The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1904-04-08
He Is Risen.

Rev. Leonard Il. jenkins, pastor uf the
Pennington NJ. D. church, south
We have hope in this life because
we have faith IN Christ. We have
faith IN Christ because We br!rvr
that He rose from the dead. There
is no doubt that Jesus lived; there
is no doubt that He died, aud IN
cur breasts there is no doubt that
He lives again.
That Christ came forth from the
grave needs no proof, for it has
been proved beyond the shadow of
II doubt, and the evidence grows
stronger day by day To-day more
people believe that Jesus rose from
the grave than ever before. Every
day makes converts aud every year
adds armies to His advancing col.
umnS.
There are those who deny. or
doubt, but they ARE not the world 5
leaders. The men of force ARE the
men of faith. Master minds are
born under the inspiration of II
mighty message. They who doubt
the fact Of the resurrection soon
deny the other claims of Christ,
and thus falling into that state
whore they doubt their beliefs aud
believe their doubts, they fall not
only into spiritual death but also
into mental deurth. Could it be
proved to the world to-day that
Jesus did not rise, that His dust
still lies in J0seph's : tomb, who can
prophesy rightly of what the effect
wonld be! Lord Macaulay uttered
II suggestive truth when he said,
'Whosoever does anything to de.
preciate Christianity is guilty Of
high treason against the civiliza-
tion of mankind" And he who
would deny that Christ rose from
the dead de, rebates Christianity
not u ilittle The great lawyer,
Rufus Choate, once said il there is
no immortality of the soul, still il
must be taught, else society would
go to pieces So ! feel like saying
could you prove to me that Jesus
did not rise still | would continue
to preach it with all my strength,
for the world cannot well exist
without it. If it he untrue it is
better than truth and stronger than
truth and graDder than truth and
more beautiful than truth and more
inspiring, and has done more for
the world within the last century
than all truth has done in all time
All, unless the record of His resnr-
rection be true we know not what
truth is! Easier could we believe
the glory of yonder MONDAY sun
to be darkness of the midnight hour
than believe the rays effulgent TINT
stream across the centuries from
the empty tomb of Jesus to be the
rays of falseho0d
Christ's resurrection means so
much to us, because it shows what
mans future life shall be. Jesus
demonstrated in resurrection that
physical death had not touched
His real self" and in this fact is
hope and victory for all man
kind. " Death cannot harm us.
nor will it destroy our identity.
We shall be sown in corruption, in
dishOnor, in weakness. but we
yes, we ourselyes-shall be raised in
interruption. We shall be clothed
in glory and robed with power!
And as the grave did not destroy
the identity of the Son of man,
neither shall ours be lost.
! believe in the resurrection OF
the Son of man, who was the Son
of God, and thank our God that
lie has made it possible for us all
to thus believe. Such faith is the
glory of earth and the gate to Heav.
en-. 1t alone can pierce earth's
murky mists and see over the noun
tain tops Of material things. Never
are its eyes blinded by the vapor
that rises from a seething. SHINING
world. Dare not live without faith,