The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-03-24
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,,
Lesson XIlI.-First Quarter, Far
March IT, 1910.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text Of the Lesson, Mark xvi, 1-S.
Memory Verses, 6, 7-GoIden Text,
Rev. i, documentary Prepared by
Rev. D. M. Stearns.

nov prepared pv
Rev. D. M. Stearns.
Having the option of 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. gives the royal line of
Davids descendants through solomon
to Joseph, who became the husband
of Mary, while Luke iii 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 to Egypt and their return to
NAZARETH third. the herald of the
King ana 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 if we would
walk worthy Of Kim and manifest His
life in these mortal bodies. The res
direction ot the Messiah was plainly
foretold in Ps. xvi and xii. lisa Iii
and elsewhere. It was Woudrously
foreshown in Isaac being given back
to Abraham from the dead in a figure
CHeb. xi, l7-19i. In His teaching the
Lord Jesus Himself many times spoke
plainly Of His death and resurrection.
and the great truth of Christianity j.
that We have nj the right hand Of the
Father in heaven risen living Christ.
truly a Man and truly God in whom
alone is salvation. the only Judge Of
all mankind and the only One who can
set up Kingdom Of righteousness on
the earth.
The most horrible thing that ever
happened on this earth and that which
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 fromthe dead the third day Nlatt.
Xxx. ITO. but some of His enemies
remembered them Matt. xvii. g., So.
His mother and some Of the other wo-
men who ministered to Him remained
by His cross to the last. and some of
them after His body was buried re
turned and prepared spices and oint.
meuts and rested the Sabbath day ac-
cordiug to the commandment. intend
ing on the first day to bring the spices
and anoint His body duke xiii -,
sc: xiv, Il. When they come to the
tomb on the first day morning early
they find the stone rolled away: they
see an angel. who tells them that lie
is risen and that they must 20 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 sepucher, weeping, till
Jesus Himself, whom she thought at
first to be the gardener, spoke to her
and called her by name When she
and the other women told the diSci-
pies that He was risen from the dead
they believed not, and some thought it
an idle tale Oversees II, ID. IA; Luke
xiv, IL, giving Him occasion to up
braid them with their unbelief and
hardness Of heart. Many who now are
told that the same Jesus is coming
again think it an idle tale and believe
not, not knowing the Scriptures nor
the power of God and perhaps forget
ting that Jesus said. 20 fools and slow
Of heart to believe all that the proph-
cts have spoken" duke xiv. 30. The
angels believe and desire to look more
fully into these things (verses -; |
Pet i, ~. Or. Scofield gives in the
margin Of verse 6 this rendering:
Jesus We seek-the Nazarene, the cru
cited. He arose. He is not here"
He also gives in his notes on Matt.
xviii the order of the events Of that
morning an6 also the order of the diff
ferent appearances during those forty
days. Note in verse Of our lesson
how Peter is mentioned by name, the
true disciple who had treated Him the
worst, denying with oaths that he
knew Him. How true it is that weak
est lambs have largest share Of this
tender Shepherds care! However weak
and unworthy you may be. remember
that having loved His own He loved
them unto the end Gohn xiii, u.
\ mere knowledge of the facts Of
His life ard death and resurrection
will benefit us nothing unless. know
ing these things we truly receive Him
as our own personal Saviour and place
our whole trust as lost people in the
efficacy of His great sacrifice. Then
the joy of being redeemed will lead
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