Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-04-11


and there, at his very doorstep. wa
dug well which gave precious Hf
saving drink to his family and the peo
pie of the surrounding hills. Thus. m,
dear grandson, | write this that vo,
may know that our family at that tim,
was saved by faith and by believin,
prayer" Oh, my friends. Christ is 5
refuge in every age. AS the two dis
ciples listened to him and found com
fort in their day, as my sainted an
cestor turned to him in his trial anf
was delivered, so may we in every
emergency of our lives find helm and
peace in looking to him and PRAYING tc
him. Will you not feel, as did the two
disciples on the Emmaus road. that
without Christ you can do nothing and
that with Christ you can do every.
thing?
But | cannot close without a practi
cal application to our future work in
our relationship with our fellow men
and fellow Christian disciples. When
Jesus revealed himself to his discinles
in the little Emmaus village, what
did they do? Did they rejoice? Yes:
they rejoiced as gladly as did the old
father in the parable of the prodigaI
son, who cried out in ecstasy. 1T was
meet that we should make merry and
be glad, for this thy brother was
dead and is alive again and was lost
and is foundv' But these two disciples
did more than merely stay at home
Easter evening and rejoice with each
other Their happiness over the EN-
maus revelation was too great to be
housed within four walls. They imme-
diately started back to Jerusalem
They said to each other: Come. come
come! Let us go and tell the APOSTLES
and the other disciples that we have
seen the risen Christ. Come, come,
come! Let US have them rejoice with
Us as we rejoice. as we have went
with them when they wept." We can
now see them running back to the Je
rusalem capital on Easter night. and
Easter darkness was not made an ex-
cuse for laggard feet. They ran. Aye.
they ran as fast as their limbs could
carry them to tell Of the risen Christ.
The Glorious News.
We are all ready to carry good news
to our fellow men. After Napoleon's
defeat at Waterloo a messenger start
ed for the Russian capital to tell the
car that his national enemy was over
thrown. On and on he went. While
the horses were being saddled at the
different taverns he would sleep; then
into his saddle and on. When he rush
ed into the Petersburg palace the car
was at dinner. But, undaunted, he car
ried the good news into the royal BAN
quet hall, and then, after telling the
news, he dropped at the feet Of the
ear and fell into a slumber from
which no one could rouse him. If a
ears soldier would be so anxious to
tell his chief of ain earthly victory shall
we not be anxious, like the Emmaus
disciples, to tell all the world of a
heavenly victory? From this church
with flowers, where we
nave seen the risen Christ in vision
md heard him in song and sermon,
shall we not carry the news every
where? The news! Aye, tell the glo-
ious news that Jesus has risen from
he dead and become the first fruits of
hem that slept.
But there is one other fact that l
would impress upon your thoughts in |
his Easter afternoon revelation. AS |
Don as Christ revealed himself unto |
lis two disciples he vanished out of |
heir sight. If we do not at once re-
GIVE Christ when he reveals himself,
n all probability we shall never re-
GIVE him at all. One moment he is
ere, the next he is gone forever.
'ome OF US in our past lives know
When we saw him. We know that
here was certain moment of a GER
ain service when Jesus came to US
nd said, Here am T. and if we had
OF at that moment received him as
ur Lord we would never have re-
eiyed him. men and women, are
GU this, Easter day in the Emmaus
Ilage? Are you standing in the little
lilage seven and one-half miles from
and having a divine revela-
on and vet will not accept the risen
hrist? God forbid that my Saviour's
CARED hands and SCARED feet and
CARED brow and SCARED side should
this Easter afternoons revelation
0peal to you in vain,
copyright, 1904, by Louis Klopsch.1