Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-07-23
The
TRANSPORTATION
Sunday School Lesson for July "a, 1910
Specially Arranged for his Paper


LESSON TEXT-Matthew I-l-s. 1880
Memory verses. Z. Q
GOLDEN TENT.-'This IS my beloved
Son. IN whom 7 am wcu pleased. hear ye
him. Matt. us
TIME Autumn % A. u. .. A week
after our last lesson.
PLACE-One % the spurs OF Mount
Hermon and a village ar its foot
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
l. The Prayer Meeting on the Noun
tain Top.-V. Luke 9.2S-29 And
after six days" Luke counts the parts
OF days before and after those six.
These six DAYS were a period OF iucu-
baton. Of capitalization. of the sud
den revelation Of the way Jesus must
act his part as the Messiah. and that
they must share n cross instead OF a
throne: which threw them into the
gloom Of the dungeon OF Giant De
spair
Jesus taketh Peter. James. and
John" u was the same favored three
who a few months later were nearest
20 him as he prayed fin Gethsemane.
and still later We're recognized as pill
lars Of the church tGal 2:9).
Luke C9:cS-29l tells us that Jesus
went up into the mountain TO pray;
and that the TRANSPORTATION took
place while he prayed
What did they pray for 10 must
have been for light. for strength. for
guidance for help.
The answer-Through the Trans
fguration.-Ns "a. While he was
praying Guke) and iu answer TO his
prayer. he was transfgured before
them
And HIS face did shine a. the sun"
Nothing less than the brightest and
most glorious OF all objects within
knowledge bright that Il destroys
the eye 90 gaze directly upon it-could
express the radiant glories OF Jesus
face. when his heavenly nature shone
throuHh the veil OF his flesh Of
the few hints as 20 our resurrection
bodies Compare the description OF
Jesus IN Acts 9.3 and in Rev. 1916.
And his raiment was white as the
light" T. e.. lum.uously white. "as no
fuller on earth can white them"
mark T. O.. with supernatural
Wilderness; white and Clustering"
CLuke).
Then answered Peter" not 20 any
question. but 20 the feelings the scene
awakened '{.ord. DC is good for Us 90
be here" Peter spoke the truth. The
experience was good. and would make
him a better and more useful man all
the rest OF his lie. 10 widened his
outlook u gave him new idea OF
the glory that awaited the faithful.
IL exalted his knowledge o. Jesus
power and glory. and gave strength
60 his trust iu him.
The Divine Testimony. "-Vs. 5-s.
While he yet spake." was speaking
A bright cloud. revealing the divine
presence. an incarnation of the inei
fable Hight OF God. yelling its glory
yet making 81 visible 20 man. as the
clouds that veil the sun enable us who
cannot gaze into his face yet 20 see
his beauty and glory"
And behold a voice out OF the
cloud" The same voice which had
been heard once before at his baptism
This Is my beloved son" Adding
the voice of God 10 the attestation OF
the scene itself, and Interpreting the
scene. This truth must be impressed
upon the disciples so that they should
never lose their faith even in the
dark times that were TO follow; and
while others were calling Jesus a
criminal and blasphemer the disciples
could always see him in his true
glory. Hear We him" For he is the
ambassador Of God. bringing the mes
sage OF love from heaven. Hear
implies faith and obedience
Some lessons from the Transhgura
ton. Our richest and most heaven
ly experiences come in and through
prayer. and often from united prayer
Tell me your prayers and l vii
write the history Of soul"
Coming Down from the Mountain
and the Work Awaiting Them There
VS. 9-lS on the way down the dis
ciples asked Jesus about a subjec
which perplexed them They could
not understand how Il could be tru,
that Elijah was glorifed spirit. anC
Jesus the Messiah. and yet the prom
Use be fulfilled that Elijah must come
before the Messiah. Jesus explained
that John the Baptist. coming In the
spirit and power Of Elijah. was th'
fulflment OF that prophecy
Jesus forbade them &c tell the Wis
ion they had seen.
Conclusion. A lesson on Faith
VS.. 1920 Then came the disciplet
70 Jesus apart" In the house Mark
away from all that we're curious an'
faultfnding Ministers sometime
proclaim TO the world the faults o
the church TO be overcome when the.
should discuss them with the churcl
alone.
why could not we cast him out?
They we're puzzled. and disappointed
especially as ne had conferred oil
them authority 20 heal
20. And Jesus said BE
caus, OF your unbelief." r " you
little faith"
Illustration. God says to a man
do the work of a thousand men. Blu
that Is harder than TO remove noun
tains. Yet Christian civilization ha
invented machinery by which an