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s U ND AY CHOO l ESSON bowed in grief. 1 Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, Keying -unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died." Whether or not the text will allow for such an interpretation, we must at least give great weight to the comment of such a profound Bible student as Dr. G. Campbell Morgan, when he compares the identical statements of these two sisters: I think that Marha meant Why did you not hurry when we sent for you? I think Mary meant, I wish it had been possible for you to be here, the same words with a different different emphasis and intention. "When Jesus therefore saw- her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled." Literally, Literally, we might read the last clause, he was vehemently affçcted in spirit and troubled himself. He was moved with holy indignation at sin, which caused all this dreadful desolation. "And said, Where hath ye laid. him? Then say unto him, Lord, come and see." He asks this question not for his own information, but that he might interest those to whom he was speaking in accompanying him to the tomb. 1 was for their benefit that Lazarus was raised. "Jesus wept." As everyone knows, this is the shortest verso in the Bible. It describes what others saw, :aSSBS£0m£ii£«HBBHBw THE LESSON IN ITS SETTING TIME --- The winter tnd early spdpg of A.D. 30- 'PLACE -- AH the events here re- . carded took place in Bethany except the sojourn of Christ in Ephraim (vs, 5-1-571 which was near th wilderness, wilderness, John 11:23. Jesus saith unto her. Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that be shall rise again in the res- ureption at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, resurrection, and the life: he that be- lieveth on me, though he die, yet shall be live; And whosoever liveth and befiev- eth on me shall never die. Believeëst thdti this? "Jesus saith unto her." it is exceedingly exceedingly difficult to say just the' right word to those who are heartbroken heartbroken in grief, and Jesus knew exactly what to say at the right time (Prov. 15:23). "When the Lord Jesus. breaks the silence, he breaks that makes the silence dead-, ly. "Thy brother shall rise again." Ohr'st does not say that Lazarus wotiM be raised again at once from the dead, but simply declares a fact which certainly Martha knew before Christ uttered it, as the next verse proves. Jesus spoke these simple words to draw out her own faith, "Martha saith unto him, l know .... that ha shall rise again in the res- ! jj? 1 ? intimates what Christ felt. v„ «,« w » -m,,, Three times do we read of the tears of Jesus (Luke 19:41; 22:44; cf. Hob. 5:7.). A Christian does not show himself Christ-like when he thinks it is evidence of a lack of faith should He weep because of the going of a loved one. It is humane so to do, and our Lord was human, as well as divine, "The Jews therefore said, Behold how he loved him! But some of them said, Gould not this man, who opened opened the eyes of him that was blind, have caused that this man also should not die ? It is difficult to determine- determine- whether the remarks of" the Jews here are the expression of a real question in their minds, or, in an indirect way, a severe criticism and rejection of the Lord Jesus.' Their reference ii to the miracle of the healing of the blind man which is recorded in the ninth chapter of John. It is significant that they do not speak of the other two miracles of the raising of the widow's son (Luke 7:11-15)' and of he daughter of JairuS (Matt, 9:18-26, etc.). "Jesus therefore again groaning ill hiffisclf eometh to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it." The stone which blocked up the entrance, kept aloof the beasts of ; prey. It was naturally ,,of a size and 1 weight not easily to be moved away (Mark 16:3). Jesus saith, Take, ye away the stone." (Cf. 2C:1.) Jesus could have miraculousy removed the stone, but what men were able to do so, he expected expected and commanded them to do so, "Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time th body decayeth; for he hath been dead four days." It is significant significant in -the light of this passage to remember that Christ "was not in the grave four days, but three days, and the promise was that his body should not see corruption (Psalm 16: 10; Acts 2:27,31; 34, 35). Unto thee, that, if thou believedst, "Jésus, saith unto her, Said I not thou shoUldst see the glory of God ?" The reference here is the statement recalled in verses- 25 and 26, All Alleged Kidnappers Arraigned After Capture by Federal Agents Percy