The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-15
DAE TRANSPORTATION.
Irrational sunday school Lesson
for AnriI IL. 1898.


for April IL, 1S9S.
N BIASED upon Peloubet's Select Notes.l
THE LESSON.-Matthew 17:1-9. Read
Matthew II and 2 Peter 1:12-l8. See also
Mark 1929; Luke 9:2S-42
GOLDEN TExT.-We beheld His glory,
the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father.-John liza.
TIME.-Autumn of A. D, %; a week
Rfter the last lesson; in the night, probably
toward morning.
PLACE.-Probabiy Mount Hermon or
one of its spurs. in the vicinity of Cesarea.
where Jesus and His disciples were the
week before, though tradition dating from
before the fourth century places it on
Mount Tabor in Galilee.
LESSON NOTES
/. The Prayer Meeting on the Noun
tain.-V. l. A week after the converse
ton recorded in our last lesson, in which
Jesus made known to His disciples that
He must ere long suffer and die, and be
raised again, a revelation that shocked
the disciples and threw them into the
gloom of the dungeon of giant despair,
Jesus taketh Peter, James and John
apart into high mountain. 1t was the
same favored three who had gone with
Jesus into the room where He raised
Jairus, daughter A few months later
they were nearest to Him as He prayed
in Gethsemanee, and still later were
recognized as pillars" of the church
(Gal. 2:9). There was no favoritism in
this selection. He simply advanced to
higher studies those who, by faithful
ness in the lower, had made it possible
e., 4 4 ~
higher.
II. The Answer. The Transfgura-
TONY 3 The word rendered trans
figured implies not merely change of
outward form, as when Satan took the
appearance of an angel of light, but
real, essential change 81 foreshadow-
ing or prophecy of his true form-His
distinctive character-comes out in his
TRANSFORMATIONS; "a revelation of
Deity breaking out in that glorifed
face, which appealed to something
deeper than sense. M. r. Vincent. 1t
was the true nature of Jesus, as de-
scribed by Paul in Acts 90, and by John
in Revelations 1:13-16, shining through
His flesh and His garments, as by light
from within. as the sunlight shining
through dull stained glass windows re-
yealsthetrue nature of the picture. And
it was in their presence, while they were
awake, as Luke expressly says duke
9:32). And His face did shine as the sun.
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious of all objects within hui
man Knowledge bright that it de-
stroys the eye to gaze directly upon it
could express the radiant glories of
Jesus face, when His Heavenly nature
ehone through the veil of his flesh.
III. The Conference of the Three
Glori6ed Ones.-V. 3. "And, behold,
there appeared unto them Il. e., the dis
ciples) Moses and Elias" the Greek
form of Elijah. These persons were real
~ present. 1t was not vision, as is
plain from the account of Luke The
representatives of the law, the prophets,
and the Gospel conversed together. The
subject of their conversation is reported
by Luke. They spoke of His decease,
His departure, Greek, exodus" which
included His death resurrection, and
ascension. TINS co5ffv~Mation would
enable the disciples yse-see the i'm
portance and necessity of that which
they most dreaded, and which was to
them the greatest mystery. The atone
ment on the cross, followed by the res
urrection, was the great event of the
worlds history; this was the eulmina-
ton OF the salvation brought by the
Messiah; this was the great act to which
all thu Ices appointed by Moses
looks Ard, and which gave them
mean value.
~ hree Witnesses. v. 4.
bred Peter" After they
- X. awhile, and the heavenly
IS eparting. Peter answered
.estion, but the feelings
y rs that the scene awak-
# n NJ ld. @And said unto
& IN "A Is to continue in such
by, but mot knowing
lke), not realizing the
4 is proposal or its eff
N! ion of Jesus and upon
# # pselves. Lord, it is
here" The expert
Al n #. *. 0 d would make him
AZ Al "A useful man all the
1. 5 # 7idened his outlook.
!. ia. nswer. The events
Il n * 4. N he answer. 1t was
K "a s there. There was
.I l {. ~ the world below.
Is |:|' was better than
N at His glory.
imony.-Vs. 81.
$ speaking ssbe-
& E X Overshadowed
a e 81 =. | & oice out of the
~ K Fl 4. Ii E. '. ' A q. e is is my, beloved
H 3 % Z pleased; hear
"A "a 4 y les fell on their
|$ id. The great
& u .. power close at
ious of weak
S. pd }olemnity.
ern Is, Jesus