The Hawaiian gazette., 1883-03-28

l. The wonderful chance in the disciples Of
Christ- Up.othst frst Cool Friday the disciples
c.uar 70 tie old Jewish Ida that Chris had come
10 restore the throne Of David. and become a
wonld overthrow the hated Rowan government
/ and trAmp.s ner proud banner under HIS feet.
| This thought fllei them with enteusissun. Twas
real that ise disciples qaarrelled among them
selves as to who sholld have the ~chief PLACES OF
Offices. James and John both wanted rscrtfoiios
when Jesus came % make IN his HIS Cahinst All
these hopes perIsaei IN the disSraceful death 81
their leadsr, oelsus one q the frst ilhdsls,
voined the feelings q the disciples at the elcse cf
that frs; Good Friday, when he Wrote; He has
ended miserable life BY vretched death The
blackneSs, which Al midday cnshruuded Calvary.
and the Holy City, vas q; emblem Of the
forSook him and Fed, going back 10 their old
trades and walks Of life But in less than two
months We ind these tiuaid. dying, despairine
disciples once more in Jerusalem. az national
feast Al the peril Of their lives these men boldly
fseod the SINE high priests, rulers, and common
pscple who hity DAYS before. with faces psle VITA
bate. had stained their hands with the blood OF
Christ Iheso Transformed disciples. now boleiy
ehArce thai vlld-bs1St, a crowd Of turouieat
Jews, not Ouly with murder, but with the murder
Of their long expected Messiah. They rchearSe
wonders and add that this Chrisi did riss again
on the third day. a. He bad said he vonld. They
told the truth-oT else he 50 patent 50 open. 50
EASILY proven false, that It vonld have been ex-
q
been worth a farthinc Noald these men who in
the garden Of Gethsenalc nan AZ the trsi sight OF
danCer. standing az a falsehocd. have dared I'M
peach nation. arralCu is Justice. and eharo It's
rulers with the murder Of Innocence. No. The
disciples certainly believed the story they told
The conduct Of the rulers and people OF
Jerusalem Is also nneNplainRhlt. If the Resume
ton Of Christ be not a fact Between two and
three millions q people were assembled in and
around Jerusalem az the time % Chrtst's cTuci-
Anon and resurrection. Their passover booths
covered every hiu and valley around the city, and
every avallah4e foot OF Crouud within II livery
fact, every eveli vas not oaly known. bat vas
Subjected 10 the keen scrutiny Of theso millions
elcanped IN and around Jerusalem. The truth
vas known BY teas OF thousands and could he
easily shown II the disciples did not tell the
truth. Why did the rulers and the people, only .
DAYS afierEaris stand like criminals az the bar If
Justice canscieuce-snitten and virtually confess
Jadcmenfs" Why did not the chief priests expose
this Transparent fraud, aTresi the disciples and
put them TO death. as they did their Master
s Boston looks acruss the Charles River
With prlde upon Banker Hil Monumeni-ihat
craniie shaft which toEeEs 81 feet ahove the
cTulnd. for forty years Il has stood there, and
for ccucTations to come It Will stand tseTe,
enduring witness Of American valor, and 10 COM
ueuo-ate the CE5at fact that there- on that hill,
on the 18th dav q June l775 vas fo1cht the first
pitched battle IN the war which resulted in Amer
lean independence ChTis5's resurrection has a
monument II the Christian sabbath. more impuS-
lrlE and more tl1uuC. - centuries ago. SafIr
day vas a. i Is nov, the SlhbAih Of the Jews.
But Clrisisndon. and the CIVILIZED world. nov OBJ
serve Sunday, OF the Lord's day. &c Was it, small
Undertaking fJg q few men. without influence OF
authority. without occasion 20 warrant H. and with
70 particular motive OF reason. % begin and accom-
plish 50 important change Of DAYS as thisi
This monument has stood for y couturies-it viii
stand tn time shall De no more. bearing witness
Of Chrlsls res1Erecslll-
(. Oncc more On the szpposiii1n that Easter Is
a Celusiuu. thai the crDcltsd Ualetaciur. looked
the lEst tlEe osrth, on that ter-ihle Good IN
day. how lre y11 70 account for the coming into
existence Of the great Christian wave sweeping
over GTgek zud Roman culiure, topping down the
throne Ct the CNsl-s- spreading itself over bar
barlc tribes and across the Bllkars and the Alps
and the bowling North So, and England, rolling
across the Atlantic Iisslf and advancing from side
SIDE Of the New World. and 5eyuad II 70 the isl
aris Of the Messarl 50 and again into Asia- &C
euuulstlaC force al the way: This wave, which
seems likely % end rs c1uyse only by the ensEAthe
meat Of the whole planet You Ere 70 explain how
that started L j. C1iuG past yJu; The dullest
ear can heAr The surge Of rs Tremendous torrents
W hat force kgaved this e1rlLq Jake wave out Of
ihs trSt cauturys The fishermen Of Gallilee.
Standing o. the grave Il q dead Chrisi, preaching
q transparent lie H1v lbsari, luhdels who scout
The idea % Clrlss resurrection ask 20 believe
n greater miracle, namely That transparent
lie, cha1lpi1lsd by ignorant slsu, opposed by al
other religions, and hv al e-riLly powers sa-
struaclr thLn al flase. and IN a fsE ctufuTles-
this lie, from the tarune Of the Csssars ruled the
world,
Its slsisr % believe Christianity born Of Tair-
ace than lie Us cTes its eElsielc5 to one or the
other. - ] ACCEPT the aEiEd simple story Of the
CLrlsts rasrusc-l1l. Vita the MSrys, bos At
the feet G: The rszn- -rlll-plIlt Chrlsi and vor-