AN EASTER DEED BEFORE EASTER DAY The International Sunday School Lesson For April 8 • Is, "Jesus Raises Lazarus From the Dead."—John 11:17-44 By William T. Ellis It was a group of seventeenth cen tury Spanish sepulchres, seen yester day beneath bearded live oaks of Geor gia, and made of "tappy," that curious oyster-shell concrete, which set my mind to ranging over the graves of earth as , I have seen them. They are everwhere:—the metal, bath-tub-like sarcophogi which I saw the Arabs ex cavating from ruins older than Baby lon, at old Asshur, Assyria; the huge stone graves of Phoenicia; the mighty mausoleums of Egypt; the hill-tombs which mortgage so much of China's landscapes; the ancinent graveyards of Europe—what a succession of them Ihrong to mind! Each brought some minds face to face with earth's old est riddle; Does the highway of life end hi a grave? At some time or other this question is of supremo interest to everybody. The death notices in to-day's newspa per mean more to some readers than the most startling news on the first page. This Easter is the most solemn of all the days that ever dawned to a multitude of human hearts, for it brings them squarely up to the problem of immfcrtality, interpreted in terms of the dear dead. So with reverent sin cerity we approach the Resurrection theme, as it is set forth for us in the raising of Lazarus from the dead, the assigned Sunday school lesson. A Home for a Lonely Heart One of the few advantages of be ing a stranger in a great city, which is the completest form of loneliness, is that thereby one enters somewhat into an appreciation of what was the normal lot of Jesus of Nazareth. The lonely Christ moves our hearts. He went about among uncomprehending and unsympathetic people. Apparent ly, the one refuge which he enjoyed during his public ministry was the home of Martha, Mary and Lazarus, well-to-do friends who dwelt a short distance out of Jerusalem, in the vil lage of Bethany, on the Mount of olives, just a little -vay beyond the Garden of Gethsemane. Some homes are like that, a haven for heavy hearts. Always a woman makes them so, and we know all that it is necessary to learn concerning the qualities of Martha and Mary, from the simple fact that they made the sort of home that Jesus loved, for its rest and refreshment and sympathy. To create such a home as that is a greater career for a woman than to achieve any public success thinkable, it was the strong ties of friendship, knit, as may always best be done, un der a rooftree, that made possible this great story of the Easter that preceded Easter. There was a brother in the family, and that all three must have been the real "good society" of the neighborhood is clear from the record that Jesus loved them all. Wlu'u t*ie Bread Telegram Comes Some homes never receive a tele gram without dread that it may con tain the message which comes so often by wire that every day hundreds of them are handled by the telegraph companies. One day the ancient ori ental equivalent of a telegram, a swift messenger, sought out Jesus beyond the Jordan, to tell Him that His friend T.azarus was sick unto death. Yes, "friend of the heavy heart, who saw life's brightness seem t disappear in a yellow telegram, Jesus went through that experience also. He was "touched with a feeling of our infirmities." Yet the prayer of the sorrowing sis ters was not answered as they ex pected. The Friend did not mount the fastest speed in Perea and make all possible haste over the hilly road to Jerusalem. He deliberately waited, to the surprise of His disciples, who knew the depth of the Master's affection for that Bethany family. He had larger plans for them all than they could know. Dimly, we now perceive how the raising of Lazarus was an essential part of the plan of Christ, being the antecedent cause of the Triumphal Entry, and the ocasion for precipitat ing the climax that led to Calvary. But.all this was unknown to the fam ily and to the disciples. To us it is not given to see the heaven side of the divine designs. "This sickness is * * * for the glory of God." said Jesus. So Laza rus had a part, all unrealized by him self and those closest to him, in work ing out the inscrutable will of God. And this is the last word that can be said in comfort to all who grieve be low. We cannot explain, we cannot understand, but we know that the Fa ther whose wisdom is equaled by His love, is carrying out purposes which ore born in a Father heart. Some time we shall understand. Meanwhile, we rest upon the word of Jesus, that sick ness and sorrow and rven death may be for the glory