Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-12-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON xl, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, DEC 10.

AS ne uleu tue ven OF t1e temple
which separated the holy from tn
most holy place. was rent In twair
that veil representing His body Het
K, 20), In which the glory had bee
concealed all those years of His hu
initiation. There was also an earth
quake, and many graves of the saint
were opened, but the bodies Of thos
saints did not come out Of their grave
until after He was risen Matt. xvii
1853. Then they went into Jerusa
lem and were seen by many. We ma!
hope that the centurion who saw Hin
die and said, Certainly this was 9
righteous man." Truly this was the
Son of Cod" received Him as such
even as the penitent thief did. Wher
the bodies were taken down from the
crosses, the legs of the thieves having
been broken to hasten their death,
there was probably some kind Of a
grave to receive the three bodies. Ac-
cording to lisa. lii, 8. they made His
grave with the wicked" but the next
word had to be fulfilled also, and so
Joseph of Arimathea, rich man, ask
ed Plate for the body and, with the
assistance of Nicodemus, prepared the
body for burial and laid it in his own
new tomb. The women from Galilee
saw where and how the body was laid,
and, returning, they prepared spices to
anoint His body when the Sabbath
should be passed and rested the Sab
bath day. None of them believed that
He would rise again, not even Peter
and John John Xxx, 3d. although He
had told them so often and so plainly
that He would rise again the third day.
Little faith and even actual unbelief
characterized ofttimes the men whom
He had chosen TO be nearest to Him.
And how 1t must have grleved Himi
How pitiful His questions, How Is 1t
that We do not understand (Matt. wi,
SID Have / been so long time with
you and yet hast thou not known met
John xiv, o. The Sabbath being past,
very early on the FIRST day Of the week
several Of the women came to anoint
His dead body, wondering how they
could roll away the stone, but they
found the stone rolled away and an
angel sitting on it. who babe them to
fear not" (yerse 81, but come and see
where His body had lain and 60 and
tell His disciples that He had risen, as
He said that He would. Mark says
that they entered into the tomb and
saw young man sitting, who said
similar words to them. Luke says that |
similar words were spoken to them by |
two men who stood by them in the |
tomb, and In these several accounts |
there is no disagreement whatever, but
simply the assurance that two heaven
~ messengers were there and assured |
them that Jesus was risen from the
dead. The strange thing 10 that this
should have at all surprised them or
have seemed to the disciples when
they heard 1t like an idle tale luke
xiv, III. Yet to many processing
Christian today the death and resur-
rection of Christ are Of no more practi-
,al benefit than an idle tale, for they
have neither the joy nor the reveren-
ial fear of verse 8. They have moth
ne worth telling, and therefore there
s no going quickly (verse y, and the
our great "alls" of verses Is to 20 are
lOtbing to them. When the mighty
ruths of His great atonement do not
move US nightly they are evidently no
DOre to us than idle tales. Many are
Ike those Of verse II, still doubling
With the living Christ before them.
Before His appearance to the women.
ccording to verses 8, 10, we must
onsider His first appearance to Mary
iagdalene as she stood weeping at the
omb, looking for dead body and
llnded by her tears and unbelief,
hough filed with love. He was then
n His way to His Father In His res
ERECTION body and for that reason did
OF allow Mary to touch Hin John
x, IL. while In our lesson today He
lows these women to hold Him by
be feet and worship Him. Between I
lis meeting with Mary and His meet
lg these other women He must there |
3re have been to the Father and re-
lrned. and thus He evidently did
lany times during those forty days
ntil He finally assembled from Olivet
OF to return till He comes to the air I
} welcome His church.
Besides these two appearances On {
lat glorious resurrection day there Z
ere three Others--to Peter, to the two
'he walked to Emmaus and to the !
sciples gathered together that even
e. In the early morning He said to 9
AIRY, "Why weepest thou?" John Xxx.
3 and in the evening He said to the
sciples. why are We troubled, and
ny do thoughts arise in your bearts~ '
luke xiv, SO, 39) To the women In Q
ir lesson He said. BE not afraid r
erse 1O). and to the disciples in the i
'ening He said. Peace be unto you" :
we are not delivered from our fears Z
I'd unrest by the Living Christ there p
uot DS oOuie BToAL unOtut1 Ou OuT | =
lrt. If we are slow to obey His COM y
ands, go tell" "Go teach" (verses p
, 1917, can we truly say that we know d
INF II we do know Him and yet are d
DIV to tell Of Him and His wonder u
I redemption we certainly do not
low Him as we might, for when once
3 come to know Him az we should
n testimony will be, I'VE cannot but
eak OF things which we have seen =,
d heard" (Acts Nv, 20). He said, "As y
y Father sent Me, even so send ~
H." and. 10, am with you all the :,
vs., even unto the end Of the age" -
,hn IL, 81; Matt xviii, 10y. All ~
40 know Him and are saved by Him -
We the Bread of Life, and He 10 :.
wing to such concerning the perish :"
: everywhere, "Give We them to eat"
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