Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-04-19
Dr.. MGrtiQdal8's Eds
ter Sermon.
Why seek ye the living among the dead He
IL not here, but Is risen 81 Luke xxiv So

OF Jesus passed, from the hour OF his cru
cifxion to the morning Of the first day;
season of bitter dependency and sombn
memories. They were crushed and heart
broken. We cannot begin to put ourselve:
in position to comprehend, even family
what they felt If an angel this spring
morning should announce in mid-heaven
that Jesus, our Saviour, is dead, and the
gates of pearl are hung with mourning, o,
what dismal darkness would settle on
our hearts and all over this world. Well,
to them, Jesus was dead The whispered
announcement passed from one to another,
with choking sigh and streaming tears
He is gone" But a moment ago he
breathed His last "There is nothing left
for US now" We must remember that
they-were just as human as we are; and
that death meant to them just what it
means to US. We look upon our beloved
dead, 80 near and yet so far" We think
of all the plans which we had fondly cher
ished, of the joys that we had tasted, Of
hopes high and sweet which we had
shared, and sadly we murmur, 1T is all
over now " So had they planned, and
hoped, and communed together-Jesus and
His friends, High and holy were the pros
poets that beokoned them forward. Why,
they had staked their all on His wisdom
and power And it was like knife at
their hearts to think of Him hanging out
there on that lonely hill so mared so dis
honest, so friendless Alas their leader, |
on whom they had depended 70 carry their
burdens, now so mute and helpless, Him
self to be carried as holy burdan to His
burial; and to morrow they may them
selves be nailed to these very same crosses,
because they had followed Him It was a
stunning blow, AS the drear day declines,
they take His body away There are no
burial rites, nothing but the shroud, hastily
brought, the spices, and the gloomy night
closing in. Yes, He is gone. Let US pass
silently over the intervening time The
morning of the first day dawns How J
tranquil the sky what dewy freshness. q
and holy hush lie over all the grave dot q
ted valley YondcT, through the early twf
light glide the women who are bearing {
yet other linen and aromatic spices to- b
ward his grave. But where now is that e
great stone which they had seen there on n
Friday evening? Something has happened a
The sepulchre is open They enter Within l
is a strange brightness, not of the earth )
Two shining ones meet them. The women in
are perplexed and afraid They scan every in
niche for the sacred body, but cannot find II
it Then the angels break the silence with ca
the wondrous question "Why seek We In
the living one among the dead He is not HI
here. Do you not remember what He said tn
10 you over in Gallilee about the third day? sh
He is not here He is alive" Can it be as
so? Q with what fleet steps, "swift as va
he hart upon the mountains" GREATNESS, w
Wild with ecstacy they fly back to the bro. h
men. ] a
John,ha you heard the news2 He is me
lot there Two angels were at the grave. the
They told US that He is alive again. and alt
you'd be going to Galilee, and they told us sh'
0 cone and tell you And so, from one Jet
, another, as the glad morning climbed "A
ne Easter hills they spread the news 1t nov
'as the Resurrection the life leaping tubi- peo
INT out of death Blessed word glor. pre-
us tidings 1t would, no doubt, be inspir- tor
ig to follow out the whole path of the 4
aHative, but let US pause at this point to Re
SIX What is the meaning of this wonder the
. event-the rising of the Saviour One thel
rmon can do no more than touch few HOY
the many great teachings bound up in it. HOY
rst of all, this question stu
T." What did His Resurrection mean 10 mao
sHs HimseLf?" What did it signify to kne
i'm personally? We cannot know all the trou
ofound and happy thoughts that swept sure
er His spirit that morning, as He wan will
red TRANQUILITY along those familiar paths face
out the garden and the tomb. We have pulls
" hint or two from His own lips. worl
ne thing is certain ''Zhis 7Oas 10 Him VIctC
end Of sH6isring-the last of earthly the
-sonal conflict" o how He had suf- eartf
ed. From the very first, think, there the
st have been anguish in some form arou
e incarnation, the laying aside of loyalty stirrS
glory, the crowding into narrow and axe
ely human conditions these must have them
olved unknown denials and humilia- sure.
IS And steadily onward through that word
the suffering increased How soon seal {
Re deepened around Him the opposition to tie
hatred of men, the tyranny Of creed and can y
om- How the wrath of hell and the Ood
bat of unseen powers thickened about plan'
Heavenly Champion There were 81 Roma
peak, great steps of trial each one lower linen
j the other; and He passed downward cerem
still downward until He touched the sllVel
one in the deep shadow Of DEATH See Inc
orms which His suffering took "A the Sc
of Sorrows acquainted with grief, no worth
re to lay His head; His divinity dis. IN Go'
!, His love misunderstood and His by thl'
YES DETAINED Then came that sorrow ousine
death of His soul, that Gethsemane track
Y. that horror of darkness that for. to pow
lg Of the Father, and that crowning rule an
death of a slave and Grim and Il
Oh He has endured the uttermost It with
res far beyond human comprehension; where
was all passed now Il lav ali he of the T
Him.a thornv wav of hitter main Jesus7
Dol0y0Sa The cloud of anguish and cor
had grown tll if sbnf in tbe u,bols veteran
n and swept with its wrath the hill moulde
vary, was all gone. The sky was me sold
and quiet again. Olit had been a singing
! day, but it was over It had been Where
with Him. cold pitess bomeless. and the
in Pilates Han. in the High Priests DO they
in the crowded and unfriendy dsrS at
But that * ali gone II Is vensI are the
with Him now. The buds are They ar
Ig, the white lilies are swinging their pies OF q
!. cups; His birds are awake and direction