The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-04-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
prepared by II. Z. Lenington.1
THE LESSON TENT.


sepulcher, bringing the spices which they
had prepared. and certain others with
them.
And they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulcher.
3. And they entered In, and found not the
body OF the Lord Jesus.
4. And II came to pass, as they were
much perplexed thereabout, behold. two
men stood by them In shining garments:
s. And as they were afraid. and bowed
dow heir faces to the earth, they said
unto TIE m. Why seek ys the living among
khe ad?
6 He IS not here. but Is risen: remember
how lie spake unto you when He was yet
In Galilee.
T. Saying. The Son Of Man must be deliv-
lered into the hands Of sinful men. and be
>srucitied, and the third day rise again.
g. And they remembered His words
g. And returned from the sepulcher, and
Hold all these things unto the eleven. and to
all the rest
10. 1t was Mary Magdaiene, and Joanna,
and Mary the mother of James. and other
women that were with them. which told
these things unto the apostles.
IL. And their words seemed to them as
dole tales, and they believed them not
Il. Then arose Peter. and ran unto the
tepulcher: and stopping down. he beheld
the linen clothes laid by themselves, and
departed. wondering In himself at that
which was come TO pass
GOLDEN TENT.-Now is Chris risen
from the dead.-f Cor. 1920.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The fact Of the resurrection is one
of the cardinal points upon which
Christian faith rests. "If Christ be
not risen." says Paul q Cor. 5:14-2O),
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 perished.
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"
1t is well to dwell upon the beauty
of the scene. 1t 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 on
earth peace, good will toward men,"
These two scenes are perhaps the two
lclearest 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, and
into which death will not enter. Christ
has met mans arch.enemy and con-
:9uered him. Who is this arch enemy
of mankind? He has two names:
'Death-Sin. Death and sin are synon-
lymous. 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 "the wages OF
sin il death" Is II not a curious con-
iffrmation 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-
lrection Of Jesus are as follows: Matt.
2s:l-s; Mark 1851 Is; Luke PALS, and
John 2o:1-l7.
The essential points of the lesson
are: ~ Christ was in the tomb three
days; (2) there was no possibility of
His body having been removed bv
'impostors; (3) that Jesus did rise
from the dead, and az He showed
Himself at various times during
period OF 40 days to His apostles and
others. Read also the report of the
guards at the tomb to the chief priests,
Matt. 2s:ll-l5.
Christ in the Tomb.-The commonly
accepted theory is that Christ was bur-
he'd 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
10 accept this theory, owing to the
statement Matt. ~: 40): 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 il, as volumes have been /
written to prove. Jesus was crucified
and buried on Thursday instead Of
Friday.
No Possibility of Mistake.-To in
ssure the death Of Jesus the Roman !
soldiers pierced the body through
with spear after death had apparent I
ly relieved the body Of its suffering.
For another thing. Jesus body was
laid in new tomb where no other |
body had been laid, thus leaving no |
question Of mistaken identity 10 be
settled. Then, the entrance to the |
.omb was sealed. Finally, a guard Of
soldiers was placed there.
The Resurrection.-The fact is al !
most conclusively proved without TAX
Sng into consideration the above facts,
by the incredulity Of the disciples. II
was almost impossible 70 convince
them that their cruciHed Lord was
with them again.
Jesus Appears TO Apostles and 9th.
srs.-During the 20 days between the
resurrection and the ascension We