The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24
THE LIVING LORD.
An Easter Sermon by the "High-
way and Byway" Preacher.
Greatest Fact in the World To-Day
Is the Resurrection of Christ-The
MOckery of the Unsaved join
ing in Easter Celebration.
copyright, 1903. by A. N. kellogg News
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-lCopyrlSht, 1905, by "A. N. heiloSS news
paper Col
Chicago. April u, 1908.
Text:-'But killed the Prince of
Life. Whom God hath raised from the
dead; whereof we are witnesses.
3:14, Is.
THE Living Lord.-The greatest
fact in the world to-day is the
fact of the resurrection of Jesus
Christ. The brightest hope OF the hu-
man race streams from the empty
tomb around which the angels hovered.
The most potent message which ever
fell upon the ear of nan was that
spoken by the Heavenly messengers
who gladly declared that the cruclheo
Saviour had become the Living LORD.
1t was a dead Lord Whom Joseph a
laid sorrowfully away in his own new
tomb, but it was a Living LORD Whom
God brought forth triumphantly. II
was a dead and despised Nazarene
Whom the Roman soldiers guarded at
the behest of the Jewish leaders VINO
had crucified Him, but it was a LIVING
King Who. treading under foot the
dread enemy Death. stepped forth
bringing to His subjects the gift OF
eternal life. The hand of man could
seal the tomb in which rested the dead
body; the mighty arm of the powerful
Roman overnme could confidently
set it's watch, but when atonement for
sin had been fully paid and coos
mighty angel descended from Heaven,
his tread shook the earth and broke
the seal of mans power and the Hash
ing brightness of his countenance cast
mans rule into the dust of utter help
l~essness. 1t was a dead Lord to Whom
the sad-hearted disciples came to min
lister. and they found a Living Lord
awaiting them Who quickly turned
their tears into glad streams of JOY,
and their needless offering of embalm-
ing spices into the living message of,
"Go tell" 1t was a Living Lord Who
during those wonderful 40 days APP
peared to His disciples and talked
with them. 1t was the same Living
Lord, with His resurrected body of
flesh and blood. Who in triumph re-
turned to Heaven and took His place
the right hand of the Father. 1t
was the Living Lord Who poured forth
upon His waiting disciples on the day
of Pentecost the power of the Holy
Spirit, and it was the Living Lord
Whom Peter held up before that vast
assembly of people that day and won
three thousand converts. 1t was the
Living Lord around Whom every SER
mon of the disciples of the earlychurch
was builded. Take your Bibles and
see how repeatedly and persistently
the great fact of Christ's resurrection
is referred to. 1t was the Living Lord
to Whose mighty power the miracles
wrought were credited, and in the
scene which our text brings before us
We see the lame man who sat at the
Beautiful gate with strengthened
anklebones leaping and praising God
for the Living Christ; we hear the
voices of Peter and John declaring to
the amazed multitudes that God had
raised up from the dead the Prince of
Life, Whom they had slain. and that it
faith in Him which had healed the
man whom they all knew, and, midst
the rejoicing of the Heavenly hosts
and while the recording angel is busy
entering the names of the newborn
souls, we see five thousand men accept
the truth of the message and bow al
legiance to the Living Christ.