Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1901-04-05
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series
for April z, 10O1-The Resur-
rectiOn of Jesus.
Prepared by H. c. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TEXT.

Prepared by H. c. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.
luke Killed
]. Now 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.
z. And they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulcher.
5. And they entered In. and found not the
body OF the Lord Jesus.
4. And 1t came to pass, as they were
much perplexed theEeabout, behold, two
men stood by them in shining garments:
8. 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?
6. He is not here, but is risen: remember
how He spake unto you when He was yet
In GaliIee.
Z. Saying. The Son of Man must be deliy- |
cred into the hands OF. sinful men, and be |
crucified, and the third day rise again.
8. And they remembered His words.
g. And returned from the sepulcher, and |
told all these things unto the eleven. and to
all the rest.
10. 1T was Mary Magcalene. and Joanna,
and Mary the mother of James, and other
women that were with them, which told
these things unto the apostles.
II. And their words seemed to them as
fale tales, and they believed them not.
IL. Then arose Peter, and ran unto the
the linen clothes laid by themselves, and
departed, wondering in himself at that
GOLDEN TEXT.@NOxv is Christ risen
from the dead.-1 Cor. 10 40.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The fact of the resurrection is one
of the cardinal points upon which
Christian faith rests. eff Christ be
not risen," says Paul Il Cor. Is: 1920,
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"
It is well to dwell upon the beauty
of the scene. It 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 OH
| 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, ana
| into which death will not enter. Christ
has met mans arch-enemy and con-
| quered him. Who is this arch-enem,r
of mankind? He has two namesa
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 1.-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.
| 28:1-S; Mark 16: Is; Luke PALS, and
John 2O:1-17.
The essential points OF the lesson
are: ~ Christ was in the tomb three
days; (2) there was no possibility CT
| His body having been removed by
impostors; (3) that Jesus did rise
from the dead, and a. He show I'd
| tG turing q
period of 40 days to His apostles and
Others Read also the report of the
| guards at the tomb to the chief priests,
Matt. %: 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 Sun
day morning. Thus He was in the
tomb only part of three days, and
only two nights. Many have hesitated
to accept this theory, owing to the
statement (Matt. IL: 4O): "For as Jonas
was three days and three nights in
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 fully
substantiated if, as 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
ly relieved the body of its suffering.
For another thing, Jesus body was
laid in a new tomb where no other
body had been laid, thus leaving nc
question of mistaken identity to be
settled. Then, the entrance to the:
tomb was sealed. Finally, a guard OF
soldiers was placed there.
The Resurrection.-Th fact is al.
most conclusively proved without TAX.
ing into consideration the above facts,
by the incredulity of the disciples. 1t
was almost impossible to convince
them that their crucified Lord was
with them again.
Jesus Appears 10 Apostles and OtI.-
ers.-Dhring the 40 days between the
resurrection and the ascension we
have recorded in. one or more of the
four Gospels ten appearances of Jesus,
on one occasion to over 500.