The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
TIE SUNDAY scHooL.
Lesson I. Second Quarter. Irternational
Series. Anril 5.
SAM P. JONES.

Lesson I. Second Quarter. International
Series, April s.
When we are having but one lesson in
each chapter, 1t seems "a pity to pass a
chapter by, bu, rs the Resurrection Is the
greatest topic in Scripture, including all
others, we feel led to choose Ahe Easter les
son. If any prefer ohaptcS 2 fail not to
notice the corruption suggested by the
heaven, and tho hypocrisy which shall In
- time find It's homo where there Is
weeping and gnashing of teeth, Before
the door is shut let all enter who Will by
truly receiving Him in whom alone is sal
vation
!. "T'hey came unto the sepulcher
bringing the spices which they had pre-
pared. In Mark xvi /, we lind that IL
was two OF the Marys and Salome who did
this. Verse 10 Of our lesson mentions
some others. Their service was truly 10y
ing one, but IL was not work OF faith
and therefore in u measure fru.tless. ion
without faith 1t is impossible TO please
Him" (Heb. xi, 81. The order in Thess.
1, is Work of faith, labor of love- pa
,ience OF hope" II we keep od's order
in our service, all will he well.
o. And thoy found the stone rolled
away from the sepulcher. " Mark xvi 8,
says that they talked among themselves as
to who should roll away the stone from
the scpulchcr; for Mark XIV, lB, ~, says
that they saw the burial Of His body and
tho stone rolled unto the door Of the sepul.
cher. The nppnren, or real difficulties will
vanish rs we move on IN love to Him con
strained by His love to u.s. These women
were ready to minister at His death but
they had also minsterod to Him in His
life mark Ky, 40 Az.
3. And they entered In and found not
the body Of the Lord jesus" They were
looking for wrong thing in wrong
place through lack OF knowledge because
of lack OF faith. They were as unsuocess-
full rs were the people who looked for tho
body OF Enoch or the so men who looked
three days for the body OF Elijah Qieb, xi,
D; III Kings, II, ~. There will be some
more unsuccessful scare lers some of these
days when all the dead In Christ shall
have left their graves aud the living saints
shall have been caught up with them to
meet the Lord In the air Il Cor. XIV, 90, oil,
So, Thcss, iv, 1919.
4. Behold two men stood by thcm in
shining garments From the story of
tho angels who cnIno with tho Lord to
visit Abraham (Gun xviii, 9, 90; xix. H.
all the way through the Scriptures they
women. l only mention this to- show how
unscriptural arc our pictures OF angels
Heb. i, II, is very comforting concerning
the ministry Of angels, and Ps. Gill, 20,
81. is very inspiring, making us long ,o
be like them in service and In obedience.
s. why seek yc the living among tho
dcndf' For ''the living the margin says,
Him that livcth, The previous Verse
says they We're much perpiexed. and now
wc read that thoy were afraid and bowed
down to the earth. unhelief always pro.
duces these things, while Joy and peace
come by believing (iom. ay, i3), Our
departed friends who have died in Christ
are alive and well, although their bodies
rest in the grave They are with Christ
'prcssnt with the Lord, " and 1t Is very
weak faith or no faith that clings TO the
tomb as II they were there
G. HE Is not here, but is risen; remem-
Der how He spako unto you when He was
yet In Galilcc" Tho words Of the Lord
arc very plain words, easily understood If
simply believed, for Through faith we
understand" QIeb. xi. ~. AS TO both law
and prophecy being very plain SEQ Deut. |
XVII, 5; IIab n, .. Now we cannot re-
member the words Of the Lord il We have |
not received them, II We have not laid |
them up in our hearts
7. Tho Son OF Man must be delivered |
into the hands OF sinful men and bc'cruci. |
fed and tho third day rise again" He had |
said just these words TO them over and |
over again (Math. xvi, 81, xvii, 20; Xxx, |
l9) aud He had meant Just what He said, |
and II had all come 10 pass exactly as Ho |
had said, so that their whole difficulty WAS
that they had eAlled TO take Him AZ His
word.
s. And they remembered His words"
SO We, in the morning OF His coming
again, will reinambor His words and 500
everything fulfilled exactly ms IL Is writ
ten. We would therefore do we'll to IT,
them now and hold them fast and
he ever saying for our own enoouragem
and fos the eaeoprAgelnen, Of ethsrs. DO