“C hrist J Risen!”
“Low in the grave He lay—Jesus, my Saviour! Waiting the coming day—Jesus, my Lord! Up from the grave He arose, With a mighty triumph o’e r His foes; He arose a Victor from the dark domain, And He lives forever, with His saints to reign; He arose! He arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
Only three words! What a message they bring! What a strange, sad story concerning Jesus Christ had it ended with the tomb of Joseph! He had lived such a wonderful life, wrought such wonderful deeds, set such a wonderful example, and now—a tomb ! What a heavy cloud would have settled over the earth ! There could be no place for a song, for joy, for anticipation, at a closed sepulchre. But,—the stone is rolled away ! The tomb is empty ! *‘He is risen indeed!” Go, tell the disciples! Go, tell the world! The Supernatural Man has manifested His supernatural power and has burst the bars of death and the glory of Heaven has lightened the gloom of the sepulchre! He told them He must die. He told them He must rise the third day, and He told them He would come again. “ Ring the bells of Heaven—there is joy today!” , 7 The women were at His feet. Two disciples had Him in their home, and His hands—raised in blessing—revealed the nail prints. He showed His hands and His feet in the upper room to the apostles. He called the fishermen from the shore when He had built the fire and prepared the meal for them. He is the same Jesus,—loving His friends, longing for their fellowship. When He ascended from the mountain He lifted those pierced hands in blessing and through the wounds Heaven’s light fell upon the five hun dred witnesses and two men in white told them that this same Jesus should so come in like manner as they saw Him go away into Heaven. Stephen saw TTim at the right hand of the glory, and John describes Him as He was revealed to him at Patmos. And we are to see Him and be like ¡Him. We stop here. The human mind has reached its limit! We are to see TTim To be like Him. To be ever with Him! We cannot be interested now in flowers, nor in songs; we are staggered with a great revelation: To be with Him! To be like Him! To be associated forever with the King of kings and Lord of lords ! Take away all of thè earthly baubles ! Some thing has flashed upon bur souls so stupendously wonderful that we want to be alone in the light of the glory of the revelation.
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