The Dolores star., 1923-08-03


INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC-A womans Grateful Service.
| YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
| Mary Masdaieue. Saved and Serving
!. Mary Saved duke 81. p.
While Jesus and His disciples were
| preaching throughout the villages OF
| GuIiIee, Mary and certain other wom-
| on heard the good news of salvation
and were saved Evil spirits We're cast
out OF them. Mary had been possessed
| with seven demons. The number seven
| indicates the completeness Of her af-
| Fiction. Bodily anlIction usually ac-
| Companicd demon possession. Doctor
| Erdman says: 1T is n cruel error to
| confuse Mary Magdalene with the sin
| ful woman Of whom Luke has Just
| been writing. Mary had suffered from
demon possession, as here stated, but
| there is nothing in the gospels to indi-
cate that she had ever been a woman
OF notoriously evil life" So wide
| sprend Is this false impression that
many rescue homes for fallen women
are named unjustly, "MaEiulene."
H.. Mary Ministering Luke S:8.
She, with certain women who had
been saved from Satan's power, out Of
heart Of gratitude looked after the
comfort OF the Lord and His disciples.
| These women must have been in easy
circumstances. as they were able to
buy food and other necessities and,
| doubtless, lodging for Jesus and His
| disciples. These women were the fore
| runners OF that large company of saved
women who have throughout the Chris
tian centuries been mlnistcring to the
| Lord through kindness to His minis
tiers. How poor would be this world
without the ministry OF godly women.
| III. Marys Steadfastness Uohn 10: ::
25).
| After the men and disciples had for
saken the Lord group of faithful
women remained at the cross, among
whom was Mary Magdalene. Others
fingered. prompted by natural affec-
ton, but she fingered out of grateful
love for salvation from Satan's bond
age
~. Mary at the Empty Tomb (John
20:1l-1S).
| /. Mistaken Tears G1-l3). She had
come to the tomb TO weep and to pay
respect TO the body of her Lord She
was weeping over what she regarded
as tragic loss. In spite of her love
and faith. she was in state OF con-
fusion. If she had known what was
revealed to her short time nfterward,
she would not have thus wept. She
was weeping because the tomb was
empty, when the real cause for weep-
Ing would have been the Lords body
In the tomb. How many times we
break our hearts over misunderstand-
Ing. The fact that living body had
walked out of the tomb instead of the
dead body In It should have accustomed
rejoicing. The empty tomb Is the
Christians ground for hope.
2. The Unrecognized Master wv. IA,
15).
She was within sight OF the living
Lord. yet mourning for Him. Let us
look in the right direction and we shall
have our sorrows turned into joys. The
reason she did not recognize the Lord
was that He did not appear as she
thought He should. Many times our
preconceived notions prevent us from
seeing Jesus
B. Restrained Familiarity wv. l6,
ID.
The full meaning of Jesus words
when he forbade Mary to touch Him
perhaps we cannot surely know. The
difficulty doubtless inhered in Mary's
misunderstanding She seemed to think
that the same relations Instituted be-
fore the resurrection could be re-
sumed. He showed her that He was
ascending into glory and that He
should henceforth receive divine wor-
ship.
4. Mary Telling the Good News of
the Resurrection wv. II, lS).
The need Of telling the good news
to the poor despondent disciples was
so urgent that there was no time for
familiarity. What Joy there must have
been In the hearts of the discIples at
this good news