Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-03-25
VOLUME 20. NUMBER 40.
The Resurrection Morning.
{ Mark l6:l-S.)


"And when the Sabbath was past
Mary Magdalene, and Mary tn
mother Of James, and Salome, bough
spices, that they might come ant
anoint him. (2) And very early il
the first day of the week, they come
to the tomb when the sun was rizen.
(3) And they were saying among them
selves Who shall roll us away the
stone from the door of the tomb:
az and looking up, they see that the
ceeding great. (5) And entering into
the tomb they saw young man sit
ting on the right side, arrayed in a
white robe: and they were amazed
(7) And he saith unto them, Be not
amazed: ye seek Jesus, the NaZarene,
who hath been crucified: he is rizen;
he is not here. behold, the place
where they laid him! (O But go,
tell his disciples and Peter, He goeth
before you into Galilee; there shall ye
see Him, as He said onto you. (S)
And they went out and fled from the
tomb: for trembling and aStonishmen t
had come upon them: and they said
nothing to anyone; for they were
afraid -
La view of the fact that the whole
Christian world, of all SectS and de-
nom minations and in all lands, joins
in the observance of the festival Of
the resurrection Of our Lord, we turn
aside from our studies in Mathew to
join with them in meditation on this
sacred theme. The lesson gives US
one of the many appearances OF Christ
to on4 or more Of his friends. 1t is
not possible to form connected
account Of these Appearances for the
reason that we do not have record
of all If them, and we cannot form a
consistent whole without all parts.
The fact that the account is frag-
evidences of it's truthfulness. If man
had been cOncOcting the story for
the purpose of proving the reSurrec-
tion, it would have been told entirely
different. In that case the disciples
would have gathered in a body and
gone to the tomb that morning. They
would have seen the guard heeting,
the the stone rolled away by angel
hands, and Jesus rise and greet them
as of old. Such story as this would
at once convey the impression upon
the mind of the man who knew human
nature that it hung together too
we'll to be true.
Now What are the yIIat facts nave aSv aleeauffe
down to US? The disciples on tIe
evening of that Friday when oo.
Lord was crucified evidently belleVeo
that all was lost, that they had peeh
mistaken, that they had seen I'LL,
who up to Thursday night possesseo
miraculous powers, apparently looo
them all and become a common na
Tbev had seen Him fall into ohe
grasp of His enemies, who hao oilAfso-
ed for His blood tor nearly Two yeaie'
had seen Him nailed to the cross as
malefactor, and buried hastily III
the tomb of a stranger. The apposUo''>
band was entirely broken up. IheS
were in hiding In different par's y
Jerusalem, evidently expecting tha
the vengeance which had fallen upo'
their Master would fall upon the"
No doubt it would have done so' ma
it. not been for the superha'uis
events, the darkness and the ear'l
onake. that accompanied His cruc
txion, and that revulsion OF 1eeiil'
which comes upon men "heu oi.s
feel thai under the influence OF passlc
they have gone too far. The reno We e
Of the temple, the empty tom os' u
,nnearance of men long since deao
tho streets of Jerusalem, the co
fession of the centurion thai y!
was the Son of God, the fact the
was buried by two members Oh y
council that consented to His oea
in a tomb which one OF them n
prepared for himself, together caus
this reyulsion of feeling that ca
over the inhabitants OF Jerusale
and therefore the disciples were
the time safe.
Three women stood afar OIL
witnessed the hasty burial. IN
three women were Mary OF Mago'
Mary the mother of James (othef7
known as the wife of Cleophas,
a sister of Joseph the husband OF
virgin), and Salome (otherw'se kn'
as the mother of Zebedee's ch1ldr
These last two we're close relatlVe
the Savior. These three haa 5
near the cross during the Ut
times together with Mary, the mo
of Jesus, whom John took immeoi'
to his own home, and hence she l:
with the three on this eventful d
ing. They knew that the emt
ment was imperfect, necessarily
so they brought sweet spices
they might perfect it. Inese
had prepared during the nleh''
hence they came early in the mo-
Of the first day, at the rising o.
to the sepulcher. In their oes'
discharge loves sacred duty the
,nnarently not thought about