Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1903-04-18

not dying John Fletcher amazed Wheh
he said. "Oh, how this soul of mine
longs to be gone, like bird out of Its
cage. TO the realms Of blissw Was not
the dying Christian. \. NJ. French.
amazed. when he turned TO the watch
ers and said: "Oh, my wife and dear
daughter. how sweet to die. How
sweet to diet Oh that | could tell you
how sweet Yes, like the disciples ut |
the tomb most Christians will be |
amazed to find how easy it is to die,
though Christ has again and again told |
us that death is not annlhilatlon, but
sleep.
Then. like the disciples Of old, we
shall also be amazed after our own res
direction. Though we have read again |
and again description Of heaven, yet
when we come to that beautiful city
we shall cry. like the queen of Sheba
In the presence Of Solomon, "The half
was not told me-" We shall be amazed
at the beautiful river Of life, in which
no redeemed immortal can ever be
drowned. We shall be amazed at the
arching rainbow which st. John saw
round about the white throne, and yet
no showers Of ralndrops or teardrops
through which It's yariegated colors
can be reflected We shall be amazed
at our ears attuned to heavenly min
strelsy. and yet not hearing one dis
cord. Everywhere in heaven our eyes
and ears and our sensibllities will be
startled and stimulated, but never
stunned, with amazement upon amaze
mcnt
Then, above all, like the disciples of
old after our resurrection we shall be
amazed at the lnfnlty Of Christ's sacri-
fee. \ mother was one day talking to
her little child and asked her, "Daugh-
ter, are you not often amazed at the
fact that Jesus died for YOU" "Why,
no. mother" she answered. you
would be willing to die for me, and
why should not my Saviour? 1t is just
like Christ" But neither that little
child nor any one else this side Of the
grave has ever had grace enough to
fathom or scale or comprehend the i'm
mensities of a Saviour's sacrifice. 1t
shall be only after we ourselves have
been Joined TO the heavenly choristers
that we shall fully realize what the
Saviours atonement means for us. Our
redeemed future, as with the disciples
of old. will have amazement upon
amazement, amazement upon amaze
ment.
what Mary Believed.
The risen Lord appeared unto Mary
with the same personality that he had
before tie cruchXion. How do | know
Mary thought he was the gardener. by
that I do not believe Christs garments
were bespattered with mud or that his
fingers were solled from contact with
the flower stems, but | do believe that
the risen Lord stood by the side of Ma
rv rs he had often done before the aw-
full cruciixion. l do believe that the
risen Christ had the same voice, tie
same look. the same touch of the hand
and the same heart sympathy for earth
" troubles that he had when he him
self was compelled to go hungry and
knew not where to lay his head.
It is easy. even on Easter day, &c
have distorted idea of the risen Lord
I well remember when little boy hoW
I used to study the hideOus idols whlcl
nv uncle. John Talmage, the mission
arv. sent us from faroff CHINA.
would take malformed and repulsiV'
IMAGE of stone or wood to my room
Then would say to myself: "HoV
could any man worship such a thing
ne that as a god? How could an!
worshiper suppose that his god coul'
have two stumpy. withercd legs, buried
tailor fashion under bloated aDdo
mon: two hateful eyes squirting VIII
strabismus. and mouth horrible Wit
tbe demoniac grin of a destroying mon
ster?" But the hcathcn bowling DeIor
such shrine is perhaps not more II
error than some Christians are III rel
oroncc TO their risen Lord. They sup
nose the resurrccted Christ Is uncann.
/, in looks and actions. After having SUI
fered for our redemption they bcheV
he is no longer human being that II
lives billions and billions of mile
away from earth and has no part i
our everyday life. All, no. The Jesu
who sympathizcd with Marys tear
when she came to seek his body at tn
y tomb is the same Christ who sympi
tbizcd with her troubles before tn
= crucifiXiOn.
i Thus the Christ who talked to Mar
in the Easter dawn breaches a pra'
; teal gospel for practical everyda
> life. The boy Jesus who WAS IN IL
: carpenter shop is the reSurrectu Chr!'
l. who is today ready to bend over III
. slop bench and help the mechanic
. his toll. The fatherless Christ WI
once saw Mary, tie mother. strugsiin
I for her daily brcad-for Joseph Is SUI
" nosed TO have died when the dlvlT
81 child WAS very young-is the symp'
:" thizing Saviour who today is ready
Il help the widow and care for the o
i phans. We preach not an Easter j
u HIS in the elegant robes of king
= much as in the plain sarb Of woT
{ lngman going forth to help those WI
> are in the awful struggle for ply
- ica existence.
a. The risen Lord appeared first uD
a. Mary because her great love would NJ
l. allow her to desert the r.1ld tom
o. Reading carefully st. Johns account
It the resurrection. you will find that NJ
e. ~ made two vtSits to the garden whei
al Christs body was laid. First she wei
O. IS woman. Even 20 ti.is day the W
81 men of tie east on TIE first DAY OF Il
al week are accustomed to do just u
he same as they did in ChTi5ts time. Fl
he six long weeks at carly dawn the Wol
le on 20 TO the new made graves to WEE
ey there. With my own eyes l nave see
at 4lo,,, ,,ofne, and heard them with II