The Irish standard., 1901-04-20
The Story of the Resurrection of Christ
in Fine Word Painting
and Imagery.
The Doctrine of Future Existence is a
Subject of Interest to
All Mankind.

The following eloquent discourse OH
the immortality of the soul was de-
livercd ut the cathedral in st. Cloud,
Minn., on Easter Sunday evening by
Rev. William Turner, ID. d., professor
of logic and metaphysics ut st. Paurs
Theological Seminary:
After the people chosen by God had
come out of the exile of Egypt they
wandered many years in the desert be-
fore entering the Land of Promise.
The generation which witnessed the
wondrous delivery from bondage had
almost passed away aud the fnvors
which the Lord had bestowed were
we'll nigh forgotten. The desert was
weariSOmc in its sameness-the pros
pect, us one looked out day after day
was nothing but waste Of barren
sand that burned beneath the feet, and
the eye Of the dcsolntc traveller found
not II spot of color on which it could
rest Then the young would gather
at evening time and listen as their
elders told of clear cool streams and
groves of pleasant shade. and fields
that were all green and flowers TINT
grew beside ones path. Beyond the
horizon somewhere, such a land await
cd them, the land of promise. 1t was
pleasant to hear it described, it was
solace to dwell in thought on it's rich
ness and beauty but it seemed so far
away. And the desert was unendur-
able. So the multitude rose up impa-
tient and they murmured. They muir
INJURED against Moses their leader; they
murmured against God their deliverer;
even Aaron, the brother of Moses, and
Mary his sister, raised their voices
with those who murmured against
Him. Then it was that the wise and
faithful leader of the hosts Of Israel
chose twelve from among them, whom
he sent before the multitude to visit
the land of Canaan and to report what
they should see. They went up at
that time of the year when the first
ripe grapes are fit to be eaten, they
saw all the land from the desert even
to the furthermost valley, and after
forty days they returned to their
brethren reporting that the land was
beautiful to see, that its soil was rich,
that the air of the plains was cool and
sweet, that the fruits Of it's valleys
and hlllsides were rich and abundant.
And they showed the proof Of what
they said, a cluster of grapes that was
large and ripe, and bunch of fresh
figs from the Valley of Hebron. That
day there was rejoicing in the tents
of the children of Israel; the land of
promise was within reach, and the
lOudest of the murmurers were now
the first to cxclaim, here are the men
who have seen the land, here are the
fruits which have grown in the land
that land which so long has seemed
but a dream.
Now. my friends, we may see in this
simple incident an image of the worlds
history. Mans life on earth is Il jour
ncy; beyond the horizon of our senses
lies the land of promise. our true home
towards which we are travelling. We
have not seen that land, but we have
heard Of it's delights, we hoped that
what we heard was true, and when
life's mOnOtOny was unbearable. when
the wild waste of desert around us
was wcarisone to our souls. we looked
for some sign to rcassurc us that that
land exists. But we were always dis
appointed No one came back from
that land to tell us what he saw there:
passion whispered that it did not exist;
impatience urged that the journey was
fatiguiDg and yet no messenger came
to dispel the Illusion that it may be
after all but beautiful dream And
SO the centuries passed till Christ came
on earth. He was one of us. He spoke
with us. He taught us. He encouraged
us. as he iournpycd on with us for
thirty years. Then He disappeared
from among us as men had done be-