Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1910-03-23
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson xlIl.-First Quarter, For
March 27, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Mark xvi, 1-S.
Memory Verses, 6, 7-Golden Text,
Rev. i, 1s-Commentary Prepared by
Rev. D. NJ. Stearns.


Having the option Of Il review or a
resurrection lesson. we choose the
Easter lesson. as there is nothing so
grand as His resurrection. by which
He was declared to be the Son of God,
with power and without which preach
ing and faith are vain and no one ever
has been or can be saved. The resur-
rection, however. must include all of
His earthly life that preceded His
death. His life as the Son of Mary,
the seed of David according to the
flesh. Matt. i gives the royal line of
David'S descendants through Solomon
to Joseph. who became the husband
of Mary. while Luke ill gives David's
descendants through Nathan to He'll
whose son-in-law Joseph became by
his marriage to Mary. and thus Jesus
became heir to David's throne
The quarters lessons might be out
lined as. first. the genealogy and birth
Of the King: second. the visit OF the
Magi and the flight Of Joseph and
Mary 10 Egypt and their return to
Nazareth; third. the herald of the
King and the declaration of the Father
concerning Him; fourth. the Kings
victory over the great adversary. His
testimony and the calling of some dis
cipleS: fifth to seventh. the laws OF
the kingdom; eighth and ninth. some
samples Of the nature of the kingdom
Now, as the kingdom was postponed
by the rejection and murder of the
King we in this age must know the
power Of His resurrection il we would
IL 49,
life in these mortal bodies. The res
direction OF the Messiah was plainly
foretold in rs. xvi and xxi. lisa lii
and elsewhere. 1t was wondrously
foreshOwn in Isaac being given back
to Abraham from the dead in n figure
CHeb II. 1910. In His teaching the
Lord Jesus Himself many times spoke
plainly Of His death and resurrection,
and the great truth of Christianity is
that we have ut the right hand OF the
Father in heaven a risen living Christ,
Tuly n Man and truly God, in whom
alone is salvation. the only Judge of
all mankind and the only One who can
set up Il kingdom Of righteousness on
the earth.
The most horrible thing that ever
shows the desperately wicked nature
of the human heart was the cruel MUIR
der Of the Son of God. but God raised
Him from the dead and gave Him
glory and will yet give Him dominion
over all the earth, and His redeemed
shall share the kingdom with Him.
His disciples never received His
words that He was TO be crucified and
rise from the dead the third day Matt
XX. 1910. but some Of His enemies
remembered them Matt. xvii, CD. CD
His mother and some Of the other wo-
men who ministered 10 Him remained
by His cross to the last. and some OF
them after His body was buried re-
turned and prepared spices and Oint-
ments and rested the Sabbath day ac-
cording to the commandment. intend
ing on the first day to bring the spices
and anoint His body duke xiii, 80,
/ 90; xiv, II. When they come TO the
! tomb on the first day morning early
J they find the stone rolled away; they
/ see an angel, who tells them that lie
/ is risen and that they must go quickly
/ and tell His disciples. When Mary
| Magdalene saw the stone rolled away
she ran to tell Peter and John, who
ran TO the sepulcher and saw for them
selves and returned, but Mary remain
ed near the sepulcher, weeping, til
Jesus Himself, whom she thought a
first to be the gardener. spoke to hel
and called Der by name. When she
and the other women told the disci
pies that lie was risen from the dead
| Ia, hi
an idle tale oversees II, Is, IA; Luke
xiv. III. giving Him occasion to up
braid them with their unbelief anC
hardness of heart. Many who now arr
told that the same Jesus Is comm:
again think it an idle tale and believe
not, not knowing the Scriptures no
the power of God and perhaps forget
ting that Jesus said. 30 fools and SLOW
Of heart to believe all that the prOph
cts have spoken" luke xiv. 25). TIL
angels believe ard desire to look NOR
fully into these things oversees 81;
Pet /, ~. DR.. Scofield gives in tn
margin of verse q this rendering
Jesus ye seek-th. NaZarene. the cru
: cited. He arose. He is not here.
He also gives liz mis- notes on Mat
| XVIII the OTtlCI VI tue tNtllCS VI TIA
morning and also the order of the di1
ferent appearances during those fort
days. Note in verse of our lessO
how Peter is mentioned by name. tn
true disciple who had treated Him til
D worst. denying with oaths that b
: knew Him. How true il is that veal
est lambs have largest share Of TIL
I tender Shepherds care! However wea