, 1876-05-01
RESULTS OF THE RESURRECTION.

6EHNoS U1 TIE REV. l. T. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Rev. Leander r. Chamberlain. pastor oi
tho Now England Congregations. Church, preach,
ID to o large congregation yesterday morning
Ills themo was tho Resurrection Of Christ and
its results. Tho following ss the sermon:
But nov la Christ r3aeu frun tue dead, aud become
tho sat fruits Of theiu tnat slept-L Cor xv.: 20.
Doubtless those Of you who listauod To tho
sermon o; two weeks ago felt that the treatment
Taa incomplete,-tnoomplot in this 1t least,
that 1t did not moro fully BOT forth tho results
which flow from tho fact Of tho Resurrection OF
ChriRt. Il was, indeed. my original intontion
to speak In tho one discourse Of both tho faet
mud lts Consequences, but found that the
simple witno8H alono WAS sufficient for moro
than The spnca. 1t was eyidont that II
We would got that fundamental tuowl-
edge which should form tho baela oi
our own faith, mud which should enable
III 10 give to otherH tho persuasive resson for
our trust, We must linGer still It tho rended
tomb, and give duo leed to tho "pADy intallible
proofa." Wo neodod, first OF all, to hxyo the
fact itsolf made vivid and Uncomfortable.
No doubt you draw for yourselves many q
blessed Inference. can readily bolieye that In
many henrt tho fact OF Chriot's resurrection
translated itself into unapokeu comfort and
soryod for abiding Inspiration. Yet now II seems
appropriate that tn the dlstiuctar forms Of dis
courso tho truth should be Expressed Perhaps
In tho stiffness Of tho sanctuary. whcre tho
split comes specially noar, wo may attain
discornuonts which elsewhere wore boyond
our roach. 1t may bo TINT, slons the
path Of another's thought, you will find your
own reflections quickoned into greater Value.
Certainly, by dom0 meauB, tho aIgnilcAnea OF
tue Resurrection should be clearly unprecedented,
since to fat! III tracing tho aAsurancca which
succeed that osont wero manifestly . mistake
and loss. It woto like seeing the sun hBs riscl,
yet being heedloss Of what his baama tsgesl.
It like perceiving that tho path Of ascent has
bocn opened. yct neGlectlu8 10 climb ito stops,
or to regard tho scenea which the mountAsn.tor
may disclose. 1t zero like knowing that
tue Promised Land were reaehcd. jet falling to
entor into full aud personal posseaston. It "are
ike dcscrying tlo Star In the East yot refusing
to follow 1t to tho incarnate glory OF Uethle-
Aeu's King For, tho Resurrection OF OUT
Lord, my hcarots, ia not an isolated wonde:'
1t il not q disconnected marvel. It is ratlor Tie
comprehensive oyont TO which all things pro-
cedtng lo'kad forward, aud from which Ill
thiuga subsequent bare taken influence. 1t,
With the Cruoiaxiou on the ono stdo aud the
time.
And now, In the unfolding OF what is tnvol5ed
in our HayiorH risiGg, lot us observe that II IL
the pledRo, ut oDce. OF human immortality sud
CT Ll0 ldduElpEtlun u LUG uH]thH uUu1s LII
teaching however, that the Iisiug Of cur Lord
is the pledge Of human Immortality. 1t Ia not
meant TINT there wero no previous grounds on
which that faith might reat- For It scems hat
not sson tho inspired assertion that Christ
"brought life and immortality to light" ID to
be saksn ns Implying moro thsn that lie H.
C1easea the light. and made clear what bofGo
was indistinct, Whose recalls the record Of lhe
worlds thought and hope will focollocs tLAt
in all places and at Rll lmes thwa
has boeu tho doctrine OF q futnre 'ite.
That doctrine Ia found aliko anlohR Tho
bushmeD Of Africa, rho sayages 81
tho Pacific, aud tho inhabitants ht the poIed. It
has over sx!stod In Mexico and Peru and oar
own Indian lands. The anclent Calodoniais,
tho Dsuls, the BcandnAyians, tho Etruscans.
the EgyptianY, tho East indiana. the Chiueaa,
tho Psfslaus. the Jews, the dIsskH, tho Na.
maps,-n short, all k!ndreds and peoples and
tongues,-haye boon its fond boliaysrs. In one
form OF another, IN ono doRreo Of ciearnosa u
another. it has peryaded tue race. We ms5
count 1t as ono Of those instructive beliett
which not eyeu the moat datorMiuc1 skspt!ciAr
eau wholly remove. l!oAsnn approves IT, Au&
the heart will not nas1ly let 1t 90. Yet, OF I
truth, it as roAoryod for Christ III his 1iosusra,
tiou to put II Ooyond possible overthrow, aud
had almost esid beyond tho Ieacl, Ut assault
in his '.lIfo after death i" We sec the pledge tia
We s!so shall live egalu.
but does sutne one wonder why 20 largs IN to
fsreuoe should b. a1Ana from any single svsut