The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-20


anoint, perhaps to
embalm, the Lord. Instead OF a corpse
they find a king. Expecting death, they
find life. Embalming gives place to
joyful worship. They are looking fol
difficulty in rolling the stone away;
when they arrive the difficulty is over
come. The stone is away and an angel
upon it. The joy of this disappointed
unbelief illustrates Gods way of doing
He delights in surprising us; He gives
more than we can ask or think.
The Joy of Faith Confirmed.
The open sepulchre was the confir'
nation Of every claim which Jesus
Christ had made. He claimed that He
and the Father are one. Before Abra-
ham was, l am" and His resurrection
proves it. It is the stamp Of Heaven
upon His deity. Every doctrine He
taught, every miracle He performed,
every hope He inspired, is confirmed.
Joy of Light from Heaven.
Not the radiance Of the angels face,
though hat vas glorious; not the halo
about the head Of the risen Lord, but
the light Of the exhortation, Fear not.
He is not here. He is risen" AS
trace through the Bible Gods fear
nots" | find in them light for every ex-
p%erience of life.
The Joy of Victory.
There was physical victory. Look
at the body of Christ as it Is taken
from the cross, clotted with blood;
eyes glazed in death; hands limp at
the side, needing the strength Of low,
ing friends to bear it to the sepulchre>
Now see Him as He walks from the
tomb in the full vigor of physical man.
hood. I see in this for the Christian
the promise and potency Of complete
victory over all forces that make for
death.
There was political victory. That
seal, part Of 1t attached to the rock If
the mountain and part attached to the
stone, o n but an angel dare touch
There was also moral victory. The
forces of evil had prevailed and the
sun Of righteousness seemed for a
while to have gone down in gloom.
Demons Of darkness may now dance
for joy. The King has been captured.
Yes, but within the very walls of death
He has demolished every fortress.
Every day we may have a joy OF an,
~ticipated physical, national and moral
victory.
Joy of Telling Our Joy to Others.
They did run to bring His disciples
, word" We pity the man who has a
Christ that only lived, acted and died.
He may admire Him as a hero, honor
Him as a martyr, c%anoniZe Him as a
saint, but he can have great Joy
in telling others about Him. 1t is only
those who believe Christ divine and,
therefore, the Saviour from all sin and
with all power In Heaven and earth
who a experience ecstasy Of heart in
~prOclaiming Him unto others.
Joy of Risen Lords Presence.
Two men are on their way home
from the city, where they have buried
their hopes. Sad and depressed, they
are on their way home, when a stran-
ger falls in with them and begins to
explain to them the scriptures as writ
ten by Moses concerning the Messiah.
Their hearts burn with a peculiar fer
vor. They are uplifted in spirit. To
have the risen Christ walk with us
when we are not conscious of His ap-
pearance, but at the same time to re-
veal to US His p~reciousness and appear
in such a way as to make our hearts
burn with love and gratitude, is a joy
to be coveted and experienced every
day.
The Joy of Hope.
Jesus said to the women, GO tell
My disciples that they shall see Me in
Galilee," 1t vas simply a promise
that they should soon meet Him. And
the assembled Christ has said to us:
"Just as We have seen Me go up into
Heaven, so shall we see Me come
again in like manner"
The promise of the coming Of the
Lord has made narrow this "starsown
vague of space" and makes it but a
thin veil between us and the objects of
our love. 1t brings us, perhaps, within
a few hours of meeting our risen Lord
and glOrified friends. Then, ah! then.
an everlasting resurrection.