The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-04-11
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson I'm the International Series
for April II, 18O1-Jesus APP
pears to Mary.
Prepared by Fl. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

(John 2O.11-1S)
II. But Mary stood without at the sepul-
cher weeping; and as she wept, she
stopped down, and looked into the sepul-
cher,
12 And seeth two angels in white sitting,
the one at the head, the other at the feet,
where the body of Jesus had lain.
10. And they said unto her, Woman
why weepest thouf She saith unto them.
Because they have taken away my Lord,
and I know not where they have laid
Him.
"A. And when she had thus said, she
turned herself back. and saw Jesus stand.
irg. and knew not that II was Jesus.
rs. Jesus saith unto her. Woman. why
weepest thouy whom sesksst thou? She.
supposing Him to be the gardener. saith
unto Him. Sir. II thou hath borne Him
hence. tell me where thou hast laid Him.
and will take Him away.
10. Jesus said unto her. Mary. She
turned herself. and saith unto Him, Rab-
boni; which Is to say, Master.
II. Jesus saith unto her. Touch me not;
but 60 to my brethren. and say unto them.
l ascend unto my Father. and your Fa-
ther; and to my God. and your God.
=. Mary MaSdalene came and told the
Disciples that she had seen the Lord. and
that He had spoken these things unto her.
for evernere.-Rev. 1,1s.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This IL the first recorded appear
snee of Jesus after His resurrection.
IL 10 to be noted that IL was to none
of His apostles, not even that "one
whom Jesus loved" but to Mary
Msgdsiene this great favor wss
shown. "Magdalens" indicates that
she was . resident Of Magdala, on the
southwestern coast of the Sea of
Galilse. Mary had been demoniac.
Tho first we hear of her is the oc-
casion upon which Jesus met her
and cured her Of her terrible malady
Luke s:l2). Ever after she was one
Of Jesus most devoted followers.
While Jesus was preaching In Galiiee
she and other women helped on the
good work of spreading the Gospel,
for we are told they ''ministered unto
Him of their substance" The fact
that she had substance" out of
which to give literally shows that
she was probably in pretty well-to-do
circums stances-this in contrast to
most of Jesus disciples. This story
is an excellent illustration Of the
change made in life by the coming
in Of Jesus Christ. Before evil spir-
its possessed her, now the spirit of
love and helpfulness was manifest.
Early Sunday morning Mary start
ed for the tomb of Jesus. and ar
rived while it was still dark. The
first thing she saw was that the
stone which closed the sepulcher had
been pulled away Without stopping
to reason or hardly to think she ran
hastily back toward the city, and
met Peter and John going to the
tomb. She told them that the body
had been taken from the sepulcher.
The tidings were little disconcert-
ing, especially as this was the morn
ing upon which a few of the faith
full followers were just about to
gather. Both ran toward the tomb,
John reaching there little in the
advance. They found the tomb emp
ty. John did not at first enter the
tomb, he only looked in. Peter
stopped not to look but entered.
Then John also went in. There they
saw the grave clothes. but no body.
Then they went to their homes again.
Manlike, Peter and John heard the
news. rushed to confirm it. jumped
at the conclusion that the body
had been removed and went away.
Mary's was the womanly way. She
stood little apart weeping. After
the disciples lad gone away, her eyes
still filled with tears. but half doubt
ing in her heart that the body which
had been so surely laid away WAS not
there, she stopped down and looked
into the open tomb. Through her
tears she beheld wonderful vision.
Two angels clad in white were sit
ting where only little before
had lain the body of the Lord. Their
first question has hidden in it great
comfort for every heart that grieves:
"Why weepest thou?" The Lords
body was missing. but the apparent
is often not the real. In Mary's sor.
row lay the greatest blessing OF
mankind. the Lord was risen. But
Mary did not know this until. turning
about. she saw Jesus. Even then she
did not know it was Jesus. His ques'
ton was the same the angels had
asked: "Why weepest thou?' HeI
answer showed her mind was still
in the empty tomb. Then Jesus
spoke her name, MARY" One Of the
most touching things in the life OF
the late Queen Victoria is her re
ported saying after the death Of the
prince consort: "Now there is no one
left who will call me Victoria" Wha'
love, tenderness and sympathy car
be expressed by only speaking one.
name. How appropriate, too, thai
in this Christian era the given name
which is so dear on the lips of loved
ones is called the "Christian" name!
This was the first recorded appear
ance of Jesus after His resurrection.
A second appearance is recorded
by Matthew (2s:9, 1O). Jesus ap
pears to the other women who wer'
returning to Jerusalem after the.
had seen the angels and fled from tn,
tomb.
Wheat and ChaH.
No day can be lived twice