The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21


Easter lesson should be chosen instead
OF the review. The resurrection is set
before us nearly thirty times in the
Acts of the Apostles tat least four times
seven tines as the great topic which
the apostle preached and is in the
epistles constantly kept before us as
our hope CHis return and our resurrec-
tom and inspiration TO patience and
faith, holiness and zeal i'm His service
(Rom. xiii. Is. %; 1 Cor. XIV. 81, 81, 5s;
Phil iii. 20, p; Col iii, IA; / Thess. ill.,
49,. Blessed and holy is he that hath
part in the first resurrection" Rev.
Xxx, 81.
!. And when the Sabbath was past
Mary Magdalene and Mary. the mother
of James, and Salome had bought sweet
spices, that they might come and anoint
Him" In Luke xiii, 80. We read that
having seen where His body was laid
they returned from the sepulcher bought
the spices and rested the Sabbath day
according to the commandment We
cannot but admire their love and devo-
ton TO Him TO whom they had so faith
fully ministered in His life among them,
and He will give them full credit for il
ALL But if they had believed His words
they would not have looked for His dead
body in the tomb on the third day (Math.
xvi, p; xvii %; Xxx, 49,. So love without
faith may do unnecessary work and mis-
spend time and money. Mary Of
Bethany. because she believed His word.
had anointed His body beforehand for
His burial Mark xiv, 8.
>, And very early in the morning, the
first day Of the week they came unto
the sepulcher at the rising of the sun"
1t had been a dark Sabbath to them.
without any bright hopes for the NOR
row, because of their lack of faith, but
they kept the day by holy resting. See
one of the best precepts for keeping the
holy day in lisa. lviii, 8. IA. We rejoice
to keep the first day instead of the sew
enth, because Of His rising on that, da y
and appearing to the disciples, and be
cause of all o. T. eighth day types and
y. T. plain teaching (Acts Xxx, -. Those
who still keep the seventh day are seek
ing to live in the days before His resur-
rection.
3, And they said among themselves,
Who shall roll us away the stone from
the door of the sepulcher?" Satan is al
ways suggesting hhndrances in the way
OF those who love the Lord, hindrances
and discouragements to keep us from 20
ing forward-they seem sometimes very
real, and sometimes they are only inn
| ag1nary The risen Christ at Gods right
hand, having all power in heaven and on
earth, is the one cure for all such, and
His promise, 10, / am with you AWAY.
| our constant strength. He shall not fail
or be discouraged Qsa. xiii, a..
A. And when they looked they saw
that the stone was rolled away, fer ii
was very great" Difficulties vanish as
we go forward Sometimes we are To
stand still and see the salvation of the
Lord Eek, xiv, 49,, but sometimes our
| feet must actually touch the waters be-
| fore they divide (Joshua iii. Is, 49,. When
he putteth forth His sheep, He goeth
before them. The Lord. He it is that
doth go before thee; He viii be with
thee, He will not fail thee. neither for
sake thee; fear not, neither be dismayed
John X, 4; Deut XXI, s.. He did not
need the stone rolled away that lie
| hight rise. but ii was probably rolled
| away that they and others might see
for themselves that His body was no
| longer in the tomb
). And entering into the sepulcher.
they saw a young man sitting on the
| right side, clothed i'm along white gar
| ment, and they were affrighted -
Matthew says that an angel sat on the
stone and greeted the women: Luke SAYS
that two angels stood by them in the
! tomb, while John says that Mary saw
two angels sitting, the one at the head
and the other at the feet where the body
of Jesus had lain. There is no contra
| diction, but a description of the different
attitudes of the two angels as seen by
different persons at different times. See
in the angel as a young man the sug-
gestion of immortal youth.
6. And he saith unto them. Be not
affrighted; We seek Jesus of Nazareth
which was crucfied: He is risen: He is
not here; behold the place where they
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II. one of the greatest words of God and
angels TO the children of men is Fear
not" or BE not afraid" Find all you
can of them and hold them fast. Re
member that His perfect love TO us will
dispel all our fears if we only believe il
q John iv, 1919. If We have fears, it
is because we are not abiding in His
love; therefore He says, AS the Father
hath loved Me, so have l loved you
Continue We in My love" And again il
is written. Keep yourselves in the love
of Cod Gohn Ky, 9; Jude, 2D. The
Christ had arisen. According TO Math
xviii s, one of them reminded the
women that He had said He would rise
as if gently reproving them for looking
for dead Christ. How our unbelief must
grieve Him as we'll as hinder Him from
using us as He would like TO! Think Of
His words, 20 We of little faith 20
fools, and slow of heart to believer
Have faith in God"
Z. But go your way, tell His disciples
and Peter that He goeth before YOU into
Galilee There shall We see Him as He
said unto YOU" Compare Math. xviii,
Z, and John Xxx, H. with this verse and
hear Christ and angels say to you. Go,
tell" Father, Son and Spirit are ever
saying Whom shall L send, and who
will go for us?" But how few are say
ing. Here am l.; send mer' How little
benefit even believers seem to derive
from Christ, crucified. risen. ascended,
So little that it does not seem to them
to be worth mentioning.
s. And they went out quickly, and
fled from the sepulcher, for they trem-
bled and were amazed; neither said they
anything to any man. for they were
afraid" In Math. xviii s, it is written
that they did run to bring the disciples
word: so it must have been on their way
to the disciples that they said nothing
TO any man. They would now think of
His words about rising again. which
they had not believed before; they would
think how their unbelief led them into
many mistakes; they would wonder,
what does il all mean and what next
so with mingled feelings of fear and joy
they ran to tell, Only a mind staid on
Him can have perfect peace, but that Is
our privilege Qsa. XVI, 81.