The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-06-06

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aa,aana a,au,,d 80 ,haso a,,an,i,a h,arors
hn,, ,ho,. ,od ,notr ,,I,aIlment in tho mo
,aao,t,rs snnorinys death and rosurrac.
tinn Of .Iesus Of nazareth. How their
..boar,s burned WITHIN them. as be ta,keJ IN
thom no IN, yav and onepcd to tbcm tho
sorinturesl,, How. Doubtless. the fact
rradually dawned upon their awakened
minds that. after all. there might be some
thing significant in the report of Peter and
John nhout the EMMY tomb. the linen
clothes ana tho papkin; and some truth in
the message hrou,bt NV tbe women from the
nnyels in regard IN tho risen Lard.
60 ,hsnrhed wera tbav I'm the Scrinture
citntinnanf thc myatnrious strnngrr that thcv
1bI mn, nerbons nhsorvo CLOSELY his nersnn.
drass ar voira, hesides ,,their eycs were
holden that they sboulj moi knnv him. -,
why bnldeny why was he not immedint,Iy
made known to tbemp For the ohyinus
reason that II would have interferpd with
the educational process uursued by This
mnstcrTuI teacher. As vet they had not
heard IF the nppearancc To Mary or ia Peter.
He was educating and eIevat,nr them on
sniritunl lines. As the ground work of this
rrnreas he vns reaching them through thrir
ntrIlrrts: he was apnculinp tn them rs
rational. intelligent creatures, ana showing
them the rrasonahlrnpss of a faith in a
crucined and risen Rcdeemer.
All that had happrued was in accordance
with the Scripturrs. Had ne revealed his
prrson to them at the first If would 50
have startled them that ihcv cnuld not
pntirntly and disu~assionatrly have listened
and aunrrrint,d his teaching and been
| hroupbr to see fully and CLEARLY that this
risen Lord was the Messiah ofrhp Scriptures.
thc mIHIlmcnt of the prnphncies They
might have fallen back ON their old belief and
| hone in "A TEMPORAL rcdpemer OF Israel, Rut
now yelling his material body and holding
heir material eyes he had shown them
clearly that the Christ Of the Scriptures, in
stead of the conuuering Prince for which
they had been looking, was the suffering ana.
crucincd Christ. This truth had found en-
trance into their minds and hearts, their
spiritual eyes being opened: and now having
led them to believe in this suffering cruclHed
Christ they were prepared for the full dis
closure of the personal risen Christ. ''The
work had been accomplished, the image Of
the promised christ as the divine sufferer
had been formed in their minds, the senses
might be trusted now :"
How short must that three hours walk
have seemed; how soon were they arrived at
their village home! "He made as though he
would have gone further. " Just as any we'll
bred stranger would have done unlimited to
stop with his companions. But ah, no; this
rompanlunship had been too entertaining:
this communion of hearts had been too sweet
to hc thus quickly severed. They wanted to