The weekly Thibodaux sentinel. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 1898-1905, 1902-04-05

dous that the direct Intervention OF
God is necessary for its accomplish.
ment Had Christ therefore beenNa
d ceiving impostor or deladed Wis
ionarY. Had he been u lying knave
or the victim of pitiable hatucioa.
ton when He proclaimed himself the
Son Of God AID based the truth of his
assertion on His resurrection from
the dead, assuredly by the God Of truth
of justice and of Mercy could not
have lent Him his cooperation when
he made good his word for, to do 80
would have been to place His omnl-
potence at the service of a knave or q
fool, and thus cause the deception of
millions of his creatures by forcing
upon them belief either pernic;ous or
pitiable. Christ therefore is he whom
he declared himself 10 be, the Son OF
God, the religion he established is y
divine religion, the precepts it imposes
are divine. the dogmas it incalcates
are divine, the promises 1t holds out
are the promises Of God, and beyOnd
the pale of that religion. there 10
naught but error, illusion, infdelity
and ruin.
But another and q more consoling
motive prompted the resurrection OF
Christ, for by his resurrection was
Christ to take possession Of His
kingdom on earth. From the moment
Of his birth in the stable cave Of
Bethleem to the last sad sigh Of his
breaking heart on Calvary's crest
He was engaged in the glorious en-.
terprise Of winning back to the alle'
glance Of His Heavenly Father the
wayward race of Adam. The ircum.
stances of his birth, its announcement
to the Gentle world in the persons Of
the Wise Men nourished the hop: that
sOon the scattered children Of the
human race would he united 10 The
alteration OF the one true God, under
the sweet yoke of new dispensatiOn.
The authority of His preaching anil
the glory of his miracles announced
him to the world as the re,torer Ut
Israel, the monarch who would estab-
ish Kingdom which would rule the
wo,ld until the day Of doom. But
there came time when the hopes of h's
followers seemed doomed to divest dis
appointment 1t came when the PROM
ise of his birth and the work of his
life seemed to end in disaster and
defeat 1t came when the clouds Ut
his Passion gathered deep and dark
around him. 1t came when the pow.
ers of bel! and earth leagued together
10 unhply alliance to effect his ruin.
IL came when the myrmid0ns Of hate
closed IN around their victim and
hurled him of to . shameful death.
All but their season Of sorrOwful
doubt was Of short duration; the
clouds of regret and disappointment
were soon dlspelled, for before the
sun Of the third morning dawncd
upon the world, Christ by his power
burst the barriers of the tomb and in
all the beauty Of u glorified body
arose glorious and immortal from the
dead and showed himself TO the
world triumphant over death and
hell. Then did the expiring embcrs
of a fading hope re. .enkindle in the
hearts of his followers; then did it
} become evident that the kingdom of
God was at hand, that the era Uf
, grace so often foretold and 80 devot.
e,ily Iongcd for, vas about to dawn,
, that the power of Satan was broken
forever and that Christ the king wat
seated Oh the throne of the world
. Go FORTH now ye apostles Of Chris
whose mission 1t is to herald the
dawn of our day OF salvation. &c
forth now To lift aloft IN the wOrlt
the torch Of faith. But yesterday
| you might have feared to provoke
the ridicule Of a scOtfing world by
procl'iming king whose insight;
Of royalty were for diadcm, crown
D Of thorn., for sceptre reed Of diri-
e dion and for r,yal throne maIcfac
n tors cross. But now hat the sham
Q and the opprobrium OF his Passion
J: are merged into the glory Of his re
d surrection, now that he rises to th
i gaze of the world q mighty hut
benign conquer0r laden with th
spoiIs Of vanouished death. naugl,
n have you to bear. Go forth an
q announce to the world that the leig
:, Of the risen Christ has begun, that u,
e msledictioo which hung like . funers
ir pail on the face OF humanity hs
g been lifted forever, that justice an
T. mercy have kissed the kiss Of pea .
;e and the children OF Adam stan
l emanc,pated and free with IL
'e freedom of the children Of Grx
ie With these glad tidings on their liz
le the apostles came forward from the
10 hiding place to confront the prejud,.
b of Scribe and the arrogance Of Pha'
Id see and 10 subjugate to the yoke I
ne Christ the very people who b.
Ut bounded him to his death and U pr
b. ciors fruit of the blood of the Gss
lit man their word, are received wi
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