Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1902-08-21
DIR. CHAPMAN'S SERMON
a SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PASTOR.EVANCELIS
Subjects kabboni-The Death of Christ a
Help to All, For by 1t He Takes Away
ACom Us All the Sting and From the
. Grave It's Victory.

Eyom Us All the Sting and From the
Grave It's Victory.
New YORK CITY. - The following i'm
pressive sermon has been prepared for
The press by the popular pastor-evangel-
ist, the Rev. Dr.. j. Wilbur Chapman.
The subject of the discourse is "Rabboni,"
and it was preached from the text, Jesus
and saith unto Him, Rabboni! which is to
say, A1aster!" John 20: l6.
The burial of Christ lies between His
humiliation and His exha 'tation; it is one
of the resting points in. His history srid
the grave to Him as to us all was tie gate
glorious resurrection If the crucihxion
be represented as one mountain and the
ascension as anc6her then the burial of
Christ is like falley, and since it is true
that in every valley mentioned in the
Scriptures t.ere is we'll of water or
spring, SO strange as it may seem in this
valley Which seems to be filled only with
corpt ort, for the death of Christ is the
ye'.y greatest possible comfort and help to
us, for in His death He takes away from
us all the sting and from the grave it's vic
tory, for the tomb of the Christian in all
the years this side of the burial of Christ
have not SO much to do with His burial
with His resurrection. John gives no
narrative of the resurrection itself, but
Nather an account of the manner in which
nc himself was convinced that the resur-
section had taken place. 1t is. not so
much an argument, although on The basis
of it the strongest arguments have been
presented; it is rather a beautiful testi-
mony and a thrilling story. When Mary
brought the startling intelligence. that the
tomb was empty Peter and John made
Tor the spot at the top Of their speed.
John outruns Peter, but. naturally sever-
sace keeps him from entering The tomb
He looks IN, howevers te. convince himself
the enemies of Christ, for the linen
clothes in which, He had been wrapped
were carefully oaken off and left behind
When Peter Comes up they two enter the
tomb together, and their inferences are
reached 9t.er they have carefully studied
the surroundings This simple narrative
yh9V4 great argument. 1t is told clearly
1F an eye witness of all the events We
sec Mary breathlessly giving out the
Gttrtlng news, and we watch the hastv
sDringing up of the two men and their
rapid racing along the streets out through
the gates to the garden. We behold John
standing painting at the rock -hewn sep
Polfl5sg up behind but not hesitatins a mo-
rsent. We'see him entering and gazing at
ssis and that, till the articles in the
tomb have told their story and the two
men leave the sepulcher together awed
ana convinced, and the eye witness who
thus beautifully relates what he knew of
that wonderful morning adds, He saw
and believed
Mary came after that as quickly as she
eou1u, put exhausted with her rapid car
f11ng OF the news to Peter and John was
saot acre to keep pace with them as they
Ian sla1 20 the tomb, and before she arrived
<Esy were. gone. She may have missed
shiem in the streets as she came out Of
tlG ne c'ty At any rate, finding the tomb
silii sin; empty, and no one present to ex-
Pialn the reason Of it, she stands there
nearl-oroken and pours out her distress
III III tears, The grave being empty the
ZOE |noa earth IS empty to her; the dead
s,-ar1a Snrst was vas more to her than a living
M"fjd. She can but stand and Law her
f,ead 4e upon the stone and let her tears
now as from a broken heart. So absorb
ilus Is her grief that the vision Of angels
uoes not astonish her; she had but The
gaa one thought, ss1, They have taken away my
80 q, ohe supposed, too, that al about
si5r nCst know her loss and understand
whae she is seeking, SO that when She
go 80 the gardener as she supposes she
Iiles out. IF thou have borne Him
hence She does not even mention His
name, Tor she cannot imagine that any
9ne IS thinking Of any other than He who
t3nl n1is 4 her whole mind and heart (Johr
~. fSs n,aa( aels,, But Mary stood without al
The n1eh stopped down and looked into the sep
!ichef, and seeth two angels in white sit
ing a.h5, the one at the head and the othe,
~ the teet, where the body of Jesus haC
,sh1, ,ain. AND they say unto her, Woman
peoy.a pny Weepest thou! She saith unto them
S1la Aia ! know not where they have lait
I'm, I'm. AS Mary answers the angels she
.1edra step behind her and the door O.
one tomb IS darkened by shadow, anl
on On turning discerns dimly through Ke1
s.,a lars hgure which naturally enough she
Supposes S'a, es to be the gardener. because h
"a me 3s{ garden at that early hour. John 20
tta-lo): And when she had thus said sh,
Sulned herself back and saw Jesus stand
ing and knew not that it was Jesus
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weep
e1nn n1 onou! IT, Whom kest thou? She
unto unto Him, Sir, if Thou have borne Hin
1, nence, tell l., me where Thou hast laid Him
ana l will take Him awav. Jesus sai4]
unto her, Mary! She turned herself an,
s salth unto Him, Rabboni! which is t.
70 The he, qtterance of her name was enoug
TO TO tell her it was some one who knew he
that was there. The voice seemed agai
to command calm within her. for ono
before that voice had banished from he
nature the evil spirits that had taken DO:
session OF her, but now again she step
out OF darkness into light, and from bein
broken hearted she becomes the hanpies
creature in the world Undoubtedl
tnere is very much more to the ninistr
~ angels than we imagine. Their al
tendance upon Jesus birth, their cor
slant presence during all His Life. an
even the guarding of His dead BODY
o9C an example of their service to eac
gus. 81 US. All the providential dealings c
uoo are administered by angels, and i
Lne next dispensation we do not kno7
pI5 ~ mat this may be our own ministry
Heorews 2: 5, "For unto the angels hat
ne not put in subjection the world t
come, whereof we speak, There ar
some some special thoughts which ought to b
uIaWn t:rV this morning from story so bea,
1ilul I, as the meeting of Mary with he
Lord IN the garden.
!, We must surely be impressed with tn
thought J1o that those who love Christ mos
urgently and perseveringly are thos
t, Who receive the most privileges frol
SShrlst,s hand. 1t is worthy of note thu
Mary Magdalene would not leave the Sc,
ulcher when Peter and John went ava
70 their homes Love to her Maste