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THE RAISING OF LAZARUS
oundry school Lesson In the Inter-
national series for April =.
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GOLDEN Tent am the resurrec-
ton. and the liic.-John ll:25
THE SECTION includes John iiI-4S
TIME.-January or February. A. ID. 30.
PLAcE-Jesus was at Bethabara OR. ".
Bethany, In Pcrea, beyond Jordan, where
John had baptized Him compare John 10:
that Lazarus was sick. Lazarus home was
Ia Bet hany. on the Mount OF owes. near
90 LESSON NOTES.
!. The Family at Bethany
had no home OF His own, but often
rested al the homes of his friends. The
little family at Bethany. Martha. Mary
and Lazarus. seem 10 have been in pros
porous circumstances. In Luke lO:3S-
AZ we have the story Of Jesus visit here
Scene III. Sickness and Death In tho
I Family--A few weeks after the sisters
! had entertained Jesus in their home
1 Guke 10: 3s-42), Lazarus was taken
sick. The first thought OF the sisters,
when al. common means failed, was 10
send a message TO Jesus that His friend
was sick No request was made. The
message was itself a prayer. Soon after
the messenger had gone. Lazarus died.
and, as usual. was buried the same day.
Hope had gone from the sisters.
Scene III. Jesus and His Disciples at
Bethabara.--At this time Jesus was
with His disciples at Bethabara. TWAS
rs or 80 miles from Bethany. At the
swiftestit wasa hard days journey. Yet
Jesus delayed two days before He set
out 10 aid and comfort His friends-a
delay fun Of mystery. and yet for the
glory of God and the blessing of the
afflicted ones; and Jesus knew that Laz-
arus was dead.
Scene ~ Meeting OF Jesus and Mar
tina just Outside the Walls of Bethany
Jesus and His disciples left Betha-
bara and drew near the village Of Beth
any at least five days after the mes
senger had been dispatched and four
DAYS after the death Of Lazarus. Mar
tina. learning Of His arrival. went out
70 meet him. leaving Mary in the house.
absorbed in her grief and unconscious
of his approach. The meeting was very
touching; but Jesus awakened hope
and prepared the way for larger bless
ings by assuring her that lie was the
resurrection and the life.
Scene " The Meeting Of Jesus and
Mary-ys. 32-37. When Martha's faith
and hope were assured Jesus bade her
90 home and bring her sister. Mary
Immediately left the house and went
outside Of the village walls to the place
where Jesus was resting.
81 Lord. il Thou hadst been here.
my brother had not died:" There is
no complaint. but only the wish that
things might have been different.
49, "IIe groaned in the spirit" does
indeed far more express the feelings OF
indignation and displcasure than of
grief the Indignation which
the Lord Of life felt at all which sin had
wrought
50. Jesus wept:" Shed tears. wer'
silently. an entirely different word
from the "weep" and weeping" Of the
mourners in VS. 81. 80. This verse gives
further expression to the intense and
varied feelings Of us-indignation
grief and sympathy.
81. could not this man which opened
the eyes Of the blind?' This was the
last. most widely known and most mar
velous miracle " hich had been wrought
D in Jerusalem only two or three months
r before. The inference was natural and
: just.
Scene VI. Jesus at the Tomb Of Laz-
r arus.-ys. 3s-45. Al. Jesus lifted up
G His eyes:" 4 natural. simple but ex-
y pressive act 81 worship The natural
$ forms Of worship are an aid to worship
a both for ourselves and those who are
I with us. ''And said Father. / thank
Thee" The miracle He was TO work
came in answer TO prayer. and He re-
turns thanks for the assurance.
a.. "And he that was dead cam
forth, bound hand and foot" Prob
I ably each limb separately. as was the
Egyptian custom
r As. "Many OF the Jews be-
{ lieved:" That was one of the purposes
Of the miracle. Lazarus walked as q
n perpetual sermon before the people.
q EASTER LESSONS.
Light on the problem OF death and
: The clouds Of sorrow which gather
around IL. on the Valley Of the Shadow
OF Death. on the Dark River all must
: cross. is the one great need Of human
!. ity. These are typiied by the trial. tho
y death and the burial Of Christ.
Jesus is the resurrection and the life
the givcr Of eternal life which lasts be
J. yond the grave and makes the resurrec
e tion possible and blessed He proved
n His assertion and promise by raising
5, Lazarus from the dead.
q The raising Of Lazarus proved that
&c the soul has an existence indcpenden nj
= Of the body. and that death does not
end all.
l. The outlook into eternity, the hops
n of immortal life. broadens the visior
d and enlarges the soul. No man can bs
IL narrow who lives in the present reality
20 of two worlds. where every though
'e and act has a meaning beyond thu
Or grave.
I.Isl. In Nexxlx Ea a MALTA.