The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-28
PULPIT. . .
He Will Show You a Large
Upper Room; There Make Ready
For Us" MARX xiv, 80,
The
Upper Room at
Jerusalem

to leave them not only dcsolate in
heart themselves, but deSpiSed by their
neighbors us deceived fanatics. This
is the anniversary. dear friends, of a
day that was very sad to our brethren
of 1877 years ago.
Moses and All the Proph7ts."
How different is our attitude of mind
that we are able to see, to praise God
and to rejoice that Jesus died; that
he suffered, the Just for the unjust"
that his death might constitute the
Ransom-Price for Adam and all his
race. This light upon the sufferings
Of Christ began to shine into the hearts
of the Apostles on the day Of our
Lords resurrection, corresponding to
tomorrow. The oil fgr that light lay
hidden III the words OF Moses and all
the Prophets Of Israel. But it was
necessary that our Lord, having risen
from the dead to be the great anti
typical High Priest, should trim the
lamp Of Divine Truth that the light
might shine out to all of his people,
all Of his "membcTs," all OF the Royal
Priesthood" all who are in the CON
secrated condition Of heart, symbolical-
ly represented by the holy Of Israel's
Tabernacle.
Mark how gently and how wisely
the Lord permitted the Hight to shine
in gradually upon his faithful few.
The eyes of their understanding must
not be blinded by an instantaneous
flash. Gradually, as they were able
to bear it, the good tidings of his
resurrection from the dead 10 glory.
honor and Immortality on the divine
plane must be made known to them.
The first limitations were from the
women Of the company who had gone
with spices, after the high day" on
the morning of the third day to COM
plete the work of embalming the Lord.
They reported first, that he was gone
from the sepulchre, ana secondly, that
they had seen some angels who told
them that he was risen from the dead.
And later Mary had reported that she
had seen the Lord and cIasped him by
the feet and that he had said to her,
Il am not yet assembled to my Father;
but go to my brethren and say unto
them, l ascend unto ny Father, and
your Father; and to my God. and your
Cod Oohn Ky, ~. Jesus said to tell
the disciples that he would meet them
in Galilee. as he had said to then
before. These bewildering experiences
were merely leading gradually OH. pre-
pairing the disciples for the fuller
knowledge Of the facts.
1t was the same day corresponding
to tomorrow afternoon that the LORI.
overlook two of the sorrowing disci-
pies as they walked into the country
to spend the night Here again he
would not shock them and overpower
them by Il vision of his glorious pres
ence such as smOte down Saul of Tar
sus on his way to Damascus. shining
above the brightness of the sun at
noOn-day;' on the contrary he as
sumed body of flesh and travellers
clothing and talked sympatheticaily
with the two Borrowing ones. After
hearing their woes and sorrows he
must have astonishcd them with his
knowledge of the Scriptures, as well
as by his sympathy, saying to them,
80 foolish and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spokenw
duke xiv, 2JD They had been willing
to believe somethin- of what the
Prophets had spoken-the glorious
things the happifying things pertain
ing to Messiah's Millennial glory But
they had been slow to believe the
prophets other testimonies to the eff
feet that the Redeemer must be led
as Lamb to the slaughter" must be
the sin-offering. must be despised ana
rejected Of men. must be lifted up on
the cross as the antitype of the "brazen
serpent" and must be raised from the
dead by the power of the Father to
the glory, honor and immortality of
his great station as Prophet. Priest
Mediator. King, the antitype of Mel
chiZedek. for the fulfilment to Israel
and the world of all of Gods great
promises.
Then said Jesus, in view of these ex-
positions, Ought not Christ to have
suffered these things and to enter into
his glory?" What else should be ex-
pected? Did he not foretell his own
death? And did he not foreteE his own
resurrection? And were you not too
confused to understand his teachings
to the full? Did not your minds run
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