Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-12-14
Lesson XII.-Fourth Quarter, For
Dec. 10, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Matt. xviii. 1-2o.
Memory vorses. S. 6-Golden Text.
Matt. xviii. 2o-Commentary Pre-
pared ty Rev. D. M. Stearns.

have no gospel TO believe or preach
Il Cor. Nv, lI-l9). II was the one great
topic OF Peter and Paul In all their
preaching. This Jesus hath God
raised up The Prince of Life, whom
God hath raised from the dead"
with great power gave the apostles
witness 81 the resurrection of the
Lord Jesus" The God of our fathers
raised up Jesus" Him God raised
up the third day and showed Him
openly" God raised Him from the
dead (Acts II. "a. 80; Ill. IS. &c; ". 10.
SO: v. 80: x. 40; xiii. %. 80, SO; Rom. 1.
II. Hear the Lord Himself to John
I'm Patmos long after He had assembled.
Fear not. ! am the first and the last:
1 am He that liveth and was dead.
and behold | am alive fOrevermore.
amen. and have the keys of hell and
Of death tRev. 1. II. Isl. In Col. Iii. /.
believers are spoken of as risen with
Christ" and are exhorted to seek those
things which are above. where Christ
stitch on the right hand OF God.
After He died Joseph OF Arimathaea
went to PLATE and asked for His body.
and he and Nicodemus took II and
wrapped II in clean linen cloth. with
about 100 pounds weight of spices, and
laid 1t In Joseph's new tomb and rolled
a great stone to the door and depart
ed. The women from Galilee. having
seen where His body was laid. return
ed and prepared spices with which TO
anoint His body when the Sabbath
should have passed and rested the
Sabbath day. Was there ever a gloom
Ter Sabbath 10 any believers? He in
whom they had trusted as their Mes
siah. to whom they had lovingly min
istered. for whom they had fOrsaken
all. had been taken from them and
crucified by the authorities as n wick
ed person. and now they were In great
darkness. without any hope. for they
looked not for His resurrection. "Hav
ing no hope and without God In the
world" Gph. II. 12) is the condition of
30 many religious people today be-
cause they know not risen Christ
The first day of the week having
come. they are found very early Mt the
tomb TO do what they had purpOsed
for His dead body. but the tomb Is
open. the stone rolled away. and there
is nobody to anoint, for as the angel
from heaven said to the women: we
seek Jesus who was cruciied. He is
not here. for He IS risen. as He said "
Mary Magdalene. who came with the
other women. seems to have run 10
tell Peter and John as soon as she
saw that the tomb was open and the
body gone. While she was gone the
other women saw the angels ana
heard their message and went 10 tell
the other disciples. Peter and John
ran TO the tomb. and. having seen for
themselves that 1t was empty. the
linen clothes lying just as when the
body was in them, they went away
again unto their own home JOhn Xxx.
$40. Mary Magdalene returned L.
the tomb and stood weeping; then.
stopping down and looking In, she 81 W
two angels and heard them say. "WO-
man. why weepest thou?" Even as
they spoke 10 her ! think that she
saw them looking beyond her. and.
turning around. she saw man whom
she supposed to be the gardener. whu
also said 10 her: Woman. why weep.
est thou? Whom seekest thOu?" But
not until He called her by name did
| she recognize Him. Thus He appear
ed first to Mary Magdalene even be
| fore He had assembled TO the Father
| Oohn Xxx. 1910 in His resurrection
body As she went to tell that she
had seen Him He. having assembled
| and returned. met the other women
| and allowed them to hold Him 10y the
feet and worship Him Verse 81. Part OF
| the angels message to the women was
"GO your way; tell His disciples ant
Peter" mark xvi. .. the only one men.
toned specially by name. Some time
somewhere. on that day He appeared
TO Peter alone duke xiv, 3N. In tn,
afternoon He appeared to the two who
walked to Emmaus. and He walked
with them and opened to them the
| Scriptures. In the evening He appear
ed to ten Of them CThomas being alb
sent). eomfOrted them. showed then
His hands and His feet and ate
piece OF broiled fish and honeycoml
before them luke xiv, 36-i3l Thu
He appeared five times on that day
and we know that He appeared on a
least five other occasions during thos,
forty days. He showed Himself ally
after His passion by many infallihl
proofs. being seen Of them forty day
and speaking of the things pertainin,
to the kingdom OF God" (Acts !, -.
At the end OF the forty days. has
ing commanded them to wax in il
rusalem till He should send theI
the Holy Spirit. He visibly ascende,
from the Mount Of Olives. and whe
He shall come again to that sam
| mount brir ring His saints with Hin