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THE RESURRECTION.
BY REV. W S. WALKER.
“He is not here: he is risen hh he said.
Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And go quickly, and tell his disciples
that he is risen from the dead," Matt.
38:6 7.
Upon no other fact in human
history does so much depend as
upon that which is declared in
the brief but positive utterance
of the angel, “He is risen."
As Christ is the central theme
in Hible truth, and the resurrec
tion is the culminating event in
his life, it becomes therefore the
one pillar upon which rests the
whole superstructure of the
Christian's hope. In the lan
guage of him whose impress up
on the world's thought is deeper
than that of any other except his
Lord's, “If Christ be not risen,
then is our preaching vaiu, and
your faith is also vain .
Ye are yet in your sins. Then
they also which are fallen asleep
in Christ are perished ....
But now is Christ riseu from the
dead and become the first fruits
of them that slept." 1 Cor. 15:
17 fl. The “prince of this world"
long since discovered this strate
gic point, for around it have
surged his despairing hosts ever
since the chief priests asked
Pilate for a guard to watch the
tomb until the critical “third day”
be past. It is not surprising, on
the other hand, to find our Lord
fortifying this important truih
against the furious attacks which
he well knew would be made
upon it. Before his death he
repeatedly spqjie of his rising on
the third day, and afterwards he
gave so many evidences and so
many kinds of evidence as to the
fulfillment of this promise, that
we may all heartily indorse the
utterance of the lamented Broad
us, who, during the last days in
the class room, is reported as say
ing, “The student of history who
does not know that Jesus Christ
rose from the dead, does not
know anything.”
1. Let us now examine some
of the testimony upon which our
faith is resting. The angel de
clared the resurrection as an eye
witness, yet ventured to cor
roborate his utterance by point
ing to what lay at his feet, say
ing, “Ctfme see the place where
the Lord lay.”
1. The empty tomb of Jesus
has not been accounted for, nor
can it ever be, without doing so
in the sublime words of the angel
“whose countenance was like
lightning and his raiment white
as snow.” The linen clothes
were lying within the sepulchre,
the napkin which had bandaged
tiie head being folded by itself.
The Roman seal had been broken,
the soldiers were lying as if
fallen in battle, the stone, whose
weight required the united effort
of several men to move, was
rolled away, and the angel gave
to the world the easiest, the most
satisfactory and the most wel
come solution of what otherwise
would have remained the great
est of mysteries, when he said,
Tie is risen. Qome the place
where the Lord lay. ” We cahnot
accept the explanation offered by
the soldiers who were placed at
the tomb, viz: “His disciples
Came by night and stole him
away while we slept.” The dis
ciples had nothing to gain in re
moving the body which by their
own tender hands had been laid,
as they thought, in its last rest
ing place; for they r themselves
did not comprehend the Master’s
meaning in promising to rise
again. If he were not the Christ
they would have everything to
lose and nothing to gain in prop
agating a false religion. They
had all forsaken him at the ar
rest, and during the gloomy
intermission nothing had oc
curred to lift their prostrate
faith. The scenes in Pilate’s hall
and on Golgotha's height were
not calculated to rally from their
hiding places the shrinking
eleven, who are charged with
first burying, then removing, the
body of him they loved. But the
difficulties of such an undertaking
were insurmountable. Roman
law made it a capital rrime to
break that seal or for a soldier
to sleep at the post of duty.
Witness the jailor at Philippi,
drawing his sword to kill himself
when he thought his prisoners
had lied. Did ail the guard sleep
at the same time? Knowing that
a death penalty huug over each
one, did they all slumber so
soundly that a number of terror
stricken Galileans came in the
darkness, stepped over their
prostrate bodies, broke the seal
over the door, rolled the stone
away, unwrapped the body which
they had just laid there, taking
time to fold the napkin? Then
did they retrace their steps as
they had entered, not disturb
ing the sweet slumbers of a
single warrior, and, unobserved
by any human eye, did they re
move the body so that the baffled
vigilance of Pilate's army, the
thwarted hate of the Sanhedrim,
and the nettled conscience of
modern infidelity have discover
ed no trace of him? The empty
grave forever throws the burden
of proof upon those who dispute
the angel's story; nor will we re
linquish our cherished faith as
long as these triumphant words
echo from the granite walls of
Joseph s new tomb, “ Come see
the place where the Lord lay.”
