The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23

| that when the Lori mects US at las He will
not throw up to US what we have been. All
He said TO her was, "Mary!' Many psonie
having met her under such circumstances
would have said; LIT me sse, how many
devils did you havs1 Que. two. thr"e, four.
| Ave. six, seven. What n terrible piece You
| were when drst met youl" The most OF
the Christian women In our day would have
nothing to 10 with Mary Mag ,alena even
| after her conversion. lest somehow they o
| compromised. The only thing have TO say
against women Is that they hav. not enough
mercy for Mary Magdalens. Christ put al
par hos and AL rrmint~cenca AMI all antictpa-
! tion and ali pardon and all comfort and ail
| heaven into one word OF four letters,
"Mary!' Mark you. Christ did not APPEAR
to some Bible izab-th or Bible Hrnnah or
| Il, but to Mary; not to Mary against whom
| nothing was sal /: not to Mary the mother OF
Jesus; not to Mary the mother Of James; not
to Mary the sister OF Lazarus, but to seven
devi ed Mary.
There is a man seven devIied-tsvll OF
| Rvarice, devil OF pride. devi, OF hate, devil
OF intolence, devil OF falsehood, devil OF
strong drink, devil OF i'm II rtty. Go can
take them all away. seven oc seventy. Irote
over tho new cantilevsr bridge that spa us
Niagara-a briiy,. 800 feet long. $50 fest OF
chasm from biufr to blum. I passed over Il
without any anxiety. Why7 B.,cuuss TWEEN
/
laden with gravel had testei the bridge,
| thousan Is OF people standing on the Cam
allan side. Thousands standing on the Amsri-
| can side to app aui the achievement. And
| however long tho train OF our immortal in-
| terests may be, we are to remember tat
| Gods bridge OF mercy spanning the chasm
| OF sin has been fully tested by the awful 'ou-
| mage OF all tho pardone sin OF all the ages,
church militant standing on ona bank,
| church triumphant standing on the other
| bank. Oh, Il wa TO the seven dsviled Mary
that Christ ma ie ais first post norton ap-
pearance.
the church have not observed In regard to
this resurrection. an 1 that Is, 1t was the
morning twilight.
II the ohronometer hal been invented and
Marys OF our time have. she would have
found Il was about half past O'Clock q. m.
Matthew says It was In the lawn; Mark says
1t was very early In tb. morning; John s'ys
1t WAS twilight. That was the o'clo at
which Mary Ma9''alene mist ook Christ for
the gar ,en-r. WHAT does thar m"an3 1t
means there are sha lows over the grave un-
ing. Mary stoore down AMI tried to look
to the other end Of the cryp. She gave hys-
terc outcry. She could not see to the other
en- Of the crypt. Neither can you SO. to the
can we see TO the other Ind OF our own grave.
Oh, II th-re were shadows over the family
plot belonging to Joseph OF Arimathea, Is It
strange that there should be some shadows
over our family lot2 Easter dawn. not Easter
noon.
} Shadow OF unanswered question! Why
were they taken away from us? Why were
they ever given to us IL they we're to be taken
; so soon3 Why were they taken so SUDDENLY
Why could they not have uttered some fare-
we'll words? Why2 A short question. but q
whole crucifxion OF agony In It. Why2
} Shadow on the grave. Of good men and
: women who seemed to die before their work
was done. Shadow on all the graves OF
children because we ask ourselves why so
beautiful a craft was launched at all II It was
to be wrecked one mile outside OF the harbor?
, Blu: what did Mary Magdaiene have to do In
: orier to get more light on that grave? She
had only to wait. After awhile the Easter
3 sun rolled up, and the whole place was
: flooded with light. What have you AMI to
CIV IN order to get more light on our own
a torch's. went down rfto 'ha graves o. oul ol
81 metropolis where his ancest rs were buried
and went deeper, farther on until he came I,
. | a cross around which were arranged the
1 caskets OF his ancestors. He also found q
. casket containing the body Of one OF his owr
family. He had that casket opened, and tn ert
!, by emna mer's art he found that the body wa.
! rs perfect as eighteen years before when
It was em:ombed But under the explora.
. tton his body and mind pershed. Oh
struggle with the shadows Of the sepul.
( cher. What are We to doY Wat Ii Is
Y not the evening twilight that gets darker
ana darker. 1t Is the morning twilight that
Eets brighter and brighter into the perfect
day. l preach 1t to-dry. Sunrise over
: Pere le Chaise. sunrise over Greyfrlars
ohurhyard, sunrise over Greenwood, over
! Woodiawn, over Laurel Hill, over Mount
sunrise over ev ry country graveyard, sun
rise over the catacombs, sunrise over the
| sarcophagt where the ships lie buried. Halt
past 8 6o'"lock among the tombs now, but
; beatituhe. 1t was in the morning twilight
that Mary Magdslene mistook Christ for q
gardener
Another thing the world and the church
nave not tooseryed-that is, Christ's pathetic
credentials. How do you know it was not
gardener HIS garments said He was a
gardener Tho flakes OF the upturned earth
scattered upon Hts garments said He was a
gardener: @ How do you know He was not a
He gave to some Of His disciples His three
credentials He showed them His hands and
h.s side. ihree paragraphs written In rigid
or depressed letters. A scar In the right
aim, scar in the left palm, "a scar amid
the ri6s-scars. scars. That Is tho way they
knew Him. That is the way you and 1 will
know Hum.
After Chrst's interment every cellular
tissue broke down, and nerve and artery and
brain were physiological wreck. and vet
He comes up swarthy, rubicund aud we'll
when see after such mortuary silence such
| radiant appearance, that settles 1t that
whatever should become OF the bodies of
our Christian dead, they are going to como
up, the nerves restrung, the optic nerve reil-
| lumined. the ear drum a-vibrate, the whole
body liftei up, without its weaknesses and
worldly uses tor which there is no resurrec-
tion. Come, Is It not almost time for us to
go out to meet our reanimntei dead? Can
you not hear the lifting or the rusted latch?
On. tho glorious thought, the glorious
consolation OF this subject when l find
Christ coming up without any OF the lacpra-
tions.for you must remember He was lac
| Grated and wounded fenrfully In the cruci-
nNion-coming up without one! What does
| that make ma thInko That tba Drov., ,r,Il