The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-31
TIMES RICHMOND VA SUNDAY MARCH 81 1901

the dead? IL is not here; for lie is
riset, as 1Io sald;" and then, as IL to
ullay their fears and confirm thor faith,
Come, see the place whero the Lord
lay. And go quickly ana tell Ills dis
| ciples--atld Peter--thut He Is risen from
the dead.n lete
Mary Mngdaleno seems to have has
tened at once to Peter and John. No
sooner did they receive this unexpected
and startling news than they determined
TO see with their own eyes what had
happened John outstripped In speed his
elder companion, and arriving first
der Into that open grave. 1t was empty.
and tho linen cerenents were lying
neatly folded, cacl, in Its proper place.
| Then Peter arrived, and, Needless OF
every consideration except his love and
establishment plunged into the sepulchre.
John followed, saw and believed and
the two apostles took back the undoubted
fact to their wondering brethren.
In spite Of fear and anxiety, and that
dull intelligence which, by their own
confession, was so slow to realize tho
truth they had been taught, there dawned
hope, which was SO rapidly to become
the absolute conviction, that Christ way
| risen indeed.
That His body had been laid in that
tomb; that on that morning the grave
of Christ was untenantcd; that Ills body
had not been removed by His enemies;
that It's absence caused His disciples the
profoundest amazemcnt, not unmingled
with sorrow and alarm; that they fin
ally became convinced. by repcn ted
proofs that He had indeed risen from
the dead; that for this truth they were
! ready at all times themselves to die;
that this belief effected profound and
total change in their character, making
! the tlmid courageous and the weak ir-
resistible-these are facts which even
a skeptic III lie is candid) can hardly
fail to admit
But as yet no eye had seen Him. To
Mary of Magdala-to her who loved most,
out Of whose soul, now ardent as a flamo
and clear as crystal, He had cast seven
devils-to her was this glorious honor
first vouchsafed. Even the vision OF
angels had not soothed the passion OF
agitation which she had experienced
when. returning once more to the tomb,
she found 1t was impossible for her to
pay the last tribute Of devotion and
4 tenderness to the crucifed body OF her
& Lord.
Not even the white-robed vision and
the angels message could expel the an
guish which filled her heart with the
haunting thought, They have taken
away my Lord, and l know not where
they have laid Him.
With her whole heart absorbed in her
grief, she turned away, and 10! jesus
Himself stood before her. There was
something spiritual tot OF earth, in
that risen, glorifed body. Her eyes dim
with tears and her whole mind occupied
with the one idea, she thought It was tile
keeper Of the garden, and in the eager
hope that He might explain to her the
secret OF that empty, yet angel haunted
q grave, she exclaims in an agony ct ap-
peal, "Sir. If thou have borne Hin hence,
tell me where thou hast laid Him. and
Z will take Him away
4 Jesus saith unto" her Mary! She
turned and saith, Rabboni! And
Mary NIagdalene came and told the dis
ciples that she had seen the Lord
God grant that this vision and this
Presence shall be with JUS also this;
Easter day!
The Norfolk Landmark complains
that Tho Times-Dlspatch has butcher
cd Mother Goose" we might rctort
that any poll-parrot can repeat, and any
scribbler can copy from the book, but
that 1t takes genius to quote from
memory" and supply the rhythmical
a words which cannot be recalled How
ever, we have learned not to scrap
with the schoolma stcr. We take all his
rebukcs and chidings in humility and
IN good temper. for with all his
bubbles ne is very pleasant, bless his
dear old soul! 4
According to press Dispatch Mr.
( Roosevelt, explaining jiu-jltsu to his
friend, Senator Proctor. showed hin,
how to stand an opponent on his head
Only few weeks ago the Pre- sident
was showing the same trick to Bellamy
i Storer.
Neither the Norfolk Landmark no,
the Washington Herald, however, has
yet asked for the plural OF hen fruit
the probability being that they, like US
cannot afford more than one at a time
Eating plenty Of raw meat, it is
said, makes man more vigorous, ply.
sically. 1t is apt, however, to have 4
distinctly retroactive effect upon his
bank account, a
AS though his cheek, In purely ma
tive state, were not already the size
. Itn rin1 t,np> .,o1I III,