Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-06-04
A SERMON FOR SUNDAY
LEARNED DISCOURSE ENTITLED
:. GOSPEL or THE RESURRECTION -

Christ Arisen From the Tomb is Made
the Subject of Powerful Address by
the Rev. Henry g. Swentzel--He Re-
New York CITY.-Dr Henry {. Swent-
eel, rector of St. Luke's Church. preached
Sunday morning on 1.-The Gospelo of the Res
xviii is: "He preached unto them Jesus
and the resurrection" DR.. Swentzel said:
With what noble confidence did the apos-
tolic church set out to serve its worldwide
mission 1t had new religion to proclaim,
glorious message from Gcd for all the
races of mankind. 1t was not provincial,
but catholic. 1t began in Jerusalem. bat it
looked forward to comprising the whole
earth. Wherever it went it encountered
beliefs ard rites which were venerable, inn
pressive and upheld by the prestige of
wealth, rank and culture, but it was none
the less devoted to its huge work What
hopeless task it seemed to be to convert
the human family to the gospel OF Jesus
Christ The Master of this latest cult was
Jew. He had been disgraced by cr,lcirix-
ION, and there was now scarcely more than
handful Of disciples to tell the story ct
His career. When we consider the over
whelming odds against which these Ycen
struggled as they proceeded to- evangelize
the multitudes, we are all the more pro-
ioundly impressed with the confidence with
which they took up the more than hercu-
which they were called did not deter them,
persecution could not alright them, the
onpos'tlons or Indifference OF tie better
classes could not discourage them. On
they went. from city to city. from country
to country, preaching the religion Of which
! they were gladly the earthly champions.
Not always lad they been Of this temper.
The mig ghtiest among them, the rock-man
/ himself, had utterly collapsed in the high
| priest palace, and after the fatefui dav Of
the cross they all accepted the plight
OF those who had served a lost cause But
now al! this is changed The towards are
the bravest OF the brave, and each Of The
apostles is ready to face every peril and to
meet death for the message of love and sal
Vatlon which burned upon his lips
Nor Is the reason for this radical change
n'lnderlng men had received divine af-
natus--ttey had been revolutionized in
mind and heart and soul by the Lords res
direction from the dead TO the gifts of
the Holy Ghost which they received was
ADDED the lndomitab.e assurance of the
triumph Of their divine Master over death
ana the grave. The Lords resurrection
tt;s,. WAS the dominant doctrna. note in THEN
tninklng and their teaching, and wherave;
tney went they bore the witness OF eve
Witnesses to the fact which they SO boldly
aeciared. Although they had known .Jesr,:
ana mad companied with Him as intimate
associates 1or several years. their sDiritua
perceptions We're dull until the last. anc
lucy understood not His oft repeated say
ing tnat lie would rise from the dead. Bu
as soon as they are satisfied Of His resur
rection they all come to the front. read,
lot me Tray, eager for the honor Of reDre
oenting HIM in every land and willing t,
SlGute every hardship for His cause.
oe ~ Paul on Mars Hill is an illustratio,
" - tine me temper OF the Apostolic Church. TT
sH9|oHGaiy lnlbued with the certainty O
nroo o raster story, and hesitatcs not t.
pitach lt throughout the missionary ion,
neyS when he so f~lendidiv served lis o(Iic (Ii
AZ AZ 1ne me apostle to the Gentiles. A. we thin
VI VI, ana n fhe Grecian canital, VIC can on,
r,' ' ei At the caimness and .ourage wit
iIch iEIaIch ne met the ordea! which he had Dc
h,of;'"teIy ho sought. What striking pictur
ab;ot 9S re stands on Areouagus. facing th
snaoL; ;;-.e'lec5s or the classic metropolis an
rHeaN'4g with undaunted boldness of III
risen l Jesus. The sun Drowned traveller
'.GnEsf ~ strange land he knows tha
s ~ III the centre OF the very best naoar
,a1 ,nl' Ena ne Is as fearless of it's Dreindice
Of a. suoeLetles and ridicu,e as he had bee
pr4o olG prisons of Syria. His training hitl
s;Tht, "ao prepared him to appreciate Il,
Hatin,. -i'h w SaZed. In hun the clvl
1nd Hi'GAS G or Jews, Romans and Greeks me
Of Of" o.l3 ne mad appropriated the finest thine
500 eITh. W Hls attainments enabled him
5the difficulties all the mora n,ain]
o,itHentiy matn II Hebrew. his nationality won
of %'Se h;s t harder for him to win the resne'
he i,,s ,, hearers. Conscious Of this handira
es ts would feel the weight also Of the one m
slrel, M INA the the bias which his words wou,
to Gh AZ; evoke 1t was probably his first WIS
far,ea' sn1'S seat Of enlightenment. It's fa
Sired i' g'ones which he had long since d
all tbo;. be3 see were now before his eyes
mastanll, tslell bewildering sp!endor. He hf
how he 81 rdIl'o5 Its language and literature, ar
its nnr,iitd mp walked on its streets, looked upt
rare e'1ipG,atlon, IN iatl,, gazed upon objects ma,
in sdn. IN interest and celebrated in epic
scbooIls' VISITED its sanctuaries and
rea,nsi; met its thinkers and artists =,
life frd and tnc tIc beauty and the power Of
disemboar1t.no95 Io 1tn95usnt; From the time that
conrbt.oarked constn,1,kLed at the pier his attention w
shrine arrested by the monuments a,
its ae; ran;,o OF Athens. and all the tokens
ns ee'''os and culture.
had snanl monuments the new reli@ion has Y
Of ;ts tssVarceiy one. 1t was still in the da
and Dc poverty. Churches and catheir.
''eo"ments were matters Of the f,