The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-04-03

xxyiii:6:. He is not here, for he is risen,
Lord lay, and said In part:
This is the message which greeted his dis
ciples from the shining lips of the heavenly
visitant. Not here? No, he was here, but only
to complete the work of redemption, and now
is risen as he said. Not here? No. He was
here moment ago to crush the head of the
OLD serpent and To throttle death In his lair;
to wrest from the tyrant of the grave the
precious life he thought his own. Not here?
No. He was here but in pursuit of a receipt
in full for the payment made for the worlds
redemption, Not here? No. He was here,
grew beyond the grave and Irvine them into
wreathes for the crowning of his followers.
He is not here, he is risen as he said AS
he said at the bier of the boy in pain when
he gave him again to his mother. AS he said
forth in his winding sheet and commanded him
to be unbound. AS he said when viewing the
beautiful structure of the temple and declared,
raise 1t again in three days" No, he is not
here; he is risen. Risen that the birds of the
beleaguered ark on the Ararat of desolation
with the olive branch of peace and the YER
salvation may possess the souls of the
demned for sin. Risen, that the gates of the
be lifted for the ingress of the King of Glory.
He is not here. He is risen as he said.
Yes, risen to lead captivity captive and give
gifts unto men. Come, see the place where
hath left the angels of life and immortality to
keep watch and ward Ger the dust of his
saints and 10 awaken them at the dawn OF the
first resurrection. Come see the place where
the Lord lay, but know that with his exit from
the tomb the sting of death was extracted and
the victory Ger the grave accomplished. The
sting of death is sim the strength of sin is the
law, thanks be unto God, who giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ
The chapel at the Preside was filled to
overlooking with soldiers and civilians to
attend the service conducted by Chaplain
Oliver c. Miller. The music, in charge
of Professor Otto Fleissner, with orches-
ira and singers from the First Presby-
terrain Church, was appropriate and in
spring.
Chaplain Miller made an earnest plea,
for the soldiers, and showed the necessity
and religious service. His text was from
Mathew 27-65: make it as sure as ye
can" He said In substances: The Bible
is book Of battles; soldiers have always
sential in establishing the evidences of
the resurrection. The text was Pilates
command to the soldiers guarding the
tomb Of Jesus. Had they not been sta
toned at the tomb there might have been
grounds for believing that his disciples
came and stole away his body, and had
they not been stationed at the cross the
death Of Christ might have been doubted
We must first establish the fact of
Christs death before we can prove his
resurrection from the dead. The soldier,
in obedience to orders not to let Jesus
escape alive, pierced his heart with a
spear, and thus not only established the
truth of his death, but that he died of a
broken heart. 1t is noteworthy fact
that the first confession of the divinity
OF Christ after his crucifixion fell from
the lips of a soldier, the centurion in
charge of the guard, who said, Truly
this is a righteous man and the Son of
God: We are indebted to the service Of
soldiers for the preservation of our joy
Gus Easter truth.
Atheism would strike out of our sky