The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-25
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!, no antiquated notions, no privileges. D..
: Investigations. exhumations. explora,,on-
subsoil ~pIoughIug, searchlights in evo~,
department. exposure OF fraud. shov,n,
up of Utmost motives. spectroscopic s,,,
les Of the make up Of the fires that h,r,
within us. the concentration OF lob,
and heat on men and things. are m.
order of the day.
And all this is prophetic and ChrIstia,
who is he that shall dwell with the do,
vouring fire." What public man oar
stand the reporters, the caricaturists. tbs
satirists. the newspaper boys, the CITY
Arabs. the plain business man that looL.
coldly at you. and with eyes and lins
asks, What do you mean?' The words
OF the Saviour are: There is nothing b,d
that shall not be made known, nor secret
that shall not be made manifest. And in
this high noon. his midday light Chris
tianity stands forth as the most marvel
Gus fact I'm existence. And the central
idea of that fact is: The Life (of Jesus,
as the Light Of men. In that ideal, the
divine Son Of man, every man sees him
self as he should be, but owns himself
as he is in lamentable contrast.
The fact Of Christianity. undeniable and
overwhelming, shines from one end Of
Heaven to the other. And the one great
fact on which. as on a rock. Christianity
rests, from which, as a stream Of light,
1t pours forth, Is the Resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead. With His
crucihxion and burial the hopes Of the
world were buried with His resurrec-
ton the Sun Of Righteousness arose with
healing in his wings. Let God arise, and
let his enemies be scattered" was the
order of old. Lift up you heads. o
we gates; and be ye lift up we everlast-
ing doors, and the King Of Glory shall
come in" was the grand announcements:
that the grave was robbed of its terrors
and death swallowed up in victory. The
"Novus ordo saectorum' was begun. And
now the last tribute to the departing soul
as we consign TO the earth it's mortal
- a. o'ilS VI anu IL
triumph. Now is Christ risen from the
dead, and become the first fruits Of them
that slept" Life and Immortality
brought to light by the Gospel" is the
dearest, the grandest, the most neces-
sary comfort. and the most soul-satisfy-
ing truth that man can know. II is the
new birth of humanity. The Gospel Of
Christ is the Gospel Of Resurrection from
the dead and Of Immortality.
The fact that Jesus Christ did arise
from the dead can alone account for
the existence Of Christianity in the world.
The faith died upon the cross; it arose
with its risen Lord. AS a historic fact
none stands so we'll authenticated, so
thoroughly tried by its enemies. so well
established. and so undeniable. II Christ
had not arisen from the dead the con-
.tinuance and spread Of his Gospel would
have been impossible. His light was ex-
tinguished, his surviving friends were not
or philosophers. but a few poor
lntaught men. and helpless women. be-
iidtltbf SNiAltlCuf anu QrcDrl dlCs Wilt
)ut an object, without a hope. Were they
he originators Of the idea of the resurrec-
ion? 1t is monstrous nonsense TO suppose
t. Jesus Christ alone, triumphing over the
gave to the world its last and
randsst fact-His own Resurrection; it's
asst and grandest truth-Man's Immortali-
He alone was the author Of our faith.
md only as theirrrestored master. their
isen Lord. could he have gathered to-
the scattered l~eavings OF his poor
ock, and out of them made the begin
ing Of the Church OF God that covers
he earth.
Only himself, the Giver of Light, could
{ such fuel as was about him kind
he flame that, as a blaze OF glory, has
verwhelmed the world: that has lit up
remotest promises; illumined the ]
hole face OF Scripture, and established I
ne New Testament. 1t was his returned
nd personal presence alone that made I
eroes and martyrs Of desperate and /
impoverished towards hat were afraid a
} show their faces .
Now Christianity stands imbedded in T
lie rocks Of history and the soul OF b
lie human race. The logic OF events
istihes it; the course and advance Of :.
lie world testifes to its leavening in
hence; daily life tells OF its purifying and
evating power; the highest wisdom and O
)blest character is identified with its p
'inciples and teachings; and the highest "
lilosophy approves 1t as a covenant, or h
red in all things and sure; and its whole T
stem as the last and best revelation Il
the Creator of the Universe; the Gov a
nment. and Kingdom OF Heaven. a
The best aspect of modern civilization, II
e most lovely exhibition OF home life II
d happiness; a world covered over n
tn schools, and colleges. and churches. -
tn asylums and hospitals; alive with "
IN and women moving to and fro in the re
use OF truth, and peace, and righteous pi
SIS: all in the name Of Jesus; the 10
ord Of God, covering the earth as the ur
tiers cover the sea; all these eloquent. TT
,ical, Irresistible, familiar. and most II
facts echo the joyful announce p.
mt made two thousand years ago: WI
he Lord is Risen; the Lord is Risen. do
ieed,"
EDITORIAL COMMENTS. SIP
York Sun: IL would be sheer folly III
Brazil to quarrel with Portugal be- ~