The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-07-11
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Jane 30, 10Ol-0uarterly
Review.
Prepared by n. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.
q Corinthians, l6:,-S, 5s-ss.)

Prepared by n. c. Leninston.l
THE LESSON TEXT.
Il Corinthians. l6:I-S. 5s-ss.)
I. Moreover, brethren, declare unto
'ou the Gospel which preached unto you.
shieh also ye have received. and wherein
. stand:
2. BY which also ye are saved. II ye keep
. memory what l preached unto you. un-
sss ye nave believed In vain.
g. For delivered unto you first OF all
hat which / also received. how that Christ
lied for our sins according to the Scrip
Nres; ..H
4. And that He was buried, and that He
ose again. the third day. according to the
Criptures:
s. And that He was seen Of Cephss. then
the twelve:
& After that, He was seen OF above five
hundred brethren at once; Of whom the
reater part remain unto this present. but
oms are fallen asleep.
:. After that, He was seen Of James:
hen Of all the apostles.
.. And last Of all He was seen Of me
uso. ae Of one born out of due time.
&c. The citing Of death Is sin; and the
trength of sin 1. the law.
s.. But thanks be to God which giveth
=" aho shStoty thio6Sh Jcsus
.hrist.
IS. Therefore, my beloved brethren. be
'e eteadfast. unmovable, always abound
nS In the work of the Lord, forasmuch
IS ye know that your labor Is not in vain
the Lord.
GOLDEN TEYT.-God hath both
satseA ~ the LsvA, and will also
eafss - .s ~ Mis- swn pOwer.-COr.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Read the whole Of the fifteenth
hapter of First Corinthians. 1t forms
'erhaps as appropriate text as
ould be found upon which to base
! review lesson.
There are three lines along which
review study, In the present case,
.ould be conducted. One might be
'trictly . quarterly review. A second
night be . summing up OF the teach
ngs of the lessons beginning with
January of the present year. The
'hird, snd very profftably, might be q
,rief summary of the principles Of
he kingdom Of Heaven as set forth
n the teachings ef Jesus and exem-
,lified in His life and a statement of
;he main purpose of the life and
ieath Of Jesus.
AS q quarterly review the lesson
would be confined to- the resurrec-
ion and subsequent appearances Of
fesus. Eleven of these appearances
ire recorded and have been studied
these lessons. These appearances
reached over q period of 20 days, be-
.ween April and May IS, A. D. 30.
There are two other appearances re-
corded in the New Testament. One
was to Paul Tor SauY on the way to
Damascus, the other was to John in
:he Apocalypse. But both of these
we're subsequent to jesus ascension.
The main lessons to be enforced from
This study are:
I. The resurrection Of Jesus (which
went is nore conclusively proved by COM
petent evidence than 10 any other event
n all ancient history Is the crowning
proof Of His divine nature.
g The resurrection Of Jesus is proof Of
/ life after death.
g. Into each faithful life may come the
Holy Spirit which shall guide disciples Of
Jesus into all truth" aid them in overcom-
ng weakness and temptation. and continue
N the hearts Of men the work that Jesus
began" TO do when on earth.
Another method of taking up the
'eview would extend back another
quarter and include that part of tho
life Of Christ just prior to the cruci-
ixon and also the death and burial
If Jesus. This plan would make pos
sible the drawing of very effective
md instructive contrast. Picture in
the first place the apparent triumph
,f the foes of Christianity, Jesus
.rucifed, the disciples scattered. His
whole work seemingly brought to
aaught Now picture the risen
Saviour. with His disciples together
again with stronger hope, more en-
Turing courage, ministers of faith
daring al in spreading the glad It'd
ings Of salvation among the nations
Of tho earth Truly
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again |:
tn eternal years Of God are hers:
But Error. wounded. writhes in pain,
And dies among his worshipers.
n will be remembered that we have
been studying the life Of Jesus for
! the past 1e months. We are now
about TO take up q series Of lessons
In the Old Testament. Before doing
this, however, II would be Of immense
advantage to take q swift bird's-eye
view over the map Of Jesus gracious
earthly ministry, and crystallize in
our minds its essential truths. This
, cannot Be attempted in paragraph,
but We might suggest the following
points for consideration:
I. The incarnation, or God become man,
a. tho greAtsst nirasle OF the ages.
L Jesus object In coming to earth: was
II merely 10 "do good (taking that ex-
preston In ks more limited and commonly
accepted neaning), or was there also the
purpose Of manifest ting the power and glory
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