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eett CUNDAY â€" ^chooiesson i LESSON XIII. JOHN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE â€"RISEN LORDâ€" John 20i 19-29i 21; 20-24. GOLDEN TEXTâ€" 1 .m tk« first >n<l the Ia*4, and tho Living onei and 1 wai dead, and behold, I am all** for evermore. Kevetation li 17, 18. THE PLAN OF LESSON TIME. â€" The resurrection itself occurred on Sunday, April !i, A.D. SO. The appearance to Thomas oc- curred the Sunday following, April K), A.D. 30. Tho appearance at the Sea of Gulih-c occurred within t"hirty days after this, but we do not know exuilly when. PI,.\<JK. - - The resurrection of Chri.st and his appearance to Mary M:;;^d:ilene tooli plucu just outside tho city wall in the garden near the toi-^b of .Joseph of Ariniatuca; the tv.'o appeiu-iinces to tie liisciples occurred in an upper room in Jer- Uvak'iri. Ail the I'vents recorded in chapter 21 looi< place on the shore of t!'e Hva of Tihcrias. "When therefore it was evening, on that day. the first day of the wcfl:." Hotv.pcn iho Lord's aijpcar- anco to Mary Mnfrdalcne early in th'- niorninir and his appciuance to thf ten disriples that evening, two olhtT appearances must be placed, though they are not given in John's Gospel, the app<'i.rance to Simon Peter (Luke 24: ,11; I. Cor. 15: 5), and the memoruble journey with two dNcip!e.s on the road to Em- niaus duke 24) "And when the doors were shut where the discip- les were." It is not said how many were prttcnt. ludas was dead and Tliomas waa absent. Probably the other t'.'n were mescnt. "For fear of the Jews." (Cf. John 7:13.) Ru- trojd i»f the resurrection had been Bprt'^d and it was as yet uncertain wiiat 'lolicy tho popular leaders fToiild adopt. 'Jesus came and slciDd in the rnidiil". How the Lord entered the room John does not tell Ui; th'! record assumes that his en', run 'o was iiiiraruiou.s, and tliat it was not nccesiiary for the doors ti> he iinlockeil and opened to admit him intp their presence. Jesus cftmc fi'-'oni; theoi in such a way as to nrovc that new laws now ruled hiE l;i>ily that the earthly no longer was a limitation to it. "And said unto thein. Peace lie unto you." This was the ordinary preeting of one Jew to another; il was Christ'.i lust word CO his di.scipleg in their sor- ro\j bcroro Ilia Passion (John 16: !ia'. Now they had a new [icace, In the '•onfidi'nce that inany's great- Cit onerr.y, dialh. had been defeat- ed, and tlial the one who had the kcy.H of life and death was none cilhcr •.iaii tln'ir friend, sfrvaiit and master. "And when he had said tliis, he .shoved r.nto tlioni his hands and his side. The disciples tlicrcfore were gl.'i', when they nw tho Lord." Our Lord d'd this to convince hi.i dis- ciplcH that lie was the very same person who had been crucified and that he had risen with the .tame hody in which he had died, as the parallel account m l,..kc (2i: SO indicutes, It is I my.self. "Jesus therefore .said to them again. Peace lie unto you: as the Father ;mth sent me, even so send I you." (See John 17: ;i, 2.'».) Christ had finwncd the work which the Father nad given him to do on ( arth In his own person; hencefortli he would work through others. Tlie new coniml8.-mn i.-i wider than the earlier one. (Matt. 10: 1-42, etc.), for it i.s not limited to the npostol.'ite; the other iiiU'iples who were present Bre indided and. with the eleven, thCV renre.senl tl,e whole church. "And when he had said this, he brenthed on them and .said unto thcPi. 'deceive ye the Holy .S|)irit." Christ's hrealhitii' ujion the discip- les v'ould be an enddeni of the Holy Spirit. This i.s, of course, a proph- etic breathing, syndiolic and sujf- geslivp They did not receive the Holy Spirit then. In the course of these 'ay.s, ho 'old them to wait until they received the .Spirit (Arts 1:4). tie was 'odicating to (hem their .;â-  sponsibility in view of the resources at their di.sposal, telling them tluil they could not go except In one powei', ttint of tlie Holy Spirit. "Who.se soever sins ye foigive, thoy ar.' forgiven unto tlieiii; whose soever sins ye retain, they arc re- tained. ' Has tli( church them the power lo remit or retain? The an- swer is 'tniiuestionably, Yes. To any man, to any woman, to any youth, or infliden who, conscious of