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though It be small Plead. Pray. Keep
on seeking for more divine light, and
Christ will some day reveal himself to
you all AZ he once revealed himself to
his two troubled disciples on that Ems
ter afternoon in the Emmaus village.
1 have always been very thankful
that Christ made this revelation OH
Easter dny to the two honest doubters
al the Emmaus village. All, my
friends, the honest doubter ought to
have our sympathy instead of our exc
Grafton. Some people by natural men.
tut construction always must have n
fact proved to them before they are
willing to believe. They do not realize
that faith is the evidence Of things
not seen" They always demand the
evidence. The brother of Mark Hop
klns was for years m aguostic merely
because lie could not find a logical
proof for Christianity. Finally Mark
Hopkins planned a consecutive line Of
arguments TO prove to his younger
brother that there was logical ground
for accepting Jesus Christ as tho Saw
Jour Of the world. When he had proved
1t Professor Hopkins Joined hands
with President Mark Hopkins in his
gospel faith and said. Lord, I believe;
help thou mine unbe,ief" 1t was as a
result OF trying to convert mis- brother
to Christianity through consecra ted
logic that Mark Hopkins prepared his
noted book called the evidences OF
Christianity
Certain minds naturally demand sight
OF the golden links which bind together
the great laws OF cause and effect. A
friend one summer evening turned to
John Tyndall. the famous British phys
icist. and said. "Tyndal. can you I've
hold such sublime Alpine sunset as
this and not feel that there is a God ?"
"Oh,' he answered. II feel it. ] feel
II as much as any man can feel It. and
I rejoice in It, but the trouble is ! can
not prove It," Al. yes, there are many
doubters who doubt honestly about the
resurrection Of Jesus Christ. There
are scores of men who cannot explain
how all these things happened. But,
my friends. on this Easter day, If you
will o,ly reach out for more light. rs
did the two honest doubters OF the
Emmaus road, Christ will ultimately
reveal himself But. yc honest doubt
ers. mark this: There are two ways to
doubt. The wrong way is to let your
doubts. rs did Tyndall. obscure the di-
vine revelation, which you may have
for the asking. The honest way to
doubt is to hold firmly to the divine
revelations You have, with your mind
open to receive newer and fuller reve-
lation, which will surely come to you
and in the end Danish all your doubts,
II you are an honest doubter stand this
day by the emptiei tomb Of risen
Christ and shy, Lord, believe help
thou mine unbclief"
An Easter Thought.
Easter afternoons revelation. in the
next place, came to these two doubters
when on their way to their own homes.
, Who were these two men? We don't
know. But when reading carefully
the Scripture lines we are led to sup
ltants OF this little village of En-
maus, which was about sixty stadia. or
seven and one-half miles, distant from
the Jerusalem capital. In other words.
these two disciples Of Jesus Christ
were villagers. When they heard that
their Lord and Saviour was TO he tried
for his life they Immediately went
down to the capital to see If they
could help him. There they stayed
through the awful scenes Of the cruel
fixlon. hut when the crucinxon was
over, and their tears of sympathy had
mingled with those Of Mary, the moth
or. and the strange reports Of Mary
Magdalene hnd been reported to them
| they had TO return to their home du-
ties. And while they We're going back
home TO look nfter the farm stock and
take care Of the crops Christ appeared
unto them on the Emmaus rond.
| 1t is a beautiful Faster thought that
| Christ will reveal himself to us in his
sanctuary 1t is n beautiful Faster
us in a pulpit cmbNnked and emoow-
cred by white lilies and in an Easter
choir loft where is being sung Dudley
Bucks Christ the Lord Is Risen" OF
Statner's "Crucihxion." But glory
today over the fact that Christ can
| and will reveal himself to us on Easter
afternoon on the Emmaus road He
| can and will reveal himself to US while
we are cooking the Easter dinner. o.
while we are dressing the children for
the Easter afternoon Sunday school, OF
when in the evening hour, with the
children gathered about the piano. We
nre singing the Easter songs. Tho
other day, when calling at the home OF
very dear friend. | saw this beauti
fol sentiment written upon the wal
over the sideboard OF the dining room
Christ is the head Of this house. the
unseen guest at every meal, the silent
listener to every conversation" Yes
yes; that written sentiment is true
Christ on Easter noon and Easter aft
ernoop and Easter evening and Easter
night Is ready TO enter the humble
home Of the Emmaus disciples as he
Is also ready to stand on castor morn
ing amid the decorated pulpits of the
imposing cathedrals and Of the city
churches and Of the little village meet
ing houses.
Mysteries Solved.
Easter afternoons revelation came
in the next place, as solution of pro
phetic mysteries The two disciple,
must have known the Scrptures. bu,
they had not understood the prophecie: