The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-19

Peter and John. whom she met, but they
/ still entertained doubts and went 10
! the sepulchre and found it empty. The
soldiers, we are told. who kept guard
/ over the sepulcEre were terrified and
/ fed with their very lives, seeing that
the Jewish prophet, as they called
him. who had been crucified three days
before, was arisen. Early on that
morning. as one of the soldiers who
was pacing to and fro in front of the
tomb, whilst his comrades We're TAX
ing rest, there suddenly shone round
about them light like a descending
meteor, accompanied by a rushing as
of a legion of winged spirits. The
sleeping soldiers started to their feet
IN arnazement. On looking about them,
they saw a dazzling form in mid heav-
ems, with broad wings of gold, and clad
IN raiments white and cleaning as the
summer lightning. But when they
saw this mighty being descend straight
towards the tomb. and beheld the re-
splendent majesty of his heavenly
countenanee. which blinded them, their
hearts died away within them. An
angel of the Lord, for such he was,
alighted amid a blaze of radiance at
the door of the sepulchre, and as his
feet touched the earth, it trembled as
If there had been an earthquake He
touched the great stone door; it rolled
early in the morning, when it was
yet dark" that Mary Magdalene and
the other Mary came to the garden,
and they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulchre. Mary Magdalene
went in haste and told Peter and the
other disciples, whom Jesus loved, say
ing: They have taken away the Lord,
and we know not where they laid him"
Peter and John ran to the garden. but
John Outran Peter and arrived first at
the sepulchre, and STOPPING down,
looked in and found it empty. They
then returned to their home, but Mary
Magdalene fingered near. She had no
home but the tomb of Jesus. 1t was
empty, but she could not go away. She
stood without, weeping. and as she
wept, she looked in again, and To- she
saw two angels in white-the one sit
ting at the head. the other at the feet
where the body of Jesus had been laid.
Jesus stood behind her and said:
Woman. why weepest thou?" She
turned around and saw him but think
ing it was the gardener, said: They
have taken away my Lord out of the
sepulchre and we know not where they
have laid him. Sir, if thou hast taken
him hence, tell me where thou hast
laid him and 1 will take him away"
And Jesus said to her, Mary" and
she replied, Master She knew the
sound Of that familiar voice then. She
had remained near the tomb out of
love and compunction, for she knew
that she had pierced the sacred heart
of her divine master, by her many
sins, and for her love and compunction
she was rewarded. She was rewarded
with a vision of angels; she was re-
warded with the vision of Jesus him
self. Our divine Lord, according to the
facts related in the gospel, appeared
first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom |
he had cast seven devils, from whose |
soul he had washed away, in his |
precious blood. sins sevenfold red as |
scarlet, beyond all numbers, because !
she had loved much. and because out |
Of her great love she had sorrowed |
much, and next to the mother of God, |
her sorrow was the greatest. Jesus |
came and stood behind her while she |
was weeping at the sepulchre, and |
wheh ne saw that she did |
not recognize him, he called !
her by name, Mary. and the ac-
cent of the well-known voice revealed
to her who he was. and next after her
he manifested himself to Peter the
unstable and faithless friend. who had
lenied him three times. and after
Peter. to his disciples. faithful. fear
ess souls, true to him, though their
hearts could not endure the cruel sight
On the same day the Lords appear
ance was accompanied with circum-
stances of deepest interest. Two of his
hsclples were on their way to a viii
age called Emmaus, about eight miles
Instant from Jerusalem, and were dis
'oursing, with sad and anxious hearts.
N the awful incidents of the last few
lays when stranger Joined them
md asked them the cause of their
'louded looks and anxious words. They
stopped and looked at this unknown
raveier with an unfriendly glance, and
me OF them said to him: .Dost thou
I've alone. stranger in Jerusalem.
md dost thou not know what things
happened there in these last days?"
hey then told him how the great
'rophet was crucifled and had been
cen Our Lord then reprcached them
WITH the dullness of their intelligence,
nd showed them from the old and new
aw that the suferings no less than the
Tory of Christ were foretold. AS they
rev night to the village, they
'ressed MIN to stay and par
axe OF their hospitality. He .
onsented to their pressing invitation
nd as they sat down to their simple
neal ne blessed and broke the bread. !
no suddenly their eyes were opened
nd they recognized that he was the
ord. But at that moment he van
sned from their sight, and they ex-
laimed aloud: The Lord is truly
isen-' Once more on that Easter day
e manifested himself to his disciples. :
en- OF them were sitting together, with
oors closed, for fear of the Jews. and
s they were speaking about what thew
ad seen, he stood in their midst and
aid TO them: Peace be with Won"
lis presence threw them into a state
confusion. and he said to them:
Why are you troubled, and why do !
nXious doubts rise in your hearts?
ee my hands and feet" saith he, for =
spirit hath no flesh and bones as YOU !
&c l have. Then he said to them :
gain: Peace be TO YOU and immedi- ,
tely disappeared. One only of the :
poStles, viz, Thomas. was absent on o
lat occasion. He was doubtful. In z
ain did the other apostles assure him c
lat Jesus was truly risen, saving to n
i'm: We have seen the Lord A +
eek passed and Thomas was still in :
'edulous In the eighth day after
lis as the eleven were seated Y
'gether with closed doors, Je- T
is appeared again to them. q
nd after his usual and solemn t,
essing, he called Thomas and babe t
m stretch forth his hand and put his t
lgers into the wound in his side, and. t
50. to see the print of the nails in Il
5 hands and feet, and to be not faith 7
SIS. but believing. Thomas exclaimed:
W Lord, and my Cod" Jesus said
Thomas: Because thou hast seen
e. Thomas. thou believest. Blessed =,
q they who have not seen and yet be- u
we" d
But We should follow the footsteps of n
g penitent Magdalen. that model of all \
and rise with a new life of z
ace, as she did nj the resurrection Of IL
lrist. The apostles VINO came To W