Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-18
Christian Endeavor Hour
For Sunday. April 10. 1905.

Topic Sunday. Our Weekly Easter. and How
to Observe It. John, xxtl-10 1928; Reeve
lation, ITO.
From the Twentieth Century New Testament.
The Risen Lfe.-On the first day of the
week early in the morning, while 1t was
still dark. Mary of Magdala went to the
tomb. and noticed that the stone had
been removed So she came running to
Simon Peter and to that other disciple
who was dear to Jesus and said to them
"They have taken away the Master out
of the tomb. and we do not know where
they have laid Him.!
Upon this Peter set out with that other
disciple-to go to the tomb The two be-
gan running together but the other dis
ciple ran faster than Peter. and reached
the tomb first STOPPING down. he saw
the linen wrappings. but rolled up on one
side separately Then the other disciple!
who had reached the tomb first. went IN
side. too and he himself saw and was
convinced For they were not even then
familiar with the passage of scripture
which says that Jesus had to rise from
the dead The disciples then returned to
their companions.
In the evening of the same day-the first
day of the week-after the doors of the
room where the disciples were had been
shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came
and stood among them and gave them
His blessing; after which He showed them
His hands and His side. The disclnieS
were delighted at seeing the Master
After blessing them again, Jesus Saih-
LAS the Father has made Me His Mes
senger. so ! am sending you.
When he had said this, He breathed on
them and said:
receive the Holy Spirit: if you forgive
any ones sins they are forgiven them
and if you do not forgive them they are
not forgiven
Revelation, i:1O-I was in the Spirit on
the Lords day, and heard behind me :;
great voice. as Of a trumpet
Ry the end of the week with many OF
lis our Lord is i'm the tomb. behind the
sealed rock Our mistakes our follles
and our sins have hidden Him from our
sight, and we come to the Sabbath morn
ing and TO survey of our lives with Il
feeling that Christ is far away. the sight
of Him buried in the tomb. We remem.
her some of the joys we had the thrill of
sweetness at the SaviOrS name. the
happiness when first we saw the Lord,
when we seemed to see gl1mpSes OF what
He meant to be for us. But the cares
of the week have hidden Him from US
morning with the stone of our wills rolled
close against the door. and are sometimes
frightened when that stone is rolled away
by other hands. 1t may be some word of
the Sabbath school lesson gives us a
glimpse of the empty tomb where we
have laid our Lord during the week. or
part of the sermon. or a strain of an
old HYMN that rolls the stone away And
at first we hardly can credit our vision
that our Christ is sill the living. vivid
Jesus that He was. for have we not seen
Him crucified during the week. by the
sins and cruelty of others. by our own
sins too? Has not satan again and again
waged war In our hearts and won the
victory over our temper or our evil pas
sions in some way. until we have thought
that the Lord had lost His power in
helping us? If that is so we are like the
disciples. who as yet did not understand
what resurrection meant
The Sabbath should be to resur
rection morning. We should believe that
Christ is ready to raise us from the dead
ness of our SINS and that He will bring
renewed beauty and sweetness into the
lives that we have SCARED with our I'M
patience and pride and disobedience.
In order to make our Sabbaths weekly
Easter days days of joy and renewed
happiness. we must keep in mind that
other Ea ster day. First, they were early
at the tomb with their spices. Let US