Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-14

archy on trnnagressionl Up with the mon
archy Of our kingl Hall Jesus, haill
hut must give you the second cause OF
paulis exbIlara,ion. II Christ had staid
10 that rrave. we never would have gotten
out of II The grave would have been dark
and dismal ~ the conciergerie during the
reign Of terror. where the carts came up
only to take the victims out TO the scaffold.
/ do not wonder that the ancients tried by
emhalm1nent OF the body to resist the dis
solution of death.
The grave Is the darkest, deepest, ghast-
lest ohasm that was ever opened If there
be no light from the resurrection throne
streaming into it, but Christ staid in the
tomb all Friday night and all Saturday, all
Saturday might and part OF Sunday morn
ing. He staid 50 long in the tomb that
he might fit It for us when we go there.
He tarried two whole nights in the grave,
90 that he saw how important 1t was to
have plenty Of Light, and he has flooded it
with hts own glory.
It is carly Sunday morning, and we start
up 70 find the grave OF Christ. We find the
morning sun gliding tho dew, and the
shrubs are swee. ss the foot brushes them.
What a beautiful place to be buried inl
Wonder they did not treat Christ as we'll
when lac was alive as they do now that he
is dead. Give the military salute to the
soldiers who stand guarding the dead. But,
bark TO the crashi an earthquakei The
soldiers fall back as though they were dead.
and the stone al the door OF Christ's tomb
spins down the bill, flung by the arm OF an
angel. Come forth, Jesusi from the
darkness into the sunlight. Come forth
and breathe the perfume OF Joseph's gar
den.
Christ comes forth radiant. and as he
steps out OF the excavation Of the rock
look down into the excavation and in the
distance see others coming hand In hand
and troop after troop, and find 1t is long
procession Of the precious dead. Among
them are our own loved ones-father,
mother, brother, sister, companion, chill
drcn, coming up out OF the excavation Of
the rock until the last one has stepped out
into the light. and I am bowildcred, and |
cannot understand the scene until see
Christ wave bis hand over the advancing
procession from the rock, and hear him cry,
~ am the resurrection and the life; he who
believeth in me, though he were dend, yet
shall he live" And then | notice that the
long dirgc Of the worlds woo suddenly
stops at the archangclic shout of Come
forthW
RESULTS OF THE RESURRECTION
Oh, my frieads, II Christ had not broken
out OF the grave you and | would never
come out of II. It would have been another
case Of Charlotte Cordny attempting to slay
u tyrant, herself slain. II would have been
another case Of John Brown attempting TO
free the slaves himself hung. 1t would
have been death and Christ in a grapplo
and death the victor The black flag would
have iloatcd on all the graves and mauSo-
leums OF the dead and hell would have
conquered the forces OF heaven and captured
the ramparts Of God, and satan would have
come 70 coronation in the palaces of heaven,
and IL would have been devils on the throne
and sons Of God In the dungeon.
MOI moi mol When that stone was rolled
from the door OF Christ's grave, 1t was
hurled with such force that II crashed in
all the grave doors OF Chrlstendom, md
now the tomb is only bower where Gods
children take a siesta, an afternoon nap, to
wake up IN mighty inauguration. Christ
ia risen" HING that lamp among all the
tombs Of my dead. Hung it over my own
resting place. Christ's suffering is ended;
his work Is done. The darkest Friday aft
ernoon Of the worlds history becomes tho
brightest Sunday morning OF It's resurrec-
ton Joy The Good Friday of bitter mem
cries becomes the Easter Of glorious trans
formation and resurrection.
Ye mourning saints, dry every tear
For your departed Lord.
Behold tho place. lie is not here.
The tomb IA all unbarred.
The gates of death were closed In vain.
Tho Lord is riacn-hc lives again.
give You the third cause OF paul's ex-
hilaratiou. We honor the right hand more
than We do the left. Ii in accident or battle
we must lose one hand, let 1t he tho left
The left hand being nearer the heart, We
may not do much OF the violent work OF life
with that hnnd without physical danger,
hut he who has the right arm in full play
has tho mightiest of all earthly weapons
In all ages and in all languages the right
| hand i the symbol OF strength aud power
and honor. Hiram sat at the right hand OF
| solomon. Then we have the term, "lIe Is
right hand man." Lafayette was Wash.
ington's right hand man, Marshal Ney was
Napoleon's right hand man. and now you
have the mcauing Of Paul when he speaks
OF Christ, wno is at the right hand of God
THE HERO OF THE UNIVERSE,
Thatncans he Is the first guest OF heaven.
/ lie has right to sit there. The heso OF the
universe! Count his wounds; two in the
| feet, two In the hands, one in the side--iive
wounds. oh, you have counted wrong.
| These are not half the wounds. Look ut
! the soverer wounds in the temples; each
thorn an exc.ucintion.
liza hero GENES back from battle, and ho
takes oil his hator rolls up his sleeve aud
| shows you the scar OF Il wound gotten at
Balls Blun or at South Mountain, you
| stand In admiration at his heroism and pa.
triotism, but IL Christ should make con
spicuous the 1--WE wounds gotten on Cal
vary-that Waterloo OF all the agcs-he
would displpy only small part Of his
wounds. Wounded all over, let him sit nj
the right hand of God. lie has right to
sit there. ny the request OF God the Fa.
thcr and the unanimous suffrage OF all
heaven let him sit there. In the grand re.
Wow, when the redeemed pass by In cohorts
ofspiendor, they will look at him and shout,
Victory
The Oldest inhabitant OF heaven never
saw grander day than the one when
Christ tool, his place ON the right hand OF
God. Hosannai With lips Of clay may
not appropriately utter It, but let the mar.
syrs under the altar throw the cry to the
elders before the throne, and they can toss
Il to tho choir on the sea OF glass until ali
Heaven shall lift it--some on point Of sceU-
Ter, ard fotuc on string Of harp, and some On
the tip OF the green branches. Aosanna
H0sannal
A co,,-.i, cause OF raul's cNhilaratIoal