Geary (left, rear), John Oley (next to him) and Harold Crowley (light, holding hat) pictured as they were arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court on charge of aiding in the kidnapping of John J. O'Connell, Jr., of Albany, N.Y., following their arest by F, B. I. agents. yrrection at the last day," The words I know suggest disappointment; she had been told the same thing often during those four days, but the last day was far off; had the Master no other and fresher comfort than that? "Jestis said untp her, 1 am the resurrection, and the life:" This- : is the sixth great 1 am uttered by Christ in the record of John's Gospel. Gospel. Christ is the resurrection because because he himself experienced the great, resurrection from thé dead (John 2:19; 10:27) (though this was still in the future, when he was talking talking to Martha) ; because, by hie death he has fully atoned for our dins, and made our resurrection possible possible (Rom. 4:25); it is Christ alone who» .by his coming again 1 Thess- 4:1,3-18), will raise up from the dead alt those who believe in him (John 6:89, 40, 44, 54, 1 Cor. 6:14), "He that believeth on me, though he die,, yet shall he live." "And whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Beiievest thou this? Faith in Christ who is eternal life binds our life to 1dm, and, though believers die, in that their spirits ore separated from their bodies, until until the .Lord returns, they themselves never ate, i.e., they are never separated separated from the life of Cod, or lose their individuality. "She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: ï have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, even he that eometh into the- world." Shis is one Of the great confessions of the Gospels,. Gospels,. In believing as she did, she believed believed that everything that Christ had said about himself was true. "And when she- had said this, she went away, and called Mary her sister sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here, end calleth thee." Jesus must have; told Martha that he wanted to .see. lié i' sister. How wonderful that Ohrist: in ope sentence can an- S e himself to be the very resell resell and life of believers! of all ages, and, in the next sentence, can express his desire to see one individual, individual, friend whom he knew' to be "JSSte >$ v v V v * V ►;< v v V v V v V & The Book Shelf BY MAIR M. MORGAN Envoy's Daughter Weds American in Rome . " ' By VIRGINIA DAL It Influenced to a great extent by thousands of letters from fans, Norma Norma Shearer lias definitely "decided to make more pictures. From .New York, where she went to. visit Helen liayes, she telephoned- 'he studio that she would come back soon ready to begin preparatory work on "Marie Antoinette." She chose this story in preference to any other because she had discussed every detail of its production with her husband before his death. Actual date of production' production' depends on Charles Laughton, because she- is determined to have him in the cast and i.e is - under contract to make several pictures' in England. It is. -od to know that we will be seeing rma on the screen again. The most encouraging and sympathetic sympathetic audience any girl ever had while making a film test was Alice Marble's when she tried out recently. C a r o 3 e Lombard was right there on the sidelines making making suggestions and cheering. Some people might think that Alice Marble won enough glory in tennis tournaments tournaments for one young girl, but Carole thinks it would be nice for her to get in the big earnings that come with glory in pictures. * * * Radio favorites are moving en masse to Hollywood. Harriet Hilliard Hilliard is back at R.K-O. Milton Berle will be there soon, and very costly it will be for him too because he will have to pay all. the expenses of bringing his radio troupe west, And soon Fred Allen will move his broadcasting broadcasting activities to Hollywood, so that he can make another picture for twentieth Century-Fox. He will be in "Sally, Irene and Mary," a new version of an old picture which launched Constance Bennett and Joan Crawford on the screen careers. ship and strange adventure, form an Unforgettable picture. And when the war of 1914 explodes, the effect Carole - Lombard Shining Scabbard by R. C. Hutchinson Hutchinson (Oxford University Press, Ltd., Toronto) offers the reader a wealth of good reading. Those who ehjoy the narrative stylo of Joseph Conrad -and - -1-1, M. Tomlinson Tomlinson will be delighted ' with this poignant study of human nature pursued by an implacable do i) Here is superb