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UNDAY LESSON XIII. JOHN'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE *--RISEN LORD--John 20: 19-29$ 21: 20-24. GOLDEN TEXT--1 am the first and the last, and the . Living one; and 1 was dead, and behold, I am aliwe for evermore. Révélation 1: 17, 18, THE PLAN OF LESSON , TIME. -- The resurrection itself occurred on Sunday, April 9, A.D. 80. The appearance to Thomas occurred occurred the Sunday following, April 16, A.D, 30. The appearance at the Sea of Galilee occurred within thirty days after this, but we do not know exactly when, PLAGE. -- The resurrection of Christ and his appearance to Mary Magdalene took place just outside the city wall in the garden near the tomb of Joseph of Arimataea; the two appearances to the disciples occurred in an upper room in Jerusalem. Jerusalem. All the events recorded in chapter 21 took place on the shore of the Sea of Tiberias. "When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week." Between the Lord's appearance appearance to Mary Magdalene early in the morning and his appearance to the ten disciples that evening, two other appearances must be placed, though they are not given in John's Gospel, the appearance to Simon Peter i Luke 24: 34; I. Cor. 15 : 5), and the memorable journey with two disciples on the road to Em- maus (1 uke 24) "And when the doors were shut where the disciples disciples were." It is not said how many were present. Judas was dead and Thomas was absent. Probably the other ton were present. "For fear of the Jews." (Of. J„hn 7nil) iiii- mors of tile resurrection had been Spread and it was as yet uncertain what policy the popular leaders Would adopt. 'Jésus came and stood in the midst". How the Lord entered the room John does not tell us; the record assumes that his entrance was miraculous, and that it was not necessary for the doors to be unlocked and opened to admit him into their presence. Jesus came among then, in such a way as jto prove that new laws now ruled his body, that the earthly no longer jwas a limitation to it. "And said unto them, Peace he unto you." This jwas the ordinary gre'eting of one Jew to another; it was Christ's last word co his disciples in their sorrow sorrow bel ore his Passion (John 16: 83). Now they had a new peace, in the nonfidence that many's greatest greatest enemy, death, had been defeated, defeated, and that the one who had the keys of life and death was none other than their frmrd. servant and Blaster "And wheii ne had said this, he showed unto them his hands and his aide, The disciples therefore were glad, wnen they saw the Lord." Our Lord d'd this to convince his disciples disciples that he was the very same person who had been crucified and that he had risen with the same body in which he had died, as the parallel account m Luke (24: 39 indicates. It is 1 myself. " r esus therefore said to them aged "'eare be unto you: as the Father nath sent me, even so send I you." (See John 17: 3, 23.) Christ had finished the work which the Father nad; given him to do on earth in his own person ; henceforth he Would Work through others, The new commission is wider than the earlier One. (Matt. 10: 1-42, etc.), for it is not limited to the apostolate; the other -iL-inies who were present a:re included arid, with the eleven, tjhey represent the whole church, "And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said unto them, Receive ye the Holy Spirit." Christ's breathing. upon the disciples disciples would bo an emblem of the Holy Sjpirit. This is, of course, a prophetic prophetic breathing, symbolic and suggestive suggestive 'They did not receive the Holy Spirit then. In the course of these -'ays, ' he told them to wait until they received the Spirit (Acts 1|:4). He was indicating to them their responsibility in view of the resources at their disposal, telling them that they could not go except Ip one power, that of the Holy Spirit. | "Whose soever sins ye forgive, they at* forgiven unto them; whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. retained. ' Has the church them the power to remit or retain? The answer answer is unquestionably, Yes. To any &mb53 iHw man, to any woman, to any youth, or maiden who, conscious of sin, repents towards God, and believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, "But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus,, was not with them when Jesus came." Thomas was absent absent because hia was the nature that preferred to' bury disappointment and desolation in solitude and silence. silence. "The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except; Except; J shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe." Thomas certainly was not afraid of being convinced that his Lord had ariven; on the contrary, contrary, he sought to be convinced that his Lord had arisen; on the contrary, contrary, he sought to be convinced ■ of this and put himself in the way of conviction, tie had doubted because because he wished to believe. It is this which distinguishes Thomas and all right-minded doubters from thorough-going and depraved Unbelievers. Unbelievers. "And after eight days." That is, the following Sunday night, April 16. "Again, his disciples were within, within, and Thomas with them. Jesus cometh, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst and said, Peace be unto you." The fact