Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1891-12-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Christ Risen = John aosi-Is. - Memory
Verses ll-l0.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Christ Risen = John ao,i-Is. - Memory
Verses il-10.
Especially Arranged frop, s. S. ousrteriy.l
LESSON FOR DECEMBER IL is9i
GOLDEN TExr.-It Is Christ that died. yea
rather. that Is risen again.-Ron. s:3s
CENTRAL TRUrH.-The risen Saviour the as-
surance OF our resurrection and life eternal.
TINE--Sunday, April o. A. ID. 80. early dawn
PLAcE--Jcrusaicm. in the vicinity Of Cal
INTERVENING HrsroRY-John io:si- az; Matt
T:57j6; Mark iS:4247; Luke % :5o-5a
PARALLEL AccoUNrs--Matt 2S:i-i5: Mark
fo:l-li; Luke 2i:i-te
HELPS OVER HARD PLAcEs.-OD The Burial
Friday afternoon. between four and six o'clock
In new sepulchcr near Calvary. aided by
Joseph OF Arimathea and Ncodcmus CD Pro-
cautions. The Sabbath Matt. 90 :62-65). In
order TO prove the resurrection. the death must
be proved beyond doubt. In the providence of
Gcd. the centurion testified TO the death Of
Jesus; the soldiers pierced his heart; the tomb
was new, and. ut the request OF tho chief
priests, IL was scaled and guarded. go Tho
Resurrection. Very early Sunday morning
Matt $50. accompanied by an earthquake
and by the appearance OF shining angels. 90
The Women at the Sepulchcr. Early Sunday
morning Tvs. l. ~. !. Mary Magdalcnc:" ac
companied by several others !. Then she
runneth." she went ahead. saw tie stono
rolled away and FASTENED back without
looking In. The others waited. looked in
aud saw an angel (5) Peter and John visit
the scpulcher Tvs 3-io). g Believed" that
Jesus was really risen from tho dead. (6) Two
angels appear to Mary Magdalcnc Tvs. ii-IS).
Mary returned more slowly. and reached tho
tomb just after Peter and John had left. (7)
Jesus reveals Himself q risen Saviour FIRST
To Mary Mngdalcne Tvs. 1879. a. KNEW not
that IL was Jesus:" she did not look up; her
eyes were dimmcd with tears; His garments
must have been different: she was not expect.
NsaHr
stop now TO express your wonder and praise,
but hasten on and tell the disciples the news.
~ an not yet ascendcd:" have not gone yet;
there will be other times for you to sec Me-
Jesus appeared on eleven different occasions
during forty days.
SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER SrUDY.-The burial
precautions as to.his death and burial.-The
resurrcction.-Tho empty scpulchcr.-Thc Wis
lon OF angeis.-The first appearance OF Jesus
why Mary did not recognize Him.
LESSON COMMENT.
On Friday afternoon Mt three o'clock,
Jesus died. His body was laid away
That same afternoon in Joseph's tomb.
On Sunday the women expected to re-
turn to the garden in which the tomb
was. and prepare the body for it's final
resting Slace. Neither the women nor
the disciples had the faintest idea that
they would ever see Jesus alive again
about His resurrection had fallen on
deaf ears. They believed in a final
resurrection, but did not dream of the
present resurrection of a dead man, ex.
cepting as the result of some prophets
power. If they reasoned about the
matter at all, they might have argued
that, since no prophet had ever raised
himself from the dead it was not pos
sible for Jesus to accomplish that re-
suit. But probably they never thought
thus far; for to their minds the idea of
dying Messiah was an utter self-con.
tradiction. When, therefore, they saw
that Jesus was really dead, their hope
in Him as the Messiah died also. In
all the world, there has probably never
been as hopeless a set of folk as were
the apostles and disciples between Fri
day afternoon and Sunday morning.
In this state of mind it was that Mary
came to the grave that day-no thought
OF anything beyond preparing the body
of the Master for its burial On her ar
rival ut the tomb, the first thing that
arrested her attention was the fact that
the great stone that closed the mouth
OF the sepulcher had been rolled away.
In great amazement, she ran to impart
the fact to Peter and John. They ran
together to the tomb, and
pushed their way into the in
terror of the vault. Then they, too.
realized that the body of Jesus had
been removed. But no thought of
resurrection crossed their minds as vet
They simply believed" that the body
had been taken away. After this they
returned to the city, leaving Mary still
at the grave. To her, waiting and
weeping, appeared two angels, who
ask the cause of her sorrow. She tells
1T to them and then turns away. But as
she turns she sees Jesus, whom. how
ever, she fails to recognize. In the
dialogue which follows He reveals Him
self to her, and at once she falls at His
feet and cries: "Master!" Then. In
obedience to His behest, she runs and
tells the disciples that Jesus has risen
from the dead and has appeared unto
her Light dawned upon that sorrow
ing and despairing band and frightened
all that glorious Sunday till their dark
ness fled and they were filed with
OVERLOOKING joy. Now they saw, now
they understood what before had been
To them utterly inexplicable. Mystery
OF the cross, mystery of death. mystery
OF the grave was mystery no longer
With living Christ to un fold TO them
the word of prophecy they saw the must
needs be" of all this. and the whole
plan of Divine wisdom lay unfolded to
their vision. Now thUy saw that the
path to glory lay through suffering,
nd that only thus could He become
their true and everlasting Messiah.
Their night Of tears was passed and
their day of joy had dawned. Rev. A.
+. Schauffler, ID. ID.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. We have in the disciples an excel
lent example OF keeping the Sabbath.
2. How often we say, as we approach
a difficult duty: "Who will roll away
the stone?" only TO find, IL we go
straight on, that God in His own way
has removed the obstacles. Often ex-
emplified in the history Of modern mis-.
siOns
B. The very efforts of opposers 20 de-
stroy and hinder the Gospel arc made
to minister 20 its success.
4 Our eyes are often holden from sec.
ing our Lord because lie appears in un.
expected ways and strange providences;
but at last "Ilis sheep know His voice"