Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-04-27

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~ LAST Of all He
/, A#.$A / %l was seen of me
MsAMl also, as of one
gzs4sSA @ boru before the
PRST0R. RUSSElL)I time q Cor. XIV,
81. lie said
~ Paul was discussing the resurrec-
a of the dead. He realized that on
Il great fact rested the weight of the
spell Message. 1t was easy enough
prove that Jesus h.d died. but to an
csdulous world ii was difficult to
Jye that He had risen from the dead;
whoever could not bei!eve that
eat fact could not Eeieve the other
eat facts which stand or fall with it.
Last of All He Was Seen by Me-"
Prosecuting his argument. the Apos-
'' marshaled the whole chain of wit
sses except the women who first saw
- Lord on the morning of His resur-
ication. He says, "IIe was seen OF
ephas peter; then by the remainder
the twelve; then of above five hun
| reJ brethren at once; later. He was
cen of James, then Of all the Apos-
| ss.'' when He assembled. Then comes
&c text: Last of ALL He WINS seen of
/ ilc. also"
There is something pathetic in this
raference to his own glimpse of Jesus.
t called up the period of his bigot-
reminded him of his responsibility
IN connection with the death of st.
;'tephen, and Of the madness which he
iad manifested in pursuing Christians
zen to Damascus, haling them to
.lson Again, he saw the great, blind
Hg light from heaven, above the
'ightness of the MONDAY sun, his fall
% the earth, and heard the voice speak
Ing to him, saying. Saul, SAUL why
ersecutest thou Me?"-Acts tx, 10;
XVI, 1910.
Why Jews Objected to Jesus.
The objection which all Jews had to
csus. and what they considered abb
dilute proof that He was not the Mes
9iah, was His apparent inability to ac-
romplish the things foretold by the
Prophets. They said. 1t is foolish to
link of man without an army and
without wealth claiming to be king.
4 is still more foolish for Him to claim
'hat He is the Messianic King, who is
- be above all kings. ard before whom
every knee shall bow and every tongue
confess.
70 them it seemed th.t when He was
.ucified demonstration had been
.iyen that Ee was not the Messiah.
T'as not the Messiah e. live forever?
Must it not, therefore, be true that any
man whom the Jews or the Romans
could cruelty must have been an i'm
postor? They considered the matter
proven to a demonstration.
ST. Paul's Honesty strengthening.
The honesty of Saul of Tarsus led
him to be just us honest after he got
lis eyes of understand.ng open ais he
had been previously with them closed.
The situation changed Immediately in
his mind; instead of human Savior
and Messiah and an earthly King, God
had prepared a Heavenly One partaker
Of the divine nature glorious, far
above angels, principalties and pow
crs."
| like to think of st. Paul as ex-
eDplifying possibly Il large class of
The opposers of Tie Truth. like to
hope that all they will need to bring
them into line with Gods arrange
ments and to make them loyal ser
wants of Righteousness will be the
Great light which will shine forth re-
splendently very soon, when the due
lime shall come for Messiah to take
20 Himself His great power and reign
when His elect Bride shall have been
completed and glorifed with Him.
like TO remember the words of the
Lord through the Prophet respecting
that glorious Epoch: THEN shall the
eyes of the blind be opened and the
ears of the deaf be unstopped; then
shah the lame man leap as an hart.
nd the tongue of the dumb sing"
One Born Before the Time.
Many have remarked at the peeuli-
erity of st. Pants statement that he
saw the Lord as one nrematdrely born.
But, il at first the statement was dark
and puzzling. now il is luminous and
enlightening. His thought is this: The
time for giving ocular demonstrations
IF the Lords resurrection had gone
by; the next manifestation of Him,
was to be to His saints and after that
10 the world. Thus we read: We shall
be like Him, for we shall see Him as
Ee is"
Strictly speaking then. the expert
| ences of Saul Of Tarsus We're out Of
he ordinary No one else than he,
not even the sanity. We're to see the
Lord before their resurrection change
IN the end of this Age. When there
rcrn ba saw Iac1lS no CO u, Him haaora