of God; and to glorify God is the chief end of man. Our at titude may wisely be that which Is in scribed on the tomb of a distinguished soldier and citizen of Wellsboro, Pa. —"Awaiting further orders." The Doubter Who Was a Hero Up in Jerusalem stones awaited Jesus, should He comply with the re quest of the sisters, as His disciples were quick to remind him. Yet, after waiting two days, He announced that, although Lazarus was now dead. He would go to him. Thereupon Thomas, whom history has written down as the doubter, spoke up like a brave and loyal soul, "Let us also go, that We may die with him." Why should we not remember Thomas always as at his best, ready to make the supreme proof of friendship? First Martha and then Mary met Jesus on the way, as he drew near to Bethany. Both accosted Him with a remark that was a rebuke: "If thou hadst been here our brother had not died." Ah, the "tfs" and the "buts" that we hurl at God! Consider what God bears from mortals, of impati ence, querulousness, chiding and un belief. Even such an exquisite saint as Mary could not let the Master be master. We worship God. arid then re fuse to Him the least of the perquisites of God. Calling Christ Lord, we deny Him the right to be lord of our lives. Tlic Shortest Verse's IAHIJT Meaning Spurgeon used to say that he could forgive the translators of the King James version all the ill they had done to the sacred text by butchering it up into text-paragraphs, because they had left the one sentence standing alone, "Jesus wept." Children learn this as Pj the shortest verce in the Bible. It ■stands alone, not only on the page of Scripture, but also in all literature. Where else-will you find any religious teacher, from Zoroaster to Moham med, weeping in human sympathy and love, over the sorrows of his friends? The greatest truth in the Bible is wrapped up in this shortest verse. It visualizes the Man of Sorrows in the completeness of His compreheding, compassionate lov efor man. Before ever we come to the great central truth of Easter, we have this picture of the Lord of life as a -comrade of hearts that mourn. Despite all that He knew about death, and the need lessness of grief, He did not disdain the tears of earth, even as a mother shares the infant sorrows of her chfld, although she knows full well their needlessness and futility. By every Christian grave, Christ, the bringer of joy and victory out of death, yet stands weeping with those who need FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRII 6, 1917. moet of all the comfort of compan ionship which fully understands. Even the bystanders, orientals as they were, and accustomed to extrav agant display of emotions, exclaimed, as they saw Jesus groaning within himself, and stirred by a convulsion of affection and felowship, "Behold, how He loved him!" That is the spec tacle of the ages: tho love of Christ. Our day makes much of His wisdom and His leadership and His lordship; let us not forget, though, that first of all, and over all, Jesus reveals him self in a love so great that it breaks these stubborn hearts of ours. When ever we are tempted to think harsh thoughts about God, we have but to recall the shortest text of all, "Jesus wept." For there is nothing true of Christ that is not a revelation of the Father who sent .Him. "Too Good To Be True" • Close ae they were to His spirit, Mary and Martha could not credit the full import of His plan for them and for Lazarus. When He would be di rected to the tomb, they tried to dis suade Him. They could have trusted their Lord up to a certain extent to do wonders for their brother while he was ill. But, as we have all been do ing ever since, they put metes and bounds to His power. That life should come out of death seemed altogether "too good to be true," to quote the in fidel phrase of our day. 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This crown ing miracle, which He contemplated, was to bring to ft climax all the plots of His foes. None het less, with a simple, son-llfte prayer to the Father in heaven. He stooped down and cried, "Lazarus, come forth!" Yes, the dead obey Him. Christ is lord of 'ife and death. His voice reached across the mysterious boun daries, and brought back the spirit of His friend once more into its earthly habitation. There are no words that can make-the wonder simple. At the command of Jesus the gates of death swung open, outward. Lazarus, an in instant before a corpse, came back to walk once more with his loved ones the familiar haunts. He was to sit again at the breaking of bread with his Lord. Christendom has heard