that Thomas Thomas was present with the disciples indicates indicates that he did not deliberately shun fellowship with those who were confident that Christ had come forth from the dead. "Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither bay finger, and see my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and put it into my side ; and be not faith- -km-, -but believing." The Lord ; is always billing to convince doubters of the reality of divine truth by every legitimate means. "Thomas answered and said unto him, Mv Lord 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 toe 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 believed; believed; blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. Such conditions as Thomas required are unnecessary in order to have true and intelligent faith. Thomas himself himself ought to have believed in the testimony of the rest, convinced by all he had known and experienced of Christ in past days. Our Lord does not mean that faith has not its solid reasons, 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. '"Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; following; who also leaned back on his breast at the supper, and said, Lord, who is he that betrayeth thee? Peter therefore seeing him saith to Jesus, Tord, and what shall this man do? The same irrepressible Peter was not sobered into silence by the suggestion suggestion of his own end. The question question indicates the natural wish to know the future of a friend, all the more natural* after having been told something about his own future. "Jesus saith unto him, If T will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. This saying therefore went forth among the brethren, that that; disciple should not die ; yet Jesus said not unto him, that he should not die; but. If T will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?" Jesus speaks as one who is Lord of life and death, whose will is supreme in earth and heaven. He also asserts the fact, of his Second Coming. "This is the disciple that beareth witness of these things, and wrote these things." The phrase may refer refer to the whole contents of the Gospel. "And we know that his witness is- true." We probably refers refers to. the Christians who surrounded surrounded John at Ephesus, who, having lived personally with John, know his sincerity and declare him incapable of relating anything false. The Gospel closes with a simple statement statement reminding us that its contents cover only a small portion of all the many things which Jesus did. 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Back in New York Margaret Margaret Sullavan had announced that she was going going to withdraw from the cast of "Stage Door," because because she is going going to play a Joan Bennett mother role In real life soon. The producer thought it would be a grand idea to get Joan to take over her part. She was quite interested, 'and Walter Wanger, to whom she is under under contract, said he was willing to let her go. But that wily Walter Wanger Wanger showed .Joan the costume sketches sketches for "Vogues of 1937" and that settled settled it If you have been wondering wliat Arthur Tracy, the Street Singer so long popular on the radio, has been up to, you'll soon see for yourselves. In "Backstage," a picture he recently made in London, he plays opposite Anna Neagle, the Gàumont-Britlsh star. Tillio Losch is in it too, the exquisite exquisite dancer whose hands writhed so seductively in "Garden of Allah." The biggest sensation of the year in motion pictures is the success of the Ritz Brothers, those three wild- eyed comics who rush into "On the Avenue" like a tornado and break up the show. They work with such whirlwind whirlwind speed that in a stunt lasting only three to five minutes on the screen, they used up more genuinely comic material than most comedians develop in a lifetime. So, having made three pictures in their first five months on the screen, the boys have gone off to Miami. Arras Race. Disastrous Couldn't Train Mate Joan Bennett 4: - v ^ V t . 1 Training butlers and training husbandS are two very different things. Therefore, Mrs. Adelaide Gladys Trott Trimmingham, noted noted teacher of Bermuda's butlers, ■who testified that she couldn't train ner mate to be gentle, won divorce from Harold Trimming- ham in Reno by charging him with cruelty. Lord Riverdale, noted British Sheffield steel manufacturer, visiting visiting Montreal, declared the present present European armament race was more likely to, lead to economic ruin than to war. This 'Siamese'Ewg Has Yolks, Whiles Separate JACKSON, Mien--The problem of people who prefer either the white or the yolk of an egg but not both would be solved f Carl Van Arsdale of 615 Wayne Street, could find a method of producing in quantity the Siamese egg he was exhibiting here. The Siamese egg, laid by a Buff Orpkington hen, consists of two full- sized soft-shelled eggs joined together together by a stem at the end of each One contains the yolk and the other the white. ' Garner and Bankhead See Oil Portraits > v -! ■8 lilllllll Hi fg&fV: i « / ! ;V" v ' W$m mmm . Howard Chandler Christie, famous painter and ilustrator, rewards Vice-President John Garner ana bpealcer of the House of Representatives Win. Bankhead for their patient sittings by showing them cemptetei ml . portraits, of themselves.