The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1891-12-10
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Christ Risen = John ao:l-Is. = Memory
Verses l4-18.
Especially Arranged from, 8. 8. Cuarteriy.1
LESSON roR DECEMBER IA 1891.
GOLDEN TExT.-it Is Christ that died, yes
rather, that is risen again.-Tsom. e:34.
CErrRAL TRUTH.--The risen Saviour the %
surAnce Of our resurrection and fife eternal.
TME.-Sunday, April .. A. d. 80, early dawn
PLACk-Jerusalem, In the vicinity Of Cal
INTERVENING HrsToRY.--John is:3i.4e; Matt
N;57e5; Mark Is :4247; Luke % 3So-58 gyt
PARAELlRL ACCOUNTS. Matt. e3:i.iS; Mark
16:1-1i; Luke e4:l.t2.
HELPS OYER HARD PLAcEs.-tD The Burial.
Friday afternoon, between four and six o. clock,
in new sepulcher near Calvary. aided by
Joseph OF ArimAthga and Nicodemus. C2) Pre-.
csutdons. Tho Sabbath 'tMatt. s7:6s-oo). In
order to prove tho resurrection. tho death must
be proved beyond doubt. In the providence, Of
God, tho centurion testified to the death Of
Jesus; the soldiers pierced his heart; the tomb
was new, and, at the request Of the ohief
priests, IL was eeaicd and guarded (s) The
Resurrection Very early Sunday morning
(Maet. $3.50, accompanied by an Earthquake
and ~ the appearance Of shining angels. ~
Tho Women at the iSepulcher. EARLY Sunday
morning iva. 4, O.t I! Mary Matdalenc:" !" &c.
oonpanied by several Others. =. Then she
runneth." 'ske Went shcnd, ssW tie ntons
looking In. Tho others waited hooked In,
and saw an angel. Is, Potter and John visit
the sepulcher Tvs 3-lo). g. ''Delieved:" that
Jesus was really risen from tho dead. 10y Two
angels appear TO Mary Magdalcne Tvs. lib.
Mary returned more slowly. ana reached the
tomb just after Pctcr and John had left (7)
Jesus revesls Himself as risen Saviour nrst
70 Mary Magdalcne Tvs. f4-iO H. "Knew not
that II 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. II. 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 ssccnded:" have not gone yot !;
thero will be other times for you TO see Ne.
jesus appeared on eleven different occasions
during forty days.
suBJEcrs FOR FURTHER srUDY. The BURIAL
Precautions as to his dsath and burisl.-The
resurrection.-Tho empty scpulcher. Wis.
ion Of anges.-The frst 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 tho body for its 6nal
resting place. Neither tho 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 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
a 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 ef 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 sepulchcr had been rolled away.
In great amaZement, she ran to inpart
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
crossed their minds as vet.
They simply ''bclievcd" 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 secs 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 behcst, she runs and
ellis the disciples that Jesus has risen
rom the dead and has appeared unto
Ter. Light dawned upon that sorrow
ng and despairing band and frightened
III that glorious Sunday till their dark
less fled and they were filled with
'veraowing joy. Now they saw, now I
hey understood what before had been |
% them utterly inexplicable. Mystery
II the cross, mystery of death, mystery
II the grave was mystery no longer.
With living Christ to un fold to them
'he word ofprophecy they saw the must
leeds be" of all this, and the whole
plan of Divine wisdom lay unfoldcd to
heir vision. Now they saw that the
path to glory lay through suffering,
md that only thus could He become
heir true and everlasting Messiah.
Their night of tears was passed and
heir day Of joy had dawned -Rev. A.
.. Schaufler, d. D.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. We have in the disciples an excel
ent example of keeping the Sabbath.
2. How often we say. as we approach
4 difficult duty: 'Who will roll away
he stone?" only TO find, if we 90
straight on, that God in His own way