Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-03-31
lFrem seribasrs aagasias for AirIll
A Lay Sermon for Easter,

Easter slime" than lAe resurrection
Tram the dead Of ,he founder of Chris,
liant, , and there Is1a single aspect
If this event which II seems proper
for rs ia present. II ID pariicnlarly
apuropriste iarl a secular press 10 do
mi, because The secular pres, has had
- much f. do with the upsellIng Of
the faith OF Tic worll IN this most
,lcnIacnpl event an event 90 which
tbe au,LoritIes Of Chr.tlaully make
tho rel sl"n OF chFlA' 70 "'lp,"' u
chrht DO not 'a''eo. 'he'v 0"'''''',V'
declare that tho ia''h ~ MN = 'a'"'
and his followers arc yet '" '"p'' mus
II ID a curious aud most noteworthy
thing, after al' Inc ooe'"aS 'ha' "o'e
been reared upon the DEAN anu 'ac'''
lice OF Christ mat The ""e on'y tSscn'
tial TACT OF bis h''lery-o'enuN' 70
the establishment o' "'' ''"s'o",
without ~hieh everything '"v "o"''
be OF 40 account" "c''a'e" W w
bis resurTeel'on' ~ w"' now enough
TINT he dledi u was not enough '""'
he saiirred-al' tins was OF 10 account
Whatever ~ compared WV" "'s ''"'"s
again Ills death a'' 10. w,ps OUT
the sins OF his people I " 10 "'' "o'
rise, they were Sill "n'ors''e"'
There probably never existed n
mora foarfully demoralized act of men
than the Disciples and followers Of
Jesus Christ on the night Of his be.
trayal and arrest. One betrayed lilA,
another denied hin, aud all torsook
and fled. They bad been with him
during his wonder. workings they
Ind heard him talk Of his kingdom /;
some Of them had been with him on
the Mount of TRANSPORTATION they
had seen unclean spirits subject TO
him they had seen life restored NJ
his touch and disease ban'shed by his
word he had grown before them IN
10 q great, divine parsonage. armed
with all power and clothed WIN All
grace. They had tolsaken homes ana
friends and pursuits to follow him,
with great, indefnite'hopes and anllci
pations that il was he who should re-
deem Israel, but without an intelligent
estimate of his mission and when
they saw him 10 the hands OF his
enemies, and apparently helpless, n
great panic seized them, aud they
literally gave him ur, with all the
schemes engepdered by their inter
course with HIM.
This however. was but the bcgu.
MIN, Of the tragedy. Calvary with its
cross stood directly before them, AID
The ju,any and cruelty OF biz death
|
were eop.unmptoA there aund such
c,ry,jsiou, Of mature 40 might well
v;,p,,ize one Of fine most shameful
events in the history of human in-
;us,ice and crime. The great rellgi-
ono to,.hcr and insurer hid died the
death Of a malefactor, banging be-
tweeu two thieves. lie bad mani
tested none of the power which he
claimed. though tainted by the mob
and called upon to save himself if he
indeed we're the person he claimed to
bs After he was found to be dead.
Ios.rh of Ar;ma,he, took down his
l;f0,oss hodv and buried it. A stone
,,.,, ,,,,od 20 tho door Of the senulcher
..a .o,,,,d ond +ho d;Sc;n,es ware IN
h;d;r, Tbcv were undoubtedly in
dam oorrow for thew had loved the
M,ator and hod bu;lt e,reat homes IN.
L., d.. d,,.;,,. ,boso ,breo dave
oa.. 81, hu.;o, ~. Christian rel;oion
INV" ,,... .. do,l -. ths nerson Who had
:. pro,v homo
" ",: - w .aa h,,u,oa :, ,ha,
VI "'' 'o'' w., w.. wv -. 81, ,ha;,.
bCpulCuC'i anu INV WV ~ "'' S