The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-12-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
The Risen Christ and His Disciples JeA.
21:t-14-Memory versos 1x-14.
Especially Arranged from 8. s. Quarterly.J
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 20, 1891.
GOLDEN TExT.-If ye then be risen with
Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand Of Goa.
Col 3:l
CENTRAL TnUrH.-The Saviour is living On
high, but ever abiding with us.
TNE-The latter part Of April; after Sun
day. April 10, A. d. 80. The ascension wso.
May 10.
PLAcE.-The Northern shore Of the sea of
0slilee. near Capcrnaum or Bethsaida
ObN LoRD's APPEARANCES DURING THE Eon.,
II DAxs.-D To Mary Masdalene tJohn sO;fi-i
II; Mark i6:s). 70, To the women returnfngi
from the sepuiohcr (Matt. $500. ls) IT, Peter
| Luke "a :34; Cor. 1859 ~ To two disciples.
At Emmaus Luke 24:i3-3D. (5) To the elevon-
q Jerusalem MARK 1910. 0) To the eleveB
atJerusslem tJohn 2o:aS. ca To seven dis
etples by the sea Of Galilee (John 21:i-24A O!
TO the eleven on mountain in Gaiilee IMAM.
s0:lGiO. (O To i've hundred brethren, pos
eibly sdentical with (O q Cor. 1850. {fo) Tos
JAms4 probably at Jerusalem. dD To tAe
eleven 1nss before the ascension (Acts 4:i-s; y
Hxhfs OVEN HARD PLAcEA.-i. AFTER these
thihSs:' tho appearances oescribcd In the pss-
vfous chapter. ''Sea Of Tiberias:" anothesa
name for the seq Of Galilee. Jesus had senok.
word to the disciples to meet Him in GaliIss
(Matt. 28:7.l0). Q. There were togetner.r
seven are named here and were at this plasss
But all the eleven wont to Gsliiee MATT se:iGD
and met these seven afterwards g. 'Stnoa
Peter, etc.. :" this was in the vicinity Of Petsro
home, and that Of James and John. the sons -
Zebedee. They had often Hshed in tho lake.
That night they caught nothing" although
the night was the best time for fishing I.uho
b:o). Jesus stosd:" He come to them WHINE.
about their daily toll "Knew not that IL wsst
Jesds:" ~ the light was aim. It being at day--
Meat" food to go with bread, usual
~ nsh. z. Disciples whom Jesus
loved:" John. Naked" having on
only his undergarnent. Cast himself inta
the seas" to swim quickly to the shore. Z.
1.-TWO hundred cubits:" Three hundred -
three hundred and fifty feet. H. "s,mon Peter
went up;' into the boat "Great fishes, hun
dred and fifty and three," . type Of their future
success ns fishers Of men. An example II
given on the Day of Pcntecost. 1e "Dtne:~,
. body.
Tho questioning Of Peter as to whether hUs
truly loved his Saviour, whom so lately he de-.
MED, follows Immediately after the dinner (lN
TO show Peter that Jesus knew his failuroa.l
and heartily forgave hin. (s) To guard hin.
against his natural seif-confdenoe lost 10
should again fall. (s) To publicly reinstate
him among tho disciples. and show to hiS
brethren that he was fully restored az To
restore peace and hope within Peters own soul
0) To impress upon him that only in deep and
earnest lovo to Jesus could he do his appointsds
work. (6) To set clearly before him the greaN
work he was to do.
The ascension from Mount Olivct, near Beth.
any, Thursday May 49, A. d. 80 1t is we'll AL
ways TO remember that while the cross is tho,
central point Of Christ's mission yet the last
view we have Of Christ is not on the cross but
as risen and ascending Saviour leaving q.
promise Of His abiding spiritual presence ana.
care, and promise to return again. II was at
this time. doubtless, that. the great change
came over His body. which is described I'm 1
Cor. IS :5i-53.
SUBJECTS FOR FURTHER STupY.-The 3D.
pearance Of Jesus.-The proofs OF His rcsurrco-
tton.-The lessons Jesus taught by this aid in
their fshing.-Peter's haste to go to jesus
jesus last message to His disciples MARK
l6:l5-16). The ascension.
LESSON COMMENT
Exactly how long this appearances
was after the one in our last lesson, wa
do not know. The disciples had in the
meantime gone to their home by tho
side of the lake, and those who arc
mentioned in the lesson were engaged
in fishing. Then it was that they saw
Him standing by the shore. They did
not recognize Him, even as the two
walking to Emmaus failed to realize who
it was that joined them and talked so.
sweetly. They had been toiling all tho
night, but had caught nothing He spoke
to them and told them to cast the net out
OF the right side of the ship. They
obeyed, and as a result they caught q
large number of fish. presume that at
this their memories were at once awak-
ened, and they Tor at least Johu) re-
membered a similar occurrence wears be-
fore this. So John said to Peter: SIT is,
the Lord" At that Peter at once jumped,
into the sea, to get to the shore as soon
as possible. When they got to the shore,
they found that He had made provision;
for their wants, and that a meal waa
all ready for them. This, the text saws,
was the third time that Jesus appeared.
to 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 body.
CHRIsT's ApPEAEANCEs.-1.T This wa
have already studied about last week.
2 This happened TO the women who
had gone to the sepulcher, and were on
their way home, thinking that some
one had taken His body away, but not
dreaming that He was alive. 8. This
was to Simon Peter, but where or under
what circumstances it occurred no one
can tell. 4. This was to the two disci-
pies, as they were walking to Emmaus
on Sunday. 5. The ten disciples were
all together that same Sunday evening in
Jerusalem, when the blessed Master
came to them (the doors being shut for
fear of the Jews). The two who had
seen Him on the way to Emmaus were
also present. Thomas was absent. G.
Then for whole week, there seems to
have been no one who saw Him. At
last on the next Sunday evening He
again came, and this time Thomaa was
present, and he, too, became a believer