Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-30
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
q Learned DISCOURSE ENTITLED
scOSPeL o. The RESURRECTION"
sChrist Arisen Prom tho Tomb r. Made
the subject OF Powerful Address b,
the Rev. Henry .. Swcnszei-He ke
view the Niraclc from Ivory Point

ze. rector Ca ST. Lakes Church. preached
Sunday morning or The 6o-pelci INC re-
direction" lie took has text from Acts
xvii. IS. lie preached unto tneul Jesus
and the resurrection DIR. Sweut1ei said.
With what noble confidence did the apps
tolic church set out TO serve ats world " de \
mission. II had a new religion 20 proclaim. 4
n glorious message from God Tor All thc !
races of mankind. IL was not provincial. /
but catholic n began IN Jerusalem. but % i
looked forward Co comprising the whole ]
earth Wherever no went DO cncountecCd I
beliefs and rites which were venerable. am /
pressiyc and upheld by the prestige on /
wealth. rank ard culture. but 10 was none |
The less devoted 20 its huge work. WHAT
hopc's,s task it seemed Co be % convert
the human family 60 the gospel % Jesus
Christ The Mister Of this latc~. -lit was
y jew. TIE had been dis-raccd hr r.rcifv-
ION. and there was now scarcely rr.rc than
n handful OF disciples Co tell thc story Cd
HIS career. When VIC consider .ne over
whclming odds against which these iren
struggled as tncF proceeded 20 eNaugeiHc
the muitltuccs. wr are 40 Che moro pro-
foundiy Impressed with thc confidence with
which they look up che more than hcrcu-
lean labor The uavu tudc of the effort 60
which they were called dad not dclcs them.
persecution could not alright them. the
onpos lions on Indifference ot She bet .cr
classes could nor discourage them. ON
they went. from city 20 city. from country
10 country. preaching The rcllCion ot which
they were gladly the earthly champions.
Not always had they been OF this temper.
The miglue~t among them. the rock-inan
himself. had utterly coilanscd in the high
priest IS Palace. and alter the fatctul dsv ot
the cross they an accepted ihc plight
OF those who had served lost cause. But
now al Gins is changed. The towards are
the bravest of The brave. and each OF che
apostles is ready 90 face every peril and 90
meet death Tor the message of love and sal-
walton which burned upon his hns
Nor ls the reason for this radical change
difficult 90 account for. Those timid and
LAUNDERING mon had received a divine af-
tatus-trcv had been rcvolutouized IN
mind and heart and soul hv the Lords res
direction from the dead To the gifts Of
the HOLY Ghost which they received wa.
added the i1domitahle assurance IF tho
triumph OF their divine Master over dc1tl
AMI tire grave. HE Lord s. resurrection
was the dominant doctrnal note in thei-
thinking and their teaching. and wherever
they went they bore the witness os eve
witnesses Go Che fact which they so boldly
declared. Although thov bad known .Tcsu
and had Companicd with Him as intimat,
associates Tor several wears their spritua
perceptions were dull until the last aus
they understood not His oft repeated say
ing that Tie would rise from the dead Bu
as soon ~ they arc satisfied OF His rcsur
rection they an come to the front read
for the fray. eager Tor the honor of rcDr,
scnting finn in every land and willing q
endure every hardship for His cause.
I'd
of the temper ot the ADostoiic Church ~
= thoroughly imhucd with the certainty q
the Faster story. and hcsitates not {
preach lt throughout the missionary ioul
news when De SO s"iendidiv served bis oihc
as The apostle 10 the Gcntilcs As we thin
ot HIM ln the Grccian capital. we can oni
wonder at the calmncs- ard courage wit
which be met the ordeal which he had ID
hheratelv sought. What a striking pictut
he lsas be stands on Arconarl1s facing tf
e. 90 rs nN n|H f|'n a|rH
speaking with undauntcd hoidness OF n
risen Jesus. The sun-hrowncd traveller
stranger in q strange land. he knows th.
De IS ln the centre of the very best uaga'
lsm. and he is as fearless oi IT'S prejudice
and suhtlctics and ridicuic as he had be-,
at the prisons oi >yri1. His training hit
crto had prepared hmm 60 appreciate tl
sights on which Lc glzed. Tn him the civ
izations of Jews. Romans and Greeks me
and he had appropriated Che finest thin
Of each. His attachments enabled him
sec the difficulties an the more plainl
Evidently Hebrew. his nationality won
make = harder for him 20 win the respe
ot ms hearers. Conscious % this handica
he would feel the weight also % the on,
les and the bias which his words wou
surely evoke. To was probably his first yl
% thus scat ot enlightenment Its d
famed clores which he had long since ,
sired TO see were now before his ewes
all their bcwildering splendor. He b
mastered ITS language and literature. a
now he walked on its streets. looked up
Its population. gazed upon objects ma
rare IN interest and celebrated IN epic
IN song. visited ats Sauctuaries and
schools. met It's thinkers and artists. a
realized the beauty and the power Of
kfe and thought From the time that
disembarked 40 the pier his attention "
constantly arrested by the monuments a
shrines OF Athens. and all the tokens
ats genius and culture.
OF monuments the new reli-ion has
had scarcely one. IL was still in the "a
81 ITS poverty. Churches and cathedr
and endowments were matters Of the
IRE. What could st. Paul expect in
Spouse 20 his prOn0unccmcntr The ami
sador Of Christ understood that he
come hlther as the legate from the cou
Of heaven TO the seers and scholars of
seat oil learning 20 declare the rcsurrect
OF Jesus Chris; from the dead. lie was Z
20 lace with the clever SciOus of the Inch
intellectual culture known TO antiqui
hard by We're the temples Of Eumeni
and IheSeus the Propylaeum Of the AcI
OILS the temple OF victory. and. tower
above all from its lofty pedestal was
bronze colossus of Minerva Well mi
he assume that Stolcs and Epicureans
other thinkers would attempt his o.
throw. but he did not finch while he
nounced religion as vet without iniiue
or art or literature. with scarcely n C.
Portable resting place for It's Scriptures
ITS sacraments. In ms manner howe
there are no Indicators that he was ,
scious OF any special advantages IL &c
not be otherwise. for he had him self s
the risen Jesus and nc could. .tcrcf
not be more certain OF the shining sun 4
he was OF the truth of the Gospel which
preached. IL was this unaltefab'e con
tlon which sustained rim even on y
Hill while he discoursed Il the rcder,n
accomplished by Him who died and
IL