The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-11
.JEsUs LIVES.

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 He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the las.; | snho1d am 5e I am alive for evermore. "-7Rev. i:lI-lS.
 There can be only one subject today. Upon this morning. when the grave Resurrecfion. with all that it means to us, must claim our thoughts In stinctively all minds turn to 'it with com1Ges Eastsr anS sahes sVy;h the most stupendous problems, and through the famiiar rnen's apprehension and affection. DO cas'gt s fnaS sss w6at hSsa that m sa msan.s Ths one inyincible power of the world is conquered; the one inevitable Tate or mankind avoided;. the most inexorable pr SroRsns Hs fife and divinity claiming their pre-eminencel These are amaz- ing reflections: and yet our souls are d dpen Have taken these vast issues into their little minds, and received there with simple, childlike faith.
 T am Re that liveth;' It is a word of continuous perpetual lire. It IS tne Moses. He is the Living one; He whose life is The Ldfe--complete m itself and including all other lives " See now we alter: how we make plans and counterplans; how past, present and future are forever conlus, ing our existence; how we oie ana the same mystery and bewilderment ' .Ts thfs livingr" he sadly ask; This T am He that liveth." He here de- clares continuous and eternal life. Before us lies large ana long e1. thus redeems and rescues into Ills eternity the broken. temporary lives of His followers. ... T., not all; read on--''and was dead" Re member He was Life. the very life of all lives. And yet into that life death came: But when Se Seat1 on,S came n s0,sada s0 a5 not the end: only an event in life. As He drew near. to death He Himself trembled. Gethsemens Ipears witness into 1t for love of us. And as He came sured us and declared its nature. Tt end. Life goes on, through 1t ana am He that liveth and was dead" truth farther unfolds Itself-"And De- hold am alive for evermore; This existence after death Is something spe- cial and different; It is not mere
  cluded in that great vital statement, T am He thatsliveth." But 1t Is some thing higher. It is an assurance that in the continued life after 1t aSs once passed through this experience of death something new Is added. This new life stretches on and out forever. It Is to know no ending. And so long there shall be the Christ. the God man, "Who liveth. and was dead. and is alive for evermOre."
 Before each one of us looms up the mighty wall of separation, which men cali Death. And through its narrow doorway each of the millions who have ever lived here on earth have passed. throbbing. second brings us footfall nearer. And beyond? Not one of those whom we have seen enter have ever returned to tell us anything of
 sut while we sit and ponder these awful mysteries--the certainty of ture-a voice steals into the heart through the darkness--n voice clear with personality, sweet and strong with love: T am He that nat iiveth ana an He that liveth"--and at once your little fragment of life falls into It's place and is rounded rounded bS out s In the eter and was dead" etc.
 "And was dead--and at once death changes from the terrible end of life into a mysterious NDul no iOnSer Ter rible) experience of life--"and am alive for evermore." So, then, not merely One dwells there who speaks to us. who trod the same way we must go; who watches over and will keep up as we make our way alone. and final iy welcome us into the everlasting habitation. Is 1t not all gloriouslS
 A living Christ. dear friends! The old ever new, ever blessed Easter truth He liveth! He cS wss d dead: He thing dead and formal might go out of our creed and life and heart to-day: What are you weeping for. o mourner? What are you troubled about, o work CT? Why are you fearing death. Q man? If we could only, lift up our lives and live with Him.! Live new lives, high lives lives of hope and love and hoipSefSs. ssts. tTd which hrsss;n dsHtn away of the last cloud and the letting in of life to its high and full aomple- ton!
 May God grant us such a realization on this blessed Easter Dayi