Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-05-23

IL was easy enough To prove that Jesus
liad died. but L" an incredulous world ii
Was difficult to prove that lie had risen
from the dead. and whoever could not he
l'eNe that great fact could not beliey. tho
other great facts which stand or fall with
II.
For instance: The apostle presented
mat Jesus had left the heavenly glory aud
had become ii Man. for the purpose Ut
meeting the demands of the Divine Law
against Adam and his race. involved by
him Tie could show the rcaSonablenexs
~ this logic. lie has proven that AS the
whole world VAS condemned tn death
through Father Adams disobedienre II
was absolutely necessary for AN untaintsd
life to be sacrificed i'm order To meet the
penalty and 10 secure the release of the
condemned race.
But all these claims fell lightly upon
some "f his hearers. who clailntSi that it
was much more easy To believe that
Jesus never died at all. hut merely trans
lnuted. than To i~lirN. that He died for
our sins and rose again for our iustiiicA-
ton: hence the apostles frequent refer
enre To Christ's resurrection and his In
siStrnce upon ii AS absolutely necessary to
Christian faith.
last Of an He Vas Seen BY Me-"
lmalfShalled the whole chain of Witnesses
except the women who first saw the Lord
un the morning of Ills resurrection. lie
says. lite was seen of C.phas tPeter);
then by the remainder of the ~: then Of
above 40 brethren at once; later. He was
seen of James. then of all the apostles"
when He assembled. Then comes the text:
Last of all, He was seen of me, also"
There is something pathetic in this ref
creme" To his own glimpse of Jesus. 1t
called mp the period of his own bigot.d
persecution of the church. 1T reminded
him OF his own responsibility in comnec-
ton with the death of ST. stephen. and of
the madness which he had manifested in
pursuing Christians even to Damascus.
halins them to prison. Again, he saw the
great. binding light from heaven. above
The brightness of the MONDAY SUN. his
fan I" the earth. and heard the voice
speaking to him. saving. Saul. Saul. why
Iersecutest thou Me" Acts tx, l-9: XVI.
l3-l9.
The objection which all Jews had TO
Jesus. and what they considered absolute
proof that He WAS not the Messiah. was
His apparent inability To accomplish the
thinss forctoid by the prophets. They
said. 1t is foolish To think of a man with
out am army and without wealth claiming
l." he a king. II is Still more fooksh for
Him to claim that He is the Mcssiahic
King. who is to be above all kings, and
before whom every knee shall bow and
every tongue confess.
To them 1T seemed that when He was
cruciiied Il Demonstration had been given
Il,at lie was not the Messiah. Was not
IN" Messiah to live forever. and was He
not to reign successfully as King OF
kings and Lord OF lords? Must 1t not.
therefore. b. true that amy man whom the
Jews or the Romans could cruelty. could
put to death. must have been an impoS-
ter" They considered the matter proves,
tn Il demonstration
The honesty of Saul OF TarsuS led him
10 be just AS honest after he got his eyes
OF understanding open. as he had been
previously with them closed. The situa-
tiun changed Immediately in his mind:
Instead OF "a human Savior and Messiah
and an earthly King. God had prepared IA
Heavenly One, s'artaker of the divine ma
ture. glorious. far above angels, pr'nci-
Iailii,s and powers.
Crown Him Lord of All.
J like To think that. as was once blind
"'i I" many or the precious truths of Gods
Word so 1T is with many others whose
eyes ot understanding have not yet
opened. ] like To think OF ST. l'auls ex-
neiirliet.a, his sincerity. even TO hatred
aud persecution. and then his loyalty.
even To stripes and Imprisonment and
death. I like tn think of him as exefnEli-
tying possibly "A large class OF the oppos-
ci> Of the Truth.
Ike to hope that all they will need
To bring them into line with Gods ar
ransenn"nts and to make them loyal SER
wants of righteousness will he the great
Isit which Will shine forth resplcndently
very soon. when the due time shall come
FOR Messiah Ia take To himself Ills great
power and ici.n-wlien His elect Bride
>si.til have beer completed and glurifed
With Him like To remember the words
of th" Lord through the Prophet respect
ing that glorious Epoch: Then shall the
eyes of the blind be opened and the ears
nf the deaf be unstopped: then shall the
lame maj leap az an hart and the tongue
Of the dumb sing"
Nh. yes. Now W. can see that the little
opening of the eyes and unstoppinx OF the
ears and healing OF the lame Accomplished
al out Lords first advent merely fore
Swallowed HIS coming glory ana much
greater work. Now We can see a reason
why 50 many Of His mighty works were
nOne on the Sabbath days-because they
We're all prophetic. as the Sabbath days
themselves were prophecies of the great
Ttiulsand-Yea Sabbath OF MesSiah's glo-
r,ous reign. during which all of humanity
who Will may enter into His rest-rest
from, sin and from Satan and from every
thing that would hinder them from a full
return 10 the Heavenly Fathers love and
favor.
Ons Born Before the Time.
Many nave remarked at the popularity
Of st. Paul's statement thai he saw the
Lord as ons prematurely born. But, II ut
first the statement was dark and puzzi:ng.
now IL tx luminous and enlightening. His
thought is this: The time for giving ocu-
LAT demonstrations Of the Lords resur-
%rection had gone by: the next manifesto
tiOn OF Him was to be to His saints, and
after that to the world. Thus we read:
w shall be like Him. for we shall sec
: HIN as He s'-mad like Him by our res
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