The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-04-14
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TUESDAY, APRIL IA, 1885.
A CATHEDRAL DISCOURSE,

The Rev. Geo. Wallace preached
in the English pro-Cathedral on Sun
day morning last, from st. John
Xxx, 9: "For as yet they knew not
the Scripture, that he must rise
again from the dead" He spoke
of the transition from that terrible
night of suffering on the cross, to
the joy of the resurrection day.
There was popular notion that the
angel rolled away the stone. But
the fact is the stone was rolled away
from within, not from without, and
after the soldiers were dismissed
the angels took their places. Mary
and the two disciples who came did
not find the Lord where he had been
reverently laid to rest, but to the
women, in response to their loving
faith, the message is given to go and
tell the disciples of his resurrection,
and as they go Jesus meets them
with the greeting, "All hail!' and
as they recognize Him they fall
down before Him and cast their
arms about his feet. Here we per-
ceive principle involved, prefer
ence given to women. Her sex
chosen for the honor of his first
appearance and for the transmission
of the message of his resurrection.
Undoubtedly God respects both
sexes. But if this principle were
borne in mind how much misery
could be saved, by acknowledging
the province of woman and giving her
her true place in spite of the wrongs
of men. Surely she suffers the
most, has the greatest sensibility to
suffering, and rests under the great
est temptation to sin, and in the same
proportion she is the most faithful.
And 50 the Lord shows the first
sign of his resurrection to women,
and to them so loyal and devoted he
speaks his first loving words. Remark
the fact that the first message was
not made to ministers such as Peter
and John, but to these women who
first believed and believed readily.
The slow masculine mind must think
and understand, and slowly come to
belief. Even the apostles thought
the story of the women an idle tale.
Then the news spreads. st. Peter
slowly moves out of his doubts, st.
Thomas must have visible proof.
When they do all believe Jesus leads
them to Bethany, and after they
have been instructed and commits
stoned he ascends into the heavens
from whence he came. 10 return,
there are lessons to be learned from
this account.
/. That his resurrection to these
women was certitication of his
divinity. All along during His min
istry He had taught that He was
God, but now he accepts the worship
of these women. What a profan-
alton if it were not so! 2. These
disciples did not believe in the
spiritual sense and had to be con-
WINGED that the risen Saviour was
not spectre but the same body.
He said, ga spectre hath not flesh
ana bones as We see me have. lie
made them realize the outward and
the inward. lie had Thomas to feel
him and to thrust in his hand, and
to know absolutely that he was in
deed the same master now risen and
triumphant over death. 3. With us
the personal presence of Christ
the Son of God hath dwelt
also. For 1900 years he hath been
with his faithful people. His pres
ence has been none the less real
because not corporeal. lie has
been with us in our Gethsemane of
sufferings, in our great rejoicings,
in holy ordinances. What will
touch the hearts of men if the
preaching of all these years on this
great and holy subject will not do
so! In conclusion, as He appeared
to them who were most faithful;
as to those that needed forgiveness
most, the most was forgiven; as
those who have the greatest capacity
for receiving had the most impaired
to them, so shall it be with us. May
we therefore so profit by these facts
as to receive richly all the blessings
of this divine Lord and Master, and
by and by see him face to face in