Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-04-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
THOUGHTS WORTHY or CALM
REFLECTION.
A Pleasant, Interesting, and Instruqo,
i've Lesson, and Where 1t May
Found-A Learned and concise Re~
view Of the Same.

A<Soeun IoF April h N
The resurrection Of Jesus IL the sub
ject of this lesson, which is found In Mark
16: 1-S. God be praised for the resurrec-
ton! Without IL we were of all men most
miserable; with 1t we are of all men most
joyous and assured. For when Christ
arose, all hope arose and all grief and
gloom were buried. For the tomb that
gives us back our Lord engulfs Satan.
Here infdelity lies buried. Hic jacet to
doubt and unbelief. All hall to life and
4 lore and JOY. Christ Is risen! Christ is
risen! Tell II, sing it, rejoice in II every
where.
Joy to the world. the Savior reigns;
Let men their songs employ:
While fields and floods. rocks, hills and
/ plains,
Repeat the sounding joy"
What a surprise! They came with spices
to hnoint, for loves sake, a dead body;
and 10, living voice was presently say
ingt'ChIdren, have ye any meaty Hence
| forti leave incense and spices to the
chtch that worships dead Christ. Let
| Professionalism arise and follow his foot
stef of mercy to Galilee, and presently
to Qlivet.
| A. y,
to tie sepulcher. But Christ was earlier.
| pphnd away! Human love arose very
earF on the first day of the week; divine
iovdrose earlier. God is always first with
his love and his power. "Who shall roll
us away the stone?" So they said as they
came, or more literally, they kept saying.
And they looked and 10! the stone
wasplready rolled away. Brother, sister.
troubled and 'burdened, bereaved, it may
be, teath itself impending, look. the stone
Is gpne! In Christ the rock of offense ia
renpved. Only look 'They saw young
mhi sitting" One of heavens young men.
Hate you ever seen him before? Will you
eveIsee him again? Yes. you and shall
0nduay be like him, specimen celestial,
claf in white garments and in everlasting
yofhfulness. "Be not affrighted." Here
end all alright, here at the resurrection
of bur Lord. Henceforth ghosts are
bafshed, death is shorn of its terrors,
thegrave's victory gone. Christ is risen;
be aim, be confident.
Hints and Illustrations.
Te doctrine of the resurrection is great;
resurrection life is greater. The power Of
a rken life-preach il, live it, Do you?
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| shdild have power over us than that we
shdlld have power over others. The latter
will follow when once the first is secure.
Thk adage says that dead men tell no
tails. In the kingdom of the Master it
is9ly dead men who tell the tidings-men
wb have been slain of the Lord, and then
rated again to walk in newness of life.
Tf world needs such. And the church
n9ds them. Do we preach and speak of
thf resurrection enough? Not so much,
p4haps, the resurrection as the risen
| Christ. Why have we not been rejoicing
id it all the time? Possibly you have.
Ht it has come to us as a glad new mes
stse that Jesus Is already on the throne,
fd at the right hand of God. Think of
brother. He is not any longer under
tirture of scourge and lash. He has
Tkssed through suffering and death, and
seated already as conqueror, crowned
Tbw with glory and honor. And we belong
y him, and he, by Gods grace, to us. Can
Re not pray now and work now as never
,efore? Was it not some such concep-
ton as this that made the dying man,
Missing his eyes toward heaven, cry out:
TT lifts me! 1t lifts me!' Set your affec-
TINS on things above.
'Peace, perfect peace, the future all un-
n known,
Jesus, we know; and he is on the throne"
/ The resurrection was all of God, entire
hylso. The disciples were not expecting
lit :the Jews did not want it; PLATE did
Iallhe could made it sure, poor impotent)
Ito prevent it. Then came God, in our
|urttpnencss. and did it for u.s. So God Of
ten does with us by his grace still. The
little lad, essaying to help his father with
hisIbooks, sat weeping on the bottom stair.
witiila volume in his arms too big for him
to curry. Then came great arm around
hinpand lifted him, burden and all, to the
top. Christian brother or sister, has not
God the Father often treated you thus?
Venture somewhat on this resurrection
power Go beyond carnal expectation.
Expect great things of God, and 50 at
tempt for him. If we understand Dwight
l.. Moody this is his spirit; and hence he
SURPRISES and startles some of us. Doubt
less. we need to be walked up, half asleep
aslwe are. Riding across the country
with n gentleman who had been driven
tolmcet him, Mr.. Moody caught sight of
a tchool- house, and proceeded to give out
notice along the way of q meeting to be
hdd there. But who is going to lead it?"
his companion asked, for he knew that
Mr.. Moody had appointments every night
in the town. near by. to which they were
going. "You are, SIR" responded the
Evangelist. 'I?' exclaimed the man, II
never did such thing in my life!' Quoth
Mr.. Moody, 1T. is high time you COM
ncnced." And commence he did, and
fkewise gracious revival in the country
community.
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