The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Christ Risen John sO;l-lS. - Memory
Varses 1910.

Christ Risea John sO;l.lS. - Memory
Verses 14.10.
Especially Arranged from S. s. QUARTERLY
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 49, 1901.
GOLDEN TExT.-It is Christ that died, yea
rather that is risen again.-Rom. 1874.
CENTRAL TRUTH.-The risen Saviour the a. |
surance Of our resurrection and life eternal.
TIME--Sunday, April 9, A. D. So early dawn.
PLAcE.-Jerusalem, In the vicinity OF Cal
vary.
INTERVENING HIsToRY.-John 1o:Sl.42; Matt.
"a :57 IS; Mark la:4247 Luke 235o-56
PARALLEL AccoUNTs.-Matt. 2S:l.l5; Mark |
16:i-ll; Luke 2I;l-ta.
HELPS OVER HARD PLACES. I'D The Burial. |
Friday afternoon. between four and six o'clock,
in new sepulcher near Calvary, aided by |
Joseph Of Armathea and Nicodemus. (2) Pre- |
cautions. The Sabbath Matt. "a 1866. In
order to prove the resurrection, the death must
be proved beyond doubt. In the providence OF
God, the centurion testified to the death OF
Jesus; the soldiers pierced his heart; the tomb
was new, and, a. the request of the chief
priests, it was sealed and guarded (3) The
Resurrection. Very early Sunday morning
Matt. 2s:2'4), accompanied by an earthquake
and by the appearance Of shining angels. az
The Women at the Sepucher Early Sunday
morning Tvs. 1, q. !. MARY Magdalene:" ac'
companied by several others. =. Then she
runneth," she went ahead, saw the stone
rolled away, and FASTENED back without
looking Ia. The others waited looked in.
and saw an angel 90 Peter and John visit
the sepulcher Tvs. 3l0). s. Believed" that
Jesus was really risen from the dead (6) Two
angels appear to Mary Magdalene Tvs. 1l-lS).
Mary returned more slowly, and reached the
tomb Just after Peter and John had left "a
Jesus reveals Himself as risen Saviour first
to Mary Magdalene Tvs l4-lS). "a. knew not
that 1t was Jesus:" she did not look up: her
eyes were dimmed with tears; His garments
must have been different; she was not expect.
ing to see Him. H. "Touch Me not:" do not
stop now to express your wonder and praise,
but hasten on and tell the disciples the news.
II am not yet assembled" have not gone yet;
there will be other times for you to see Me.
Jesus appeared on eleven different occasions
during forty days.
SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER STupY.-The burial.
Precautions as to.his death and burial.-The
resurrection. empty sepulchcr.-The Wis.
ion Of angels-The first appearance Of Jesus.
why Mary did not recognize Him.
LESSON COMMENT.
On Friday afternoon at 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 its final
resting place. Neither the women nor
the disciples had the faintest idea that
they would ever see Jesus alive again
in this world All that He had ever said
about His resurrection had fallen on
deaf ears. They believed in 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 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 at 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 impair
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 yet.
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
it 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 fed and they were filed will
overlooking joy. Now they saw, nov
they understood what before had beer
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 then
the word of prophecy they saw the mus
needs be" of all this, and the Who'll,
plan of Divine wisdom lay unfolded t.
their vision. Now they saw that thu
path to glory lay through suffering
J and that only thus could He becom,
their true and everlasting Messiah
Their night of tears was passed ant
their day of joy had dawned. A
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! PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
5 /. We have in the disciples an excel
lent example of keeping the Sabbath.
q 2. How often we say, as we approac
$ difficult duty. "Who will roll ava
the stone?" only to find, if we G
straight on, that God in His own wa
, has removed the obstacles Often eS
emplifed in the history of modern mis-
q sions.
8. The very efforts of opposers to do
4 stroy and hinder the Gospel are mad