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PULPIT.
The
Upper Room at
Jerusalem
He VIII Show You a Large
Upper Room; There Make Ready
For Us" (Mark xiv. Isl.

to leave them not only desolate in
heart themselves, but despised by their
neighbors as 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 Prophets"
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 for that light lay
hidden in 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 members" 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 light 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 to glory.
honor and Immortality Oh 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. and 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 clasped him by
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Il am not yet assembled to my Father;
but go to my brethren and say unto
them, ascend unto my Father. and
your Father; and to my God. and your
Cod John Xxx. 10. Jesus said to tell
the disciples that he would meet them
in Galilee. as he had said to them
: before. These bewildering experiences
were merely leading gradually on, pre-
! pairing the disciples for the fuller
knowledge of the facts.
1t was the same day corresponding
to tomorrow afternoon) that the Lord
overlook two of the Borrowing disci-
piles as they walked into the country
to spend the night. Here again he
would not shock them and overpower
them by 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
monday on the contrary he as
! sumed body of flesh and travellers
clothing and talked sympatbetically
, with the two Borrowing ones. After
hearing their woes and sorrows he
must have astonisbed them with his
as by his sympathy, saying to them
20 foolish and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spoken"
I duke xiv. 80 They had been willing
| to believe something Of what the
! Prophets had spoken-the glorious
things, the happifying things pertain
| ing to Messiah's Milennial glory. But
! they had been slow to believe the
! prophets other testimonies to the eff
| feet that the Redeemer must be lied
. as Lamb to the slaughter" must be
! the sin-offering. must be deSpised and
| rejected Of men. must be lifted up OH
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 foretel his OWN
! death? And did he not foretell his own
| resurrection? And were you not too
! confused to understand his teachings
| to the full? Did not your minds run
more to the coming glory than 10 what
| he said to you respecting the necessity
! that you should watch and pray lest
We enter into temptation" and lose all
your part and hope under these trying
' conditions? A little later, in the same
| day. he appeared in the upper room.'
additionally this very room-the doors
being shut for fear of the Jews-bar-
red, we may be sure. because the poor
disciples felt that the envy and hatred
which had led to the crucifixion of the
! Master might easily be transferred
now to them because of their sympa-
thy with him and their relationship to
! his work. Here Jesus materiaized in
! their presence and spoke few words.
He told them that he was really pres
ent with them and that 1t was not
merely a phantom which they saw.
| And then he ate with them. honeycomb
and fish. as evidencing the fact that
! they were not being addressed by an
| Illusion. but by a corporal being.
, nual Memorial day exercises was re-