LAZARUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD.
The picture being suspended as before described, we proceed thus:--
Q. What is this?
A. Jesus Christ raising Lazarus from the dead.
Q. Who was Lazarus?
A. A man who lived in a town called Bethany, and a friend of Christ's.
Q. What is a town?
A. A place where there are a great number of houses, and persons living
in them.
Q. What do you mean by a friend?
A. A person that loves you, and does all the good he can for you, to
whom you ought to do the same in return.
Q. Did Jesus love Lazarus?
A. Yes, and his sisters, Martha and Mary.
Q. Who was it that sent unto Jesus Christ, and told him that Lazarus
was sick?
A. Martha and Mary.
Q. What did they say?
A. They said, Lord, behold he whom thou lovest is sick.
Q. What answer did Jesus make unto them?
A. He said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God.
Q. What did he mean by saying so?
A. He meant that Lazarus should be raised again by the power of God,
and that the people that stood by should see it, and believe on him.
Q. How many days did Jesus stop where he was when he found Lazarus was
sick?
A. Two days.
Q. When Jesus Christ wanted to leave the place, what did he say to his
disciples?
A. He said, let us go into Judea again.
Q. What do you mean by Judea?
A. A country where the Jews lived.
Q. Did the disciples say any thing to Jesus Christ, when he expressed
a wish to go into Judea again?
A. Yes, they said, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee, and
goest thou thither again?
Q. What did Jesus Christ tell them?
A. He told them a great many things, and at last told them plainly that
Lazarus was dead.
Q. How many days had Lazarus lain in the grave before he was raised
up?
A. Four.
Q. Who went to meet Jesus Christ, when she heard that he was coming?
A. Martha; but Mary sat still in the house.
Q. Did Martha say anything to Jesus when she met him?
A. Yes, she said, Lord, if thou hadst been here my brother had not died.
Q. Did Martha tell her sister that Jesus Christ was come?
A. Yes; she said, the Master is come, and calleth for thee.
Q. Did Mary go to meet Jesus Christ?
A. Yes; and when she saw him, she fell down at his feet, and said, Lord,
if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
Q. Did Mary weep?
A. Yes, and the Jews that were with her.
Q. What is weeping?
A. To cry.
Q. Did Jesus weep?
A. Yes; and the Jews said, Behold, how he loved him.
Q. Did the Jews say any thing else?
A. Yes; they said, Could not this man that opened the eyes of the blind,
have caused that even this man should not have died?
Q. What took place next?
A. He went to the grave, and told the persons that stood by to take
away the stone.
Q. And when they took away the stone, what did Jesus Christ do?
A. He cried, with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth; and he that was
dead came forth, bound hand and foot, with grave clothes, and his face
was bound about with a napkin.--Jesus saith unto them, loose him, and
let him go; and many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen these
things which Jesus did, believed on him.
Q. If we wanted any more information about Lazarus and his sisters,
where should we find it?
A. In the Bible.
Q. What part?
A. The eleventh and twelfth chapters of John.
I have had children at the early age of four years, ask me questions
that I could not possibly answer; and among other things, the children
have said, when being examined at this picture, "That if Jesus
Christ
had cried, softly, Lazarus, come forth, he would have come."--And
when
asked, why they thought so, they have answered, "Because God can
do
anything;" which is a convincing proof that children, at a very
early
age, have an idea of the Omnipotence of the Supreme Being. Oh, that
men would praise the Lord for his goodness to the children of men!
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