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THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, JUNE 1e.

LESSON XII, SECOND QUARTER, IN
TERNATloNAL SERIES, JUNE 19.
Text of the Lesson, Math. xviii, $40.
Memory Verses, 1S-2O-Golden Text,
Rev. +, 1s-Commentary by the Rev. d.
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copyright, 1898, by D: NJ. Stearns]
s. "And they departed quickly from the
sepulcher with fear and great joy, and did
run to bring His disciples word" The
women who in love, but not In faith. had
come to anaint dead Christ find the tomb
open and empty, the stone rolled back
from the door and an angel sitting upon
it who speaks to them, with the result
stated in this first verse of our lesson.
Angels know when we seek Jesus, and
they are glad (yerse and Luke xv, lO).
They, like their Lord, would dispel our
fears. 1t is very helpful to make special
study of the "fear nots" from Gen. XIV, l,
onward. Having believed, we are to "go
quickly and tell' and the burden of our
preaching is to be that Christ is risen and
is, therefore, the one who fulfllls all Scrip
ture.
9. "And as they went to tell His disci-
pies, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All
hail. And they came and held Hin by
the feet and worshiped Him." 1t is writ
ten in lisa. Xiv, 8, "Thou meetest him
that rejoiceth and worketh Righteousness.
A little earlier in the morning He had met
Mary Magdalene and had dried her tears
and given her message for the disciples,
but He did not allow her to touch Him, be-
cause He had not assembled to His rather
John Xxx, ~. But now He allows these
women to hold Him by the feet, so that
He must have assembled and returned since
meeting Mary. doubt not that He was
ever ascending and returning all those 40
days until His visible ascension, since
which time He has not yet returned, but
He will, and it may be soon (Acts !, 8, ~
10. "Then said Jesus unto thc1n, BE
not afraid; 60 tell My brethren, that they
20 into Galilee, and there shall they see
Me-" The angel said, Fear not; 60 and
tell; He goeth before you into Galilee, and
now Jesus Himself says just the same
If our message as His messengers Is In
strict accordance with His word, without
adding unto or diminishing aught from it
(Deut. iv, q, we need have no fear but
that He will indorse 1t all, but how we
will be ashamed Il John ii, 2S), If we have
in the least altered or diminished His
word through fear Of man or for any rea-
son whatever Let US, like Samuel, be-
lieve and tell every whit, that, like him,
we may be established as the Lords mes
sengers II Sam. iii, 1920. Believing all
things that are written in the law and in
the prophets, let our unwavering attitude
toward all Scripture ever be II believe
God that it shall be even as it was told
me" (Acts xvii, 25).
II, Is. "This saying is commonly re-
ported among the Jews until this day.
That Is the saying that His disciples came
by night and stole Him away, which was
q lie that the soldiers were paid to tell.
It is still true that some people will lie
and do even worse If they arc paid for it,
for the devil has a great many children,
and lying is part Of their business and
badge Of his service. Ho is liar and the
father Of it (John viii, 44), but he would
have US believe that God is liar (Gen. Ill,
4; ii, II; John V, 10y. 1t may bring
little money just for the present and pos
sibly enable one to do little more busi-
ness for a time if we are willing to lie
and practice deceit as many do, but the
end Of such is tho DEVILS portion which is
the lake of fire and the torment forever
and ever.
l6. "Then the II disciples went away
into Galilee into mountain where Jesus
had appointed them" He had said, After
I am risen again, will go before you into
Galilee" (Math. XVI, 32), and it would
seem that He had designated some special
mountain where He would meet them.
They will tell us some day what mountain
it was and we may also then know why
He preferred to meet them in Galilee, but
one great and precious lesson for US Is
that He always does just what He says He
will do.
II. "And when they saw Him they
worshiped Him, but some doubted" he
has nowhere told us that all will believe,
but, on the contrary, has plainly taught
us in tho parable Of the sower the various
results of the seed sowing. In the parable
or the tares He has further taught us that
not all the grain in the field will be true
wheat. There came time in His own
ministry when many went BACK ana
walked no more with Him John vi, 66);
but He was not discouraged, is not now,
nor ever will be Elsa. xiii, a, and II we
are "workers together with Him" there IS
no room for US ever to be discouraged.
Until He come it will be, according to
Acts xviii, "a, "Some believed and some
believed not" but Ho shall see Of the
travail of His soul and shall be satisfied.
18. "And Jesus came and spakc unto
them, saying, All power is given unto Me
In heaven and in earth" 10 John on
Patmos He said: "Fcar not, 1 am the first
and the last. I am He that liveth and was
dead, and behold I am alive for evermore,
amen, and have the keys Of hell and or
death" (Rey. /, II, 1S). Through Jere-
miah He said: "Bchold, I ain the Lord,
the God of all flesh. Is there anything too
hard for Me?" (Jer. xxxii, ~. When IN
response to His question, Whom shall l
send and who will 60 for u.s." we are led
to reply: Here am I. Send mel" lisa.
vi, 81, then our only responsibility Is TO
20 cbeerfully where He send us, DO just
what He tells us and speak faithfully and
lovingly His messages, sure that he Will
not fail to accomplish all His pleasure Isa
", 1D.
10. "Go ye therefore and teach oil ma
tions, baptizing them in tho name of the
Father, and Of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost" These arc the three who in lisa.
vi, 8, say, "Who will go for us?" When
we 20 for them, wo may and should al
ways find strong consolation in the blessed
assurance that God is for us, Christ is Tor
us, the Spirit is for us (Rom. viii: 81, 81,
26). What we arc to teach is simply stated
in Luke xiv, AZ; Acts xiii, 3S, 80, etc.
20. Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever have commanded you, and,
10, am with you alway, even unto the