Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1906-04-14

you get up at the trumpet blast OF
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
their mission in fitting us for the tu-
ture life, but when that life comes the
mission Of PauPs thorn in the nesh
shall be forever done away with. Oh,
the glorious day when we shall be
emancipated from our binding grave
clothes, which have always been the
symbol Of sin and Of sorrow and OF
earthly parting! In heaven we shall all
have new wearing apparel. Would you
like to catch a glimpse Of the garments
Of the resurrection? "WhO are these
which are arrayed in white robes, and
whence came they" is asked in the
aDocalyptic 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 to be the change
Of our resurrection garments. Thank
God that. like Christs, our binding
shrouds Of earth shall be left in the
sepulcher and be exchanged for the
coronation robes Of heaven.
Every note with wonder swell,
Sin oerthrown and captive he'll;
Where IS helrs once dreaded king,
Where, o death, thy mortal sting?
Angels at the Tomb.
There is another startling fact about
this emptied sepulcher to which most
people give but little heed. That fact
does not deal 50 much with the emptied
crvpt. emptied Of Christs 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 on the first Easter
J 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-
lene Of my text. In the twentieth
chapter Of John we read that there
were more angels than one there.
There was zone 1t the head and the
other at the feer where the body of
Jesus had lain" There may have been
two angels, three angels, a hundred
angels-aye, a 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
err words. | want you to grasp this
great truth: As the angels Of heaven
came to the manger to sing Christ a
farewell song, so, at the open door OF
the tomb, l want you to see the angels
coming to sing to the risen Lord a glo-
rious Easter song Of triumph. Angels
Angels! Angels at the birth Of Jesus
angels at his resurrection.
Now, as the angels had such a large
part to do in the earthly life Of oul
Lord Jesus Christ the question which
comes to our mind is this: who are
these angels? If they were important
to Christs life, are they important fol
ouPsY Angels. are. mentioned at leas
2S6 different times in the Btbie. Thel
were important to the liYes >pf a bra
ham and Isaac ana Jacob -tfnd- Moses
and Joshua and David and all the 9th
er mighty servants Of God in the Ol(
and the New Testament, and they arr
important to our life as they were t
Christs. When we shall arise from
our graves God will send his angels t
greet us as he sent his angels to gree
Christ We may be pardoned for won
dering if the heavenly messengers WIZ
shall stand by our open graves will b.
those dear ones who have gone beyon'
and have come back to earth to TAX
us TO our celestial home. We wonde
if the messenger who will open ou
closed eyelids on our first Easter morl
shall be mother or father or brother o
little child. Lord Jesus, who art tho
going to send to us at that time? VIII
it be one of our loved ones who is t
be thy messenger?
Who Are the Angelsf
: If you have stood By many deathbed
YOU know that when the Christian
, dying. if he is of Il clear mind, he I
, very ant to see his dear ones beyOn
= and to recognize them and even to ca
, them by name When l was youn
pastor in Pittsburg one Of the deares
t girls Of my church fell sick unto deaf
: with consumption. She grew weake
n and weaker. but her mind was perfec
" clear. A short time before she die
Jennie looked up and said, "Mothel
there are grandma and auntie, and the
are coming for me-" The mothe
! thought her daughter was in deliriuI
and bent over the side Of the bed an
. said. Jennie, Jennie, do you kno'
y me?7 "Why, of course, l know yol
u mother. am not out Of my mind. D
. YOU not see them? Grandma an
y auntie are coming for me. Don't 20
q see them? And they are singing nov
- Cannot you hear them singing? An'
!, Oh the music is so sweet" Have Nc
u YOU had such experiences in your ow
- y family life?
When the great Henry Clay wa
-, ! ABOUT 10 ulc uc lOONNU uB' "Ai' NN'
- denly his face was radiant with
- smile as he called: Mother. MOthe
- Motherw Who will say that his mot
- er did not come as Gods messenger
=, meet him at the gravel Remembe
= an angel. in the Scriptural sense, Is
~ messenger Of God. Christ had his al
- gels at the Easter tomb, and we, to
!, shall have ours. Will they be our oW
- dear ones? o God, we are 50 anXiol
30 TO see some Of them that it does see
"a we cannot wait any longer. We wal
40 TO hold the dear hands and kiss Il
- dear lips. Father, send them to us
an it be thy will. Let their redeem'
a spirits hover over our dying pillow
oe Let them come soon to take us to the
os Angels. Angels. Angels at the ma
N ger! Angels at the emptied tomb Of
of risen Lord.
he But there is still another startlil
IN fact about this Easter tomb to whi