Democratic messenger., 1906-04-14

ply move quietly out Of all the strug-
giles. all the henrtaclcs all the suffer
ings Of this world II means that when
you get up at the trumpet blast or
resurrection your back will never ache
again. your head will never be weary.
your heart will never bleed All these
sorrows and trials of earth have had
turc life. but when that life comes the
mission of Paurs thorn in the flesh
shall he forever done away with. Oh,
the glorious day when we shall be
emancipatcd from our binding grave
clothes. which have always been the
symbol Of sin am. Of sorrow and OF
earthly parting. IN heaven we shall all
have new wearing apparel. Would you
like 10 catch n glimpse Of the garments
of the rrsurrcctioni "Nho are these
which are arrayed In white robes. and
whence came they" Is asked in the
apocalyptic vision THESE are they
which come out Of great tribulation
and have washed their robes and made
them white IN the blood Of the Lamb"
Glorious. glorious is 10 be the change
OF our resurrection garments Thank
God that. like Christ's. our binding
slrouds OF earth shall he left in the
sepulchcr and De exchanged for the
coronation robes OF heaven.
Every note with wonder swell.
Sin o'erthrnwn and captive hell:
Where is hell's once dreaded king
Where. o DEATH thy mortal stlng7
Angels at the Tomb.
There is another startling fact about
this cmptied scpulcher TO which most
people give hut little heed That fact
does not deal so much with the emptied
crypt. cmpticd of Christ's body. as that
the angels of God were watching by
that silent tomb. In the last chapter
Of Matthew we read that an angel OF
heaven descended OH 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
who was speaking TO the Mary Magda-
lenc of my text In the twentieth
chapter Of John we read that there
were more angels than one there.
There was "one at the head and the
other at the feet where the body of
Jesus had lain" There may have been
two angels. three angels. hundred
angels aye. Il 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
er words. ! want you To grasp this
great truth: As the angels of heaven
came TO the manager 10 sing Christ Il
farewell song. so. AT the open door of
the tomb. | want you to see the angels
coming TO sing To the risen Lord glo-
riouS Easter song of triumph. Angels!
Angels. Angels nj the birth of Jesus
angels at his resurrection
Now. as the angels had such large
part 10 do in the earthly life Of our
Lord Jesus Christ the question which
comes to our mind is this: who are
these angels: If they We're important
10 Christ's life. are they important for
ours:' Angels are mentioned AT least
$50 different times in the Bible They
were lilIiDftlHt 10 llle lives OF ADTh-
ham and Isaac and Jacob and Moses
aud Joshua and David and all the 9th
er mighty servants of God in the Old
and tie New Testament, and they are
important to our life as they were TO
ChriSt's. When we shall arise from
our graves God will send his angels TO
greet us us hc sent his angels TO greet
Christ. We may he purloned for Won
dering If the heavenly messengers who
shall stand by our open graves Will Ike
those dear ones who have gone beyond
and have come back to earth TO take
us to our celestial home. We wonder
If the messenger who will open our
closed cyclids on our first Easter morn
shall bc mother or father or brother or
little cliild. Lord Jesus who art thou
going to send to us AT that time? viii
il he one of our loved ones who is TO
be thy messenger:
Who Are the AngeIsf
Ii you have stood by many deathbeds
you know that when the Christian is
dying. If he is OF a clear mind. he Is