sin, repents towards God, and believes on (he I>nrd Jciua Christ. "Iliit 'i'liomns, one of the twelve, called Pidymus,, was not with them Wlieu J.'sus came." Thomas was ab- sent bffaiisc his was the nature that preferred to bury disappointment and desolation in solitude and tll- •nce, "Thp other disciples therefore riiA unto him. We have seen the ord Hut he said unto Iheni, Ex- cept I r'hall see in his hands the print of the nails and put my fin- ger into the prim of the naiLs, and put my hand into his side, 1 will not believe." Thomas certainly was not afraid of being convinced that his Lord had ac'ven; on the con- trary, ne sought to bo convinced that his IvOid had arisen; on the con- trary, ht sought to be convinced of this and put liiniself in the way of conviction. He had doubted be- cause no wished to lielicve. It is this which distinguishes Thomas and all right-minded doubters from thorough-going and depraved unbe- lievers. "And after eignt duys." That is, the following Simday night, Ajjril 16. ".Again his <l:sciples were with- in, and Thomas with them. JesMs Cometh, the doors being shut, and stood III the rrid.st and said. Peace be unto you." The fact that Thom- as was fircsent with the disciples in- dicateg ^hat he did not deliberately shun fellowship with those who were confident that Christ !iad come forth from the dead. "The'i saith he to Thon.as, Reach hither t.-iy finger, and see my hands; and reach hithir thy hand, and put it into my side; and be not faith- les.s, but believing." The Lord is always ,s^illing to convince doubters of the reality of divine truth by every legitimate means. "Thomas answered and said unto him, Mv Ix)rd and my God." Most commentators believe that Thomas never accepted the invitation of Christ to reach forth his hand and put it into his side. He believed at once. The confession that came from the lips of Thomas was the most advanced ever made by any of the twelve during the time they were with Jesus. "Jesus saith unto him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast be- lieved; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Such conditions as Thomas required are unnecessary in (.rder to have true and intelligrent faith. Thomas him- self ought to have believed in the testimony of the rest, convinced by all he had known and experienced of Chri.st in past day.s. Our Lord does not mean ti'at faith has not its solid reason.s for faith is not blind acceptance of truth, nor the opposite of reason, but faith Is the opposite of sight because it asserts what is not seen. "Petor, turning about, .seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved follow- ing; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who Is he that hetrayeth thccT Peter therefore seeing Mm saith to Jesus, iKird, and wjliat shall this man do? The same irrepressible Peter was not sobered into i-ilence by the sug- gestion of his own end. The ques- tion indicates the natural wi.sh to know the future of a friend, all the more natural after having been told something alioiit his own future. "Jesus saith unto him. If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou tiie. This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that di.sciple should not die; yet Jcsua said not unto him, that ho .should not die; but. If I will that he tarry till 1 come, what Is that to thee?" Jesus speaks as one who i.s Lord of life and death, whos,' will is supreme in earth ;ir.d heaven. He also asserts the fact of his .Second Coming. "Tliis is tho disciple tli.it li"areth witness of these things, anil wrote these things." The phrase may re- fer to the whole contents of the Gospel. "And we know that his witness is true." We probably re- fers to the Christians who surroun- iled John at Kphosus, who, having lived personally with John, know his sincerity and declare him incapable of relating anything false. The (lospel closes with a simple state- ment reminding us tliat its contents cover only a small portion of all the m!iny things which Jesus did. Decorated By tJ'e King Shells For Britain Made in Hamilton Ottawa. â€" Manufacture of r)0,000 shells for the new univcr.sal gim be- ing adopted by the British Army, and involving an expenditure of ap- proximstcly $1,000,000 will lie un- dertaken by the National .Steel Car Company of Hiimilton, Ont., Major K. .S. Mackenzie, of the IJoyal .Artil- lery, Woolwich, :;aid hero leccMtly. Major Mackenzie .said he is in Canada l.i inspect the flie'ls. Tlin o civilians had !:'â- ,. n s"iit fnnii l.