Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-08
The SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON x. SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATICNAl SERIES, JUNE 9.

Stcarna.
Is. This Lesson, like the last, refers 10 the
day on which He rose from the dead BE
appeared first TO Mary Magdalene: then TO
the other women: next, probably. TO these
two; afterward 70 Peter; and in the even
ing 10 ten in the upper room in Jerusalem
with others who were with them.
Il. As they walk ed they talked, and Jesus
was the topic OF their conversation, but il
was not risen Christ they talked of. The
one whom they had loved and followed as
the Messiah Of Israel was dead, and they
knew not what 10 think.
Is AS they communed and reasoned He
of whom they spake joined them and walk
ed with them. il is still true that lie takes
a special interest in all who speak OF Him
(lMal iii. 10, ~. IL we knew Him better,
we would be always talking Of Him. How
careful we would be of our words II we be-
lieved that we should have TO give account
of every idle word (Aiath. xii, S6)
1e He is often with us. and we do not
know it. He has said, 40, am with you
all the days. (Nlath. xviii, 90. II. V. mar
ginl He often seeks TO get our attention
that He may speak to as or show US some
what, but, unlike Moses and John, we are
too busy to turn aside to see the burning
bush or hear the voice that speaks.
H. He Is grieyed when we are sad and
would have us tell Him all our own trou-
bles He desires TO fill us with JOY and
peace. See the way In Rom. XIV, Is. He
overhears every conversation and reads all
| our thoughts FPS. cxxxix, Ia; Eek. ri, 8.
rs They do not recognize Him and think
lie must surely be a stranger In the city II
He does not know what had taken place
during the last two days Mary took Him
for the gardener. They think Him a Htran-
ger His enemies counted him a glutton
and winebibber. How unknown and
misunderstood He consented To bel
10. He knew, but He would have them
tell Him. He likes TO have us tell Him all,
as His disciples did when they had been out
teaching Mark vi, 800. They had evidently
been talking of the mighty deeds and words
| Of Jesus OF Nazareth, and now God had APP
proved him. and the people had received
| Him and looked upon Him asthe long prom
| ised Deliverer.
20, 81. But the strangest thing was that
| the chief priests and rulers had crucifiod
| Him, and now He was dead and had been
| for three days and the redemption of Israel
which they had expected He would accom-
| plish was now as unlikely and as far off as
| it ever had been. They evidently had their
heart upon the redemption rather than the
Redeemer and upon their thoughts rather
than His words.
| %, 90. They had heard the report of the
women who had been at the tomb and that
angels had said that He was alive, but they
did not quite receive it--at least they could
| not understand it-and IL was all great
mystery to thenn They were in great per-
| plexity.
"a. Some had even gone to the tomb to
see If the story of the women was correct
and had found it as the women said, but
| then they had not seen Him, and II He was
alive where was He, and why had He not
come to them' So they did not know what
| to think.
25. Now He speaks TO them and shows
them their error. If they had only believed
the prophets-that Is, all that they had
said, they would have understood every
thing and would haYe saved themselves
from all this unnecessary darkness. But,
not believing, they had acted as foolish
| persons. Consider some other fools in Ps.
| xiv, 1; Prov. xiv, 8; Sam. XVI, 81; Luke
xii, 80; Cor. XIV, IS, 80.
26 The prophets had In their own per-
sonal history as well as in their writings
plainly foretold that the Messiah of Israel
would suffer and die and rise again. All is
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stated also in Dan. TX 26. Messiah shall
be cut off but not for himself," or, as in
the margin, "Shall have nothing"
1 81. He went back to Moses, without say
ing one word about the supposed mistakes
of Moses or that Moses did not write this
| or that. He took up portions in all the
Scriptures and made no reference to two
Isaiahs or any such wonderful knowledge
as many wise ~ men seem TO have today.
| And doubtless from the coats Of skins Of
Gen. III, 81, down to the fountain and shep-
herd of Zech xiii, 1, Z. He taught how His
! sufferings had been foretold. All our Sun
! day school scholars should be made to un-
derstand THAT when "A teacher or preacher
makes light of any portion of Scripture,
such as the story of Jonah, or seems to be
wiser than our Lord, that such people are
no followers of Christ and must not be lis
tened to.
IS. Having arrived ut their destination,
He made as though He would have gone
further, for He,will not intrude Himself
upon any IL we prefer not tO-have His
company, we need not fear that He will
come where He is not wanted. His word
is "Ye shall seek me and find me when ye
| shall search for me with all your heart
der. xxx, 49,.
%. 1t is not difficult TO constrain the Lord
or his angels TO abide II wereally mean it.
See Gen. xviii. 5; xix, 3: Judg. vi, 49, Con-
trast the Lords "abide" in John XIV, 4, q
John il, %, and see Sam. xxi, % Think
how Peter took Him home from the syna-
gogue ozark /, 29) and say whether you
want Him always with you. or do you get
enough of Him at church and prayer meet
ing.
80. What lie did in that house He has
been ever doing; giving US His broken body.
saying, II am the bread of life" He that
eateth Me, even he shall live by Me-
Therefore make Me Your daily food and
life and all, and so live till | come again.
While He breaks to us the bread we shall
surely have enough and Of the best, and be
| satisfied with favor and full with the
blessing Of the Lord" (Deut. xxxiii, 2S)
81. For the first time since He Joined
them that day they know who He is. HE
was known Of them In the breaking OF
i bread (ycrses 81. Let AS open our Bibles
and have Him break to rs the bread of life,
and quickly lie VIII open our eyes that we
may see (Rsv. iii, Isl. AS He walked and
talked and vanished,sso shall we do in our
resurrection bodice fer we shall be like
Him even as TO our bodies. II John i'll. 2;
Phil III, q
81 II we viii let Him open to US the
Scriptures, we. like them, viii have such q
burning at our hearts that we shall be ecu
strained TO tel It out even though we walk
many a mile to dn il Ps. xxx, B; Jer. X,
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