The Newtown bee., 1897-04-30

unless Omnipotent grace doth save. Calvary shows the height and depth and length and breadth of the love of God? Aye, yes, but great deal more. It shows the height and depth and length and breadth of human sin; it shows what sin can do when it has made its last throw, when it has come to the point where it is compelled to say, "Here is my end"
 To work on, that is the law of sin and that is the law of love. These women who were so early at the sepulchre
 ON THAT FIRST EASTER DAY
 loved Jesus. In His life they had been able to express their love in many ways, and they could not cease the expression of their love now, even though He were dead. To be sure, they had not much to hope for. Jesus dead! Oh, can you begin to know what that meant to those women on their way to the tomb? Not one of the disciples believed that Jesus would eyer rise again. He had been laid away in tomb forever sealed to them. They had hoped it might be He who should redeem Israel. They had hoped that He would found kingdom of cities, soldiers and armies; but their dream of a splendid kingdom, money and power had been scattered. Jesus would be remembered as 8 singularly pure young man who worked miracles of healing, spoke things which the people could not understand, and was put to death by the Pharisees and scribes with out resistance. There was nothing now left for the disciples but to go back to their fishing nets and boats, and try to | lead the good life of which, in His own 1 life, Jesus had given them an example. | They would tell their children of the rare and gentle One whom they had followed for short time until He was killed by jealous men.
 Yes, the disciples had little to hope for; Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, had been sad day for them. The golden Temple, that day, had been filled with extra high and joyful ceremonies; there had been the changing of rich vestments, trumpet following, singing, in cense-burning and altar fires. The young Galiiean who used to teach in the Temple in his simple white tunic now lay dead in the hollow cave in the beauti- full rose-garden securely sealed in; He would trouble the proud Pharisees no more.
 | The women on the way to Jesus tomb had not much to hope for; they spent the long, sad day before this Easter morning in preparing spices and oint ments and linen with which to embalm the body of their dead Lord. That day had gone slowly by. All the cold, dark night the Roman soldiers had watched the grave by the light of large fire. As the hours rolled on, they had looked toward the dark hills of Moab to catch the first gleam of coming day. While yet it was dark, an earthquake shook. the ground and aD angel in shining raiment passed through the men. He rolled from the graves mouth the great stone away and sat down to wait. The soldiers, stricken with fear, fell down and lay with their faces toward the ground When they looked up again, the tomb was empty and they were left to guard only bare walls of rock. In terror they fled to the city and told the Pharisees what was done.
 Before day had yet come on, Mary Magdalene, whose love was not to be outdone, had timidly left her house in Jerusalem. bearing spices and ointments that she might do the last poor offices to her dear Friend. The blackbird, wax. ing in the yew-tree, gave her drowsy challenge as she hurried along her nasty feet brushed the glittering dew drops from the grass. Arrived at the tomb she found it empty; the Lord she loved was gone.
 BAND WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIs?n she asket of herself. "Has His body been stolen? Shall be able not even to feeblv show with my hands the love that burns at my heart? Has He--risen?p We do not know how near Mary Magdalene came to asking that last question amid the disturbed feel l ings that rose within her. At any rate, as she stood at the broken tomb waiting and knowing not what to do