Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-03-30
international gfssol1,
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON !, SECOND QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 7.

Copyright. 1901, by American Press Association
1. "They came into the sepulcher
bringing the spices which they had pre-
pared" This is written Of the women
who followed Him and who. having be-
held the sepulcher ana how His body was
laid, returned and prepared spices and
ointments and rested the Sabbath day.
according TO the commandment (chapter
xiii. 80, 56). They now come to the
tomb velx early in the morning Of the
first day to anoint His body with these
spices MARX xvi, 1, y. The names Of
three Of the women are given in the pas
sage just referred to. They were hlleI
with love to Him, but if they had been
filled with faith. like Mary Of Bethany.
they would not have bought these spices.
2, 3. "Thcy entered in and found moi
the body of the Lord Jesus AS they
came to the sepulcher they said among
themselves, "Who shall roll us away the
stone from the door Of the sepulchcr!
Mark xvi. 81 But they found the stone
rolled away, for the angel of the Lord de-
scended from heaven and came and rolled
back the stone from the door and sat up
on it (Math. xviii, y. Graciously tn"
Lord provided for them to see for therl'
selves that He had risen.
4. Behold. two men stood by them in
shining garments" As they were much
perpexed this is what they saw. These
ministering spirits are often spoken OF as
men; angels are always spoken OF as
men, never as women. Some associate
Luke's phrase. 1.-TWO men," in this place
and in Acts i. 10. with Luke tx, 30. ana
think that iu each case Moses and Elijah
were the two who ministered unto Him.
1t is interesting to consider the poSSbll-
ity of this. but it is enough to know that
angels are His minstering ones to the
heirs OF salvation. They excel in
strength and do His commandments
hearkening to the voice of His worl
(Heb. i, IA: Ps. CHI. 2O).
5. why seek ye the living tmargin-
Him that liveth) among the dead!' Tie
marginal phrase reminds us of Rev. i. Is:
Il am He that liveth and was dead. ANA
behold, | am alive forever more. amen,
and have the keys Of hell and OF death.
He was alive apart from His body. as is
also every child Of God. for absent from
the body means present with the Lord.
and to die is gain I'll Cor. v. 8: Phil. i.
21, 23). But it was necessary that Christ
should rise from the dead to make sure to
us His great redemption, for If He had
not risen there would he no forgiveness
Of sins and no room for faith and no use
in preaching II Cor. XIV. 14-1S).
6. He is not here, but is risen. Re
member how He spake unto you when
He was yet in Galilee." Some say CON
cerning the dead in Christ as the body is
laid away in the grave, Not here. bnt
risen," and they teach that Immediately
at death we get our resurrection bodies
and have no further use for the body that
Is laid in the grave. But this is most
un-Scriptural. for 'risen" and 'resurrec-
ton" refer to the body, and our Lord
said, "All that are in the graves shall
come forth" John Y, %. 29I. AS truly
as the body Of our Lord came out of the
tomb. so shall the bodies Of all the saints
come forth at His coming. and the bod
les of the living saints shall be in mo-
ment changed Il Thess. iv. 16. II: Cor
XIV, 81, 52).
Z. Saying, The Son Of Man must be
delivered into the hands Of sinful men
and be crucified and the third day rise
again" (Math. xvi. 81; xvii. %, %; Xx.
1S, 1N. He had in these passages and in
others again and again foretold His
death and resurrection, but they had not
believed His words, for they were not
expecting that He would be so treated.
Many things are plainly written concern
ing His coming again which people can
not think shall be literally fulfilled. and
they refuse to receive them. but what has
been fulfilled is the key to what remains
to be fulfilled. and the one shall be as lit
eral as the other. Have faith in Cod.
s, 9. And they remembered His words
and returned from the sepulcher and told
all these things unto the eleven and to all
the rest" One of the angels had said.
go your way. tell His disciples and Pc
ter that He goeth before you into Galilce.
where shall We see Him as He said unto
you" MARK xvi. u. If they had remem-
bered His words sooner, it would have
saved them some sorrow. Sometimes we
wish we could remember, but we forget
to rely upon the Holy Spirit, Of whom
Jesus said. He shall bring all things 20
yourremembrance, whatsoever havesail
unto you John xvi, 2G).
10. These are the names Of some Of the
women who ministered to Him and who
came first to His tomb on that early
morning. AS we read their names we
think of Phil. iv, 3. Help those women
who labored with Me in the gospel whose
names are in the book Of life," and Of our
Lords word to the seventy, Rather re-
joice, because your names are written in
heaven" luke X. 20J. 1t is certainly
very interesting to note that to women
was given the first resurrection message.
and woman was. as far as we know.
the first convert in Europe.
IL. "And their words seemed to them
as idle tales, and they believed them
not" In Mark xvi. ii, it is written that
at one Of His appearances to the disci-
Piles He upbraided them with their unbe-
lief and hardness Of heart because they
believed not them which had seen Him
after He was risen. Does anything
which is written concerning His second
coming and glory seem to you as an idle
tale. and do you hesitate to believe what
is written? How about the possibility OF
being changed in a moment and caught
up without dying. or coming with Hun
among the armies of heaven upon white
horses. or reiSning with Him in gloriticd
bodies which shall never grow old nor
die?
II. Then arose Peter and ran unto
the sepulcher" John says that he and
Peter ran together, that he outran Peter
and came first to the sepucher and look
ed in. but that Peter when he came went
IN ond then Tohn also went in and they
saw the linen clothes in which the body
of Jesus had been wrapped, and they
went away wondering. for as yet they
knew not the Scripture that He must
rise again from the dead John XXX, 3-10).
1t seems to us perfectly marvellous and
Incredible that after He had repeatedly
said that He would die and rise again the
third day that even John. who leaned Oh