Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1903-04-13

stayed just long enough TO be loved,
and then her spirit fed. Was that
Christian mother hopeless. bitter and
rebellious? oh. no. The Christ who
had appeared unto Mary in the early
dawn stood with her by the empty
crib. MIR. Talmage," she said. do
not think because my baby is dead that
she has brought no blessing into my
husbands and my own life. She lived
long enough for us to pity the husband
and the wife who never had Il child.
She lived long enough to bring my
bleeding heart into sympathy with
those who hare troubles all round me-
| can thank God for my little empty
cradle. And | can thank God for my
| little grave" Oh. my brother and sis
ter. in the early dawn of the morning
would you not like Christ to come and
reveal himself to you? By divine in
| spiration do you not wish, like this
Christian lady, to be able to hopefully
and blessedly explain many of the
earthly troubles which now seem ready
to overwhelm you?
| The Mission of Mary
| The risen Lord appeared unto Mary
so that she might go and tell the dis
| ciples that she had seen the living
| Saviour. This was no small mission
upon which to be sent. Must not the
Transporting news Of a resurrected
Christ be carried 10 thc farthermost
parts Of tie world! Must not this
news naturally first be spread broad
cast by the testimony of those who had
| lived nearest and closest to Jesus? II
Mary Magdalene and Peter and John
and James and Mary, the mother Of
Christ, would not be true and announce
to the world risen Saviour. would the
Pharisees or the Roman guard that
had been bribed or the blatant bias
phemers, who hated Christ and his
doctrines, do SO? And If We. who are
the protested followers of Jesus, will
not bear testimony to his divine power,
will that gospel testimony be scattered
by those who know him not?
And why should not we, the profess
ing followers of Jesus, be willing to
announce to the world the glad tidings
of risen Christ? Supposing that to-
day your wife was sick and had to un-
dergO q very serious opera ton, would
you not notify her mother and father
and brothers and sisters of the i'm
pending danger? And If that opera
ton was a success would you not make
the telegraph wires thrill with the
news, THE doctors say the operation
was a success and that she will get
well? If you would thus hasten to
send the news that your wife had been
saved from the jaws of death, how
much more should every one who
realizes what the resurrection of the
Lord means to our dying race join in
the effort to send broadcast through a
perishing world the glad news that
Christ has risen from the dead?
We can imagine the joy that was felt
many years ago in an old farmhouse
on a certain occasion during the late
civil war. One of the sons, who was a
soldier boy, was reported to have been
shot. His name appeared in the death
column. The oldest brother immedi
ately went to the front to find out how
the lad was shot and. if possible, tC
bring the body home for burial. Wher
he found his brothers regiment and
captain, he was told the young mar
was not killed. but only wounded. The
elder brother did not even wait to see
his wounded brother. He rushed tt
the nearest telegraph office and SEN
these words to the old folks: "Charley
. is not dead, but alive. l shall bring
him home as soon as he can leave the
, | hospital" All, yes there was joy IL
the old farmhouse over the seemingly
| miraculous resurrection of the dead
: boy. Is there to be no joy scattered
. abroad by us when we announce ev
= erywhere the glad tidings of caste
, morn?
, The Christ of Easter Day.
But there is one result of Mary's mes
sage to the disciples upon which
would like to touch before close. Sh
carried that news to doubling Thomas
Even with all the testimony that Mar
brought, Thomas would not believe tina
Christ had risen again until he ha
thrust his finger into his pierced side
Even after Jesus had appeared anon
his disciples and Thomas saw Chris
face to face he would not believe unit
he had touched Jesus. Is there an
doubling Thomas here today anon
:, us? Is there any one who is trying
!, believe the Bible and the gospel will
out believing the divine birth and til
. divine resurrection of Jesus Christ
, Oh. my beloved. among the beautifl
flowers of Easter morn do not try
eXhume a corpse and call 1t a Twin
Christ. Dom Pedro /. of Portugal, o
" the day of his coronation. had the d.
composing body of his dead queen ca
y ried through the streets Of Lisbon wit
c q jeweIed crown upon her skull and
u scepter In her hand. But, after all, sh
;. was a dead queen. Look today at
% living Jesus Look today at q resu