Milford chronicle., 1904-04-08

repentant Mary. The next persol
| whom he hOnored with his divine pre-
: ence on the first Easter day were Il
two disciples on the Emmaus roa,
who were honest doubters. These tW
men had seen the crucifxion. The
had heard the wonderful report {
Mary from the tomb. They knew til
tomb had been emptied of Christ
body, but they could not understan
how the miracle could have take
place. Christ appeared straightwa
unto them. oh, ye honest doubters, d
not despair. Hold fast to your belief
though it be small. Plead. Pray. KeeI
= On seeking for more divine light, an,
Christ will some day reveal himself t
you all as he once revealed himself Il
his two troubled disciples on that Eas
ter afternoon in the Emmaus village.
l have always been very Thankful
that Christ made this revelation OF
Easter day to the two honest doubters
at the Emmaus village. All, my
friends, the honest dOubter ought tc
have our sympathy instead of our exc
Grafton. Some people by natural men.
tai construction always must have a
fact proved to them before they are
wilFeass to believe. They do not realize
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 ceuld 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 JesHs Christ as the Saw
iOur Of the world When he had proved
1t Professor Hopkins Joined hands
with President Mark Hopkins in his
gospel faith and said. Lord. believe:
help thou mine unbeIief." 1t was rs a
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 4
friend one summer evening turned to
John Tyndall. the famous British phys
icist and said. "Tyndall. can you be-
hold such sublime Aiplnc sunset ns
this and not feel that there il a Cod?"
'Oh, - he answered. Il feel 1t. l feel
1t rs much as any man can feel It. and
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.
NY friends, on this Easter day. if Won
Will only reach out for more light. as
lid the two honest doubters of the ,
tmmaus road, Christ will ultimately ,
'eyeal himself. But. We honest doubt !
rs, mark this: There are two ways to ?
loubt The wrong way is to let your !
loubts, as did Tyndall, obscure the di- !
Inc revelation. which you may have =
or the asking The honest way to :
-oubt is to hold firmly to tie divine =
eVelatons you have, with your mind L
pen to receive newer and fuller reve- n
alton. which will surely come to you
nd in the end Danish all your doubts.
you are an hsnest dOubter stand this .
ay by the emptied tomb of a risen :.
hriSt and say. Lord, l believe; help :,
lou mine unbelief" - :,
An Easter Thought. ~
Easter afternoons revelation, in the N
ext place, came to these two dOubters 81
hen on their way to their own homes. q,
'ho We're these two men? We don't 10
now. But when reading carefully =,
le Scripture lines we are led to sup .,
'se that they were among the inhab- ~,
ants of this little village Of EN- +h
aus which was about sixty stadia or nr
ven and One-half miles, distant from ~
g Jerusalem capital. In other words. ~
ese two disciples Of Jesus Christ 81
ere villagers. When they heard that tb
eir Lord and Saviour was to be tried m,
his life they Immediately went nj,
wn TO the capital to see if they sb
uld help him. There they stayed "a
rough the awful scenes Of the cruel oo
ion. But when the cruc:fxiOn was III,
er, and their tears of sympathy had e.,
-5-NN WAtA AAAOoE VI AldIIs LilG IlOLIl- { hn
and the strange reports Of Mary do
lgdalene had been reported to them. Lv
" had to return to their home du- ,.o
s. And while they were going back y.,,
me to look after the farm stock and the
,e care of the crops Christ appeared nh,
to them on the Emmaus road. A
is a beautiful Easter thought that ino
rist will reveal himself to us in his foe
lctuary. 1t is a beautiful Easter Do
ught that he will reveal himself to roU
in pulpit embarked and embow- ~,
d by white lilies and in an Easter vo,
ir loft where is being sung Dudley cal,
ek's Christ the Lord Is Risen or 70
iners "CrucifxiOn." But l glory tLo
ay over the fact that Christ can oas,
will reveal hinself to us on Easter go
srnoOn on the Emmaus road. He -,
and will reveal himself to US while IT,
are cooking the Easter dinner, or onI,
lie we are dressing the children for a.
Easter afternoon Sunday school. or -
m in fhn nxrnuipor bo,,r '''.@e