The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1905-04-20
THEY COULD NOT
HOLD HIM"
3, EEv. GRO. Z. suRllSsaxE. Do

-. 50 taey went anl made the scnuich,-
--It scaling ihe stone the a.4stA benz
WITH them nst. E.es
a KING buried by his friends. sealed
a In the tomb and guarded by His
enemies; raised from the dead BY the
power OF His divine life, 10 IS a story
stepped In sensation and charged with
marvel Friday His friends solrou fof
their suffering saviour a. they roll the
l1uhe ~ the door % His tomb. safur-
uay MS Toes slander Him and set their
scar across tho narrow entrance. sun
day friends and foes alike are shaken
and startled by uneartAy sishts ana
SOUNDS. sy earthquakes and angels and
AaAthng lisht and awful mystery IA
- time much to be remembered for
IN " 'Ne s~ird ~nh d high hand and an
rulA'feiehec arm brought aeain the
chiia ot bondage out Of the darkness Of
Egypt IL is the greater exodus-the
Exodus OF the Son Of Man from the
captivity OF earth 90 The Canaan ~
Sl"Fl fftra ,Lo p4tter bondage OF life
~ me hesh 10 the power Of an indisso.
luole lie In the spirit: from obscuritv
ana humiliation % splendid and ire
sistiole triumph. Behold saws Chrv-
sostom. both a seal and STONE ava a
watch and they we're not able TO hold
Him.H " "'''
i-buRIED by HIS FRIENDS
What torture they had endur-a
his sureringl Now tho N
MS his wounds 80. 49,. tenderly lft Him 30 y
resting place. No longer shall he
hang IN agony and shame on the cross
provided by His enemies. He shall lie
quiet and undisturbed in a virgin ,o,nh
ene loving gift Of His friends. They
siadiy give Him their best. There is
no question OF mean economy. As Mary
brought 20 Him living a box OF prec-
lous ointment. so now with like indif-
ference TO cost they bring to Him dead
hundred weight OF myrrh and aloes
surely Nicodemus had never soenf bis
money 10 SO good a purpose as this.
eonsecrated TO the body OF his Lord
H-sEALED BY HIS FOES.
Fame and fortune await the poet
who will DO for PLATE what shake
speare did for Lady Macbeth-write
the history Of his conscience. He had
washed his hands OF the whole husi-
ness, and now II his wife will say no
more about her dreams perhaps he can
forget Il all But with what pitiless
persistence the fates pursue him with
the memory Of his gentle Victim. Tbere
sfs The Jews coming to insist that He
De taken down from the cross hefore
,ne Saooatn comes And then come
the friends of Jesus asking permission
To bury Him Surely wfth tbs renuesr
granted nothing further can annoy
the troubled ruler. But here come sss
priests anxious TO keep Him buried
and asking that his authority pursue
tne saviour into the tomb and ,ie Hin,
tnere. So II is that a guard IS posted
and biz OF tape stretched across tha
closed mouth of the tomb. boeh az,
olems Of Roman power and authority
All these precautions were for a desn-
ite purpose-to prevent the removal
OF the body OF Jesus The precautior
was ample; combining the birhest an
thority and the fullest capac,tv. ors
tn'ng only had they ovsrIoolosa. ami
that ives God.
IiI.--RAIsED FROM THE pEAu
The bit OF tape tied across the sen,,l-
cher's mouth doth snap and parr as
would a thread made fast TO a eash- |
ing meteor The eyes OF the Romas |
soldiers watching dead Christ are
blinded oy the glory OF Him whose |
soaR'erAnus is e ths sun shining IN !