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~ League.
The Resurrection Life.
Topic for April 10.
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ton, and the fellowship of his SUI
ferings. becoming confronted unto
his death; il ny any means | may
attain unto the resurrection from
the dead" Phil iii, l0-1l
There is a mystical, or spiritual,
correspondence in the Christian
life with the leading historical
facts in the life of Jesus. Our
death unto sin, our burial into
Christ's death by baptism, orr walk
in newness Of the resurrection life,
are common analogies OF Paul s
gospel Rom vi, 3, 4; Gal ii, 20
and our birth from above at the III
itation of the life of the Spirit IS
fundamental to the teaching of
John, Peter and Jamcs,G John III
10; I Pet 3; Jas i 49, We should
not be warranted in pushing these
correspondence beyond the apostle
lie teaching; but within this limit
we are very sure of our ground and
possess blessed consciousness ct
fellowship in the sufferings and res
direction Of our Lord. Phil iii 10
Such contemplations are especially
appropriate at this season of the
year, when the calender itself re-
wives the memory of the atOning
suffering of our Lord and his glori.
Gus resurrection
ILLUSTRATIVE.
Nowadays the self-styled liberal
isis in religion demand that we dis
tinguish between the Easter mes
sage and the Easter faith-that is,
between the story Of the resurrec-
ton and the faith in eternal life.
But that is like distinguishing be-
tween the sun and its light, be-
tween the fountain and the stream,
between the source Of anything and
the thing itself. If Christ be not
in fact risen, then is our faith vain.
Peter and Paul preached the Easter
message, and the Church has al
WAYS made the fact the basis of its
faith.
In 1916 Leverrier, the French as
tronomer, peceived some disturb
ance of the planet Uranus that he
thought indicated the presence of
another planet in certain part of
the heavens, and sent request to
the mana gers of an observatory in
Berlin to make search for the dis
turbing body, The search result
ed in the discovery of Neptune. To
the astronomers mind Neptune
was necessity. IL is thus that
the resurrection of Jesus to the
mind of the Christian thinker is a
necessity. It accounts for Christian
life; nothing else does. 1t is the
resurrection life of Christ in finding
a sphere Of influence in the lives OF
men that alone account for Christi
anity.
The Easter lesson is Of the Chris
tian life. No set of rules or forms,
but life it is which the disciple has
in his Lord. As the vital princi-
pie of the seed produces cells, fiber,
Ieas, fruit = all after its own essen
tial nature-so does the eternal
life that the Christian possesses in
Christ conform all his actions and
affections to- him who liveth and
was dead. I John iii 8.
1t is because we ourselves are
partly material that we feel the
pull Of that mysterious universal
force of gravity by which our bod
les are held to the earth. 1t is be-
cause they are spiritual that the
children of God feel the attraction
of eternal life and are ever con-
forming with him who is seated on
The right hand Of God.
The spiritual experience of the
believer is the assurance of his im-
mortality; it was that to the an
cient Hebrew, who had no object
i've demonstration Of the resurrec-
ton life. Ps ixxiii 1926.
Minor Topics for the Devotional
Meeting.
/. What is the Easter message
to the world?
2. What is it to the Church?
3. What to the soul of the be-
lever?
A. How can they who are dead to
sin live any longer therein?
5. Is any of the old leaven iu my
lleart this Easter day?
6. Are any Of us nndeavoring to
find the Christian life in mere OBJ.
servances?
7. How do know that | may
here and now partake of the DEATH
less life of Christ?
5 Haye we become partakers OF
the power of his resurrection?
8. What connection is there be-
tween our Christian experience and
our hope of heaven?
10. Is there as much spohtaneity
in our life as becomes the children
Of resurrection hopes?
II. Is there not a threatening
against sin and unbelief in the res
direction?