Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1903-04-11

Corinthians to memory, as one oil the
sublimest in the Bible. 1t is "the
resurrection chapter" and probably
has brought more comfort to sorrow
ing hearts than any other words in
human language. 1t is one of the
passages of Scripture which every
Christian should know, for it contains
q message of sympathy for that hour
when we stand beside breaking
hearts. and have no words of our own
with which to comfort. The mystery
of death puts a silence Upon mans
Glib speech.
The resurrection is a bedrock
teaching of the Christian religion. II
it be eliminated, then the whole struc-
ture Of faith tumbles to the ground.
Paul boldly asserts, what Jesus him
self had more than once intimated,
that the gospel is founded on the
truth of the Saviour's rising again
from the dead. If Christ did not rise,
then believers in him are deluded, and
OF all men most miserable. IF the
dead are not raised, let us eat and
dr.ng. for tomorrow we die Take
out the teaching of a life beyond the
grave. and men are justified in living
a sensual, selfish and material life.
The sacred writer's could afford to
stake the whole of the teachings on
the uncertainty of resurrection. as at
tested by the rising from the dead of
Jesus. For the latter is proved by
an abundance of evidence such as we
possess concerning nc other historical
fact that like this, is two thousand
years old. OF the many proofs of the
resurrection that will appeal to any
impartial mind, DIR. Peloubet cites
these six:
q. The statements Paul had re-
ceived from eye witnesses of this ev-
ent, which had occurred only twenty.
five years before.
90. The large number of indie
pendent witnesses, of whom Paul in
stances Peter, the twelve ton two &C.
casions), James. Paul himself. and
more than five hundred at once, most
of whom were still living.
t3). Paul's own conversion from a
fierce prosecutor into a humble be-
liever,-an event absolutely inexpli-
cable, unless we accept his story of
Christ's appearance to him.
"a The thousands of martyrs who
were soon to give their lives in testi-
mony to their belief in Christ's resur-
rection.
Cd The four Independent accounts
of the re~surrect'o on, so simple, so clear
and manifestly honest.
90. The impossibility of believing
any other theory, since If Christ did
not rise, why did not the enemies of
Christianity produce his body?
As President Patton strongly says,
IF the resurrection did not take
place. then Christianity, the most stu.
pendous fact in history. stands today
confessedly upon a falsehood, mex.
~plicable, and with no possibility of a
solution"
There has been published in Great
Britain n America, a translation OF
the original Greek of the New Tesla
ment into the common speech of to
day, and it has attracted wide atten
ton. From this book, which is called
The Twentieth Century New Tesla
ment, we quote a section of this res
direction chapter, including the les
son. VERSES 20-22, 35-5S.)
: The truth is, Christ has bee
raised from the dead, the first fruit
of those who are at rest. For sine
it was through a man that deaf,
came, SO, too, it is through a ma
that there will come a resurrection @
the dead. For as through Adam a
men die, so through the Christ wi
all return TO life. .
Some one will ask, however, 'Ho'
do the dead rise? and in what forI
will they Gomez Foolish man. tn
seed you yourself SOW does not burs
into life, unless ii first dies, An
when you SOW 1t ii has not the forI
which 1t will have, but is only a bar,
grain,-of wheat, perhaps, or OF some
thing else. God gives it the form tina
he has chosen, and to every seed h,
gives the form peculiar to itself. An
fmal life is not all the same kind, bu
there is n kind for men, anothe
for beasts, another for birds, and an
other for fishes. There are bodie
peculiar 10 the heavens, and bodie
peculiar to the earth, but the beaut
of the heavenly bodies is quite diffe
ent from that of the earthly. TIL
beauty OF the sur is not the same
the beauty Of the moon, or as that
the stars; indeed, one star differs
beauty from another. 1t is the san
with the resurrection of the dea
That which is sown is peTishable, tn.
which rises is imperishable; tn.
which is sown is disfgured, tn
which rises is beautiful; that whiC
is sown is frail, that which rises
strong: that which is sown is an a
imal body, that which rises is a spI
itual body. AS surely as there is {
animal body, so there is also a sp.
final hO6V Scrintura saws tho sam