The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-04-16
SUNDAY SCHOOL NOTES
Side Ilshts on Next Sundays
Lesson for Teachers and Puplls
Edited by Charles X Meyers.

April 20. Our Risen Lord. Matt.
%: ITO.
Again the glad Easter time has come
with it's promise of hope in things
spiritual and physical The reviving
trees and flowers about us give Joy to
the eye and hope of harvests of all
growing things in the months to come.
1t is but the natural thing at this time
to celebrate the coming back to life
n of Jesus from, the tomb with it's as
surances so we'll set forth in the words
of the Master when He said Because
I live, We shall live also."Sst s.5..:g1'..
Our lesson verses tell of the visit
" to the tomb early on that eventful
first day, of the week by the faithful
women Mary Magdalene, Mary, the
mother of James, and Salome Little
did they think as they prepared the
sweet spices to preserve the body,
that they were to be the messengers
to proclaim to the world the greatest
event llistory-the resurrection OF
Jesus from the dead. AS will be re-
membered the Roman soldiers had
placed great stone before the door
of the tomb for the very purpose OF
preventing disappearance of the
body through the endeavors of the
disciples of Jesus, and\ the feeble
women were worried over how they
were to gain admission, and thus have
chance to use their spices.
The words of the scripture are, brief
and powerful when telling how the
stone was removed from before the
tomb of the Master. They read, THE
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heaven, and came and rolled back the
stone from the door," Finding the
door open the women advanced with
fear and trembling, and must have
been further astonished when they
beheld young man clothed in; white,
He made to them a declaration which
will 90 down through all time giving,
iov to the world 1aE is \NOT HERD:
HE is RISEN'.f There was then com
mand that the women at once spread
the glad news, first to the disciples,
reminding them of what they had
been told by Jesus Matt $685. "Af-
ter am risen again, will 60 before
you into Gahlee."" Before they had
gone far they met Jesus Himself who
spoke to them and told them a second
time as to taking the news to the
disciples and of the promise to meet
them in Galllee.
HE is not here: He is risen." Thus
were the words of prophesy of the Old
Testament in Psalms, Isaiah, Hosea
fulfilled and the words of Jesus made
during His years with the disciples
made toscome exactly true. 1T was all
very plainsfto the, disciples after the
Resurrection, but "a mystery: in. the
times before They had 50 set tn Elm I
hearts On an early king dom then; and
there that words ,expl aiming the fu-
ture totherwise fell on, hardened ears.
'He is not here: He isl risen. Well
may aI'wave ofsrejoicing, gol the world
round on Easter morning. Jesus had
met the supreme test and triumphed
over death and was thus able to de-
clare with authority ''Whosoeyer, lily,
eth ands.helievAth in Me shall never
die" The ageshrreotion and, words Of
Jesus means 40 much ITO YOU and me.
We might as we'll make & it personal
and not generalize as to the world at
large. It means that I'VE have abso-
lutte promise and even now actual
possession sof everlasting life; that
physical death need have no 3terrors
anymore save as. 1t may bring suffer
ing5to the body; that we shall see face
to face our loved ones. Have we not
cause for joy and the right to say in
thought or with loud voice GLORY
and Thanks to Almighty God for the