Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-04-09
SUNDAY
IS A GREAT DAY
WITH GOOD FRIDAY, THESE
EVENTS ARE GREATEST IN
HISTORY OF WORLD.
A SOURCE OF SADNESS
Later II j. u Source OF Joy-Iight OF
the Resurrection Has Proved
Light 10 All.

At the Lutheran church Sunday
morning the pastor, Rev c. w. Sif'
ferd, preached from Mark 1876, "He
is risen Rev. sifferd said in part;
III we look back over the history
Of the world from the time the al
mighty word called light out of dark
ness and order out of chaos We can
readily see that Good Friday and
Easter Sunday are the two greatest
days in the worlds history. The one
when darkness hung Ger Judeah,' y
and the veil of night shrouded the
awful scene on calvary; the other,
when the white-robed angel, with
countenapre like lightning rolled
away the stone from the door of the
sepulchre in which the body of Jesus
was laid. The extraordinary events
with which these two days are con-
nected have exerted an influence on
the whole history Of the human race.
The two days stand in bold and
awful contrast. The former had en-
veloped the souls of men with an i'm
penetrable darkness and poured up
etrated that darkness and poured up
on their bewildered minds the golden
sunlight of immortal truths reflected
from the resurrected and glorified
savior.
ie N ha
source of sadness. a deep grief
comes over us as We contemplate the
cause of this sorrow to the man of
Nazareth. IT was sin that bounded
his steps in the three-years ministry.
1t was the burden of the weight OF
the worlds guilt that crushed him in
the garden and on the cross made him
utter the cry that startled the heav-
ems and shock the earth, My God,
my God, why hast thou forsaken me p
but ii is also source of rejoicing.
Our hearts were wrung to see his
agony in The garden. our tears drop
ped in Pilates hall. We wept when
our fond hopes went down with him
into the dark chambers of the tomb.
But today we see the conquered hosts
of hell recoil in terrible defeat, tho
gates of death lie unhinged the
strong seal of the sepulchre is broken
and the huge stone is rolled away out
Of its place. Our astonished soul
trembles in amazement at the spec
tacle. And the answer comes, Be
not affrighted, he is risen
with feelings mingled with hope
and fear the disciples and friends on
this first Easter day ran to and fro
with the words "He is risen" If
they had only understood the matter
there would have been no room in
their minds for fear. They would
have been full Of JOY. Just as his
last night in the tomb W as the most
dismal that ever cast its shadow up
on the hearts and hopes Of man, so
the brightest morning that rose upon
a darkened and sin stricken world
was the morning when the two Marys
ran from the garden of Joseph with
wonder and JOY to the gate of Jeru-
salem to tell the disciples that the
tomb was empty and the lord was
risen.
THE resurrection and with saliva
tion came. 1t came not like the me-
teoric flash, which bewlders and
leaves the traveller in a deeper dark
ness, but like the great orb of day
with the first gray dawn, then the
silver brightness, the golden hues and
then the glorious light himself, to
light up all the world. The light from
the resurrection of Jesus is light to
all the world for all time. As the sun
shines for all until the close of day,
so the resurrection light can not fail
until the day of this worlds exist
ence is finished. Therefore the JOY.
"The early Christians made every
thing of the resurrection of Jesus. 1t
made him lord of the dead and the
his death a triumph, his open tomb
the gateway to heaven.
At the Presbyterian church Sunday
the pastor. Rev. C. w. Kerr,
preached an Easter sermon. text
Mark 1876. "IIe is not here. Behold
the place where they laid him." He
said in part:
Burial places have a great attrac-