Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-04-17
%SABBATH-DAY READING.
THE RESURRECTION.

THE RESURRECTION.
While vet the western heavens were all aglow,
with lingering steps of day, the full'oroea
Rose slowly DER the heights of Olivet;
The sabbath stiffness had not passed away.
The guilty city, which the day before
EXultcd in the murder Of the Just, ..
Law hushed in moonlight. Through its lonely
But few were moving. On its level roofs
Or in hustled whispers spoke of Jesus death.
"Mjght it not be- some asked, "He was' as
Rv fond disciples. Israel's riehtful King?
Twas said, indeed, that. at the Judgment OAR
OF plate, He had owned He was Il King.
Which must bring judgment downtown right
eous Heaven.
Which presages the tempest's awful wratta?'
And still they dared not answer, to them
selves,
The questions which nth they yyi aske Wore m:
The moon, at length, rode down the western
And teyerish watchers scanned the eastern
With longingf for the earliest glimpse of dawn.
Chen from the northern gate two women steal,
e s sHa4t 2}4 B6av the 1he sp %ou Mae sti1i i emba les'
With spice and nard, and with affections
tears. .
Soon, hastily returning, they arouse
Tho impetuOus Peter and the ardent John.
The four 30 back, to seek the garden grave.
The sepulcher no longer holds its dead!
Tho women weep that sacrilegious hands
Have robbed the tomb; the men go in the
cave.
Thcreiies the napkin; here tho linen cloth;
The cercments which had wrapped the holy
But that which they had held was gone!
Then John and Peter, wondering at the theft,
And wondering that the thieves had left tho
Return with one companion, leaving there
Mary, who stands and still i'll silence weeps.
Oh! grateful heart! what strong affection
In every pulse that shakes her heaving breast!
Oh! grateful heart! what treasures shall be
thine,
What honors that shall be vouchsafed to thee,
10 thee alone? Thou art the first to know
That fact which soon the Roman Empire
From it's abyss of sin yea, all the world.
Iol thine arisen Lord has deigned to come,
To still, with tender words. thine anxious
fear. .
And give thee peace. "why weepcst thou?'
But she. half blind with tears while yet nor
moon,
First pcered within the tomb, and angels saw;
Then thoughtth the gardener had approached the
spot.
A third time Jesus speaks and calls her namc.
AASh AOAhS AAAo SponShS AAA ohAOAGA ga AN
Her sense is opened and she knows her Lord.
The tide of feeling, suddenly thus turned
From grief to joy. unanimously rolls
Within her heart, and its own utterancc
chokes;
But, dallIng, at His feet, She simply cries:
He replied: 'Dctain me not!
Go, tell my brethrenI will meet them soon"
She. still bewildered, goes to tell the tale
To those who saw, with her, tho empty tomb.
From mouth to mouth the rapid tidings fly.
The faithful friends of Jesus hear with hope;
His foes, with unbelief, yet trembling fear.
\ transient darkness; ten OF those whom he
Had chosen from the rest in secret meet,
TO talk OF Mary S news OF question her.
Lo! when the doors were Shut, Himself was
All stand amazed; while He, in gentle tones,
Bcstows His blessing; bids them all behold
His wounded hands and side, and then receive
His last commission, take the keys of power,
And bear the Gospel forth through every land.
Oh! ne'cc before, nor since, have words SO
sweet
Borne fruit SO rich, produced effect so great.
Hencelorth shall Peter well deserve his name
Normaiden's taunts make him deny his Lord
No longer, at the sight OF Roman guards,
Basclv shall all forsake the Crucified.
But that new life which, in the garden tomb,
Brought forth tho C%onqueror, in immortal
Now lives in all the ten:. its floods shall rise
And flow through every land, through every
age,
Giving all nations an eternal spring.
Twas IN the springtime God from Egypt
called
His chosen race; twas spring-tilne when He
raised,
From deaths Egyptian darkness, His dear
Son.
The ten in deep amaze, but holy joy,
receive His parting charge; He then departs
And when their swelling hearts an utterancc
found,
The first glad Easter hymn as incense rose to
God.
From the midnight of the grave,
All victorious, strong to save,
Comes refulgent as the sun,
Jesus, God S amounted One.
darkness He has driven away;
He has brought immortal day;
Death and Hades strive in vain
/. Night and chaos to retain.
"Hail! Thou mighty Conqueror,
Wonderful and Counselor,
Lord of glory, Prince of peace:l
Never shall thine empire cease.
"Jesus, from among the dead.
RAISES His triumphant head;
sing the glad, eXultant strain,
Hell is conquered, death is slain!"
Thomas Hill. ID. d., in ", Y. IndeDen6.nt