El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON II, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 10.

LESSON II, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 10.
Text OF the Lesson. Mark xvi. 1-s-Mem-
DRY Verses. 6, - Golden Text. Cor.
Nv, 2O-Commentary by the Rev. d. NJ.
Stearns.
copyright. 1898, by D. NJ. Stearns.l
We have our choice of two lessons for to-
day, either the regular lesson in the series,
Math. xvi, 21-2S, or this resurrection les
son, but as the latter, which we choose, Is
q brief section we can with great profit
devote a third of our space to the former
Having warned His disciples against the
leaven, or false doctrine, of the Pharisees
and Sadducees, He drew from Simon Peter
the confession, ''Thou art the Christ, the
Son of the living God This Jesus said,
was a revelation to Simon from the Father
and was the foundation on which He
would build His church, which He now
mentions for the first time and only on
one other occasion (Math. xviii, 10 He
then told them plainly that He must suffer
and die and rise from the dead the third
day, and, when Peter taught by satan,
objected to this, Christ then taught the
disciples that not only was death the only
way for Him, but the only way for them
also as His followers After His resurrec-
ton He called their attention to the fact
that all the prophets had taught this, say
ing: 20 fools and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spokenl Ought
not Christ to have suffered these things
and to enter into His gloryP" duke xiv,
&c. 26.) 1t is the great truth which is ever
being spoken by the Spirit through Paul,
as when he says: II am crucified with
Christ. Nevertheless live, yet not L, but
Christ liveth in me. - 1--WE who live are
Away delivered unto death for Jesus
sake, that the life also of Jesus might be
made manifest in our mortal flesh. !"
'That l may know Him, and the power
of His resurrection, and the fellowship Of
His sufferings, being made conformable
unto His DEATH (Gal. ii, 30; II Cor. iv, II !;
Phil. iii, 1O).
l. "And when the Sabbath was past
Mary Magdalene, and Mary, the mother Of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet
spices, that they might come and anoint
Him" These women loved Him, followed
Him and ministered unto Him. They also
watched Him to the end and saw His body
| laid to rest in Joseph's tomb, then re-
| turned and prepared spices and ointments
and rested the Sabbath day, according to
the commandment duke xiii, 55, S.;
Mark XIV, Az. In them and their ministry
is seen great devotion to Him, the mani
festation of true and heartfelt love, but in
this case their love lacked faith, for had
| they believed His oft repeated words, that
He would rise again the third day, they
| would not have prepared to anoint His
| dead body on that day.
2. "And very early in the morning the
first day of the week they came unto the
sepulcher at the rising of the SUM-" But
| they came looking for what they would
not find, for they had no authority to look
1 F. h Uyo ~
perfectly sure that we shall find everything
exactly as He has said, and therefore it be-
comes us to hold fast these words: 81 be-
lieve God, that it shall be even as it was
told me" (Acts xvii, 25).
8 And they said among themselves,
Who shall roll us away the stone from the
door of the sepulcher?" Had they been
consciously sent of God on this GRAND they
might have had the comfort of Deut. xxi,
8; John x, 4, but He had not sent them
forth this time. 1t was in itself a good
work they had in view, and great love was
in it, and they were true disciples, but this
errand was not of God. 1t was labor OF
love, but not work of faith Il Thess. /, 3D.
If we walk in the good works He has pre-
pared for us (Eph ii, 1O), we shall do well,
but all others, however seemingly good,
may turn out to be vain works and just
nothing, for He said, Without Me We car
"
teach that not only will our work be
nothing without His blessing, but it will
be as nothing unless He has done 1t al
from the first.
l. 4. "And when they looked they saw
that the stone was rolled away, for it wa.
very great" 1t had not been rolled away
that He might come forth, for a resurrec
ton body regards no obstacles. Neither
had it been rolled away that they nigh,
accomplish what they had in view, thu
amounting of His body, but an angel ha6
come from heaven and rolled back thu
stone (Math. xviii, q that they Nigh,
see and believe that He meant just wha
He said when He told them that He would
rise again the third day. Blessed are they
that have not seen and yet have believed
(John Xxx, 8, 29).
g. "And entering into the sepulchel
they saw a young man sitting on the RICH
side, clothed in a long white garment, an(
they were affrighted." By comparing thu
accounts it is clear that there were two an
gels-some saw one inside and one out
side, and, again, both were inside. Their
is no discrepancy or contradiction. tt
send two is generally His way. Two wen
with Him to visit Abraham and to rescue
Lot. Two were sent to the heavenwart
gazing disciples The twelve and the sew
enty were sent by twos. Sometimes HI
sends but one, as when He sent Gabriel
or when He sent Philip from Samaria t.
the Ethiopian.
6. And he saith unto them, Be no
affrighted Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth
which was crucified He is risen. He Il
not here. Behold the place where the.
laid Him." They sought ignorantly, bu
sincerely, and those who seek find TIL
word even to such is, Fear not. Their
Is no ground of fear to those who are il
Him, and from Gen. XIV, l, to the end o
the story it is one oft repeated Fear not;
BE not afraid, only believer Have faitl
in God. p" The ground Of all peace. how
ever, is Jesus crucified and risen.
z But go your way, tell His disciple
and Peter that He goeth before you unit,
Galilee. There shall ye see Him as HI
said unto you" In Math. xviii, z, it is
; "Go quickly and tell" One has said tina
. the watchwords of Christianity are: III
is risen. Go tell We have not to maxi
! up fine story and put in perfect form ant
deliver it in eloquent language but g
where and when He sends us and in Hi
words tell of Him His own message t.
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