The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-04-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson I'm the International Series
for April z, 19O1-The Resur-
recfiOp of Jesus.
Prepared by II. c. Lenington.1
'vHE LESSON TEXT.

Luke A4.l-l2.D
l. Nov upon the first day of the week, very
early in the morning, they came unto the
sepulcher. bringing the spices which they
had prepared, and certain others with
them.
9 And they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulcher.
3. And they entered in, and found not the
body OF the Lord Jesus.
4. And 1t came to pass, as they were
much perplexed thereabout, behold, two
men stood by them in shining garments:
5. And as they were afraid, and bowed
down their faces to the earth, they said
unto them, Why seek ye the living among
the dead?
g. He is not here, but is risen; remember
how He spake unto you when He was yet
In Galilee,
I. Saying. The Son Of Man must be deliv-
cred into the hands of sinful men. and be
crucifed, and the third day rise again.
8. And they remembered His words.
3. And returned from the sepulcher, and
told all these things unto the eleven, and to
all the rest
TO- 1t was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna.
and Mary the mother of James, and other
women that were with them, which told
these things unto the apostles.
H. And their words seemed to them as
idle tales, and they believed them not.
sepulcher; and STOPPING down, he beheld
the linen clothes laid by themselves and
departed wondering in himself at that
GOLDEN TExT.ENovv 4. Christ risen
from the dead.-1 Cor. rs go.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The fact Of the resurrection is one
of the cardinal points upon which
Christian faith rests. "If Christ be
not risen," says Paul q Cor. IS: 1S-2O,
then is our preaching vain, and your
faith is also vain. If Christ be not
risen, your faith is vain; we are yet
in your sins. Then they which are
fallen asleep in Christ are perisked.
If in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men most miser-
able. But now is Christ risen from
the dead, and become the first fruits
of them that slept"
1t is well to dwell upon the beauty
of the scene. 1t recalls at once an
other scene, when the babe Jesus had
just come into the world, and the
whole heavens burst into music:
"Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men,"
These two scenes are perhaps the two
clearest visions of God that have ever
been given to mankind. They give us
glimpses of another life which has
not the limitations we now know, and
into which death will not enter. Christ
has met mans arch-enemy and con-
quered him. Who is this arch-enemy
of mankind? He has two names:
Death-Sin. Death and sin are synon-
ymous. You conquer sin and you
have overcome death-eternal life is
yours. On the other hand. you may
allow sin the mastery, and death has
the upper hand, for "the wages of
sin is death" Is it not curious con-
firmation of this that the men of sor-
did notions and corrupt morals often
court death in suicide, while the
thought of eternity is coupled with
all that is pure. lofty, bright and beau
tiful. Death is the end of all for the
man of the world. for those of clearer
vision life has no end.
The various accounts of the resur.
rection of Jesus are as follows: Matt
2S:1-S; Mark 16: Is; Luke 24:1-S, and
John 2O:1-17.
The essential points of the lesson
are: O Christ was in the tomb three
days: (2) there was no possibility of
His body having been removed by
impostors; (3) that Jesus did rise
from the dead, and (4) He showed
himself at various times during a
period OF 40 days to His apostles and
others. Read also the report of the
guards at the tomb to the chief priests
Matt. 2S:1l-l5.
Christ in the Tomb.-The commonly
accepted theory is that Christ was bur.
led Friday afternoon, probably about
four o'clock, and rose early on Sun
day morning. Thus He was in the
tomb only a part of three days, anC
only two nights. Many have hesitated
to accept this theory, owing to the
statement Matt. 12:4O): "Fora as Jonas
was three days and three nights ir
the whales belly; so shall the Son OF
Man be three days and three nights
in the heart OF the earth" This state
ment would be literally and full,
substantiated if. as volumes have beer
written to prove, Jesus was crucifet
and buried on Thursday instead O.
Friday.
No Possibility of Mistake.-To in
sure tne ueatn OF Jesus the ROmaI
soldiers pierced the body through
with a spear after death had apparent
ly relieved the body of its suffering
For another thing, Jesus body wa
laid in a new tomb where no othe
body had been laid, thus leaving n,
question of mistaken identity to b
settled. Then. the entrance to tn
tomb was sealed. Finally, guard O
soldiers was placed there.
The Resurrection.-The fact is al
most conclusively proved without TAX
ing into consideration the above facts
by the incredulity of the disciples. l
was almost impossible to convinc
. them that their crucified Lord wa
with them again.
, Jesus Appears to Apostles and Otf
!, ers.-During the 40 days between tn
resurrection and the ascension W
have recorded in one or more of tn
four Gospels ten appearances of Jesu.
on one occasion to over 500.