this tale of Lazarus so often that the edge of the marvel has gone from it. To all who beheld it, this was the supreme act of the ministry of Jesus. Even though some disbelieved, —for seeing is not believing, for the perverse heart —the raising of Lazarus meant noth ing less than the complete vindication of the claims of Jesus to the Messiah ship. He plainly shared God's prerog ative of controlling life. What Did Luzarus Know? Browning has a poem about Laz arus, back from the realths beyond tho grave. The idea is an alluring one. What secrets were hidden in this man's soul, as he returned for a time to be as other men? We cannot know, of course. Nobody has ever imagined heaven. Countless poets have tried. I like that modern and daring bit of poetry by Nicholas Yashel Lindsay, "General Booth Enters Heaven:" Booth led boldly with his big bass drum, "Are you washed In the blood of the Umb?" The saints smiled gravely, and they said, "He's come." "Are you washed in tho blood of tho Lamb?" Walking lepers followed, rank on rank, Lurching bravos from the ditches dank; , Drabs from the alleyways, and drug fiends pale,— Minds still passion-ridden—soul pow ers frail! i Vermin-eaten saints, with moldy breath, — • "Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?" Every slum had sent its half a score Tho round world o'er —Booth had 1 groaned for more. Every banner that the wide world flies Bloomed with glory and transcendent dyes; Big-voiced lassies made their banjos bang! I Pranked, fanatical, they shrieked and sang, "Are you washed in tho blood of Lamb?" Hallelujas! It was queer to see Bull-necked convicts with that land make free! Loons with bazoos blowing blare, blare, blare, On, on, upward through the golden air. "Are you washed in the blood of Lamb?" Booth died blind, and still by faith he trod. Eyes still dazzled by the ways of I God. Booth led boldly, and he looked the 1 chief; 1 Eagle countenance in sharp relief, , Beard a-flying, air of high command, Unabated in that holy land. ' Jesus came from out the Court House door. Stretched His hands above the passing poor; 1 Booth saw not, but led his queer ones there, i Round and round the mighty Court House Square. Yet in an instant all that blear re view v Marched on spotless, clad in raiment ne.w. The lame were straightened, withered limbs uncurled And blind eyes opened on a new, sweet world. Drabs and vixens in a flash made whole! • Gone was the weasel-head, the snout, the jowl: Sages and sibyls now, and athletes clean. Rulers of empires and of forests'* green. The hosts were sandaled and their wings were fire— "Are you washed in the blood of Lamb?" But their noise played' havoc with the angel choir! "Are you washed in the blood of Ijamb?" Oh, shout salvation! It was good to see * Kings and princes by the Lamb set free. Tho banjoes rattled, and the tam bourines Jing-jing-jingled in the hands of queens! And when Booth halted by the curb for prayer . He saw his Master through the flag filled air. Christ runic gently, with a robe and crown Forl'oth the soldier, while the throng knelt down. He saw King Jesus—they were face to face. And he knelt a-weeplng in that holy place. "Are you washed in the blood of Lamb?" Lazarus was one of the few on earth to whom it was not left to imagine the nature of the life beyond the grave. There Is room witliln the theme, since John set us the example, for the exer cise of all our gifts of imagination, sure that the reality far transcends our most daring thought. After all, the uttermost that we know concerning the mystery of life and death Is told us by Jesus. What Inspired Paul wrote in the majestic fifteenth chapter of First Corinthians, should also be read in any considera tion of this theme. We know that Jesus gave definite, unequivocal assur ance of personal immortality. Ills word to Martha comprehends all that we have been trying to say upon the sub ject: "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that belleveth on me, though he die, yet shall ho live; and whoso ever liveth and believeth on me shall never die." There is but one sure and adequate warrant for the Easter message of l^rTablet5 rf A§B|riri Remember "Bayer"—it has always protected you. The name of Bayer is known the : I world around and associated with ! § the manufacture and distribution of j g Genuine Aspirin is also branded nls "Bayer"— see that you get it. ySy Tor your additional every tablet M 24 and 100 V 'v MSmsßhXk BATER-CAPSULES: wk Staled Package! of 12 ud 24 N^/ 1 ' / LM The trade-mark "Aapfrln" (Rear. U. S. Pat. 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