The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-12-11
rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL.



Especially Arranged from s s. Quarterlyl
I.EssoN Fon IS. 1891.
GolpEs TExr.-Ii Is Christ that died.. zee
rather. that Is risen again. Rom. s:3t.
CKxrR Al TluTu--Ihc risen Saviour the %.
surnncc OF our resurrection and iifc eternal.
TINE. Sunday. April y. A. y. 20. early dawn.
PLACE Jerusalem. la tho vicinity Of Cal.
vary.
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ACCOUNTS 2s;i.is; Mark
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HELPS OVER HARD PIAcEs-m The burial.
Friday afternoon. between four and six o. clock,
IN o new scpulcher near Calvary. aided BY
Joseph OF Arimathma and Nicodcmus. CD Pre-.
cautions. Tho Sabbath Matt. 2i:Gc6) In
order 70 prove the resurrection. the death must
be proved beyond doubt In the providence Of
Gcd. tho centurion testified 10 the death Of
Jesus; the soldiers pierced his heart; the tomb
was new. and. nj the request Of the chief
priests. IL was scaled and guarded. 90 The
Resurrection. Very carly Sunday morning
matt. $500, accompanied BY an
and by the appearance Of shining angels "a
The Women q The 6epuicher. Early SUNDAY
morning Tvs. !. -. !. Mary Ifagdalenc - 40.
companied BY several Others. .. Then she
runneth.' she went ahead. raw tic stone
rolled away. md FASTENED back without
looking In The others waited. looked In.
aud saw an angel o. Peter and John visit
the scruicher Tvs. 500. & 'Believed:" that
jesus was really risen from the dead. M Two
angels appear 20 Mary Magdaiene Tvs. 11-is.
Mary returned more slowly, and reached tho
tomb just after Peter and John had left. "a
Jesus reveals Himself as a risen Saviour nrst
20 Mary Mcgdaleae Tvs. 1919 -. Knew not
that II wns Jesus: - she did not look up: her
eyes were dlmmcd with tears; His garments
must have been different. she was not cx pcct.
Ing TO see Him. ~. Touch Ne mott" ID not
stop now 20 express your wonder and praise,
but hasten on and tell the Disciples the news.
II am not yet ascendcd:" ! have net gone vet;
there will be other times for you 70 see Ne.
Jesus appeared on eleven different occasions
during forty days.
SUBJECTS ron FURTHER STuDY.-The burial
Precautions as to.his death aad burlal.-The
resurrection. empty cpulcher-The Wis
ion Of angcls-The first appearance Of Jesus
Why Mary did not recognize Him.
LESSON
On Friday afternoon 1t three o'clock,
Jesus died. His body was laid away
that same afternoon in Joscph's tomb.
On Sunday the women expected to re-
turn 70 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
Ceaf ears. They believed in d final
resurrection. but did not dream Of the
present resurrection Of a dead man. ex-
cepting rs the result OF some prophets
power. II they cason about the
matter at all, they might have argued
that, since no prophet had ever raised
himself from the dead. it was not pos
siblc for Jesus 10 accomplish that re-
suit. But probably they never thought
thus far; for to their minds the idea OF
a dying Messiah was an utter sclf-con-
tradiction. When, therefore. they saw
hat Jesus was really dead, their hope
in Him rs 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 Il was that Mary
came e. the grave that day-no thought
anything beyond preparing the body
the Master for It's burial. On her ar
at the tomb. the first thing that
her attention was the fact that
great stone that closed the mouth
the sepulchcr had been rolled away.
In great amazcment, she ran to impart
the fact to Peter and John. They ran
together 10 the tomb. and
their way into tho in
terror Of the vault. Then they, too.
realized that the body Of Jesus had
removed. But no thought OF
resurrection crossed their minds as vet.
They simply "bclicvcd- that tic body
had been taken away. After this they
70 the city, leaving Mary still
the grave. To her, waiting and
weeping. appeared two angels, who
ssk the cause Of her sorrow. She tells
i to them and hen turns away. But a
he turns she sees Jesus. whom. how
yer, she fails 70 recognize. In the
dialogue which follows lie rcvcals Him
elf TO her. and at once she falls at His
|cct and cries: MASTER Then. in
obedience to His bchcst, she runs and
els the disciples that Jesus has risen
rom the dead and has appeared unto
lcr. Light dawncd upon that sorrow
ny and despairing band and Frightened
~ that glorious Sunday till their dark
less fed and they were filed with
'vcrfowing joy. Now they saw. now
hey understood what before had been
Q them utterly incxplicable. Mystery
4 the cross, mystery Of death. mystery
y the grave was mystery no longer. I
a living Christ to un fold to them {
he word Of prophecy the saw the must
Feeds be- Of all this. and the whole
Ian OF Divine wisdom lay unfoldcd to
heir vision. Now they saw that the
'ath to glory lay through suffering.
nd that only thus could lie become
heir truc and everlasting Messiah. /
Their night Of tears was passed and
heir day Of Joy had dawncd. Rev. a.
~Schauffier. u. ID.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS. :
!. We have in tie disciples an excel +,
ent example Of keeping the sabbath. 4,
:. How often VIC say. as we approach !
difficult duty: ''Who will roll away |;
ne stone?" only TO find. IL we 70 !
'raight on. that God in Ills own way ,
'as removed The obstacles. Often cx-
mplided ia the history Of modern mis-
>. The very efforts ~ onNosnrs n - =