Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-09

Christ Will some uay reNehi hiinSSt ~
Won all as he once revealed himseir 10
his two troubled disciples on that Eas-
ter afternoon in the Emmaus village.
I have always been very thankfui
that Christ made this revelation on
Easter day to the two honest doubters
at the Emmaus village. An, my |
friends. the honest doubter ought TO |
have our sympathy instead of our exc
Grafton. Some people by natural men
tai construction always must have
fact proved to them before they ure
willing to believe. They do not reailze
that faith is the evidence OF things
not seem" They always demand the
evidence. The brother Of Mark hop
kins was for years an agnostic merely
because he could not find a logical
proof for Christianity. Finally MARX
Hopkins planned a consecutive line OF
arguments to prove to his younger
brother that there was logical grounu
for accepting Jesus Christ as the Saw
iour of the world. When he had proven
It Professor Hopkins Joined hands
with President Mark Hopkins IN MS
gospel faith and said Lord, believe;
helm thou mine unbelief." 1t was as
result of trying to convert his brother
10 Christianity through consecrated
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 10
John Tyndall, the famous British phys
icist. and said, "Tyndall, can you be-
hold such a sublime Alpine sunset as
fh,s and not feel that there is GodE
"Oh," he answered, Il feel it. ieel
II as much as any man can feel IL, anu
I rejoice in it, but the trouble is can
not prove It," All, 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, IL you
will only reach out for more light' as
did the two honest doubters OF lhe
Emmaus road, Christ will ultimately
reveal himself But, We honest doubt
ers mark this. There are two ways tC
doubt The wrong way is to let youl
doubts. as did Tyndall, obscure the I'll
vine revelation, which you may nave
for the asking. The honest way Il
doubt is to hold firmly to the divine
revelations you have, with your mln'
omen to receive newer and fuller reVe
Iafion. which will surely come 10 yo'
: and in the end Danish all your doubts
II you are an honest doubter stand tnl
dav by the emptied tomb of a risel
Christ and say, Lord, l believe; hei
| thou mine unbelief.
An Easter Thought.
: Easter afternoons revelation, III III
D NEXT place, came to these two douDter
whom ON their way to their own homes
who were these two men? we don
know But when reading CAREFUL
: t'ee Scripture lines we are led TO sui
pose that they were among the inna'
r itants of this little village OF Ed
> maus. which was about sixty stadla'
8 seven and one-half miles, distant Irol
k the Jerusalem capital. In other word
: these two disciples Of Jesus Chri
d were villagers. When they heard TN
e their Lord and Saviour was to be trl'
J. for his life they Immediately WEI
It down to the capital to see II the
le could help him. There they stage
% through the awful scenes OF the cruz
6xion. But when the crucifi1ion WI
over and their tears Of sympathy ~
le mingled with those of Mary, the mot
n or. and the strange reports OF Ma
r Magdalene had been reported to thel
Sc they had to return to their home q
re ties. And while they were going ba
a. home to look after the farm stock a
t. take care of the crops Christ appear
d, INTO them on the Emmaus road.
Is 1t Is beautiful Easter thought tn
n Christ will reveal himself to us in !
1t sanctuary. 1t is a beautiful Eas'
We thought that he will reveal himself
to us in q pulpit embarked and empo
ay cred bv white lilies and In an Eas
on choir loft where is being sung Dudl
)e- Ruck's "Christ the Lord Is Risen
,al SINNERS "CrucifXion." But l glc
today over the fact that Christ c
nd and will reveal himself to US on Eas
Of afternoon on the Emmaus road.
on can and will reveal himself to us WI
wo we are cooking the Easter dinner
his while we are dressing the children
tn, the Easter afternoon Sunday schooi
yes when in the evening hour, with
lat children gathered about the piano,
off ore singing the Easter songs. J
ter other day. when calling at the home
uld a very dear friend, l saw this Dea'
'ho full sentiment written upon the "
uld ovor the sideboard of the dining roc
ind "Christ Is the head of this house.
or unseen guest at every meal, the sil
sed listener to every conversation" J
rst yes: that written sentiment IS u
the Christ on Easter noon and Easter
lse- ernoon and Easter evening and Ea'
Il 1 night is ready to enter the nun
II home of the Emmaus disciples as
uld is also ready to stand on Easter m'
and ing amid the decorated pulpits or
nan imposing cathedrals and OF the
fter churches and of the little village m
wife ing houses.
ele- Mysteries Sol ed.
,oln Easter afternoons re ,lation ca
for in the next place, as solution OF
ma phetlc mysteries. The two disci
ago must have known the Scriptures
ade they had not understood the prophe
say concerning Christ, and not until he
up planned them did they perceive
thls the events which had so puz Led
her distressed them were precisely u
which had been predicted centuries
fore. 1t came as q right visual
Tays spective to those whose eyes were