The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-12-11
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR COLUMN.

EDITED BY Mrs. W. l.. LEISHER.
TOPIC FOR WEEK BEGINNING DEC. 6.
Comfort from the story of the
resurrection.
in, 11:25; 1919; Phil. $40
COMMENTS.
Most great events we are con-
tent to commemorate once year.
but the one on which rests our
hope for time and eternity we nat
urally wish to keep ever IN mind.
Every week we celebrate the Lords
victory over death; every Sundays
dawn recalls the joyful news that
quickly passed from lip to lip in
the circle of Christ's nearest fol-
lowers; and with reason should our
psalms of thanksgiving in the
Lords house ever ring with the
note Of triumph that the Lord has
risen indeed.
Ever since the sentence pro-
nounced on the first sinners, the
horror of death had hung like a
heavy cloud over the pathway Of
every human beng. The firm be-
lief in a continued existence, so
universally held, did not necessa-
rily give any cheer; the future
seemed to threaten doom, and at
its best was dim and unreal, COM
pared with the present certalnt;es.
An unknown land gains reality for
US when we can see one who has
traversed it; the pen and voice of
Stanley haye brought Africa thou
sands of miles nearer. SO, when
the Lord returned from what had
been regarded as the realms Of
darkness, the other world became
bright. Where those who are dear
10 us dwell, there is our country;
when immortality comes to mean
life with Christ, it is far better to
depart and be with him.
But the Saviour came from the
Father: he only returned to his
home. That gives no assurance as
to our future unless that be re-
moved which had made the grave q
horror and had given TO death its
sting. This is why the certainty
Of Christ's conquest Of death is for
us aIl-important. The opened sep
ulchre is the divine seal of a fin
ishcd and accepted atonement.
Without that atonement our hope
could have no foundation.
The future life becomes full of
promise because the present life,
too. becomes life in Christ. The
resurrection at the last day opens
the gate to bliss because of the res
direction from sin here accom-
plished. We shall rise unframed
from the conflict with the last enc
my only because of our union with
Him who has won the victory; and
we have the pledge of the blessed
ness of the world beyond when We
can say here and now, 81 live, yet
not |, but Christ liyeth in me. -
Rev. F. E. Clark. d. D.
ILLUSTRATIVE SELECTIONS.
The support during any farewell
is the thought of the coming well
come.
The eyes of our body can never
see as much as the eyes of our soul.
Christ is never so gloriously seen as
when spiritually discerned.
What is death to the Christian?
The unclasping of earthly, and the
simultaneous grasplng of heavenly,
hands.
The comforter with Christ was
the promise. The resurrection
thus not Only filings open the gates
of death, but also the gates of a
better life here as we'll as hereafter.
Rev. W. H. G.. Temple.
The resurrection of Christ is one
of those rich and far-reaching doc
trlnes of the Scriptures that holds
out its hands on every side, aud
lifts us unto the clear light Of
Gods face as our reconciled Father.
1t underlies the whole system of
divine truth, and gives energy to
the whole. We need to get a new
grip of it. We can do that by
meditating IN the 18th chap. of l
Cor; there we have the proofs IN a
body and the bearing of the doc
trlne on our life set ont with
laatchless. skill. When we take it
in, there is great comfort in it.
Take these in order as facts verified
by lt:-Q) Christ is accepted as
our substitutlonal sacrifice, l Cor.
10: IA. (2) Sin Is put away. (3)
Our sins are forgiven as we trust in
Hlm-are one with him. (4) Di-
vine power comes into our life, l
Cor. 10: IS. (5) He awakens us to
a living hope, l Pet. 1:3. (G) He
assures us of heavenly inheritance,
l Pet 4. ~ lie secured our
resurrection, l Cor. Is: %. (S)