Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-06-19
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, sr/OND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, JUNE 81.

Text of the Lesson, Luke xiv, 36-53-Mem-
DRY Verses, 45.4s-Golden Text, Luke
xiv, 34-Commentary by the Rev. u. NJ.
stearns.
SO, Peace be unto you" Thus spake
Jesus as He stood in the midst of the dis
oiples as they were gathered together in
Jerusalem on that first evening after the
resurrection. He appeared first to Mary
Magdalene, then to the other women, then
to Simon and to the two who walked to
Emmaus and now to the disciples with
these comforting words. They might pos
sibly think of His words the night before
the crucifixion, "Peace l leave with you
my peace give unto you (John xiv, ~.
" He is our peace" and mind staid on
Him has perfect peace (Eph. Ii, IA; lisa.
XVI, 81.
81, 3s. why are ye troubled, and why
do thoughts arise in your heartsP" They
were frightened when they saw Him, and
He asks, "Why2" for If they had believed
His own words, or If they had believed
the women who had seen Him that day,
they might have shouted for joy, saying:
Here He isl Here is our Lordl" Why
are we troubled when He says, "Let not
your heart be troubled" and "See that ye
be not troubledy' (John xiv, l, ~; Math.
xiv, g. Why do thoughts arise when His
thoughts to us are all thoughts of peaceP
(Jer. xxx, 11.)
80. ut is l myself" "Jesus HIMSELF
Oversees 10 36)) "This same jesus (Acts
!, ~. "The Lord Himself Il Thess. iv,
16). His own SELF Il Pet ii, 24). How
can we think of death, or some great event,
or even the Holy Spirit, as being the same
as 1.-THE Lord HimselfY' What the differ
ence was between the body of flesh and
blood in which He died and this body of
flesh and bones in which He now was we
shall know some day when our bodies
have become like His (Phil. iii, 21). We
are sure that His resurrection body was
material and tangible, and in it He could
walk and eat. Ours shall be like His
40-43. He showed them His hands and
His feet" And there they would see the
prints of the nails, evidence that He was
the same Jesus who had been crucined
and that this was the same body that Jo-
seph and Nicodomus had carefully laid in
the tomb It is not likely that the resur-
rection body will need to eat. but we Will
in that, as in other matters, be able to
"Do as occasion serve u.s. to the glory of
God
"A. CAN things must be fulfilled which
were written in the law of Moses, and in
the prophets, and in the Psalms, concern
ing Me. On the way to Emmaus He
expoundod unto them in all the Scriptures
the things concerning Himself worse 27).
May we remember that all the Scriptures
concern Him, and that all things must be
fulfilled. If one should ask in what man
ner the unfulhlled parts are to be fulfilled,
let the answer be, exactly after the fashion
of the words already fulfilled.
40. "Then opened He their understand
ings that they might understand the Scrip
lures" Inasmuch as He is still the very
same Lord Jesus why not trust Him to
open our understandings to understand
the Scriptures; ask Him to read the book
with us, and by His Spirit instruct us?
When we count upon Him, He will not
disappoint us, for He has given us His
Spirit to guide us into all truth and who
teacheth like Him (Iohn xiv, 90; xvi, 10;
Job xxxvi, 22).
46. "Thus it is written, and thus it be-
hoovcd Christ to suffer, and to rise from
the dead the third day" Every detail of
His sutierings and resurrection, as record
ed so fully in Ps. xxi; lisa. lii; Ps. xvi,
and elsewhere, was fulfilled to the letter.
When we stand upon what is written, rs
III Is written, we are on Sh1e ground, but
the least adding to, or taking from, or al
tering or weakening or handling deceit
fully is all forbidden.
II. And that repentance and remission
of sins should be preached in His name
among all nations, beginning at Jcrusa-
lem" This is why He suffered and died
and rose again that He might obtain
eternal redemption for all who will accept
Him. Up to the time Of His death the
preaching was limited, with rare excep
lions, to Israel, but after His resurrection
the command is to all nations in all the
world and to every creature. The message
now is that through this Man is preached
the forgiveness Of sins and by Him all
that believe are justified from all things
(Acts xiii; XXXyiii, 80; X, 43).
As. And yc are witnesses of these
things" A witness is one who is sworn
to tell the truth, the whole truth and
moi HING Init tho truth and no t,uct foil