The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-04-04
THE SABBATH SCHOOL.
international Lesson Comments For
April 7.
Subject: The Resurrection Of Jesus, Luke XIV,
1.l2..Golden Text, Cor. xv., 20-.Memory
Verses, 4.7.'commentary on the
Days Lesson

!. "The first day of the week" Christ
| was in the tomb part of Friday, all day
| Saturday and part of Sunday, which was
| called three days according to Jewish
morning on the first day Of the week. The
manner of the reuniting OF Christs soul
and body in His resurrection is mystery,
one of the secret things that does not be-
long to us. The first company Of women
were three: Mary Magdalene, Mary the
mother of James, and Salome, the mother
of the beloved disciple, John. They be-
gan their journey to the sepulchre before
dawn, reaching the place at sunrise. At
the appearance of the angel the Roman
guards were so frightened that they fell
as dead men, and 1t would seem that they
fed from the tomb before the women
came. VERY early in the morning" They
came at the earliest moment after their
Sabbath. They probably left their homes
in different parts of the city at different
times, some of them reaching the tomb
at sunrise. So, in our service of love for
Christ, we ought to come early in the
morning of life before we have wasted our
energies in sin. Bringing the spices"
Powdered aromatic substances and fluid
perfumes appear to have been used in
laying out the dead body for burial They
proposed to apply these spices to His body
to keep it from putrefacton, which is an
other proof that they did not expect Him
to rise again.
2. "The stone rolled away" As the
women journeyed they questioned who
should roll away the stone, but when they
reached the tomb they discovered the
stone was rolled away. The tomb was
cut in the side of a rock, like cave, large
enough for several persons to enter. The
entrance was protected by a stone, some
times round, like large milestone, rolled
in front Of the opening. The difficulty
was serious one, for the stone was very
large MARK 49, A.; covering an aperture
of at least three or four feet in height and
two or three in breadth, and it would
take two or three men to move it. Some
times duty seems impossible, but as we go
on obedientlv the difficulty vanishes, as
it did before these women.
3. They entered in" Mary Magdalene
seems to have been in advance of the rest
and only looked in John 20: ~; the 9TH
ers entered. Found not the body" The
linen grave clothes were there, but the
tomb could not hold Christ. The empty
grave was the boundary line between the
old dispensation and the new. The sub
| limest expectations OF the Old Testament
were now fulfilled in the resurrection of
Christ
4. Much perplexed." They did not
know what to do or where to go. Their
thought was, "They have taken away the
Lord; and we know not where they have
sid HIM Matthew Snaaa Of Angels Snf S,o Matt tbc
So ~ 4NldbIntN SpGdhS Oh DuL one. Une
one who did the speaking, and Mark
speaks of him as young man. Shining
garments" Matthew says his countenance
was like lightning and his raiment white
as snow: The raiment was emblematical
of the glad tidings which the angels came
to announce, ana also of purity and fell
lowship with God Rev. ga, 5.
b. They were afraid" 1t is no won
der that the women were afraid. Mat.
thew says that through fear the keepers
.,T, "did shake and became as dead men
admits of doubt whether the Greek ex-
preston here would not have been more
literally rendered, "the living one"-the
great source of life, the life of the world.
9. HE is-risen." He was crucifed.
but is risen. Instead of amounting Him
as dead they may rejoice in His being
alive from the dead. Death hath no more
dominion over Him. The resurrection
morn was time of gladness to the disci-
pies OF Jesus, 1t brought QD joy, (2) vic
tory, (3) faith, (D hope. 1t is the true
comfort of all believers. How mournfully
do the women go to the tomb, but how
! loyfully do they return. The risen Christ
direction is the pledge of ours. But that
which causes rejoicing on the part of some
/ Will bring CONSERVATION and despair to
/ others. The proofs of the resurrection are
ample l. lie appeared frequently at diff
1erent times and places to many. 2. The
| apostles believed 1T so fully that they
based their hope OF eternal life upon it.
g. Ihey were completely. transformed af-
tter, the resurrection and attested their
1alth by their own death. 4. The very
existence OF the Christian church and its
power for good in the, world. 5, The
spiritual life put in the hearts of His peo-
pie (Rom. 8: 1.-THE fact that He saves
men men and makes His promises good to
them proves conclusively that Christ is
alive from the dead. Remember. Call
70 mind what you have forgotten il, your
sorrow over His death. In Galilee." This
was their home (chap. 49, So, and nearly
year before He had told of His coming
,oH saying; See chap. o. %, "a, 45:
Is: 3l-33 Matt. IS; 81. Rise again"
Jesus had tried to impress them with this
truth IN order to comfort them in the
hour OF their great sorrow, but they failed
10 comprehend ITS meaning;
returned from, the sepulchre."
matthew says the angel told them to go
quickly and tell HIS disciples that He was