^ng- land on the .--aim' mi.'^.iii)n aiul are now In Hamilton. Still 8,399,000 U.S. Unemployed NKW YOilK, â€" llnomployeil wor- kers Iq the Uultefl Stataji In Dscem bsr. 1989, totallsd 8,t»e,000, a d«- oreass ot TT.OOO or l.i p«r c*nt Jrotn November vtA k drop of l,SI4,0tt from D«Mmb«r, IMf, th« Kftttoaal lalust rial ro«f»rMi«« So«V(| •«UMMft«4 last King CJeuigc held the first investituio of his reign at Bucking- ham Palaco recently, conferring honors awarded in the New Year honors list. This picture shows, left to right, Squadron-Leader F. R. D. Swain, noted for his record-breaking altitude flight last year, who received the Royal Air Force Cross, arriving with Squadron- L«ader Baul at the Palace. Monument To Fower ..__.. o.^un.eii lor the woria's lUii..cbL vijuajje t,uv»er line ri^e like the temples of some strange sect in the 5witchyard at Boulder Dam. When circuit on line that carries power to Los Angeles is broken, these oil breakers deaden flash of 287,500 volts. Hooded Riders Unmask Horrors of Accidents Tliese maciibre 'l''i)ui Horsemen" helped drive home ihe dangers of reckicsr, motoring as they rode in front ot the "Horror Parade," staged at Atlanta, Ga., by Junior Chamber of Commerce to depict tho frightful toll taken in automobile accidents. Queen Mary Attends St. Daid's Day Parade ' â-  .â- â- iiiiMU'il 'ly (he I'liu'es..; Kuyal (Cunt, , ui llaiewo.nl) and l.orU Ilaiivvood, (juecii .Mary Hi.enueii the annual .St. David. ^ Day Parade bf the Welsh Guards at Wellington Barracks, London. .She perfcftmed the ceremony of nresenting a leek (the Welsh national emblem) to an officer of th* Wei* Giurds. The Princess Koyal and Lord Hare wood ar« seen behind Her Majesty. There are 1,700 species of lisarda in the world. Only two of these are poisonous and they are found only in Mexico and the United States. ITiovie-rdclio igossip By DOROTHY Clark Gable, who thinks that Rob- ert Taylor is a great romantic actor, and Robert Taylor who thinks that Clark Guole is tops, have persuaded Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to let them make a picture together. The story selected is "Spurs of Pride," a mili- tary stcry of Percival Wren. There is a serious shortage of beautiful chorus girls in Hollywood right now, because all the stiidioJ are making big musicals. Girls who could not even .get a few days extra work while the studios were all busy on dramatic pictures, are now sign- ing ten-week contracts calling for as much as $200 a week. Samuel Goldwyn's chief complaint about the beautiful girls who come to Holly- wood seeking work 'n that they in- variably try to look like some popu- lar star instead of being beautiful in their own way. The one sure way not to get an engagement in one of his picture is to have some- one tell rim that you look just like Virginia Hruce or Carole Lombard. Whon Kathryn Witwer, popular MP>.S 'iijma donna, first came to Chicago , to win fame and fortune, she had exactly $5 in her purse ami .â- > little secretarial (raining .vhich she 'raded for music le.ssoiis. First prize in a National Music ( lubs Federation contest won her a chance to a'ipear with Frederick •Stock and al.so with Mary Canien ai the Chicago Oiiora. .-Vfter lior successful opera debut her home town of Gary. Ind. sent her to Europe for further studv. ODDS and KNUS:â€" Marlcnc Die- trich has confided to a few dose friends, who told several thousand other pople, thj.t Merle Oberon is going to marry Brian Ahernc soon in London. Ueneniber love scenes in ''Beloved l^nemy"? Kvidently they ^veren't just acting. . . Ed Dergcii. ihe vejU''iIoquist who has maile such an outstanding succe.-is on tho Vallee hour, has been put under contract t(- make pictures for War- ner Brothers. Barbara Stanwyck ha.s a huge new ruby ring, a gift from Robert Taylor. Incidentally, when handed h»r check for $5,000 for a tliree-minute sketch on the radio Kcently, Barbara got the giggles She suddenly recalled that just 12 years ago she was mightily pleased to get a night club job at •^as a week. Kathryn Witwer A-4