Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-04-03
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson I'm the International Series
for April =. 1B0I-The Resur-
rection 81 Jesus.
prepared by n c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

| early in the morning, they came unto the
| sepulcher. bringing the spices ~S,ch they
| had prepared. and certain Others WITH
| them.
| 2. And they found thu stone rolled away
| from the sepulcher.
3. And they entered in. and found not the
| body OF the Lord Jesus.
4. And II came TO pass. as they were
| much perplexed thereabout. behold, two
men stood by them in shining garments:
| ). And they were afraid. and bowed
down their faces to the earth. they said
unto them. Why seek ye the living among
| the dead?
| 6. 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
| erucifed. and the third day rise again.
| s. And they remembe red His words.
| o. Add returned from the sepulcher. and
told all these things unto the eleven. and to
| all the rest
10. IL was Mary MagdaIene and Joanna.
and Mary the mother of James. and other
| women that were with them. which told
| these things unto the apostles.
| IL. And their words seemed to them 8
| Idle tales. and they believed them not.
L. Then arose Peter. and ran unto the
| sepulcher; and stopping down. he beheld
| the linen clothes laid by themselves, and
| departed. wondering in himself at that
GOLDEN TEXT.ENoy O.. Christ risen
/
| 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. 15:14-2O).
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 persisted.
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 ba be 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
| glmpses 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 svnon-
| ymous. You conquer sin and YOU
| have overcome death-eternal life is
| yours. On the other hand. YOU NAV
| allow sin the mastery. and death has
| the upper hand, for 1.-THE wages OF
sin IL death" Is it not a curious con-
hrmation 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
tlful 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-
rectlon of Jesus are as follows: Matt.
2s:1 is; Mark is: Luke calls. and
John 2O:1-17.
| The essential points of the lesson
are; (D Christ was in the tomb three
days; (2) there was no possibility of
His body having been removed bv
impostors; (3) that Jesus did rise
from the dead, and (4) He showed
Himself at various times during n
period of 40 days to His apostles and
others. Read also the report of tho
| guards at the tomb to the chief priests
Matt. 2s:11-15.
| 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 SIM
day morning. Thus He was in the
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only two nights. Many have hesitated
To accept this theory. owing to the
statement Matt. 10: 4O): "Foras Jonas
was three days and three nights in
the whales belly; so shall the Son Of
Man he three days and three nights
IN the heart or the earth" This state
ment would be literally and fully
| subStantiated if, AZ volumes have been
written to prove. Jesus was crucified
and buried on Thursday instead OF
Friday.
No Possibility OF Mistake. To in
sure the death of Jesus the Roman
soldiers pierced the body through
with spear after death had apparent
| ~ relieved the body Of its SUFFERING
For another thing. Jesus body was
lad in new tomb where no other
body had been laid. thus leaving no
question of mistaken identity 10 he
settled. Then. the entrance TO the
tomb was sealed. Finally. q guard OF
soldiers was placed there.
The Resurrection fact is al
most conclusivelv proved without TAX
ing into consideration the above facts
by the incredulity Of the disciples. II
was almost impossible to convince
them that their crucifcd Lord wa,
with them again
Jesus Appears 80 Apostles and 9th
ers.-DurinR the 40 DAYS between the
resurrection and the ascension we
have recorded IT, one or more of tho
TOUR Gospels ten appearances Of Jesus.
On ono occasion to over 500