The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-03-26

Father in heaven a risen living Christ,
truly a Man and truly God. in whom
alone is salvation, the only Judge of
all mankind and the only One who can
set up a kingdom of righteousness on
the earth.
The most horrible thing that ever
happened on this earth and that which
shows the desperately wicked nature
OF the human heart was the cruel MUIR
der Of the Son Of God, but God raised
Him from the dead and gave Him
glory and will yet give Him dominion
over all the earth, and His redeemed
shall share the kingdom with Him.
His disciples never received His
words that He was to be crucifled and
rise from the dead the third day (Matt
Xxx, 1910. but some Of His enemies
remembered them (Matt. xvii, G.. 63).
His mother and some Of the other wo-
men who ministered to Him remained
by His cross to the last, and some Of
them after His body was buried re-
turned and prepared spices and oint-
ments and rested the Sabbath day &C.
cording to the commandment. intend
ing on the first day to bring the spices
and anoint His body duke xiii. IS.
Sc; xiv, u. When they come to the
tomb on the first day morning early
they find the stone rolled away; they
see an angel. who tells them that He
is risen and that they must 60 quickly
and tell His disciples. When Mary
Magdalene saw the stone rolled away
she ran to tell Peter and John, who
ran to the sepulcher and saw for them
selves and returned. but Mary remain
ed near the sepulcher. weeping, till
Jesus Himself, whom she thought at
first to be the gardener, spoke to her
and called her by name. When she
and the other women told the disci-
pies that He was risen from the dead
they believed not. and some thought 1t
an idle tale oversees II, Is, IA; Luke
xiv. III. giving Him occasion to up
braid them with their unbelief and
hardness Of heart. Many who now are
told that the same Jesus Is coming
again think it an idle tale and believe
not. not knowing the Scriptures nor
the power of God and perhaps forget
ting that Jesus said. 20 fools and slow
Of heart to believe all that the proph-
cts have spoken" luke xiv. %. The
angels believe and desire to look more
fully into these things oversees 81: l
Pet. 1, ID. DR.. Scoheld gives in the
margin Of verse 6 this rendering:
Jesus ye seek-the' Nazarene. the cru
Gifted. He arose. He is not here"
He also gives in his notes on Matt.
xviii the order of the events of that
morning and also the order Of the diff
ferent appearances during those forty
days. Note in verse Z Of our lesson
how Peter is mentioned by name. the
true disciple who had treated Him the
worst, denying with oaths that he
est lambs have largest share Of this
tender Shepherds care! However weak
and unworthy you may be, remember
that ''having loved His own He loved
them unto the end John Kill. u.
A mere knowledge Of the facts Of
His life and death, and resurrection
win benefit us nothing unless. know
ing these things. we truly receive Him
as our own personal Saviour and place
our whole trust as lost people in the
efficacy Of His great sacrifice. Then
the Joy Of being redeemed will lead
US to obey with gladness His com
mand in verse Is. counting upon full
tllment Of verse 20. Our daily life
will be serving the living and true
Cod and our attitude waiting for His
Son from heaven" Il Thess. 1. 9. 10Y.