Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-05-20

Truly, DcyOlu dill cOulTOFcISS llllS HAL Uu"
the Son of God. Any one Of these occur
rences was in itself sufficient to have pro-
duced an Undesirable feeling in all those
who witnessed it. Jesus died amid the con-
vulsions of nature, and when he rose from
the grave another earthquake occurred, or
there was a shaking Of the earth which
rolled away the large stone from the mouth
of the sepulchre in which lay the body of
Jesus.
After his resurrection, our Saviour first
presented himself to Mary Magdalene, out
of whom he had cast seven devils. After
wards during the forty days which elapsed
between his resurrection and his ascension,
he showed himself to his disciples on nine
different occasions. After his ascension he
was seen by Stephen and Paul.
1t is a remarkable fact that our Saviour,
after his resurrection, never, so far as is re-
corded, presented himself to any one of his
enemies, and only to those who had been
his most intimate friends during his life
time. Looking at this matter from a hui
man standpoint, this seems strange. Judg-
ing after the manner of men, we would
have expected our Saviour to have gone up
from his tomb into the city of Jerusalem,
and presented himself to those who had
cried out, "Crucify him, cruelty him."
This he did not do. So far as is recorded,
none of the blood-thirsty Jews or Roman
officers saw him. The women of Gallilee
saw him, Peter saw him, unbelieving Thorn
as saw him, on a mountain of Gallilee the
eleven disciples saw him, James saw him
and at one time five hundred brethren saw
him, but not a single enemy of his ever was
permitted to set his eyes on his resurrected
body.
This is certainly a curious fact, but it is
not difficult to be explained. When our Sa-
viour exclaimed on the cross, "It is finish
ed" the work which the Father had given
him to do, and the work which he had un-
dertaken to do on earth, wa finished. All
his sufferings were at an end, the Church
was redeemed, and the honor and dignity
of Gods law vindicated. While he lay in
the grave there was a kind of passive suffer-
ing-this and nothing more. The penalties
of the law were exhausted and a righteous
ness provided, by which God could be just
and the ~justifier of all who will believe.
The resurrection of Christ demonstrated
to the senses of his people that his death &C.
complished that for which he died. The
other part of the mediatorial work of the
Saviour is the making of an intercession for
his people. This, however, is not done on
earth, but in Heaven, at the right hand of
God, on high. Christ did not present him
self after his resurrection to unbelievers,
but to believers, because he had finished the
work which he had undertaken to do on the
earth. He had offered himself to sinners.
Some accepted ard some rejected. TO those
who accepted, or to a sufficient number Of
them, he showed himself that they might
be witnesses to all men that he had accom-
plished the work which he had undertaken.
From his death on the cross to the end of
time, the offer of salvation is to be made,
not by the Saviour himself, but by those
whom he has called to preach the gospel
to every creature.
DID YOU SPEAK TO HIM?-You had the
chance, perhaps such as will never come
within reach of your influence again. All!
how many previous opportunities slip
through our fingers? The other day Mr..
Spurgeon went to preach at a prominent
chapel, and after taking tea at the deacon's
house, walked down to the chapel, under
the guidance of a son of the household.
"Do you love my Master?" was the ques-
ton which, in his clear, manly way, the
preacher put to his young friend. Before
replying, he stopped in the street, and look
ing his questioner straight in the face, said,
"Mr. Spurgeon, 1 have walked down to
this chapel with ministers for several years,
and not one of them ever asked me that
question BEFORE"
The faithful word was the beginning of
new light; and seeking God, he found par
don and peace through Christ.
Sincere reader, if you be a follower of the
Lord, ask yourself the question, Have l
done my duty in this respect" Or are you
letting the opportunities you have from
day to day slip through your fingers ?-7He
Waterman.
THE AUGUST PRESENCE.-Do not say that
I must not 60 into that august presence
without a turbid, excited heart-With feel
ings all in disorder. You may and must.
Abraham did, his heart tossed with wild
suspicious Of God. Suppose he had waited
till he saw things in their right light before
he prayed! Christ in unrest-rare to him
when his soul was troubled unto death,
took this very means of calming it left dis
ciples and all that was human and turned
to DISQUALIFICATION.
H~ A celebrated artist once made a curl
Gus shield, into the fabric of which his own
name was so ingeniously wrought that it
could not be removed without destroying
the shield. In like manner is our adora-
BILE Lord and Saviour so interviewer with
the texture of the whole Bible, that any
attempt to obliterate his divine image de-
stroys the sacred book itself.
Bagn All nations, ever Christian, as we'll as
heather nations, in their international in
tercourse boldly reject the "Golden Rule."-
The height of their boosted magnanimity
and honesty is "Ask nothing unjust, and
submit to nothing wrong" which, in plain
words, means ave shall do no better than
we are done o."
s<s7n We know that the WAYS of the Shirt