The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-15
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson in the International Series for
April II, 1904-Jesus Trans
figured.
HI LESSON TEXT.
MARK g:2-13)

mark 9:2-13)
3. And after six days Jesus taketh with
Him Peter, and James, and John, and lead
eth them UP into an high mountain apart by
themselves; and He was transfigured before
them.
3. And His raiment became shining, ex-
ceeding white as snow: SO as no fuller on
earth can white them.
4. And there appeared unto them Elias
with Moses: and they were talking with
Jesus.
s. And Peter answered and said to Jesus:
Master. 1t is good for US to be here; and let
US make three tabernacles: one for Thee,
and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
6. For He visit not what to say; for they
were sore afraid.
z. And there was a cloud that overshad-
owed them; and a voice came out of the
cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son;
hear d. Him.
.. And suddenly, when they had looked
round about, they saw no man any more,
save Jesus only with themselves.
y. And as they came down from the noun
tain. He charged them that they should
tell no mar what things they had seen. till
the Son OF Man were risen from the dead.
~. And they kept that saying with
themselves, questioning one with another
what the rising from the lead should mean.
IL. And they asked Him, saying: Why
say the scribes that Elias must first come?
IL. And He and told them:
ELIAS verify cometh first, and restoreth all
things; and how it is written of the Son
of Man, that He must suffer many things.
and be set at nought.
l3. But / say unto you: That Elias Is in
deed come, and they have done unto him
whatsoever they listed, as it is written of
him.
GOLDEN TEXT.-A voice came out of
the cloud. saying: This is my beloved Son:
hear Him.-Mark 81.
THE SCRIPTURE SECTION.
Jesus TRANSPORTATION .........Matt 17:1-13
Jesus TRANSPORTATION .........M Mark 9:2-13
Jesus TRANSPORTATION. ......... Luke 9:2s-36
TlME.-A week later than the last les
son. Late summer, A. d. 20. Part o! the
last year Of Jesus life, the Year of Oppo-
sition."
PLACE.-A wild and lonely spot far up
the side of Mount Hermon.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
After six days" Luke says about
eight days" He perhaps counts frac.
lions of a day; in any case the mean.
ing is plain-about a week after the
plain talk Jesus had with his disciples
about his death. Peter. and James,
and john" The three who were near
est to Him in heart and purpose. "A
high mountain" Some eminence in
the foothills Of Mt. Hermon. HE was
TRANSPORTED before them" Changed
in appearance. What the change was
we can gather only from the impress.
sion made upon the disciples. Matthew
speaks of the marvellous radiance OF
Jesus face. 1t is something which
cannot be explained. We may think OF
1t as the Divine nature shining out
through the human body at one of the
crises of the Savoiur's life. Elijah with
Moses" The latter representing the
law and the former the prophets.
"They were talking with Jesus" Luke
says they were talking "of his decease
which he was about to accomplish at
Jerusalem.
Luke tells us that He went up into
the mountain to pray And as He was
praying, the fashion of His counter.
ance was altered" We shall not do the
situation justice unless we realize what
the last few weeks had meant to Jesus.
He was in a sense an exile; He had
given up hope of being able to win men
In any numbers by the good tidings"
He had come to bring. He saw that
unless He gave up the work and kept
away from His people, they would not
was a time of mental struggle for
Jesus, and of the deepest perplexity
for the disciples.
rabbi, it is good for us to be here:
and let u.s. etc: 1t was a most won
derful experiences: was it to last?
Were the heavenly visitors to stay?
At any rate here it was. night upon
the mountainside, with nc shelter.
Without stopping to think, Peter sug-
gested the booths. For he knew not
what to answer" This is Marks apol-
ogy for or explanation of Peters ILL
considered words. "a voice ....
This is my beloved Son: hear ye
Him" The whole scene, ending with
this voice rave the faith of the poor
trusting yet perplexed disciples the
confirmation it needed. One of their
great puzzles was that Jesus said one
thing about the Messiah and the pro-
phets seemed to say another. From
this time on there was to them but M
authority-Jesus himself. The voice
said, Hear we Him"
SHOULD tell no man." Till after the
resurrection when 1t would not be
misunderstood. Jesus was constantly
on his guard against popular misunder-
standing.
"Is it written of the Son of Man"
Jesus reminded the disciples that not
all the prophets had thought of the
coming Deliverer as the sort of Messiah
popularity expected; some of them had
said that He should suffer many
things and be set at naught." Read
the ffty-third chapter of Isaiah. Even
as it is written of him (Elijah) :" Not
prediction but history q. Kings 1917.
Jesus Interpretation of the Elijah pro-
phecy was not the same as that Of the
disciples, who thought it was fulfilled
in the vision they had just seen. He
wanted to show them that suffering
and persecution had beer the lot of the
worlds prophets, so points out like
nesses between the treatment of
Elijah, John and himself.
Figs and Thistles.
The biggest interest comes from what
we give away.
Won ooppot do Cod,c worly with ~.