The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1850-01-16

sepulchre; and when Illey found M, his
body, they came saving. lhal lley had
seen vision ofsngels. wksrh said lllal ne
was alive, And certain ff them which
were with Us went 10 The sepnlehre, and
lound u even as the women had said; bui
him they saw nj. Then he said unio
theme U. FOOLS. and SLOW of heart 10 be.
lieve all ihai The prophets have spoken :
Ought NOT Christ 10 have suffered these
things, and 10 enler into his glory! And
brginning al Moses and al The rnophets,
he eapounded INTO them in all The Scrip
lures The things concerning himself. And
they d ew nigh unto The village whlher
they went. anil he made as if ne would
have gone further. Bul they constrained
him. saying. Abide with u; for il is toward
evening. and The day is Car spent. And he
went in 10 larry with them. And il came
10 pass as he sat at mea with them. that
be took bread and blessed il. and brake and
gave TO them. And their eyes were opened
and they knew him. and be vanished out
OF their sight. And they said one 10
another. Did moi our hearts burn within
rs while he talked with Us By The way.
and while lie opened 10 Us The SCRIPTURES.
And they rose up and returned 10 Jcrusa-
lem. and found the eleven gathered To-
geiher. and hem that were with them.
saying, The Lord is risen. lndeea. md
hath appeared To Simon. Aud they told
what things were done in The way, and
how he was knowno OF them in breaking OF
bread" Luke. xiv.
| Granting the previous promises Of our
Lord concerning his resurrection. and their
accomplishment on the third day. and The
excursion Of The disciples 10 Emmaus,
could anything be more natural. more
truthful than the preceding conversations;
and the immediate return Of the disciples
10 jerusalem, upon discovering their Lord
alive! This Is specimen Of one kind of
internal evidence Of Christianity which
c"mmends itself directly 10 The conscience
and the heart.
II was vet forty days 10 The time Of His
ascension, during which period He an.
peared occasionally and very suddenly,
and for brief space of time. 10 His disci.
pies. 10 order 10 satisfy them OF the GER
iainly OF His resurrection that they might
be witnesses Of il; and for the purpose of
insuucting them concerning The mission
lie was about to commit TO them for pub.
fishing His gospel 10 The world. His ap-
pearance 10 His disciples, and His in.
tercourse with them after His resurrection,
differed very strikingly from those before
Ills cruciixion. Before his crucifxion he
always appeared as one Of them. and sub
iecl 10 the same conditions and accidents,
except sin. and entered full into their
feelings, and freely into conversation with
Them. After His resurrection, His body
seemed to have new and wonderful pro-
periies. which belong moi 10 matter. He
appeared among them in closed rooms.
suddenly, without opening. the door. and
as suddenly vanished out of their sight, as
a spirit is supposed to vanish into thin air.
His conversation was brief, solemn, and
accompanied with a peculiar awe and
power. Ills body was no longer the ma
lural body lha, was rrucified on the cross
and laid in the sepuchre, but il was now
a spiritual body; for as 81. Paul says,
+" there is a natural body. and there is a
spiritual body" The change in Him from
a natural to a spiritual body by the resur-
rertion, is the illustration Of the change
which will take place in His children. His
soul also participated in the wonderful
advance which the resurrection made in
the condition Of His being, and hence gave
forth the heavenly manifestations witness
e,! in His occasional intercourse with His
disciples.
And yet even these wondrous appear
ances of the Lord failed TO keep the disci-
pies free from doubt. So slow were they
10 admi, the miraculous story. instead of
eagerly following cunningly devised fables.
that they seem 10 have resolved on resum-
ing their former occupation, which sug.
ges,s the probability that thay had relin-
quislled all hope Of the speedy establish.
ment of the kingdom Of God, as promised
by their lately crnciied Master. As they
had been called by the Lord from the
shores of the Sea of Galilee, SO now. in
their disappointment, they return thlher;
and, after consultation, Peter said 10 them,
81 90 a.fishing." that is, will resume my
former occupation, since see no signs of
The kingdom Of God; and it is now more
than month since The crucilixion Of Jesus
of Nazareth. The other disciples said.
!" We also 90 with Thee" We loo will
resume our former occupation. The Lord
saw their despondency, and heard their
consultations. The sun went down, and
thus screened from intense heat OF an Is
tern sun (for il was in the month oil May,
:. they went forth. and entered into ship
Immediately, and that night they Caught
nothing" As the day dawned. and they
neared The shore 10 rest, they saw stran-
ger standing on the beach. The mildness
and majesty OF his mien. and the gentle