The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-12
TIE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
for April ~. IDui-Jesus Ap-
pears to Mary.
Prepared by III. q. Lenington.l
THE LESSON TEXT.

stopped down. ard locked into the sepul-
cher.
II. And seeth two angels IN white sitting.
the one at the head. the other at the feet.
where the body OF Jesus had lain.
IS. And they said unto her. Woman
why weepest thou? SIZE saith unto them,
Because they have taken away my Lord,
Him.
IA. And when she had thus said. she
turned herself back. and saw Jesus stand
iIg and knew not that II Was Jesus.
10. Jesus saith unto her. Woman. why
weepest thou? whom s,ekest thou? She.
%supposirg Him 10 be the gardener. saith
unto Him. Sir. II thou hath borne Him
hence, tell me where .hou hast laid Him.
and l will tax Him away.
i6. Jesus said unto her. Mary. She
turned herself. and saith unto Him. Rab-
boni. which is TO say, Master.
IL. Jesus saith unto her. Touch me not.
for l am not yet ascended 10 my Father.
but 20 TO my brethren. and say unto them.
! ascend unto my Father. and your Fa-
Their: and TO my God. and your God.
is. Mary Magdalene came and told tho
disciples that she had seen the Lord. and
that lie had spoken these things unto her.
GOLDEN TEAT.-BehOld, l nm alive
for evcrmorc.-Rcv. las.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
This is the first recorded appear.
ance OF Jesus after His resurrection.
II is to be noted that il was TO none
of His apostles, not even that one
whom Jesus loved but TO Mary
Magdalene this great favor was
shown. "Magdalene" indicates that
she was a resident OF Magdala. on the
southwestern coasS of the Sea of
Galilee. Mary had been a demoniac.
The first we hear of her is the oc-
casion upon which Jesus met her
and cured her of her terrible malady
duke s:12). Ever after she was one
of Jesus most devoted followers.
While Jesus was preaching in Galilee
she and other women helped on the
good work OF spreading the Gospel.
for we are told they administered 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
circumstances-this in contrast to
most Of Jesus disciples. This story
IL all cAttlltnt q VI ''N
change made in a 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 a little disconcert.
ing. especially as this was the morn
ing upon which a few of the faith.
full followers were just about ia
gather. Both ran toward the tomb,
John reaching there a little in the
advance. They found the tomb emp
". John did not nj 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
| Manlikc, Peter and John heard the
news. rushed TO confirm H.. jumped
at the conclusion that the body
had been removed and went away
Mary's was the womanly way. She
stood n little apart weeping. After
the disciples nad gone away. her eyes
still filed with tears. but half doubt
ing in her heart thas the body which
had been so surely laid away was not
there. she stopped down and looked
into the open tomb. Through he1
tears she beheld a wonderful vision
Two angels clad in white were sit
had lain the body of the Lord. Theil
first question has Hidden in il a grea'
comfort for every heart that grieves
"Why weepest thou?" The Lord
body was missing. but the apparen
Is often not the real. In Mary's sor
row lay tho greatest blessing o
mankind. the Lord was risen. Blu
Mary did not know this until, turning
about. she saw Jesus. Even then sh'
did not know II was Jesus. His ques
ton was the same the angels hat
asked: "vhy weepest thou?' He
answer showed her mind was still
In the empty tomb. Then Jesu
spoke her name. MARY" One OF tn
most touching things in the life o
the late Queen Victoria is her re
ported saying after the death OF III
prince consort: "Now there is no on
left who will call me Victoria" VIVA
love. tenderness and sympathy ca
be expressed by only speaking one
name. How appropriate. too. tina
in this Christian era the given nam
which Is so dear on the lips of love
ones Is called the "Christian" name!
This was the first recorded appear
ance Of Jesus after His resurrection.
A second appearance is recorde
by Matthew (2s:o, 10). Jesus ar
pears 10 the other women who wer
returning 10 Jerusalem after the
had seen IL angels and fed from III
tomb.