead"
10. "Then the disciples went away again
unto their own home"
II. But Mary stood without at the sep
ulcher weeping, and as she wept, she
stopped down and looked into the sepul
cher"
She loved Him greatly, she was truly
His disciple ESQ were Peter and john but
it was all dark, her heart was sad, her
tears flowed fast, and why? She was I'M
believing, and looked for the dead when
she ought to have been looking up to see
the living. Mourner by the grave of some
loved one look up, they are not in the
grave; that is only the house in which they
dwelt little while. Dry your tears and
see your believing dead with the Lord.
IL. And seeth two angels in white, sit
ting, the one at the head and the other at
the feet, where the body of Jesus had
lain"
l3 And they say unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? She saith unto them, Be
cause they have taken away my Lord and
know not where they have laid Him."
Grief has dmmed her eyes and dulled
her heart she seems not to know that an
gels have spoken to her; she thinks only
of the dead body of her dearest friend and
longs to see it. Is it so with you, O mourner
or troubled one? Does your sorrow so fill
you that you have neither heart nor eyes
for heavenly things? See God, the living
God, and believe that He careth for YOU
and thinketh upon you, and that He is
love q Pet v, I; Ps. xl, II; John iv, s, 49,
IA. And when she had thus said she
turned herself back, and saw Jesus stand
ing, and knew not that it was Jesus"
l5 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She
SuppOslnS him TO DE the gardener saith
unto Him, Sir, if Thou have borne Him
hence, tell me where Thou hast laid Him.
and will take Him away"
In answer to "Whom seekest thouY or
What seek YEP" Chapter i, 3S) may our
hearts say, "Jesus, alive forever more"
See in Jer. xxx, 10, how we shall find
Him. But observe from this verse in our
lesson that He may be speaking to us and
we may not recognize Him. Oh. to have
Mary's love and devotion, but let it be for
a risen, interceding and returning Christ.
l6. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She
turned herself and saith unto Him, Rab
boni; which is to say, Master"
She seems after turning from the sepul-
cher, and supposing him to have been the
gardener, to have turned back to the
sepulcher again. But that one word
"Mary" reaches her heart. Some one has
said that 'The powerful sunshine of His
love was focused into that white beam OF
sevenfold light, and the whole soul was
concentrated in the responsive love flash
MASTER Filled with His love and over
whelmed with our unworthiness, we can
only say-Master; but that word truly
uttered is more than all words. See Math
xXDi & TO- .Jnhn viii IL