The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-04-25
PEOPLES PULPIT.
The
Upper Room at
Jerusalem
He Will Show You a Large
Upper Room; There Make Ready
For Us" Mark xiv, l5).
"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-Prlce for Adam and all his
race. This light upon the sufferings
of Christ began to shine into the hearts
Of the Apostles OH 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 1t 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
fash. Gradually, as they. were able
to bear 1t, the good tidings of his
resurrection from the dead to glory,
honor and immortality on the divine
plane must be made known to them.
The first intimations were from the
women Of the company who had gone
with spices, after the high day." on
the morning Of the third day to CON-
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
the feet and that he had said to her,
81 am not yet ascended 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
God" 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 sorrowing disci-
pies as they walked into the country
to spend the night. Here again he
would not shock them and overpower
| them by u 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 a body of flesh and travellers
clothing and talked sympathetically
| with the two sorrowing ones. After
hearing their woes and sorrows he
| must have astonished them with his
knowledge of the Scriptures, as well
as by his sympathy, saying to them,
20 foolish and slow of heart to believe
all that the prophets have spokenw
duke xiv, 25.) They had been willing
to believe something 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 ef-
| feet that the Redeemer must be ''led
| as Lamb to the slaughter" must be
| the sin-offering, must be desplsed and
rejected of men. must be lifted up on
| the cross us 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 fullilment to Israel
| and the world of all Of Gods great
promises.
| Then said Jesus. In view Of these ex-
| positions, fought not Christ to have
suffered these things and to enter into
his glory?" What else should be ex'
| 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 to what
Il
he said to you respecting the necessity
| that you should "watch and pray lest
ye 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 cruciiixion OF the
Master might easily be transferred
how to them because of their sympa
.hy with him and their relationship tC
lis work. Here Jesus materialiZed In
their presence and spoke few words
He told them that he was really pres
snt with them aud that II was moi
merely phantom which they saw
And then he ate with them honeycomt
and fish, as evidencing the fact thai
they were not being addressed by al
Illusion. but by corporeal beiog
While they still wondered with aston
ishment, he proved to them that their
risen Lord was no longer merely a
man hut that he had ,experienced a