Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-06-16
INTERNATIONAL
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LESSON
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ffa sunday S.roo. Course of the Moody
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LESSON Fer JUNE II
TIE RISEN LORD.
LESSON TrvT--orn 2a.2-1s.

impression upon the hehu.dcrS duke
2@.tS, 49). Joseph. who seems 10 have
been 81 secret disciple, oh'a'urd rha
body. and gave ii burial N'wE -:
l24O. In Marks record We have the
story of the discovery Of the ro>urfcc-
ton by the women. ami Nuttln, tolls
MS how his enemies dealt with tnat
fact. Eo sure TO use q good harmony
Of the four gospels in presenting all
Of those lessons. else some important
detail viii be overlooked.
|. Mays Visit TO the Tomb (vv.1-
100. The Sabbath ended aj shutdown.
and the shops were then op9n, and
Mary Magdalenp WAS able to purchase
spices with which to anoint the dead
body of Jesus. There is strong prob
ability that the women paid a visit
TO the tomb late on Saturday OIatt.
2S:1. II. W. Starting the next morn
ing. "while it was yet dark" ". y,
they came to the tomb to perform this
/ last service Of love. Jesus had no
need of such service OIatr. 1927; 20:
l9). but the women We're rewarded by
receiving the first glimpse of the risen
/ Lord. There were five appearances on
this first day of the week: % 10 Mary
Magdaene, (2) to the "other women"
(3) to Peter; (4) to those on the way
TO Emmaus, and CD to the ten dis
cipleS, Thomas being absent.
None Of these seemed to expect Je.
sus to be risen, for they had each
failed 10 listen 10 and ponder his
words. The extent and gcnuineness Of
the affection of the women is found in
that they went to serve Jesus when
apparently all hope had failed q Cor.
1873, r. W. AS soon as Mary saw
the stone rolled away. she concluded
that the tomb had been rihod, and
FASTENED to report to the disciples
". y. This report Of the women to
the disciples was considered as idle
tales" duke PAID. With intense
eagernesS Peter and John ran TO the
tomb thus reported as being robbed.
John, the younger, reached the tomb
first but in reverence did not enter,
only STOPPING to look in wv. 4, -.
Peter, the impetuous one, ruShes in
side, and sees the linen clothes lying,
and the napkin that had been about
the head carefully folded and lying in
a place by itself ". y. This appar-
emily insignificant detail is one which
is really significant, inaSmuch as it
shows that the tomb had not been
rifed, leaving disorder behind. In
stead of excitedly snatching the nap
kin from his face. and hurting it
whittier it might fall. he had quietly
taken ii off. and in an orderly way
laid It aside. 1t is in such minute de-
tails as this that we see the greatest
evidence of the veracity of this rec.
ord
II. Mary Weeping wv. 11-1O. The
disciples returned to their own homes,
and doubtless TO the other disciples
". 10Y, but the loving Mary remained
behind in this place made sacred as
having housed the body Of the Lord.
It is natural for us to linger in silent
meditation in places of our greatest
revelation or Of our deepest soul ex.
over and over again that he should rise
again. and It seems strange that his
enemies should have remembered ii
Matt 27:63) and his friends not,
III. Mary Worshiplng Wv. 1G-1S).
There must have been an infection in
the voice Of Jesus, for. upon the utter
ance of that one word, MARY" she
recognized her risen Lord. JOyfully
she exclaimed, "RahbOni," that Is to
say. "Master" ". 16), and would have
poured out her love and worship at
his feet. Jesus, however, does not suf-
fer her TO hold him fast. Mary must
leave him. and tell the others. Liter
ally, he says, "Do not lay hold of me
hut 20 and make known the glad truth
that am risen again." The risen Lord
must return to MY Father" and my
God" whereas the one who would
gladly have remained at his feet must
90 to the brethren and make known
the facts of the fulfllment Of prophecy
and the resurrection Of orr Lord.
The bribed soldiers spread abroad
the tale that the disciples had stolen
his body. The later lives of these dis
ciples, their herOism and martyrdom.
are evidence of the absurdity of any
such act on their part.
The resurrection of Jesus Is vim
dication of his claim to being the Son
Of God. We do we'll TO emphasize HE
birth, and to dwell much upon his
death, yet both of these have 10 es-
sentlal value apart from his resurrec-
| ton.
! Apart from this, the cross Is the emf
Of a failure. The resurrection dem
onstrated that Jesus Christs rcdefnp.
ton was not completed upon the cross.
The resurrection is better authcnticat.
ed than any other event in history.
The risen Lord called this wcnk
band OF disciples my brethren"
Matt. S:1O). He is our brother st!ll
and we are to proclaim his wofs Of
redemption, the proof Of which Is The
resurrection, unto others WHIT LcJv, Il
not, for this story is no fct,cu. n IL
the worlds most tremendous aud 1--we.
| inspiring and glorious fact.
Good For The Little Onas.