The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1913-03-28


answered hy the empty tomb. There
is a story told of the great Scientist
Faraday, that ne was wandering among
the Alps, ne came upon rural grave
yard where the peasants OF the neigh
borhood village had LAID away their
friends. In the silence and impressive
presence Of the multitudnous dead, his
heart misgave Him. I h e question
came to MN, ''wil these bones live
again? Can IIfe come from great
somewhere and take possession of this
dust here scattered?' While he was
thinking these thoughts, and reasoning
within himself of the impossiblhty of
such an event, he came across grave
that was marked by horizonal slab of
stone, with name on it. AS he gazed
upon that stone and name, he noticed
beneath it one of natures contribut-
ions to the philosophy of life. There
beneath that stone was an empty chry-
sails. OF itself this would have been
nothing, but to the scientist there was
much in it. He knew that there had
been a caterpillar there at one time,
but the caterpillar had been caused by
nature to pass through a strange met
amorphosis and emerge from the chrys-
ais butterfly which had taken flight
out into the world thing of beauty
and of Joy to the eye of man. The
heart of the great scientist was filled
with a new confidence in the God who
is able to bring light out of darkness,
and l!fe out of death. So is our faith
strengthened by the assurance "Be-
cause | live, We shall live also
But Jesus can do no more than this.
He came to conquer the world. When
His enemies who stood by the cross
snd.heard him say, at is finished, they
went away saying to themselves, I'VE
shall hear no more of Him Hear no
more of him? They will never hear
the last of him. Only few days pas
sed and He came into that supper room
where his diciples were assembled and
gave them the last commission. Go
we into all the world and preach the
Gospel to every creature, baptlsing
them in the name of the Father, Son
and Holy Spirit saying, "Lo l am with
you always even unto the end of the
world" Behold the little band of
humble believers going forth for the
purpose of establishing an universal
empire in the name of Jesus Christ.
We close our eyes for three centuries,
and then open them. What sight
bursts upon our view. Rome the mis-
tress of the world at the time Christ
was crncifed, she who gave consent to
the crucifixion of the Blessed Lord who
came as the Savior of fallen men, Rome
who furnished soldiers to guard the tomb
that they might prevent the resurrect-
ion, still stands on her seven hills, but
alas her glory has departed. The Red
Cross Banner floats over the Eagles of
Rome.
Close your eyes for three centuries
more, and then open them and you will
see monk from Italy bearing the Cos
pei banner across the Channelinto Brit
ian, where fierce eyed people clad In
skins and welding bludgeon will hear
the gospeland yield themselves to Christ
We close our eyes once more and open
them about the year 1899. We see 75.-
900 marching in the first Crusade, and
under the Banner of the Red Cross COM
idg from every part of Europe, and these
followed by vast hord of 200, 900 later
in the year .marching under the same
banner The second crusade had more
than |, 10000 who were bearing aloft
the Banner of the Cross. The third
Crusade led by Philippe Augusta of
France, and Richard, The Lion-hearted
of England, was of the time of the in
stitution of the Knights Templar, or
the Knights of Temple, from which the
order you represent here this morning
sprang.
Four other Crusades were conducted
and 1t has been estimated that more
than 10000 men were engaged in
these crusades, carrying the Banner of
the Cross, and these besides the mill
ions who were not partakers in these
wars was what we see on opening our
eyes at this time, all whom were wit
neses to the truth of the Lord when He
said He came to conquer the world.