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Secretary to Evangelist Lowry.
church and her powers? But the res
direction of Christ stands as one IF
the best attested facts of history today
So clear is the evidence of His resur-
rection that when Gilbert West, cell
ebrated infidel, elected this subject as
the point of attack, sitting down to
weigh the evidence and to deny the
whole matter and though he was filed
with prejudice, he was so overwhelmed
by the abundant witness to the truth
of this fact that he came out boldly
and declared himself a Christian, and
left to the world valuable book en-
titled Observations on the Kesurrec-
ton of Christ He went at it like a
lawyer, examining the evidences of the
case in question, and found the evil
dences so clear that he was changed
from a soothing infdel to strong
Christian man.
Prophecy Fulfilled.
Prophecy which covered every i'm
portant event of the life and death of
our Lord, speaks of Christ's resur-
rection. Ps. XVI, TO- For thou wilt
thou suffer thine Holy One to see cor
ruption.' Peter quotes this prophecy
in his sermon on the day of Pentecost,
Paul also quotes it in support of the
resurrection while preaching in the
synagogue at Antioch Then in the
New Testament evidences of the res
direction are abundant indeed. The
resurrection is mentioned 104 times
IN the New Testament. Christ had told
HIS disciples over and over again that
He would rise from the dead. The
strangest thing of all is that His apos-
Ties were not present at the tomb on
the morning OF the resurrection to see
Him rise from the dead, for over and
over again and again He had told them
that He would arise. 1t seems that even
HIS enemies had better recollection
OF what he had said than His friends.
TOR after His burial the Jews went to
Plate and wanted him to make the
tomb secure, because they said, we
remember that that deceiver said while
he was alive, After three days I will
rise again" 1t is recorded that
CHRIST appeared to the disciples II
times after His resurrection. Acts T..
5 He showed himself alive after his
passion by many infallible proofs, be-
ng seen of them 40 days and speaking
u the things pertaining to the King
1om OF God Paul says in I. Cor. XIV.
-: And that he was seen of Cephas:
men OF the Il; after that he was seen
u above oO0 brethren at once, of
"nom the greater part remain until
MS present, but some have fallen
asleep; after that he was seen of
ames; then of all the apostles. and
asst of all he was seen of me also as
II one born out of due time The
esurrection of Jesus Christ we be-
leve to be one of the best attested
acts OF history. Historical doubts
the existence of Napoleon
5onaparte, or the stabbing of julius
;aesar would be as reasonable as
ouDts concerning the resurrection Of
esus Christ. These matters have no
uch witnesses as those who testify to
ne resurrection of Christ, for they
ealed their testimony with their own
les blood, for Christ witnesses with
ne exception of prabably one or two, q
led the death of a martyr, and be-
ause they testified to The fact of the
7surrection of Jesus Christ
Our Own Resurrection.
The fact of Christ's resurrection
i'Co dSSuId uC0 OF our own roSurroC-
on But now is Christ risen from
le dead and become the first fruits
them that are asleep 1. Thes. ".
!, For If we believe that Jesus died
ia rose again, even so them also
hlch sleep in Jesus will Gid bring
lth Him. Now, before speaking d.
GUY on our resurrection, l want to
'eak a word in regard to the state of
g departed dead-between death and
e resurrection. In the first place.
ey are not in purgatory, as some
ould have us believe, for Gods word
'where speaks of such a place. The
ctrlne of purgatory is a man-made
ctr1ne from start to finish and has
solutely no support in the teaching
the Scriptures. Then they are not
a state of Inconsistencies, as others
ould have us believe. No, thank God.
have much Scripture that refutes
en- gloomy, dismal doctrine as that.
1t we find that those who die in
rlst depart to be with Him. Phil.
1924, For | am in straight be-
lxt two, having the desire to
part and be with Christ, which it is
better, yet to abide in the flesh is
IRE needful for YOU Paul expected
moment that he departed this life
be with the Lord Jesus Christ. III.
r. ", 6-8, Being, therefore, always
good courage and knowing that
list we are at home in the body
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