The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-21

Jerusalem cemeteries Is that you ca
distinguish the different graves Their
JUST rs you can pick out the differei
graves In Calvary cemetery OF Lon
Island. AS you 20 through them yo
can say. Here is the tomb Of wealth
family" or Here IL the family plot G
people who lived In moderate clrcun
Stances or Here Is n potter's flelt
where the poor are buried" You ca
tell all this by studying the tombstone
and the elaborate mausoleums and til
neglected graves. Now, as Mary Mag
daiene Is leading you and me anon,
the tombs and graves which surroun,
Jerusalem 10 the grave OF Christ, mucl
to my surprise she does not 20 towar,
potters' field or to the place where The
poor are buried. She directs her stcps
toward a beautiful garden, in the cen
Ter OF which magnificent tomb has
been chiseled ont of the solid rock.
This must be the tomb of very rich
man. AS she goes along feel that she
Is beside herself with grief. and | say
stop, Mary; stop, You are goin. the
wrong way. This Is not the tomb of
Christ. who died a pauper; this Is the
tomb Of one of the wealthy men Of the
| east" Then Mary turns, with a sweet
smile. and says
Buried as a King.
NAY, friend, am not wrong. Christ
may have lived and died poor man.
but he was buried as king. Dost thou
not know that Joseph of Arimathea, Il
member of the sanhedrln ana one Of
the great leaders of the Jewish nation.
went and asked PLATE for Christs
body after it was dead and that Plate
gave il TO him? And dost thou further
more not know that Joseph of Arina.
thea took Christ's body and buried it in
his own family Vault" But" / again
say, how could Joseph do that? Jesus
did not own 4 particle Of clothes when
he died. The soldiers even gambleI for
the coat that he wore on his way to the
cross. True, says Mary. True, but
Gdst thou not also know that, as one
rich man gave Christ his owG tomb in
which to be buried, so Nicodemus. an,
other rich man, furnished the funds
whereby Christ's body was appronrl.
ltely arrlye4 for the rich mans sepul- (
,herP' Do you think that these words +!
which have put into the lips of Mary
ire purely imaginary? Then read Mark /
", 43, Joseph of Arimathea, an hon |
)rab'e counselor, who also waited Tor
he King IL OF Co, came and went n
boldly unto PLATE ana cgaycd tie 4o5y
II Jesus, ana ne gave the body 10 10
eph... Then turn to John xix. 30, and
here came also Nicodemus. who. Mt the
icst, came to Jesus by night and
'rought mixture of myrrh ana al0es.
bout 4 hundred pound weight Then
ook they the body Of Jesus ana wound
In linen CLOTHES with the spices. as
he manner OF the Jews Is to bury"
Now, what Is the deduction OF these
Ho thoughts Why, as Nlcodemus.
ne rich man. gave the expensive spices
nth which to preserve Chrisrs boIy
Or the burial, aud as Joseph of Arima-
lea. another rich man. gave Christ
IS sepulcher for the burial. therefore
means that all the rich men of the
'ord and all the brains OF the world
nall yet stand by the empty tomb OF 9
hrist and declare him Lord Of lords |
1d King of kings. Oh, my friends, / /
n glad Christ's cradle was in a man. c
Pr. That proves that Jesus came
hrist for the poor and the outcasts, !
e sorrowing and the afflicted But | <
n also glad that Christ's dead body !
as wrapped Ia the spices OF Il Nico- I
mus and laid In the family vault of
Joseph. That symbolizes to me this
her fact that some day all the \
ightiest men of earth shall yet ac- d
aim him not only the risen Lord, but v
so their Redeemer and Friend. May II
at glorious day he not far distant. II
is said that just over his study desk u
Hawarden William l.. Gladstone e
d these words framed and hung upon "
g wall Thou wilt keep him in per a.
CT peace whose mind is stayed ON is
ee." SO may all the great and hon j,
ed men of this day find their perfect IL
ace In Il risen Lord is Nicodcluus al
d Joseph OF Olsen times honored him III
the sepulcher. m
Another startling Fact. "a
But as We approach little near TO III
? rifed sepucher We ind another III
lrtling fact The body of Christ Is "
ne"' you say. Is that the startling al
,tf Oh, no. 1 expected TO flnd the Sc
ly gone All historians have alluded q
this one fact. expected TO find the Oh
ly OF Christ gone Next want to 50
1 your attention 10 the fact that the Ia
lNeclothes We're lying In the crypt,
= as they were put there by Christ's al
ends when Jesus body was laid u,
ny IN the tomb How can these 500
ngs bcF you ask. Then you realize VI
( stones ana doors and barred WIN 90
~s ~e~r no barriers for him When n.
u on 80 first Elstcr ua'u ar
DID not como forth. rs an Lazarus. 20
ind hand and fool Win g~lycclo'hes. g-
did not Get mp. as sc do Of mora sd
by throwing the bedcloth,s from dl
our bodies. but he arose silently. -
ftly He arose. aud the r~avcclothes VI