The Tupelo journal., 1903-04-24

the lost soul of the rich Dives cross
overthe great fixed gulf and share with
saved Lazarus the haven of rest in
Abraham's bosom. But the world has
learned how to sing the songs of Chris
tian faith, it has made bold to share
in Christmas joy and Easter rejoicing.
n Satan cares naught for this out
ward acceptance of Christian truth
and share in its observance, while he
holds sway in the heart. He does not
fear the Easter message which is
freighted with the perfume of flowers,
the swelling anthems, the plaudits Of
men and thoughtless rejoicing in the
risen Lord. But let the soul be awak-
ened to a sense of its position and its
peril as Gods Indictment Is heard de-
claring: "Ye have killed the Prince of
Life, Whom God hath raised from the
dead" and Satan begins to tremble
and fear the loss of an obedient sub
ject.
T HE Triumph Of Goblet us look
at another side of our Easter
prism and see the Living Lord as the
browning triumph and glory of God.
Satan's power was manifested in the
death of Christ. The power of God
was revealed as He burst the bars of
death and brought forth His Son fri
um%phantly. The submission on the
cross which atoned for sin must be
followed by the glory of the resurrec-
ton morning, for IF Christ be not
raised, your faith is vain; We are vet
in your sins. But now is Christ risen
from the dead and become the first
fruits of them that slept" A triumph
means a foe and opposition which are
overcome. Satan set himself TO the
task of alternating the human race
from God, and as God throughout the
ages moved steadily to work out His
plan of redemption He came to the
moment of final triumph when Christ
rose from the dead.
The triumph of God in the resur-
r~ection of Christ is a beautiful link
ing of the human and the Divine.
The successive steps which led to
the final triumph through Christ
were taken upon the faith of the
m heart as it reached out to-
wards God and was obedient to His
will. And God has never been with
out witnesses in the world. There
have always been a Noah, an Abraham.
a Moses, a Joshua, a David to carry
out the purposes of God and prepar
the way for the coming of the Christ.
The triumph of God involves three
great facts: The final and utter de-
feat of Satan, the punishment of sin
and the salvation of the sinner. and
these were wrought u through the
Son. Satan met with successive defeats
in the wilderness temptation, in
Gethsemane and on Calvary, but the
overwhelming defeat was accom-
plished at the tomb where the dead
Christ IA laid when He had offered
a final sacrifice for sin, and where the
Living Christ came forth the Prince
of Life, indeed, able to give eternal
life to all who believed on Him. The
perfect righteousness of God demand
ed that sin should be punished. Gods
Word must be kept. THE soul that
sinneth." He declared, sit shall die"
And God punished sin with death, ac-
cepting the sinless man, Christ Jesus,
and putting on Him the penalty which
would rightfully have been borne by
sinful man. And not only was sin pun-
ished but the sinner was stripped of
hisrags and clothed with the righteous
ness of Christ so as to be able to enter
into Heaven. Surely here was triumph
indeed.