2, The appearances of Jesus,
after the resurrection, were
many and under varied circum
stances. In the gray dawning of
the first Lord’s day Jesus mani
fested himself to Mary alone,
who mistook him at first for the
gardener; then we have the visit
of the two Mary’s in this chapter,
Matt. fin. Peter and John run
to the sepulchre the same fore
noon and Peter enters, beholding
two angels, one at the head and
the other at the foot, with the
linen clothes lying and the nap
kin folded by itself. That after
noon two disciples walked to
Emmaus, when Jesus joins them
and was finally made known to
them in the “breaking of bread.”
That evening, in an upper room
in Jerusalem, Jesus appears to
the ten. One week later, at the
same hour and place, he appears
to the eleven, Thomas being
present, and, upon his Lord’s
lequest, touching the nail prints
with his fingers. A few days
later the Savior calls to the seven
disciples who were drawing their
boat ashore, after a fruitless
night’s toil. He tells them to
cast the net on the right side,
when they enclose a great multi
tude of fish. Peter swims to
shore, etc. On a mountain in
Galilee he manifested himself to
the eleven (Matt. 28:16), and Paul
refers to his appearance to
“above five hundred brethren at
once, of whom the greater part
remain unto this present, but
some are fallen asleep.” 1 Cor.
15:6. On the day of the ascen
sion they beheld him until a
white cloud intervened, and two
angels broke the spell which
held them, saying: “He shall so
come in like manner as ye have
seen him go into heaven.” Acts
1:11. Paul would not have us
close this list of eye witnesses
without including him; for in
arguing fo* the great doctrine in
1 Cor. 15:8, he says: “Last of all
he was seen of me also as of one
born out of due time.” And to
all of these we might add the
manifestations of the Savior's
presence throughout Paul’s
eventful life, also that to John
on Patinos, and in the lives of
others who worked miracles in
his name.
11. The argument will not lose
in force by considering the char
acter of the testimony which sus
tains it. (1) If one objects be
cause among the witnesses are
found the friends of Jesus, the
reply is made that they had ut
terly lost their faith in him, one
of the disciples betraying him
for money, another, the chief,
denying him with oaths, while
“they all forsook him and fled”
at the approach of danger. The
rebuilding of this shaken and
shattered confidence is for the
divine origin of Christianity an
argument at once invincible. The
power which transformed the
swearing, denying disciple by
the fire in the open court, into the
preacher of Pentecost is none
other than that which attends
the preaching of the Cross to
day, making it “the power of
God unto salvation to every one
that believeth.” (fi) A witness of
a different kind was he whom
the Savior enlisted on the high
way of persecution at midday.
Saul was in the prime of life;
his mind had about assumed its
giant proportions, his learning
in Jewish law, history,and proph
ecy was ripening to maturity.
The pent up wiath which had
vented itself upon the devout
Stephen was now about to break
loose upon all who preached or
believed the doctrine of the res
urrection, and the risen Christ
was about to make a signal dis
play of his grace and power to
change the resistless current of
a great life, by taking the proud,
bold leader of extermination and
making of him the strongest,
most consecrated, most humble,
most untiring defender of the
faith, and herald of the truth to
the nations beyond, Several
features of this conversion de
serve special study. His mind
was of a high order, as is shown
by his writings, by the work per
formed, and his present hold up
on the world's thought. His
Ik art was far from Christ as a
heart could be, and in time be
came as close to Christ as ever a
heart could be; so that he could
say, “For me to live is Christ.”
The visionary theory of the resur
rection is here disproved. He
says he saw a light above the
brightness of the sun at noon
day, and it made him blind for
three days,taking away his appe
tite also. Nor did his sight return
till Ananias had explained his
experience to him, “and immedi
ately there fell from his eyes as
it had been scales; and he re
ceived sight forthwith and arose
and was baptized.” Not a few
of our best thinkers believe that
the traces of this blindness
lingered with Saul till his death.
May he not have referred to it
in Galatians 6: 17? “I bear in my
body (branded on my body, R.V.)
the marks >of the Lord Jesus.”
