The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-10
Dr.. PeII Tells the Story Of the Great
Easter Victory.
THE SECRET OF T0-DAY'S JOY.
The Dirthdayof Hope That ShallNcver
Die-A Woman Brings the First
Tidngs-Hc is Risen There
fore We Shall Rise Again.

| Immortality and had even declared him
| self to be The resurrection and the life.
| IL seemed but yesterday since he had led
| hem up 70 Jerusalem, and they had en-
| tered ne Guy with hozanna5 on their
| tongues that The lime had come for him
! 10 ascend the throne ana begin Messiah
/ reign. And In the midst OF II all he had
| been cut on-had been arrested as II he
! were q thief. had been subjected TO the
most inhuman tottures, and condemned
| to an ignomlniOUs Ceath. And now he
| who had declared himself TO be the resur-
recticn and the life lay cold in the silent
/ tomb!
AN ERRAND OF LOVE.
/ At last the first day OF the week began
70 dawn. A litt e band Of women crept
out into gloom and hurried silently toward
/ the tomb Presently one Of them stop
/ ped.
who shall roll US away the stone from
| the sepuchre7'
They had never thought OF that;-love
seldom calculates But another moment.
and they were hurrying on. They would
| 80 any way-go though they knew their
united strength could not bulge the
stone Love was hurrying them on. IT
/ they mad loved less. they would have ca
cr'ated more. and would not have gone.
We can always tell how much love we
| have for God by the way we act WIN
r, gard to the obstacles that are ahead o.
| rs I'm The nath OF duty. If we love little.
/ ths though Of the stone in the way dis
! courares US. and sit down 10 reason
about Il and usually when we sit down 10
reason about Il we are not long
| IN deciding 10 20 back But when
our love is strong we propose 10
30 as far as we can, stone or
/ no stone who shall roll us aw9y
/ he stone2" They could not answer the
I hr~ and God an
/ sv-ered a. "The angel of the Lord de-
scended from Heaven and came and roll
/ Cd back the stone from the door ava SAT
uron It." There are stones OF difhculty
/ all along the path Of duty. but there are
! angels DESCENDING from Heaven continual
10 "a roll avav the stones from the path
| Of the man who Is Fastening on IN 'he
narrow wav.
A HEAVENLY ENCOUNTER.
Reaching the garden they were amazed
IN find that the tomb was open. Instant
" Mary Magdalene turned and ran hack
/ 10 Jerusalem to tell the disciples The
other women approached the tomb. They
came seeking dead body; they found
only living angels.
"SVbv seek sc the living among the
dead2" There was tone Of reouke IN the
words What had they been with jesus
an this time and never unders. ood HIM
Had they forgotten what He had sald 70
them in Galiee? Indeed. He had SAID
something about a.. but somehow they
thought lie was speaking in parallels,
But 20 your way" added the angel
tell His disciples and Peter.
''petert" That sounds as II II had come
! from Jesus himself IL is easy 10 imagine
! the newly risen Lord giving directions 10
| the angel: TEL the women 10 20 ana
tell my disciples and Peter-be sure 10
mention Peter. for he will think that he
is not included
In the meantime John and Peter were
on the way TO the sepuichre. John had
behaved so much better than Peter 1t is
not strange that ne should have ou.run
the impetuOus apostle. but when Peter
reached the sepulchre he did not stop
outside. II was not his way. He went
into the sepu'chre and s. eth the linen
clothes lie and the napkin that was about
Ills head not lying with the linen clothes,
but Wrapped together In place by IT.
self" The body had not been sto en- then,
either by enemies or friends else the
clothing would have been careiuy iolled
and the linen put in one place and the
paDkin IN another. who could resis, the
conclusion that Jesus had risen as from
sleep and carefully aid aside the linen.
and with His own hands folded the nap
kin and placed II by itself?
A BEARER OF GOOD NEWS.
But there was nothing else TO see, ana,
men like. they returned 10 Jerusalem 10
discuss the matter with the other d.sci-
| pies Mary MaEjaiene who had fastened
after them from Jerusalem, was now az
the tomb. The poor woman heart could
no longer contain the pent-up grief, and
as she stood at the door OF the sepulchre
she wept bitterly
Woman. why weepest thou?' came
gentle voice from within. There are al
ways angels within speaking distance
when a child OF God Is overcome with
sorrow. Nay, more: Jesus Is near Turn
ing her head she not ced a man stand
ing behind her. Through her tears she
did not recognize him. but thought he was
the gardener. "Sr, If thou hast borne
Him hence tell me where thou hast laid
him ana VIII take Him away Him!
She thought everybody must know Him!
Mary"
MASTER
In her JOY she would have fallen upon
his neck But He restrained her. He
knew that while she loved Him as His
disciples loved Him her heart was not
free from earthly affection. and he would
teach her that death had drawn linc
beyond which she must not pass. But
the seeming rebuke did not hurt her. and
with q NtdIk almost bursting Win JOY
she ran back 10 Jerusalem-the first mes
senger to the world Of a risen Saviour!
TOO GOOD TO BELIEVE.
in the n4ednanle, Jesus met the other
women who were on their way 20 Jeru-
salem. Possibly they had been dazed by
what they had seen, and had wandered
out Of the way In a little while the air
was thick with rumors. The disciples
hurricdly gathered. The women came
with their message. Mary Magdalene
came with hers. Later, Peter came
with his: he TOO had seen the Lord.
And vet they could not believe. What
was the matter? 4 mother leans over
her sick babe aud listens for the last heart
heat Presently all IL still and the
brokcn-hoartcd woman Is led from the
room. Hone Is dead. BY and by mes
sewer is sent 10 her 10 bid her hope
there are signs OF life But she believes
IL not. Ii cakes time for q dead hope 10
Z come 10 life Even after the mother has
felt her babes heart beat loudly against
her own IL takes hours for her to realize
that the little one Is alive But when
she does realize IL who can realize her
tow And who can realize the iov Of
the disciples when M Inst they re0li7ed
| that Jesus vas risen from the dead? He
/ &c riseni Therefore all that He s7ld is
| true He Is risoni Therefore He Is tho
| Son OF Cod Tie "a riscnl Therefore Tie
| hes power over oil enemies. We Is
rigeni Therefore lie lives 10 fu'hll his
| rroYaiscs. he IS rsepl Therefor the
| grave - rohhed Of i's victory. He IA
| riseni Thcrcfo~e we shall risa apoin.
! lrnNvAr,T LEIGH pETI.