The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-03-29
RESURRECTION.
LESSON /, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 2.

Text of the Lesson, Math. xviii. lilo.
Memory Verses. O, 7-GoIden Text.
Cor. Nv. go Easter Lesson)-Com-
mentary by the Rev. ID. NJ. stearns.
AS we are 10 have but four lessons in the
book Of Job il seems pity TO lose one Of
them: but it seems best for many reasons
TO choose the Easter lesson, as resurrection
is the contamination of the work of re-
demption, and for IL the enlightened be-
lever must most ardently look and long.
One word as 70 job and his story. He was
as real person as Noah or Daniel. See
Eek. xiv, IA, 20, and Jas. V, II. The open
ing chapters teach the personally of the
devil aud his hatred OF the righteous, and
also that be cannot Law n finger upon the
righteous without Gods permission.
Math. xviii, 1, IN the end Of the Sab
bath. as il began 10 dawn toward the first
day Of the week came Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary TO see the sepulcher."
The great atonemcut had been made; the
sacrifice had been offered which was typi-
fed in the burnt offerings which Job Of
fered for his children (Job I, 81 and in all
sacrifices from the days of Adam. God
had made Him 10 be sin for us who knew
no sin that we might be made the right
eousness Of God i'm Him III Cor. '. Ply. lie
had suffered the just for the unjust-made
a curse for us Il Pet. iii, u.s. Gal iii, 49,.
And now. having made full and complete
satisfaction for the sins Of the whole world,
He had, according 10 His own word. been
three DAYS In the tomb as 10 His body
CMath. xvi. 81; xvii, %; Xxx, 1o). But lie
had said that lie would rise again the third
day. and IL these loving women had been
out and out believers they would not have
81 = L, Ton h,sl
Mary Of Bethany, who anointod Him be-
forehand for his burial, was the only one
who seemed TO understand His words.
O. "And, behold, there was great earth
quake, for the angel of the Lord descended
from heaven and came and rolled back
the stone from the door and sat upon it,"
When lie died the earth did quake and the
rocks rent (xxvii, 81; when the law was
given mt Sinai the whole mount quaked
greatly (Ex xix, 49, and when he shall
come again ii is written, yet once more /
shake not the earth only, but also heaven,
that those things which cannot be shaken
may remain deb. xii, 26 20. In Mark
xvi, 2, 4, il is said that the women wondered
who would roll the stone away, but when
they got TO the tomb they found the stone
rolled away.
3. Ills countenance was like lightning
and his rament white IA snow" When
Jesus was TRANSPORTED His face did shine
as the sun. and His raiment was white as
the light (NIath. xvii, p In our rcsurrec-
ton bodies we shall be like Him, for
'Then shall the righteous shine forth "a
the sun in the kingdom of their Father"
| xii, 49,. Then shall we understand the
| glory OF Adam and Eve before they fell,
and what IL was they lost which they tried
vainly to replace by ig leaf aprons. God
is clothed with light ops. civ, p, and man
made in the image Of God must have been
clothed with light.
1. And for fear Of him the kee pers did
shake and became rs dead men" When
the light from heaven fell upon Saul and
his companions they were afraid (Acts xii,
81. Holy Daniel says that all his comeli-
ness was turned to corruption, and the
men who were with him fled to hide them
selves dan. X, Z 81. Job says that the
sight OF God made him to loathe himself
and repent IN dust and ashes Job xiii, O..
When Jesus shall come in His glory there
will be n great cry on the part Of all classes
Of the ungodly to the rocks and mountains
20 fall on them and hide them from the
face Of the Lamb whom they have rejected
| REV vi, 10, 16)
5. "And the angel answered and said
unto the women, Fear not We, for know
chat We seek Jesus, which was crucied s"
While unbelievers may well be afraid and
trer.ble, there is nothing but comfort for
| The feeblest one who honestly seeks n once
cruciied Jesus. The that cometh shall
ne in nOwise (under no consideration cast
Jut (John Vi, 3D. "COme unto me. al We
| hat labor and are heavy laden, and will
1--WE you rest (Nlath. XII, 2s). Make a study
. L. r.. $50 u
J, Il, and surely your heart will say: THE
! Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom
hall fear2"
0. He is rot here, for He is risen rs He
| said. Come. see the place where the Lord
| lay" II always has been and always will
| be just rs lie has said. Why did they not
| believe His word? Why do we not believe
! His word? All prophecy that has been
! fulfilled has been fulfilled to the very let
| ter-not in any figurative sense, but liter
/ ally and exactly. And so shall it be with
! the yet unfulflled.
Z. And 20 quickly and tell His disciples
| that lie is risen from the dead" If Christ
be- not risen we are yet in our sins, and our
faith is vain q Cor. XIV, ID but He is risen,
/ and There is therefore now no condemna-
| tion 10 them that are in Christ Jesus"
1 (Rom. viii, /, 80. The work laid upon all
such * TO Go quickly and tell" to the
ends of the earth. The question from
| Heaven Is, Whom shall / send, and VINO
will 90 for usf" Let our answer be, Here
am 1; send me" Qsa. vi, 81.
s. And they departed quickly from the
sepulcher with fear and great joy, and did
run 10 bring His disciples word" There
| is a fear that is not inconsistent with great
JOY. We are, being saved, to work ont our
salvation with fear and trembling phil
| ii, ~, evidently in no sense fear of losing
our salvation, but fear lest we grieN {
| such d Saviour and dishonor His holy
name. The fear of these women was prob
ably an awe at what had happened, and
they were full Of Joy because He whom
they sought was alive.
o. "And as they went to tell His disci-
Piles, behold, Jesus met them, saying. All
hail. And they came and held Him by the
feet and worshiped Him" A little earlier
on this day He refused to allow Mary Mag
dalene TO touch Him because He had not
then assembled, SO that between the meet
ing with her and with these women he
must have assembled and returned, as no
doubt He did. many times during those
forty days before His last and visible as
cension ELL He shall come again.
TO- Then said Jesus unto them, BIS not
afraid; 90 tell my brethren that they go
into Galilee. and there shall they see me"
Another fear not" and this time from
Jesus Himself See His unchanging love
to those disciples. Although Peter had
denied Him, and all had fOrsaken Him,
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