EASTER DAY
Awake, pretty flowers
Asleep in the snows,
For this is the morning
When Jesus arose.
Each lily he loved
In the meadows of old,
Will welcome the Master
With blossoms of gold.
Ye violets, sweet with
The breath of the South;
Anemone blushing,
With rosy-lipped mouth;
Arbutus, half-hiding
Your delicate grace—
The Savior has risen,
Behold ye his face!
The types of his death
And rising are ye.
Fair gems of the meadow,
Bright buds of the lea.
"Messiah is living!"
The cherubim say;
Shine forth in your beauty
To greet him to-day!
—Sel.
OUR LESSON.—For April 12
PREPARED BY MARGUERITE COOK
Title.—The Journey to Emmaus (Easter Lesson).—Luke 24: 13-35.
Golden Text.—It is Christ … that was raised from the dead.—Rom. 8:34.
Golden Text for Beginners.—Be ye kind one to another.—Eph. 4:32.
Truth.—Jesus is alive for evermore.
1. The day that Jesus arose from the dead two of his friends walked to a village called Emmaus, near Jerusalem.
2. Jesus passing by noticed that as they walked they talked together and seemed very sad.
3. He went up to them and walked with them and asked them why they were so sorrowful.
4. They did not believe that Jesus had risen from the dead, and when they saw him they did not know him.
5. They told him about the sad things that had happened—how Jesus had been put to death and placed in the grave.
6. They said that some women who had visited the tomb of Jesus had told them that Jesus was risen.
7. Jesus then told the two men that if they were not so slow to believe the Word of God and the promise Jesus had given them they would know that it must be true.
8. When they came to their home the men urged Jesus to stop with them for it was now evening.
9. While they were eating supper Jesus took bread and blessed it and gave it to them.
10. As they saw Jesus blessing the bread they knew him, but he at once vanished out of their sight.
11. They said one to another, "Did not our hearts burn within us while we talked by the way?"
12. They at once went back to Jerusalem to tell the other disciples the good news that Jesus had truly risen from the dead and they had seen him.
QUESTIONS
What is the Golden Text? What is the Truth?
1. On what day did two of Jesus' friends walk to a village called Emmaus?
2. As Jesus passed by, what did he notice?
3. What did he do?
4. What did they not believe?
5. About what did they tell him?
6. What had some women told them, who had visited Jesus' tomb?
7. What did Jesus tell the two men?
8. When they came to their home what did they urge Jesus to do?
9. While they were eating supper what did Jesus do?
10. When they knew him what became of Jesus?
11. What did they say one to another?
12. What did they at once go back to Jerusalem to tell the other disciples?
LESSON HYMN
Tune—"Jesus loves me, this I know," omitting chorus (E flat).
Close beside us every day
Christ is walking all the way;
And his voice is very near;
If we listen we may hear.
Title of Lesson for April 19
The Cost of Discipleship.—Luke 14:25-35.
Golden Text for April 19
Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.—Matt. 16:25.
Beginners Golden Text for April 19
Be ye kind one to another.—Eph. 4:32.