The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-05-05


Oh. the world wants a Christ for the
office. a Christ Tor the kitchen. a Christ
for the shop. a Christ FOR the banking
house. a Christ for the garden. while
spading and planting and irrirtlng
the territory. Oh. OF course. We want
TO see Christ az last 10 royal robe and
bediamoncd. q celestial equestrian
mounting tho white horse but from
this Easter Of 1897 10 our las, Easter oa
earth We most need 90 see Christ as
Mary Magdalen saw him az the day
break. 'sapposing him TO De gar
dencr."
Another thing which the church and
the world have not noticed In regard
10 the resurrection o. Christ Is that be-
made his first pos,-mortcm appearance
20 one who had been the scveu-dcyi'cl
Mary Magdalcn. one would have sup
posed be would have made bis nrsi
posthumous appearance Co a woman
who had always been illus,gious Tor
goodness There are sanity women
who have always been sanity. SANITY
In gi5lhool sanity .n infancy. always
sanity Do nearly all our families
there have been sanity auuis. in my
family circle 10 was aunt phcbc. boz
yours sanity aunt Martha or sanity
aunt Ruth one always sanity. nu,
not so with the one spoken OF In the
tcxt
While you are no. 90 couiound her
with the repuguaut oour'csln who had
made her long locks DO the work Of
towel az Christs footvashiug. YOU are
not 90 forget ,ha, she was exercised %
seven devils What n capital OF de-
mouology she must have been. What
O chorus OF all diabolism. Seven devils
two Tor the eyes. and two Tor the
hands. and two Tor the feet, and one Tor
The tongue. Seven devils. Yet all
these are eXtlrpatcd and now she Is as
good as once she was bad and Christ
huuou her with the first postum
NOUS appearance? What doth tha,
uoan7
There Is q man soyon-deylod devil
of ayarice. devil % pride doyIl Of hate
devil OF Incidence. devil OF falsehood
devil Of strong drink. devil Of impuri-
~. God can take them an away. sew
On or seventy. rode over the new
cantileyer bridge that spans Niagara
a bridge 900 feet long. $50 feet OF
chnsm from blur 20 blum ! passed
over Il without anxiety Why? BE-
cause twenty-five locomotives and
twenty-five cars laden with gravel had
tested the bridge thousands Of people
standing on the Canadian side. thous-
ands standing on the American side 10
applaud the achievement. And how
ever long the train Of our immortal In
terosts may be- we are 90 remember
that Gods bridge Of mercy spanning
the chasm Of sin has been fully tested
by the awful tonnage Of all the pardoned
sin Of all ages. church militant stand
| ing on one bank. church triumphant
standing on the other bank Oh. u
was to the seycn-deyiled Mary tina,
Christ made Ills first post-mortem up.
poarance.
There Is another thing that the world
and the church have not observed 10
REGARD 90 this resurrection. and that is
% WIS the morning twilight.
n the thermometer had been invent
cd and Mary had as good watch a
some Of the Mays OF our time have
che would have found % was abou
hali-plst o'clock o. m Matthew say
. o. was iu the dawn. Mark says Il wa
a, thy suurising. Luke says 10 was yer,
carly Boo the morning. John nys % wa
. while 30 was yet dark lu other word
. 10 was twilight That was the o'oloci
ai which Mary MaEdalon mistool Chris
i0r the gardener What does tia
meau9 II means there are shadow.
over The grave untitled. shadows %
mystery that are lowering Mar
stopped down and tried io look 90 o.,
other end OF the crypt She gave hys
tcrIc cutlery She could not see 90 90,
other end of the crypt Neither can yot
zee TO the other end OF the grave Of
your dead. Neither can We see 10 a,
other end Of our grave. Oh. II thcr,
we're shadows over the family plot be-
longing 20 Joseph Of Arimathca. is II
strange that there should be- som,
shadows over our family lott Easter
dawn. not Easter noon
. Shadow OF unanswered question
Why were they taken away from us
why were they ever given 90 us 10 thol
were to bo taken ro sCon2 why wcr,
'hoy taken so suddenly why could they
mot have uttered some farewell words
"Hy' 4 short question. but % whole
crlg.hNl0n of agony in o. WHY
shadow uu the graves 10 good men and
women who seemed to die before their
work was done shadow uu 400 o.,
graves OF children because We ask our
selves why so beautiful "a craft launch.
Di 40 all 10 10 was Go De- wrecked
one mile outside oi the harbor' nu.
what lii Mary Marialcn have 90 dD
Ia order 90 set more light on that
grayc3 She had only Co wait After
a while tho Easter sun rolled up. and
The whole place was flooded with light
What have You and I 90 do In order
20 get more light on our own grave,
aud light upon the graves OF our dear
loved ones? Only TO wait
After ChrIsts lntormcnt every ccllu
lar tissuc broke down. and nerve and
artery and brain were physiological
wreck. and yet be- comes mp swarthy
ruh.cund aud we'll when ] see after
such wOrtuory silence such radiant az
pcamucc. that settles % that whatever
should become of the bodies Of oul
Christian dead they ar, goiug 90 com,
up tho nerves rrsiuur the optic merry,
fc.llumiuod the ear drum a-ylHwta tb.
whole body lifted up without Its weak
ness and worldly uses Tor which hcu
. is no resurrection Come Is % not ol