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mol no d! no! When that stone was rolled
from the door OF Christ's grave, it was hurled
with such force that it crashed in all the
grave doors OF Christendom, and now the
tomb is only bower where Gods children
take siesta, an afternoon nap, to wake up
in mighty invigoration. "Christ is risen.
Hang that lamp among all the tombs OF my
dead. Hang it over my own resting place.
Christ's suffering is ended; His work is
done. The darkest Friday afternoon Of the
worlds history becomes the brightest Sunday
morning Of its resurrection Joy. The Good
Friday OF bitter memories becomes tho
Easter of glorious transformation and resur
rection. "
- Ye mourning saints. dry every tear
For your depar. ed Lord. =
Behold the place. He fs not here. .
The tomb Is all uubarred.
The gates OF deatk were closed In vain.
The Lord Is rssn-He lives again.
give you the third cause OF Pauls exhil.
aration. We honor the right hand more than:
we do the left. If in accident or battle we
must lose one hand, let it be the left. The
left hand being nearer the heart. we may not
do much oithe violent work of life with that
hand without physical danger. but he who
has the right arm in full play has the mighti-
est of all earthly weapons. In all ages and
in all languages the right hand is the symbol
OF strength and power and honor. Hiram
sa. at the right hand Of Solomon. Then we
have the term ''Is he right hand man.
LAFAYETTE was Washington's s right hand man.
Marshal Nsy was Napoleon's right hand man.
And now you have the meaning otPaul when
he speaks of Christ who is at the right hama
of God.
That means He is the first guest OF heaven
He has q right to sit there. The hero Of the
universe Count His wounds. two in the
feet, two in the hands, one in the side-hve
wounds. Oh, you have counted wrong.
These are not half the wounds. Look at the
seYerer wounds in the temples. Each thorn,
an eIcruclation. $
TIA hero comes back from battle. and he
takes of his hat or rolls up his sleeve anu
shows you the scar Of wound gotten at
Balls Bluff or at South Mountain, you stand
in admiration at his heroism and patriotism,
but If Christ should make conspicuous the
five wounds gotten on Calvary-that Water
loo of all the ases-He would display only
small part OF His wounds. Wounded all over,
let Him sit at the right hand Of GOD. He mas
q right to sit there. By the request OF Goa
the Father and the unanimous suffrage ofa
heaven let Him sit there. In the grand re-
view whom the redeemed pass by in cohoTs
OF splendor they will look ut Him and shout
"Victory. -
The oldest inhabitant OF heaven never saw
grander day than the one when Christ too6
His place on the right hand OF God. Hosan-
ma With lips Of clay I may not appropriate
" utter 1t. but let the martyrs under the altar
throw the cry to the elders before tho throne
and they can toss it to the choir on the sea OF
glass until all heaven shall lift it-some on
point of scep.er and some on string OF harp,
and some on the tip OF the green branches.
Hosanna hosanna!
A fourth cause Of Paurs exhlliration
After clergyman had preached sermon 10
regard to the glories OF heaven and the
splendors Of the scene an aged woman sald,
HIf all that iS to so on In heaven, oon
know what will become of my poor head
Oh, my friends, there will be so many things
going on in heaven have sometimes won.
dered if the Lord would not forget you ana
en-
Perhaps Paul said sometimes: 81. wonder
God does not forget me down here in An
tioch, and in the prison, and in the ship
wreck. There are so many sailors, 80 many
wayfarsrs, 80 many prisoners, 80 many heart
broken men" says Paul, "perhaps God may
forget me. And then am so vile sinner.
How whipped those Christians. With VIVA,
vengeance mounted that cavalry horse anc
dashed up 70 Damascus Oh, 1t will take
mighty attorney to plead my Cause and ge
| me Tree. But JUST SI. luel llouAoht .uSA
came In upon Paups soul something mlghtiel
than the surges that dashed his ship into
| Melita, syifter than the horse he rode 10
Damascus. It was the swift and overwhelm
ing thought OF Christ's intercession.
Ny friends. We must have an advocate.
poor lawyer is worse than no lawyer ut all
We must have one who is able successful,
to present our cause before God. Where i
He? Who is He? There is only one ad
rocate in all tho universe thut can plead ou
cause in the last judgment, that can plead
our cause before God In the great tribunal
Sometimes in earthly courts ATTORNEYS
have s2scialtics, and one man succeeds bet
ter in patent cases, another in insurance
! cases, another in criminal cases, another ir
land cases, another in will cases, and hi
success generally depends upon his sticking
| to that speciality. | have to tell you thai
Christ can do many things. but ii seems to
me that His speciality is TO take the bad case
of the sinner and plead 1t before God until
He gets eternal acqnittal. Oh, We must have
| Him for our advocate.
But what plea can Ha make? Sometimes
IN attorney in cour. will plead tho Innocence
ofthe prisoner That would be Inappropriate
for US. We ara all guilty guilty! Cnciean
un:lean! Christ. our advocate, will not
plead our innocence. Sometimes the attor.
This prisoner was not ut the scene. He was
| in some other place ut the time" Such :;
| plea will not do in our case. TheLord fouu
| US in all our sins and in the very place Of our
iniqu;ty. 1t is impossible TO prove an alibi
| Sometimes IN attorney witl plead the insanity
OF the prisoner and say hs is irresponsible on
that account. That plea Will never do in our
ease. VS. snned against light, against
knowledge, against the dictates OF our own
! Izy~
What, then shall the pea be?
The plea tor our eternal delivsrapce will
oe Christ's own martyrion. He will say
"Look ut all these wounds. By a!l these
Sufferings demand the rescue OF this man
from sin and death and hell. Constable,
knock off the shackps-lee the prisoner go
free" Who is he that condemnNtb 1t is
Christ thar died, yea, rather tnae is risen
again. WHO is even at the right hand Of God,
VINO also TakHih intercesson for U.s."
But why all this sladness on the faces Of
these sons anl daughters Of the Lord Al
mighty? know waat you are thinkih: Of
Saviour dead "A Sar:ou- risen Saviour
exalted: 4 Saviour inter:edinc. "What. y
| say you, lis Ill that for me?' All. all I,
Never let me- ha2. vou complaining about
anything again. With your pardoued sin
behind you, anI = su:rassfu Christ pleadin,
above you, HI L glorious heaven before YOU.
| how can you bo despondent about an
thing?
'But." says some man in the audience. 'all
that is very gooi and very true for those
who are inside the kingdom. but how about
those OF US who are outsider" Then say,
Come into the kingdom, come out OF the
prison house into the glorious sunlight Of
Gods mercy and pardon, and come now.
It was in the last day OF the reign of terror
the year 1898. Hundreds and thousands
had perished under the French guillotine
France groaned with the tyrannies OF Robes
pierre and the Jacobine Club. The last group
~ n,,Aornru hnd had fhair lnnla ahnrr, h.,