In the same letter he writes
again, “Through infirmity of the
flesh I preached the gospel unto
you at the first. And my temp
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tation which was in my flesh ye
despised not, nor rejected; but
received me as an angel of God,
even as Christ Jesus ....
For I bear you record, that if it
had been posible ye would have
plucked out your own eyes, and
have given them to me.’ Gal. 4;
111 ff. It is certainly most natural
to interpret these words as re
ferring to the actual contact of
Christ's presence with the body
of Paul, the evidence of which
he could read by beholding his
own person. It will doubtless
remain an unanswered question,
whether or not the trace of this
temporal yet complete blindness
is referred to in that other re
markable sentence, “And lest I
be exalted above measure
through the abundance of the
revelations, there was given to
me a thorn in the flesh, the mes
senger of Satan to buffet me,
lest I should be exalted above
measure. For this thing Ibe
sought the Lord thrice that it
might depart from me. And he
said unto me, My grace is sufti
cient for thee.” 2 Cor. 12: 7-8.
But the Savior’s presence with
Saul was unmistakable, because
with the perception through
sight came the message, the ful
fillment of which formed his only
aim in future. Jesus tells him
who it is talking with him; he is
then told to go unto Damascus
and another would tell him what
he must do. Ananias receives
directions from the Lord to go
into the street called Straight,
inquire for one named Saul of
Tarsus, in the. house of Judas;
“ for behold he prayeth.” This
message is a long one, and to
gether with the lasting impress
upon his sight, formed the basis
of a conviction which carried him
onward through untold trials.
The Master did not leave him
alone even with this, but often
refreshed him and in many ways.
“ God wrought special miracles
by the hands of Paul, so that
from his body were brought unto
the sick handkerchiefs oraprons,
and the diseases departed
from them and the evil spirits
went out of them.” Acts 19:11 f.
I!. Have we not with us now
evidences of the resurrection of
Jesus? (a) The existence of
two separate days of worship
points to this great historical
event. The Jews worship on the
seventh day, carrying out the
Mosaic order, while Christians
worship on the first day of the
week and call it the Lord’s day,
because of the resurrection which
occurred on that day. Mention
of this as the day of worship oc
curs often in the writings of the
apostles, who generally kept
both days; but towards the close
of the first century the observ
ance of the seventh was »discon
tinned m favor of the first, (b)
The ordinance of Christian bap
tism seems to have for its main
teaching the witnessing for the
Savior’s resurrection,the believer
being “ buried with him by bap
tism into death.” “For if we
have been planted together in
the likeness of his death, we
shall be also in the likeness of
his resurrection.” Rome 6:4
f. The above interpretation
is enforced by another pas
sage with the same mean
ing. “buried with him in
baptism, wherein also ye are ris
en with him through the faith of
the operation of God, who hath
raised him from the dead.” Col.
2:12 (c) The regenerated soul
now is a witness for Christ's
resurrection, .showing the pres
ence and power of the Holy
Spirit, who thus verifies the last
promise of the Savior, “I am
with you alway, even unto the
end of the world.” Paul’s con
version does not differ from ours
in its essentials. The nature of
the change varies pretty much
with the nature of the individual.
Paul's was that of a man of
strong feeling and bitter ani
mosity, and his work was to be
that of an apostle, who should
not only establish many church
es among the heathen, but actu
ally write the larger part of the
New Testament. Our environ
ments are not like his, nor our
dispositions in many respects.
Our lives are spent in a vastly
different age, an age which has
peculiar trials,but not like Paul’s.
The essential work of the Holy-
Spirit in regenerating the heart
is the same, presenting as much
reality and genuineness as did
the conversion of Paul or Lydia,
or the jailor at Philippi. Paul
never did more effective preach
ing thau when he told of his
meeting the risen Christ. This
was to him a story, the repeat
ing of which refreshed his ow-n
heart, whether narrated before
Felix, or Agrippa, or on the cas
tle stairway in Jerusalem. An
old fashioned conversion now-a
days carries with it a tidal wave
of power not felt under any ser
mon, and he who preaches from
the depths of a sound work of
grace in the heart will always
reach the heart, and is pretty
sure to give a true version of
God's dealings with him.
11. The blessings attending
this mighty truth are precious
beyond the scope of words to de
fine them.
