Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature; Christian education -- Textbooks for children; Christian life -- Juvenile literature
IT was early in the morning that the women went to look for Jesus. In
the evening two good men were taking a walk together in the country.
As they walked they talked about Jesus. They had not seen him since he
was alive again: they did not know he was alive. They talked about his
dying on the cross. It made them very sad to speak about it. At last
a man came and spoke to them; they thought he was a stranger, yet he
seemed to be a kind man.
He said, Why do you cry? I see you are talking of something very sad.
Yes, said these good men, we are talking of something sad. Did you
never hear of Jesus? What wonderful things he did, how he cured the
blind, and dumb, and sick; and how he taught people about God? And all
the people loved him; but at last he was crucified. We thought he had
been the Son of God: but now we are afraid he was not, for he is dead,
and we are afraid that we shall never see him again.
The kind stranger was sorry to see these good men cry. He began to talk
to them, and to tell them that Jesus was the Son of God, and that he
had been crucified to save men, and that he would rise again, and go
back to his Father.
This kind stranger said a great deal more. He knew all the verses in
the Bible, and told these men a great many things they did not know.
They liked to listen to the stranger, they did not feel so sad while he
was talking.
At last these men came to their own house: it was in the country. The
stranger seemed as if he was going on: but the good men said to him,
Pray stay at our house; it is getting dark. Come and sup with us, and
sleep here: pray, pray come in.
Then the stranger said he would come in.
The men went into a room where there was a supper. They all three sat
down together around the table. The stranger took some bread and broke
it, and began to pray to God; and then the two men found out who the
stranger was.
It is the Lord! they cried; and so it was. They looked towards him, but
they could see him no more. He opened not the door, but yet he was gone.
Then the men thought of all that Jesus had said. How sweetly he talked
to us! they said; did we not feel our hearts quite warm, while he
talked to us? they said; did we not feel our hearts quite warm, while
he was speaking about the Bible, and telling us the meaning?
Do you think these men went to bed that night? O no! they could not
sleep. Let us go, said they, and tell the disciples about our seeing
Jesus. So they left the supper, and set out in the night. They walked
quickly, and soon came to Jerusalem.
The disciples were all shut up in a room together. They had locked the
doors to prevent the wicked people getting in: but they let these good
men come in. The disciples were at supper.
We have seen Jesus! said these good men. He has walked with us, and
talked with us; but we did not know him till he sat down with us at
supper, and broke some bread, and gave thanks to his Father. The
disciples said, Some women have seen him, and Peter has seen him.
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