Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-18
THE RESURRECTION.

religion rests, III Christ be not raised,
your faith is in vain; We are yet in your
sins Then they also which are fallen
asleep in Christ are persisted That is
the plain teaching OF the great Apostle
to the Gentiles.
Today we hear even from the Chris
tlan pulpit. that the resurrection OF
Jesus Is to be understood In u spiritual
sense only. The resurrection IS, they
tell us, the uprising OF the spirit OF
Christ in individual experience" But,
the resurrection of the Cruclhed savior
u.s. first OF all. an historical fact.
There can be no doubt that the fol-
lowers OF the Nasarenc became thor
oughly convinced that Jesus rose from
the tomb in which His body was laid.
They knew that He died that He was
buried that guard was placed at the
tomb. and that, Notwithstanding this,
they saw Him face to face and heard
Him talk to them. So powerful was
this conviction that IL became living
force within them. At the time of the
Crucinvion they were wavering. 1t
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hopes had been shattered. But, all at
once, they became strong in their faith.
They testified to the world in spite of
ridiculc. hatred. prison, stripes, aud
death, that the Crucillcd one was the
Messiah, the Savior, the Son OF Cod
to whom all power in heaven and on
earth. had been given. Is there any
explanation Of that wonderful fact ex-
cept this, that they knew for certain
that Jesus had conquered death and
risen in glory?
There is cloud of witnesses to tho
fact of the resurrection. Early, on the
first day of the week, Mary OF Magdala
and companions went to the sacred
tomb When they arrived they found
the stone removed from the entrance
The tomb frontcd the cast and the rays
Of the rising sun fell upon it. Mary
fastened back To the city to inform the
disciples OF what she had seen, Her
companions entered into the enclosure
before the tomb and they saw an an
gel who told them to go back and
carry the tidines 10 the Apostles that
tho Lord had risen. The message OF
Mary had in the meantime, been
brought TO Peter and John. and they
FASTENED to the tomb. John arrived
first. Peter came soon after. They
found that the clothes We're on the
floor, folded regularly, and not bearing
the evidence of having been removed
In haste as would have been the case.
had the disciples taken the body away,
supposing that to he possible In the
presence of % guard on a moonlight
night.
Mary now returned. She was the
first who saw the risen Savior. Then
the other Mary and salomc who join
cd her at the grave saw Him. and wor-
SHIPPED Him. Then another company of
devoted women came to the grave.
They were met by two angels who told
them that the Lord had risen.
Later the Apostle Peter saw the
Master, and stlll later He appeared to
maus. They returned to Jerusalem TO
tell the Apostles of their experience.
While they were relating their story.
Jesus appeared to them all, and con-
verscd with them. And from nov on
the report that the Lord had risen
spread among His followers
on the following Sunday. Jesus again
appeared to His Apostles for the speci-
al benefit of Thomas Some days after
He showed Himself in Galilleo to the
Apostles and more than 500 brethren"
who had assembled by appointment.
on this occasion He declared that all
power had been given Him. Subsc-
quenty lie appeared To Peter and six
other disciples. in Galnlee. Then He
met with His faithful disciples in Jo-
rusalem. and OH the fortieth day at
ter the resurrection having given them
the necessary Instructions concerning
their future labor in His service. He
led them out to the Mount of olives,
and from there He assembled and was
lost to their sight. Such Is the testi-
mony concerning the resurrection. II
m historical event can ever be estab-
llshed by testimony this is so estab-
llshcd.
AS we have seen, It means great
deal 10 the followers Of Jesus. IL
Christ be not raised, your faith IL in
vain" Because / live, We shall live
also" This Is the doctrine OF the Scrip
lures. Tho dead who are IN Christ can
not lie in tho dust cterally, by His
resurrection He has attcsted His power
10 quicken Them ana benutify the tab.
ornaclo in which the soul dWers No
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