The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-19
CARDINAL GIBBONS
ON EASTER SUNDAY
Reflections Of n Great Mind Upon
This Most important Pes-
val OF the Church.
THE EVIDENCE IS POSITIVE
christ Mas crueiiied and Hose Agaia Oh the
Third Dsy-A Strong Argument. 80
Simple That Everyone cSa
Understand II.


The resurrection OF christ u the most
nlKnnl and splendid evidence OF His
d,vt,t,y n ia IA, L.v.,o,. In IN. .,ch
~ ,sub Is a.. no., h,,i,sn, t,mi'
n.rv in ,bs con.ieIio,ion m cbris,inn
1o.,ivsIs
..r,.t, ,.iI,t,us .n,hust.., n.m.d
t.a.,..,s one. .,,h,,ttt.a ~ 1r.n.yrand
~ nrot.ct IA. .n,.,t,I,,d nj fonnd,ng a
n.g ~,.It,fon and ask.d the P,cnrb
,tnt,.mnn'a vtswn a. 20 the f,nnIbIIltv
~ he und.,,aLIuy "ynu vm r.r,niniv
nue.,.d r.uii,d TAI, yrand "and vour
ram. VIII 20 dawn Win riorv IN no.,
,,yI,v N YOU mini thn c,ndt,Io,, Witch
pfopos. And what arc thry7I
Eagerly inouifcd IN, Visitor o
mutt nrsi sunrr. be- HcourRed and cruel.
ned. ana then rise on the third day. DO
this. ana your succenr ia assured" ThIs
rrpiy pxtinsuishsd tho zeal OF The would.
bo reformrr. The moral OF the witty
F~T-nrhman'a remark Is that Christ alone.
after entering the PORTALS of The tomb
returned by Ills own mower 10 NE. ia
ia without a rival lie alone can make
good Ills claim IN found A new religion
ana 10 merI, thr supr.mc ndorat,on Of
mankind.
our Savior frequently predicted in nj.
| tostation OF His Oudhsad that flo would
ri.. again The third DAY after Ills death
TO thos- that demanded a proof OF mi.
divine mission lie answered. destroy
thin temple, and in three days I viii
raise Il up" hut lie spoke OF the
,omple OF Ills body.
To the Hcribeu and PhArlnesu who
| sought for a miracle AS an evidence that
lie was the Messiah lie replied: "A
wicked and Adul,orouH generation seek.
eth a align. and a sign shall not he given
IL. but the Flgn OF Jonas. the prophri.
For. an Jonas was In the belly OF tho
nnh three days and three nights. 30
shah tho Son Of Man be IN the heart OF
IN. earth three days and three nighta."
That the chief priests and the phari-
sccn clearly Understood tho purport OF
our Savior'n prediction II manifest from
tho words which they addressed TO plate
after tho o~rucln1ion: We have remem-
bered that the Heduorr said. while he
was yet alive. After three days | will
iisa again"
In His familiar conversation with Ills
dlAcipleA our Lord frequently and with
out any nEure OF speech fortold His
resurrection on one OF these oeca.
ulons. when they abode together In
Galilee. lie said 10 them. The Son NJ
Man shall DO BETRAYED into the hands or
men, and they shall kin Him, and the
third day lie shall rise AEain.'"
That lie rose again In fulnlment OF
thoAe predictions 4. Rbundantiy proved
By the most overwhelming testimony.
Ito appears after His resurrection TO
MaEdAion, also TO the women returning
from tho monument lie mnnlfests Him
self 10 the Two dlaclples going TO En-
maua. lie appears to simon Peter alone:
then 10 all the apostles except Thomas.
and again to all OF them, Thomas In
cludrd. Attsrward lie shows Himself TO
several OF the disciples at the sea OF
TibcriaA lie appears to the eleven
ApoaIles In Gaillre on the mount. where
Ito had appointed TO meet them. 81.
Paul tcatincs that "He was seen by
more than nye hundred brethren nj
once" Lastly, lie was seen by the
eleven apostles. in whose presence lie
assembled into heaven.
II mus, be here noted that these mani
fcstations OF our risen Lord arc 40 pal
pahir and 30 frequent as to leave no
possible room for doubt or cavil about
the verify Of Hts resurrection in the
flesh. He does not present Himself be-
fore His disciples As a spectral shadow.
His visits are not the transient appari-
ions Of a d~iscmhodied spirit. lie says
TO the incredulous Thomas, Feel with
by fingers the rounds In Ny hands and
In Ny side" A short time before He
had gently ronrovea tho Aouh,inr anos.
ties In ,h,S, words. sec MY hands
and NV feet. that IL Is I. Myself
for n spIrit hath not flesh and bones MS
YOU see Me TO have He continues
10 FREQUENT their company for forty dayS
conversinr with them inatrueting them.
eating and drinking with them
The resurrection OF Christ rests on 40
solId IA founb.ti,n that 4, ia nroclaIuaa
bv every Christian sect ana heresy. as
well as nv orthodox christians
Tn, apostles we're the prIncipal wit.
nosscs OF the resurrection. n Is i'm. .
portnnt. therefore. that we should con.
slider what estimate Ia TO he formed OF
their character. what weight is to be
attached In their Testimony. wbnt ia their
in hte court Of puhlic oplnlon
The truth of Chriat's resurrection must
be tested hy tho ordinary evidence
brought TO bear I'm the examination OF
any hIatorcnI fact. For most of our
Information we depond on the statements
az others The yas, maturity Of the
peonle of the United states know only
from hearsay that such cities AS Paris
and pekln exist. The whole human race
rcIv ON he navas ~ hIstorv for thoir
belief hat Cesar lived ana that Tyre
once nourlshed.
We accent the yeracity Of a narrative
when conhrmcd nv n host Of witnesses
whose calm temncrament gives NO room
10 suspcc, the cNIstnnrc Of n fervid imar.
nation or n ~errdulous dispositlon-wIt-
ncsses who are disIntcrcsted. who have
nothIng IN gain hut everything 10 loss.
hy Joc.,,Ion Nou, such arn tho chor'
nctcrIstics Of tho Witnesses ~ the r.sur-
rrction -
Tbo anos,ias Gamma, a, ,horc,a o.t,h
an ovoryronsh, In,nwtno,tor h,nd ,onot',
lcIsn or ,mScc,i,,w Thc, ,,cro NIair
him, mon slow ~ holicS cam,iops ma
caIcuiating Thay w"ro tnSo"a rnSn
an1 u,,,Nsa ~,
s,ronr onrr,nn go "a - -
don.oS vt,b tnn ~
hos, o,o,Ia"s r., ~ 40 u'n,,on
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