1. The divinity of Christ is at
once established, giving also the
divine sanction to all that was
written before him or after him
or by him,in the Scriptures. The
Bible has Jesus of Nazareth as
its central figure. The 0!d Tes
tament, with its history, proph
ecy and sacred songs, points to
him as the fulfillment of them
all; while the New is the record
of his life, as seen in his own
personal history, and in the
lives of others, who by inspira
tion embodied Christ in their acts
and words. The world needed a
lawgiver who could speak with
authority. It needed also a Book
of final appeal in all matters
spiritual, and the resurrection
of Jesus supplies both of these.
The Savior put them on notice,
friend and foe alike, that he
would rise. One of the most glo
rious events in his earthly min
istry, the transfiguration, was
not to be proclaimed until after
the resurrection. To the Phari
sees he said, “Destroy this tem
pie ( meaning his body ) and in
three days I will raise it up.”
The consciousness that he would
rise gave to his words such
power as emanates alone from
divinity. In his last recorded
utterance, when launching forth
the ship laden with every gos
pel blessing for the whole world,
he said, “All power (authority
R.V.) hath been given unto me
in heaven and in earth. Go ye
therefore,” etc. By virtue of his
resurrection Jesus claims the
undivided prerogative of speak
ing and acting for the Triune
God in the matter of redemption,
binding upon those who accept
him as their risen Savior to be
uncompromising in the face of
every form of heathenism, pa
ganism, Judaism, Confucianism,
Mohammedanism, and any other
“ism’’which conflicts with the
teachings of our divine Master.
Christianity therefore is essen
tially and intensely missionary
2. The resurrection of Jesus is
the one key which unlocks the
mystery that shrouds the future
state. What a Hood of light
pours into two worlds through
the cross ! By it the sorrows
of the present become only hov
ering clouds to catch in festoons
of gold the glory of a Christian
death-bed. Life becomes a “ dis
cipline of goodness,” and “ from
the corruption and decay of exist
ence there come forth beauty and
sublimity.” No wonder that Sir
Humphrey Davy, the author of
the thought just expressed, de
sired above all things else “a
firm religious belief.” He but
voiced the feelings of our uni
versal brotherhood, who from
every clime and in every lan
guage, say, “ we would like to
live again.” Natural religion
could point to several things to
strengthen the belief ,u immor
tality; but\<utside the ant of
Bible teaching there is no moun
tain top or limb of tree on which
a weary soul can find footing.
The Creator, after implanting in
every bosom the longing for an
other life to be the complement
c f this, left the race to grope in
comparative darkness until faith
should give way to demonstra
tion, and it could with trium
phant emphasis be said of Christ,
he “ hath abolished death, and
hath brought life and immortal
ity to light through the gospel.”
2 Tim. 1:10. This life has but
few sources of anguish and
heart-aches, to say nothing of
physical pain, to be compared
with death. The mere mention
brings to mind many precious
ties severed, many sad farewells
spoken, many promising lives
cut off. In the midst of health's
vigor, youth’s buoyancy,wealth's
luxury, or fame's splendor, we
cannot cut loose from the possi
bility of death. The grim mon
ster insists on lurking close to
our heels, often claiming as his
victim one we cannot spare.
What a disappointment life
would be, if this were all ! What
a mockery every joy, every glad
day, every object of affection,
every cherished hope, if death
ends all. How unsatisfactory
must be the religion of the Japa
nese, which can give no better
inscription for one of their
shrines than the one in a large
temple at Tokio, “Death is an
eternal sleep.” Like the sun at
mid day the resurrection of Je
sus floods the heart and life oi
the Christian with an assurance,
which sweetens every sorrow,
calms every fear, and robs death
of its sting and even its pain to a
great degree; for he exclaims,
like one of old, “ Thanks be to
God which giveth us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
When Jesus left the grave he
left, figuratively speaking, a
light burning, the consciousness
to the Christian that the Savior
has been there to break its
power and dispel its gloom,
making the tomb only the gate
way to a far better life beyond,
where amid other delights we
shall enjoy the sweet and un
broken companionship of those
who have gone ahead of us in
Jesus’ name, and those who shall
come after us.
o Still another and kindred
blessing attending the resurrec
tion is the consciousness of the
Savior’s abiding presence. It
was uot till death had been past
that he could give the last, and
perhaps the sweetest promise,
“Loll am with you alway,even
unto the end of the world.”
