Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-02
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON TX. FIRST QUARTER, iNTEn-
NATIONAL SERIES. MARCH 3.

NATIONAL SERIES, MARCH 8.
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DRY Verses. 3S-36-Geiden Tex, John
xi, 5-cofnmentary by the Rev. ID. ii.
S.
so 1t Is probable that all tho events re.
corded in L;Ilex. II. to xviii. as. and also in
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hlle lie was heye-id Jordan Lazarus
took sick, and the sisters sent Him word,
hut instead Of fastening to him He tar
rcd Two DAYS in the same place. and not
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~ Aea -aar'na i'e'a1u tnas iAo '"s
coming, she Went iortn cat OF the town 20
meet Him, and afterward calling Mary Sc
cretly she, too, went forth out Of the town,
Jesus tarrying where Martha had met
Him
81. When the people in the house who
had como together to comfort Martha and
Mary saw Mary go forth hastily, not
knowing that her sister had called her,
they supposed she had gone to the grave
to weep there They must have been poor
comforters, for they knew not the comfort
of / Thess. ~, 1913. How few seem to
know it even now, for even at the funeral
Of believer we have often heard por
ton of thecontext, but seldom these words
wherein the comfort lies, which assure us
that any hour our departed loved ones in
Christ may join us, and together we meet
tho Lord in tho air
80. Mary, coming where Jesus was, fell
down at His feet, uttering the very same
words which her sister had used tvorse 2l.
Now if, as some teach US, the coming of
the Lord means death, Martha and Mary
should have said Lord, we are so glad you
came when our brother died, but they say
that If He had come Lazarus would not
have died
SO. He would not he troubled without
cause, and when we heaI Him twice groan-
ing in spirit in this lesson (seo verse 3Sl
we may be sure the cause was very great.
What could it bel His dear friends whom
Ho loved were in deep sorrow, and He felt
sorry for them
81. His inquiry, Where have yo laid
himY" confirms us in the thought that it
was the work Of death spsn this dear
friend whom Jesus loved (veFso -, which
was in part at least the cause Of the Sa-
viour's groaning, and while He knew that
He would surely raise up and restore Lag
arus to his sisters, yet He felt deeply the
work Of the enemy and saw it in all its
tcrrors and horrors from Abel to the very
end.
IS. Jesus wept. 4" Shortest verse in the
Bible, but who can tell its breadth and
length and depth and height? On three
different occasions Jesus is said to have
wept See Luke xix, IL; Heb. V, Z. In
the former text we see His sorrow for those
who, by their unbelfef were bringing I'M
told sufferines upon themselves, but into
the meaning of the latter we cannot pre-
tend to enter.
So Behold how He loved him" God
is love. and all the love Of Jesus was The
manifestation of the love of God "In
this was manifested the love of God to-
ward us, because that God sent His only
begottrn Son into the world that we
might live through Him. Il John iy, 81.
37. They have not forgotten the IN
heard of vcndcr of the opened eyes Of the
man who was horn blind. Possibly they
had heard of the two resurrections in the
north country, of the little girl and tie
widows sor Like Martha and Mary. they
feel that, if Jesus had only been present.
He might hive prevented Lazarus from
dying. but it is too late now, for he is
dead and buried. and neither of tho others
had been buried.
3S They are now at the grave. or cave,
with a stone upon 1t, and again He aroans
within Himself. we are reminded Of the
which have tho FIRST fruits of the shirt.
even we ourselves eroan within ourselves
waiting for the adoption-to wit. the re.
demptjon of our body.
sg The Stone is between Him and the
dead BODY of His dear friend, and that
they can take away. II is ours ia take
AWAY everything that may be between
.Testis and the soul that is dead in sins.
No matter who may object because of the
seeming irnpossibiiities of the case, lot us
get away ali the obstacles and bring the
sinner face tn face with ,Jesus.
40. The greatest of all hindrances is un
belief In one place He could because of
this do no mighty works. and it is unbc
lief that both kecps sinners under con.
demnation and keeps saints from enter
ing into rest (John iii. IS; Heb. iii. ig)
that our ewes can see VIC must believe God
To the man whose little girl had lust died.
Jesus said, BE not afraid, only believe"
MARK V, So in the storm at sea, when
it seemed as if the vessel must go down
with all ON board and there was nothing
to rest upon but the word of the nessen
ger, Paul said Il believe God"
fl. The stone being taken away Jesus
glorifes His Father by acknowledging
Him as the one who was about to work,
and He thanks Him beforehand for the
answer Hear Him also thanking the Fa
Their in Math. XII, %; Luke x, 81. lie ever
made it manifest that the words and works
were not His, but those of the Father who
sent Him. He would have us to believe
and make it manifest to all that it is
God who worieth in us both to will and
to do of His good pleasure" (Phf. ii, 13).
A. He always pleased tho Father the