Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1917-06-16
INTERNATIONAL
SUND6YSQlO0L
LESSON
(By E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course of the Moody
Bible Institute)
Copyright. 1917. Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE II
THE RISEN LORD,
LESSON TEvr 1ob oo.o,c

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Impression upon the beholders duke
% :4S, 49). Joseph, who seems to have
been a secret disciple obtained the
body, and gave it burial Mark Is
42-4O. In Marks record we have the
story of the discovery of the resurrec
ton by the women, and Matthew tells
us how his enemies dealt with that
fact. BE sure to use good harmony
of the four gospels in presenting all
of these lessons, else some important
detail will be overlooked.
]. Mary's Visit TO the Tomb (vv.1.
10Y. The Sabbath ended at sundown
and the shops were then open, and
Mary Magdalene was able to purchase
spices with which to anoint the dead
body of Jesus. There is strong prob
ability that the women paid q visit
to the tomb late on Saturday Matt
2S:1, K. W. Starting the next morn
ing, "whle it was yet dark" ". ~,
they came to the tomb to perform this
last service of love. Jesus had no
need Of such service Matt. 16 :27; 20 :
l9), but the women were rewarded by
receiving the first glimpse of the risen
Lord. There were five appearances on
this first day of the week: () to Mary
Magdalene, (2) to the "other women"
90 to Peter; (4) to those on the way
to Emmaus, and (5) to the ten dis
ciples, Thomas being absent.
TO
sus to be risen, for they had each
failed to listen to and ponder his
words. The extent and commences Of
the affection of the women is found in
that they went to serve Jesus when
apparently all hope had failed q Cor.
1873, Il. W. AS soon as Mary saw
the stone rolled away, she concluded
that the tomb had been rifled, and
FASTENED to report to the disciples
". y. This report Of the women to
the disciples was considered "as idle
tales Uuke "a :1D. 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, 81.
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
rifled, leaving disorder behind In
stead of eXctedly snatcling the nap
kin from his face, and hurting it
whittier it might fall, he had quietly
taken it 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 11-15). 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 |
1t is natural for us to linger in silent |
in places OF our greatest |
revelation or Of our deepest soul ex-
perience. Jesus had told his disciples
over and over again that he should rise |
again, and it seems strange that his |
enemies should have remembered it
Matt 27:63) and his friends not
Mary looked into the tomb to see If |
after all there had not been some mis-
take. She it was who saw the two
angels, and, half in wonder and yet
in protest, they exclaimed. Woman
why weepest thou?" Her reply was
most natural and touching, Because
hey have taken away my Lord, and
know not where they have laid
him." III sorrow she turns from the
omb, only to see the risen Lord,
hough as yet she does not recognize
lim wv. IA, 15). Her answer to the
questions of Jesus are suggestive, and
he record is certainly not one that
las been adroitly painted, but Is the
,lain record of facts as they actually
occurred.
III. Mary Worshiping wv. 1919.
there must have been an infection in
he voice of Jesus, for upon the utter
nee of that one word, MARY" she
ecOgnized her risen Lord. JOyfully
he exclaimed "Rabboni," that is to
ay, master" ". 16), and would have
CURED out her love and worship at
is feet Jesus, however does not suf
or her to hold him fast. Mary must
ave him, and tell the others. Liter
lily, he says, do not lay hold of me
ut go and make known the glad truth
lat am risen again." The risen Lord
lust return to 'My Father" and "My
Cd" whereas the one who would
adly have remained at his feet must
D to the brethren, and make known I
lie facts of the fulfillment Of prophecy t
id the resurrection Of our Lord. {
The brited soldiers spread abroad 4
le tale that the disciples had stolen 1
IS body. The later lives of these dis [
pies, their herOism and martyrdom, o
e evidence of the abSurdity Of any II
lch act on their part. [
The resurrection of Jesus is vim q
cIClOH OF HIS Cldiill W DciilS tlle oOil
God. We do we'll to emphasize his
nth, and to dwell much upon his .,
,ath, yet both of these have no es- Y
initial value apart from his resurrec-
on.
Apart from this, the cross Is the end
a failure. The resurrection DEM n
lstrated that Jesus Christ's redemp- q,
On was not completed upon the cross. OF
he resurrection is better authenticat.
than any other event In history.
The risen Lord called this weak
nd of GiScipIeS "my brethren"