The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-08-14

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hopes Of not a tow that Mt last God
was about to interfere IN human
affairs by anew and mighty pow
1T and establish tile kingdom so
long sighed for One day a man
died, to whom and his sisters Jesus
WAS dearly attached. They sent
for him ere he died, in hope that
His mighty power might be exert
ed to save him from death; but he
came too late for that, and the sis
ters of Lazarus meurned that he
had not come sooner. Jesus come
forted them with the assurance;
"Thy brother shall rise again
This they interpreted as referring
to the resurrection Mt the last day
which AZ Jews they Ind been
taught To believe from the teach
ing Of the Scriptures. To which
Jesus nude reply: 81 nm the res
direction and the Life Then he
bade them lead the way to the
tomb and roll away the stone,
What moment was that The
multitude of friends gathered
about the tomb. The Son of God,
with tears Of sympathy and love
streaming down His checks, and
with an upturned face, prayed that
God would now strengthen Him
and glorify Him. Then, turning
to the open grave with loud
voice He cried: Lazarus come
FORTH
What presumption, what folly,
what madness is this! Will death
| the monarch Of men, the conqueror
of a hundred generations, hear
the voice Of man and give back
| his victim? Harkl Look! What
answer does death make? Down
into the dark chamber of the dead
went that voice Of command, and
Death heard and hembled and
made answer; and the dead
Lazarus came forth. The spirit
! Of the man flew from the place
! of departed spirits, re-inhabited
: the body, and stood among them
again alive from the dead DR..
Bonar says: $50 potent was the
voice Of him who is the Life, that
if he had not specified Lazarus by
name, all the dead i'll Jerusalem,
nay,all the dead since Adam, would
have come FORTH Yes, Death at
last has met his Master and has to
! give back his prey. From that
hour Death and He'll conspired
with the priests to take and kill
= Jesus; this they finally succeeded
in doing, When they hung Him
on the cross they tainted Him
) with His former exploits: "Ahl
2 Thou that saved others, save thy
- self If Thou be the Son of Goo
F.. come down from the Cross ooh
t Thou invader of deaths dominion
= o, thou spoiler of the grave, W,
/ have Thee nowm Death is victo
| rious again, and victorious owe
4 Him that seemed to triumph owe
$ Death. But look! He dies on the
/ cross. 1t is all over with the Sol
a Of god. TIarkl How is this
$ Does the dying Savior spend Hi
4 expiriugbreath with loud voice ?
f ut is finished" What is finished
r He is finished. No! 1t is Ill,
e. who finished. Blessed be God, II,
- hung there to eXpiate thy sins, O
my soul and thy sins, 0, my
- friendsl And now that sin is ex
% plated by His voluntary death, "i'
( dismissed His spirit so says the
e Greek. OH it was not dealt
d that dragged his soul and eterna
@ spirit forth from His body n VIC
e tim down to hell. 1t was the sol
o Of God, who, having finished re.
Il demption, lcaped from the cross
/ and chased Death down through
y the grave into hell, and there Sc
1 cured His final triumph over al
J., the dark principnlilies and power.
Il of the underworld. After three
a days, His victory being complete
S He arose from the dead, bringing
y His body agaiu with him. and tri
t umphed openly over death and tn,
- grave. Lazarus, no doubt dice
Il agaiu; and so did the little daugh
F. ter Of Jairus; and SO did the wild
4 |Ow's son. but NOT So ,Josus II,