Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-03-29
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
For April. 1St
Luke 24.
BY DIR. MARION McH. HULL

Golden Text: 'Why seek We the
living among the dead?. He is not
here, but is risen.". Luke 24:5, 6.
Calvary without Easter would be
dark picture; but the light of East
er dspels the darkness of Calvary.
The hurried burial of Jesus made it
impossible for His friends to give the
attention to the body that they would
have given had they had more time.
SO devout WERE they in the matter
of the Sabbath that they would not
profane it, even to perform so low
ing and, as they supposed, necessary
service. The Sabbath ended at p.
M, and after that hour they pur-
chased spices with which to embalm
the body, for they had not the slight
est idea that it would be raised from
the dead. Very early in the morning
of the day after the Sabbath, GER
tain women came early to the tomb
to perform their service of love. They
had noted where He was buried,
and thus came to the tomb the very
first opportunity after the death. The
fact of their coming to the tomb to
complete the embalming of the body
is one of the conclusive evidences OF
the reality of the resurrection. Inc
enemies of this truth say that it was
not a real resurrection, but cum
ningly devised fable, a Pigment OF
the IMAGINATION of the friends of Je-
sus. that they were a simple folk ana
easily excited and that they SIMPLY
imagined that they had seen their
Lord and Master after His death.
These do not, however, stop to con-
slider that every one of the disciples
and apostles had to be convinced ana
sometimes after very tangible proof
Not one Of them believed it until ait
err they were convinced. These women
would not have brought spices to EN-
balm the body if they had had any
idea that it would be raised IroIh
the dead in a short while
It might be we'll to stop here ana
note how the disciples had to be con-
WINGED and how skeptical they were;
When the women went back ana
told the disciples, they considered
their story as an idle tell, not only
not the truth but as not having
anv sense either! Mary Magdalene
had turned back and when she told
Peter and John that the sepulchre
was empty, they did not believe hef'
b11t ran to the tomb to see for them
selves. They saw the empty clothes
living there like an empty chrysahs
and John believed when he saw; but
peter went home wondering at what
he had seen.
The Walk to Emmaeus
That afternoon two of them were
walking to Emmaeus, village ABOUT
eight miles from Jerusalem. w nat
their mission was we do not know,
but the topic of their conversation
we do know; and from that we can
guess their mission. They were talk
ing about the things that had hap
pened in the last few days, and they
were so sad that the stranger VINO
Joined them noticed it. What are
Won talking about? He asked, and
why are you so sad? They were
surprised that any one should be
such a stranger in Jerusalem as not
to know what had happened there
in the last few days; and in answer
to His question, What things? they
said, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth,
who was a prophet mighty In deco
and word before God and all the peo'
pie: and how the chief priests ana
rulers delivered Him to be condemned
to death, and have crucitied Him.
But we trusted that it should have
been He who have redeemed Israel;
and beside all this, today is the third
day since all these things were done
Yea, and certain women also of one
company made us astonished, which
were early in the sepulchre; and
when they had found not His body,
they came, saying, that they had
seen a vision of angels which said
that He was alive. And certain OF
them which were with us, went to
the sepulchre and found it even so
as the women had said; but Him
they saw not
These were the things that they
were talking about. This answer
of theirs laid bare their whole
thought-their opinion of Him, their
desire. their shattered hopes, their
41nbelief. They had been mistaken
they had staked all on this Jesus
of Nazareth whom they had thought
to be the Christ, the Messiah long
looked for-but they were mistaken;
He was only 4 wonderful Man who
had died as a martyr to His COnviC-
tons. Strange things had been told
that day about His being raised from
the dead and being alive again; but
that was such foOlishness that they
couldn't be sensible men and believe
that. SO they were just going back
home t. the old tasks to start out
in some other way to work out their
national and individual problem".
Still Urbelievers
Well, you know what ,cppened-
how this stranger gave them such 4
Bible talk as they had never heard
before; how from PentateuCh. His
toricai Books, Psalms, Books of Wis
dom and Prophets. He pointed out to