The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1912-03-08

st. Paul may not make direct re-
ference to the virgin birth of our
Lord, though he certainly knew Of the
prophecy that Virgin shall con-
ceive," Elsa. 7-14), but what does 1t
matter? 1t is not greater miracle to
be born than to rise triumphant over
death. That Paul assumes the fact
is evident from this lesson. Literally
he begins by saying, Nov l make
known the gospel which l preached
unto you at Corinth, whereby you are
saved and what you must always re-
member, that Christ, who came full
filling all that was promised in the
Scripture, died for our sins and rose
again" Paul goes on to tell ex-
plicitly of many who had seen Jesus
after the resurrection and, most I'M
portant of all, how he, himself, had
seen the Christ.
LAST of all he was seen Of me
also. Though I am least of all the
saints in that prosecuted the church.
yet am what am, and his grace was
not bestowed upon me in vain" Paul
was not such a bad man" from the
accepted moral standards Of his time
yet he felt the truth of what Christ
said, viz, that the essence Of sin Is
that "they believe not on me-.
The fact Of the resurrection Of Je
5us Christ is the best proven fact OF
history. In the first place the dis
ciples themselves did not expect Je
sus to die John 1884. hence, Of
course, they never even thought Of
the resurrection mark 9:10o. In the
third place when on that Easter morn
Mary reported the empty tomb and OF
having seen the Lord, the apostles
thought it idle talk" (Luke Paid
| When the women reported having &C
tually seen him, the men, and how
many men like to take instruction
| from a woman, were unconvinced
and rather doubted those who hao
conversed with him on the road tc
| Emmaus
Again, when seen by the ten, Thorn
as would not accept the report till
he had seen his hands and his feet
Arguments Based on Unbelief.
All arguments to convince us that
| Jesus did not rise are based upon un
belief and the answer of countless
millions throughout nearly twenty
centuries has been the words of Pau
to wi NJ
from the dead" To deny is to be lost
in the fog, our preaching vain, and
we have no ground of faith. See
verses 1914. To accept is to place q
| firm foundation underneath our
whole Christian scheme, to set the
seal of authority and purity upon the
| life of him whom all men, Jew and
! Gentle alike, say was good, and opens
a vista of hope for all who die in the
| Lord.
Paul goes on to show that the res
direction of Jesus is the beginning OF
a plan whereby all the human race
| who are related to Christ shall like
| wise be resurrected Even as through
| the transgression of one man sin
came upon the whole human race, In
| like manner by the perfect life OF
obedience upon the part of one man
we may all be made alive.
Paul makes a strong contrast be.
tween the death\ of the believer and
| that OF the non-believer. IF / fight
with beasts at Ephesus what advan-
tage does that have? Let us eat and
drink, for tomorrow we die" Not SO,
however, with the Christian, hence he
exhorts the Christians to be awake
| to righteousness and to sin not.
Only Friends Saw Him.
For the younger classes this story
Of the first Easter is most fascinat-
ing one, dramatic, tender, inspiring.
L,or tho oJdar p,,pi1c We NAV we'll dis