Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-14
The Sunday
School Lesson

if'eN'N Nli ~ ~lf MAIN ''-''
II may be that We are Justified
Ia regarding the transfiguration ui
Jesus In the presence OF three chosen
disciples as supplying whatever con
fidcnce in his divinity they may
have lacked. but there arc other
aspects ofThe case They had shown
faith that he was the Christ. the Son
ct God. and now comes this strength
eninR vision TO confirm their belief
Not that they understood wha, they
saw. but that they had seeh II as
"a revelation OF spiritual realities
they we're ever afterward able to
testify at first hand No once could
say 10 them that they did not know
that Jesus was God, that they had
only taken his word Tor A. for they
had seen this testimonial with then
Inatural eyes ana had heard the voice
Il the Father ray, This Is my be-
loved Son, hear him" Il In to be
noteC that Jesus prepared hts mis-
80 1lries with undlsputable testimcny
before he sent them out To convert
the world He knew that there wece
duubters evcrywhuie people who
would hesitate to accept the word Of
"A ptOpagandist Dulcss his ass tIo ~
were backed oy strong evid 'AVc.
ll,rce these disciples. and lator Paul.
", able to say tu all doubters tha I
.eIon one had himself personally seen
the glory OF ~ Messiah ana coul
t"'tlN to his li.nuy
In another plDs, OF the matter.
ths trHnsfigurntiot which we rniI
II FOR lack of better word, was
no. change ia -, nature NJ ire
savior for temporary display There
was nothing added to him from
another source TO make him look
glorious u was only that for the
time the purely physical man was
nvershadowed and hidden from sight
hy the overpowering glory which
was natural to him In other words
the glory OF the Messiah waE there
all the time, though hidden from
mortal view by the curtain Of ply
steal body, on this occasion the veil
was removed and the true God stone
forth 70 the astonished eyes OF the
disciples. Il this not IL forevlew
OF what the saints shall be like when
We are changed In the twinkllns
OF al eye and the mortal man shall
pat on immortn,ry7 God makes
everything a perfect Job. and Jesus
has promised II be the "flnisher OF
or faith II II not reasonable 10
suppose, then. thgt We who arc taker
10 as heirs to eternal lie shall lhuck
y'f the impediment Of mortality and
'ri our glory SHINE out unimpedcd
his Is not y lesson To be uade
the subject Or curious conjecture,
] oWeNer, IT was a glorious fact. We
may wonder a. this blaze OF glory.
hd' we shall ioy NJ the wonder. No
loAn Is fully educated until he be-
gins 10 wonder The TRANSPORTATION
can be to us no greater a subject
OF wonder than many things We see
cNuIy day NJ our lives without won
Ger We cannot understaningly study
nc Rihle. nor can We fathom the
mysteries OF science and measure the
ritaclcS OF nature We are sur
rounded all our lives by an atmos-
pncrc OF wonder. The child won
ders AZ nearly all It sees and the
faculty Of wondernent Is only duIled
as We grow older because We have
seen The same wonders so many
times that they become common
place the every day miracles cease
to surprise us for We have grown
TO look upon them as matter OF
course vet behind them all In the
power Of God who has made all these
things possible. but has made man
~ Vet incapable OF understanding an
he sees until through n course o;
chooling In spiritual things. he rAy
'eru accepted as brother OF chris,
md heir to the glory OF a future
ifr. when an ,he things that now
Sc see darky shall be revealed 10
ls and then We shall wonder even
moro az the goodness and power of |
he God who has made all these |
hinEs and~Net had compassion on |
rchellious race and provided for |
hem q way Co return TO the father |
Jesus came to this world to deal /
With fruil imperfect human beings |
e. cou3 not go around among the /
eoplc with his face shining with The
w W AFh'' w. alAAi WIN MS khl /
entS 80 spotless that human tyev
.cre panied AZ their brightness lie
light excite fear and perhaps com.
uand reverence. but that would not
,c the way 10 reach the hears %.
Nen and secure their bro'her'v cor
ideuc~ and affection. lie az no.
ven attempt t. so display himself
- the body OF his followers only |,
htec ot mis- chosen ones we've uer-
uitted 10 see what the glor, OF,
Icaven was Ike. and they Cou'I tell |.
I'm terms that only approximtted
he facts because the people rou'd
q ~ understand heavenly things nv
Cmpa arison with something they a.
eady knew in rhi, earth We do no, 4.
nov that Jesus and Moses and |,
elijah we're clothed IN such robes as ,
ne witnesses described but tho glory ,,
( their appearance was such as TO I,
e only described hy such huno e., =
'mhols So also i1 other places the
rnphs's 'eIl ms of the New Jerusalem, ,
.'th l's Gates of gold and streets Of ,
D. d d. !