characterization combined with stirring adventure. Colonel Severin, definitely of the ancien regime, fanatically ttier-mined ttier-mined to clean the stain, from his military honor dominates the liouse- hold at 'Baulon, where dwell his wife, sister -and mother. Then Renee, Renee, his son Pierre's colonial Wife, comes with her two children to live with them. Colonel Severin, in an endeavour to knpres his grandson with the so-called militaristic code of courage, terrifies the sensitive lad. Renee endeavours to shield Armand from her father-in-law's tirades by keeping close to the two rooms allotted to them. The dust and decay and mould of this old house containing so many complex characters makes fascinating reading. reading. Combined with this, Pierre's desertion desertion of the army and his flight to France involving much hard- it lias on all the Se vérins, the quiet town of Baulon, brings the book to a convincing end. You feel tile surge of inevitability throughout. B, C. Hutchinson is a craftsman of Words- and atmosphere. larve" I Dare Not by Aliéné Corliss Corliss (Oxford University Press, Ltd., Taro- is) is an entertaining story of MterfcWy • ' theatrical New York. YW '-".'-med with Alec,,, the fax lias intended litis.. litis.. lor years. Tnx_ tiful redhead from Iviantey^'-trmi stage ambitions arrives and Alec falls wildly in love With her. Caroline meets Alec's nephew: Tommy and it is a case of love at first sight. Tommy, who has long admired Alec, feels he has no right to wreck Alec's happiness and decides decides to fade as gracefully as he can, from the picture. How these four charming people untangle their involved hearts is told in a natural, gay manner. A good book to pick up for lighter moments. Crowns Dethroned in New Hats f Miss 'Marg^et Drummond, shown with her father," Sir Erie uinmondi British Ambassador to Italy, became the bride of John alker 3rd, of Pittsburgh, Pa., in ceremony in St. Andrew's Church x Rome, Italy. that Christ ever did or said on earth glorified his Father, (John 17:1). "So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, 1 thank thee that thou heardest me. And I knew that thou heardest me always: but because of the multitude that standeth around I said it, and they may believe that thou didst send me." The raising of Lazarus'from the grave, forming as it did the crisis of his activity and the crowning point of it, could not but be the subject of prayer to Ms Blather, more lijrgent prayer than even was Christ's wont, not so much that power to perform it should be granted, but that ift. and with the performance of it, the glory of the Father* through the Son might be made conspicuous. "And when lie had thus spoken, he cried.*' The Greek word is nowhere This ribbon-strapped, open crown beret of straw tipped off the women on what to expect in spring and summer millinery when it was presented at San Francisco, Cal., style show for western buyers, nr else used in Christ. It is elsewhere used of the shout of a multitude ■(12:13, 18:40; 19:6, 15). This loud cry was perhaps the result of strong emotion or in order that the whole multitude might hear. "With a loud voice." Bishop Westcott remarks: "The contract has in the muttered indications of sorcerers," "Lazarus, come forth." Christ speaks to the dead man, implying that he exists, though dead; that it is with him directly directly he deals, that he is not beyond the range of hearing the Son of God, not beyond the range -of his dominion dominion who has the keys of Hades and of death (Rev. 1:18). The authority of Christ, therefore,, over the unseen world Is hereby proclaimed, The -great antagonist of life, death, and he that has power over death, are (He'b. 2:14) subject to him. "He that was dead came forth, bound hand -and foot with grave- clothes." The Greek word here translated grave clothes appears no- ■ where else in the New Testament. If means the bandages which kept the sheet and spices around the body, with a napkin." The cloth was bound under the chin to keep the lower jaw from falling. "Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go." Tile miracle is accomplished, and yet how few the details concerning concerning the very moment in which everyone would be most interested. Not a single word is recorded of how Lazarus looked when he came forth, or of what he said, or of his experiences experiences during the days of living in an^ other world, or of the feelings or Martha and Mary when he was restored restored to their home. This is the end of John's account of the miracle itself. All the rest of the-chapter is occupied with the effect "of this miracle upon the Jews.