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seems rather difficult to grasp
because we are yet in the flesh,
and therefore subject to the laws
of time and space. Jesus has
risen above these temporal re
straints, as the Christian him
self will be after death. No
thought ever entered the brain
and heart of man more comfort
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cannot fully appreciate it per
haps, but alas ! we feel its force
so little ! Here flows a Niagara
of power in reach of every child
of God and so few wheels are
turned by it. The missionary
needs to realize this promise,
filled in his far away home
where the sweet song does not
apply, “The fellowship of kin
dred minds, is like to that
above." He needs it as he reads
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after their burial. He needs it
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of heathenism with hardly a sail
or island in sight. This last and
best promise is about all that
keeps our noble men and women
of God at their trying posts
across the seas and in destitute
places in the home-land. Our
secretaries need to claim this as
surance, as with aching head and
heart they look at the meager
receipts from earnest appeals,
aud listen to the Macedonian call
from across every sea, “Come
over and help us.” Brother, you
and I need to be alone with our
risen aud ever present Lord and
until we catch the full meaning
of his last utterance, “All au
thority hath been given unto me
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This book deals with the preachers
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Providentially the way has been opened
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Canon Farrar is well known from his
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This age was marked by the spread of
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Episcopacy, Canon Farror deals with
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ones reproduced. Dr. Stull's method is
to give a prelude five minute sermonette
tor children before the regular sermon.
These sermons are nearly all object ser
mons. Common or unusual objects be
ing used as illustrative of the truth to
be enforced. This makes them admir
able'examples for preachers, but not
always so adaptable for home reading.
This last is the vide sphere for this
book. It is the very thing for Sunday
afternoons. It finds ready acceptance
from the children. We recommend it
heartily to preachers, Sunday school
workers and parents.
The Reds of the Midi. Felix Gras.
D Appleton & Co., New York. Price
$1 54).
This is a translation from the French.
It deals with the march of the famous
Marseilles brigade tvho brought the
French revolution into active being by
this march to Paris, undaunted and un
defeated . The story is charmingly told
and is from the standpoint of the com
mon people. History has removed the
black name of the battalion and justi
fied its conduct. The story is trom the
corrected standpoint. It shows the
great heart back of the deeds of blood.
The story is clean, wholesome, and seems
to be true to history. It is intensely
interesting and delightfully written.
The Biblical World. May. The
University of Chicago Press. Price
ao cents $a a year
This number is up to the usual stan
dard. The problem of Well Being and
Suffering in the Old Testament.by Creel
man, continues. We find most valuable
a series of Aids to Bible Readers, consist
ing of a description of various books
and an analysis. This month J. T.
Marshall has one on Hebrews, while
Dr Burton deals with the epistle of
John. We can testify from use in oar
own study that these are valuable. Syn
opsis of Articles and of Book Reviews
are of interest.
Where Satan Sows His Seed. Rev
N. B. Williams. Fleming H. Revell
Co., New York and Chicago.. Price,
50 cents.
This deals w ith the card table, wine
glass, theatre and dance. It is plain in
statement, and outspoken in denuncia
tion. It is directed more especially to
those having young people in charge
than to the young people We
doubt if this is the best way to approach
the young. It will do great good, how
ever, among those who are responsible
for the amusement of the young
A Woman Intervenes. Robert Bass.
Frederick A, Stokes & Co.,New cork.
We picked this up one evening and
read on with interest until the end. It
I i 9 a bright, clean, breezy story, well
I told. It is fresh in theme. We have
since learned it is one of the successes of
the year. If anyone is starting for a
holiday and finds this book at hand, it
can be safely purchased to entertain and
enliven.
The'. Art of Living Together.
Robert F. Horton. MA.. DD Dodd,
Mead & Co., New York. Price 50 ets.
Does not the very title whet the ap
petite ? We gave an extract on our first
page last week. Dr. Horton talks abont
living together in the family, in situa
tions we choose, as husband and wife,
and also in situations over which we
have no control. A more admirable
division would be hard to make. The
book is interesting, helpful, and full of
quotable things.
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