Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-04-08
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lesson lI.-Second Quarter, For
April II, 1914.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Text of the Lesson, Luke xiv, 1885,
Memory Verses, 81, 32-Golden Text,
Rom. viii, 34-Commentary Prepared
by Rev. D. M. Stearns.

Way" and it is also a good introduc-
ton to next weeks lesson on THE
Cost of Discipleship." for nothing
helps one to be d disciple like the pow
er of His resurrection Phil. iii, 10l.
There were five appearances of the
risen Christ on that first resurrection
day, to Mary Magdalene. to the other
women, to Peter to these two men
and in the evening to the ten CThomas
being absent. That which Jesus was
and did during the forty days be-
tween His resurrection and ascension
speaks to me of that which the saine S
will be and DO in our resurrection bod
les. for we shall be like Him.
AS they talked of Him and of the
things which had happened Jesus Him
self drew near and went with them
oversees 1919. Many have been re-
freshed by the fact that He keeps a
record of those who think upon Him
(Ndal iii, 16l. like the words Jesus
HIMSELF 81 myself" Jesus showed
Himself" HE gave Himself" His
own self bare our sins" verses Sc, 39);
John xxi. l, IA; Acts i. 8; Gal. ii, 20: l
Pet ii, 24) No one can fill or satisfy
the heart like Himself" and we do
not wonder that the psalmist said,
My meditation of Him shall be sweet;
/ will be glad in the Lord Ps. civ, 34).
The men asked if He was a stranger
because He did not seem to know the
great events of the past few days, and
they told Him all verses 1924, evil
IDENTIFY with much sadness and disap-
pointment. They talked as If they
had never heard that He was to die
and rise from the dead on the third
day, though He had repeatedly told
them that 1t would be even so luke
tx, %; xviii. 31-34). 1t is written con-
corning John, whom Jesus loved, who
leaned upon His bosom, that even he,
as well as Peter knew not that Jesus
must rise again from the dead John
Xxx. 81. This should lead us to ask
ourselves in all sincerity if we are
really believing all that is written con-
corning His present ministry, His COM
ing again and His kingdom, and our
share by grace in it all.
He told them that their difficulty was
that they did not believe all that the
prophets had spoken and were there
fore foolish men verses 25, 26l, and
that evening He said to the eleven and
those gathered with them, that all
things must be fulfilled, which were
written in the law of Moses. and in
the prophets. and in the Psalms con-
corning Him oversees az AZ
Many of these still unfulfilled proph-
spiritualized into mere nothings. Take
for example Israel becoming a right
eous nation, Jerusalem the throne of
the Lord, His feet standing again upon
the Mount of Olives, the nations ceas-
ing from war, Israel filling the earth
with fruit, the whole earth filed with
His glory Qsa Ii. 4; XII, 8; xvii, o..
The whole topic of all Scripture may
be summed up in 1.-The sufferings of
Christ and the glory that shall fol-
low" verse 90 and l Pet i, III, of
which He spoke to them as He walk
ed, opening to them the Scriptures,
and expounding to them in all the
Scriptures the things concerning Him.
self verses I, 32). think we may be
certain that He did not fail to expound
Gen. iii, Is, q, "a; xxi, s; Elk. xii; Lev.
xvi; Mum. xix; Deut xviii; Ps. xxi:
lisa. lii; and who can tell how many
more. Is it your custom when you
read your Bible to pray, Lord. by Thy
Spirit, open to me this Scripture?
He made as though He would have
gone further when they reached the
end of their journey, for He does not
intrude unless desired. 1t was not
difficult to constrain Him to abide, for
He is glad to enter every door that is
opened to Him verses IS, 20: Rev
iii, 20). AS He sat at meat with them
He took bread and blessed and broke
and gave to them. and He was known
of them in breaking of bread oversees
30, 81, 35). My own conviction is that
they saw in His hands, as He broke
the bread, the marks of the nails and
thus recognized Him, even as the same
evening He convinced the diseipies
that it was Himself by showing them
His hands and feet verse 39). As they
knew Him He vanished out of their
sight, so shall we do when we shall
have obtained cur resurrection bodies.
They rose up the same hour and
started back to Jerusalem with such
heartburn as they probably had not
known before. Compare the inward
burning of Ps. xxx, 8; Jer. Xxx. Q; Job
xxi, 1920. The eight mile walk
back to the city did not seem long to
them, as they no doubt rehearsed all
that He had told them They found
the disciples and others gathered to-
gether, talking of His resurrection,
and of how He had appeared to ST.
mon: so they told their wonderful
story, and as they spake Jesus Him
self stood In the midst Of them and
saith unto them, peace be unto you"
Verse 36). The two men were sad as
He joined them in their walk, and He
cared and spent several hours comfort
Ing them by the Scriptures. The dis
ciples are terrified and affrighted and