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death without fear and with songs of victory upon their lips. It is something to know that since that day millions, trusting in the power of a risen, present Savior, have been raised from the death of sin to the life of righteousness—something that has never been done by human power since the world began It is something to know that since that day millions, when overwhelmed by the storms of life, have looked to Him as a living, present Savior, and have received according to their needs, peace, consolation, inspiration, power—all Of a kind passing understanding and beyond the power of the world to bestow. It is something to know that since that day, wherever men and women have been found who believed with all their hearts in a living, present Savior, there has been found moral and spirit ual light and life; elsewhere-—where He is not known and trusted—men and women are groping in moral and spirit ual darkness. These are wonderful evidences of a risen, present Christ, and they appeal with wonderful force to our minds; but they do not satisfy us. They may sat isfy our minds, but they cannot satisfy our hearts. What will satisfy our hearts? Let us face the truth: We shall never be satisfied deep down in our hearts that Jesus is risen from the dead until we meet the risen Jesus Himself ----that is, until we realize Him—until we become conscious of Him as a liv ing, present Savior. We must go down on our knees before Him. We must surrender ourselves absolutely to Him. We must open our hearts wide to Him. We must speak to Him as we would speak to a friend face to face. We must
EVIDENCE OF RESURRECTION In his recent book, “Your Fallen Sol dier Boy,” published by Revell, Edward Leigh Pell says of the resurrection of Christ: HE evidences of the resurrec- ■
tion of Christ—-wonderful as they are, do not alone satisfy us. Not even a scientific demonstration of His resur rection would satisfy us. It might answer for today, but
before we went to sleep at night it would occur to us that many things which were scientifically demonstrated a little while ago are being scientifically disproved today, and that no doubt many of the things that science has proved today will be disproved tomorrow, and our satisfaction would vanish like a bird out of the window. How many scientifically demonstrated facts are there upon which you can place your finger and say with absolute certainty, This is settled forever? No; we want something better than a scientific dem onstration. We want to be as sure of a risen Christ as we are of our mother’s love; and no scientific demonstration ever made a man sure of his mother’s love. No amount of evidence can satisfy us. It is something of course to know thé facts which in the opinion of many of the world’s greatest scholars make the resurrection of Jesus the best attested fact of history. It is something to know that ever since the day the followers of Jesus began to preach His resurrection, thou sands of men and Women, trusting in Him as a living Savior actually present with them and imparting His strength to them, have walked straight up to
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