The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-21

emancipated from our binding grave
! clothes, which have always been tn
symbol OF sin and of sorrow and o
earthly parting. In heaven we shall al
have new wearing apparel. Would yol
Hike to catch Il glimpse OF the garment,
OF the resurrectl0nl "Who are thes,
which are arrayed in white robes, anC
whence came they?" is asked IN thu
apocaiyptlc vision These are the,
which come out Of great tribulatiou
ana have washed their robes and mad,
them white in the blood OF the Lamb. y
Glorious glorious Is TO be the change
u our resurrection garments. Thank
! God that, like Christs. our binding
,hrouds OF earth shall be left IN the
sepulcher and be exchanged for the
coronation robes OF heaven
Every note with wonder swell
SIN o'erthrown and captive hell,
Where IL hells once dreaded King.
" here, o death. thy mortal sting?
Angels AT the Tomb.
There Is another startling fact about
this emptied sepulcher to which NEST
people give but little heed That fact
does not deal 50 much with the emptled
crypt. elnptied Of Christ's body. as that
the angels Of God were watching by
that silent. tomb In the last chapter
or Matthew we read that an angel Of
heaven descended OIL the first Easter
morn and rolled away the stone that
was In front of the door OF the tomb
and sat upon it. This was the angel
iene. of my text. In the twentieth
chapter Of John we read that there
were more angels than one there.
There was "one ut the head and the
other at the feet where the body or
Jesus Lad lain" There may have been
two angels, three angels, hundred
thousand angels about
the tomb of the risen Lord. Because the
disciples did not see them all that does
not prove they were not there In 9th.
ar words, / want you to grasp this
great truth: As the angels of heaven
came to the manger TO sing Christ a
song, so, AT the open door Of !
he tomb, ! want you to see the angels |,
'omiug to sing 10 The risen Lord a Go !
'ious Easter song Of triumph. Angels! |
Angels. Angels at the birth of Jesus
lngels at his resurrection
Now, as the angels had such n large
art 10 do iii the earJhiy life of our
ord Jesus Christ the question which
e. Il q ~ ttN ~
hese angels! If they We're important
0 Christs life, are they important Tor
ors%' Angels are mentioned at least
70 different times in the Bible They
we're important to the lives of .Abra-
am aud Isaac and Jacob and Moses
Id Joshua and David and all the 9th.
r mighty servants OF God in the OLD
nj the New Testament and they are
Important to our lie as they We're to
hrlst's. When we shall arise from
ur graves God will send his angels 10
rect US as he sent his angels to greet
hrisi We may De parloned for won
ering IL the heavenly messengers who
lall stand by our open graves will be
lose dear ones who have gone beyond
al have come back TO earth To take
; 10 our celestial home. We wonder +
the messenger who will open our !.
osed eyelids on our first Easter morn y
lall be mother or father or brother or D
tie child. Lord Jesus, who art thou Id
ling TO send 10 US at that timef win !.
he one Of cur loved ones who is to =,
; thy messenger; 4
Who Are the Angclsf Il
If you have stood by many deathbeds "
III know that when the Christian Is "
ing. ii lie Is of clear mind, he is 81
ny apt 10 see his dear ones beyond 81
ii 10 recognize them and even 10 call pl
EN- by name. When | was a young Il
stOr in Pittsburg one OF the dearest al
is of my church fell sick unto death 81
til consumption. She grew weaker N
Il weaker but her mind was perfect M
clear. a short time before she died ~
nnie looked up aud said. Mother, So
eIe are grandma and auntie, aud they on
. coming for me- The mother
ought her daughter was IN dellrium a.
d bent over the side OF the bed aud n,
d, Jennie. Jennie Ito you know n.
Z" why. Of course, know you. a.
ther I ana not out of my mind. DO n,
4 not see them; Grandma and !,
ltie are coming for me. Don't you ~
themF And they are singing now. J.,
mot you hear them singing? Aud.
the music Is so sweet" Have not
4 had such experiences In your own ~
nily life? 81
When the great Henry Clay was 40
Iut TO die he looked ~ and sud ~
lly his face wax rddlaIIt with a ~
lie as he called "Muihe. Mother
'ther" Who viii Ray that bis moth ="
did not come as Gods messenger 10
20 him at the gravcy Remember, "
angel. lu the Scriptural sense. is u %
ssenecr OF God Christ had his an. III
3 at the Easter t6mb, and we. Zoo. VI
% have ours VIII hey be our own ga
.r oucsg % God. We are 80 anxious DO
scc some of them that it does seem W.
cannot wait any longer. We want w
hold the dear hands AMI kiss the IN
r. lips. Father. send them t. us If
De thy H. Ter their redeemed ia
rits hover over or dying pillows. ht
them come soon 20 take rs 20 thee. Sc;
gels, Angels, Angels az the man. sid
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