Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-07-25
Is RISEN FROM 1nE DEAD.


In tho nineteenth cnaptor Of the took
OF Job, made use Of the following lat.
guage regarding Christ the Son Of Go;
For know that my Rcloomcr lyoih,
and that llo shall stand Ut tho latlorsuhy
upon tho earth. and though, after my
Hkir,worms destroy this body, vel m my
flesh shall I sCo God; whom shnll 80
for myself, aud mine eyes shall behold,
and not another though my fcins NO
consumed within me.
Here IN an uutquivochl declaration
Of povctal facts which tho patriarch
states ~ withln his knowledge; aud
In one Of those involved the necessity OF
AgAIn receiving his body OF flesh, al
though worms should dcatoy II after
his mortal death. lilo looked for death
M q certainty, In common with man
kind; with tqual certainty no watched
for the coming Of the Rvieomori and
Ia tho same absolute assurance OF that
which would come, he proclaimed tho
fact Of tho resurrection Of bis body,
that in his ficsh and with Ills own
eyes heshould see God.
Centuries passed before the doora were
opened that tho ioTOkngwlsdgo Of job
could bo attcslcd By the actual occur
renee Of the events no lad predicted.
The resurrection became sure Of nc
complainant only In the death and
raising again Of Jesus Christi and on
that raising hinges oil the promises Of
salvation, or the iulhlmont thereof
ever made or yet to be. Bnlii Job
spoke truly It must como, anu u II has
since taken place, then tho patriarch
spoke by tho spirit Of prophecy.
"He In risen from the doaj." 10 Tho
testimony OF the Apostles In the his-
tory they have LETT us OF His acts upon
earth. Il, n the testimony OF the
world In Its history wherever Chris.
tianity has reached. II Ia tho raising Of
the actual BODY Of heah ana bones
that which exists In this sphere. IL
was In the neah, and with his own
eyes, and not anolhot's, that Job was
10 behold the Holy One. sit Ia II
handle mo and see" said Jesus,
when Ao came forth from tue tomb
and invited that inspection which
would prove that His was BODY Of
flesh and bones, aud that Il was not
spiritual appearing.
The prime fact OF ChTistlan history
IL the actual resurrection Of the body
OF Jesus. lt was that fact which the
Apostles went forth 10 proclaim. They
had been plunged into elatn
OF terror aud hopeleasnsss at
His death, to which they were
witnesses. What raised thom from
that condition to ono OF tho most sub
lime lc1utago anu Insurance OF VIE
toryg II was the resurrection OF Christ
Nothing elle could have accomplished
that enc. They kaow jesus they ate
ana drank and nlopt with Him through
years OF their ministry, rejoicing anu
uorrowing with Him. Ih'y had no
question OF His Identity when they be-
held Him oruciiied OF saw Hin risen
from the dead. Their association with
Him before tho crucihxlon was no
Naturalization, neither could DO their
intercourse with Him forever month
aiterward. There were twelve Of
them, when the place Of Judas had
been filled, who had iuii knowledge OF
the death anu resurrection; ana besides
there were hundreds OF other', actual
witnesses to the same historic iacli
and II was the publio knowledge OF
what had taken place that convinced
the multitude when the disciples again
met, declaring without hesitation or
fear Of contradiction the crucifed and
risun Christ lie had appeared walk
Ing, speaking, touching, eating; tue
evidence In all lie richness aud variety