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

repentant Mary. The next persons
whom he honored with his divine pres
ence on the first Easter day were the
two disciples on the Emmaus road
who were honest doubters These two
men had seen the crucifxion They
had heard the wonderful report of
Mary from the tomb. They knew the
tomb had been emptied of Christ S
body, but they could not understand
how the miracle could have taken
place. Christ appeared straightway
unto them. Oh. ye honest doubters, do
not despair. Hold fast to your belief,
though it be small Plead. Pray. Keen
on seeking for more divine light, and
Christ will some day reveal himself to
you all as he once revealed himself to
his two troubled disciples on that Eas-
ter afternoon in the Emmaus village.
| have always been very thankful
that Christ made this revelation on
Easter day to the two honest doubters
at the Emmaus village All, 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 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
k1ns was for years an agnostic merely
because he could not find a logical
proof for Christianity. Finally Mark
Hopkins planned consecutive line of
arguments to prove to his younger
| brother that there was logical ground
| for accepting Jesus Christ as the Saw
Jour of the world. When he had proved
it Professor Hopkins Joined hands
with President Mark Hopkins in his
! gospel faith and said, Lord, believe;
! help thou mine unbelief" It was as
! result of trying to convert his brother
! to 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 to
John Tyndall, the famous British phys
icist, and said 'Tyndall. can you be-
hold such a sublime Alpine sunset as
this and not feel that there is God?
oh" he answered, Il feel it. I feel
it as much as any man can feel it. and
L 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, if you
will only reach out for more light, as
did the two honest doubters Of the
Emmaus road, Christ will ultimately
reveal himself. But, We honest doubt
ers, mark this: There are two ways tt,
doubt The wrong way is TO let your
doubts, as 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.
If you are an honest dOubter stand this
day by the emptied tomb of a risen
Christ and say, Lord, believe; help
thou mine unbelief"
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
pose that they were among the inhab-
itantS 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 be tried |
for his life they Immediately went |
down to the capital to see if they |
could help him. There they stayed I
through the awful scenes of the cruel |
hXiOn. But when the crucifXiOn was |
over, and their tears of sympathy had |
mingled with those of Mary, the moth |
er, and the strange reports Of Mary |
Magdalene had been reported to them, |
ties. And while they were going back |
home to look after the farm stock and |
take care of the crops Christ appeared |
unto them on the Emmaus road.
1t is beautiful Easter thought that
Christ will reveal himself to us in his
sanctuary. 1t is a beautiful Easter
thought that he will reveal himself to
us in a pulpit embarked and embow-
cred by white lilies and in an Easter
choir loft where is being sung Dudley
Bucks Christ the Lord Is Risen or
Stainer's "Crucifxion." But l 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. or
while we are dressing the children for
the Easter afternoon Sunday school. or
when in the evening hour, with the