The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-12-01

dead to life. take a concordance
ana follow through the words
raised "%risen.' Resurrection" and
ind one hundred and twenty-three
separate references given to resurrec-
ton.
When the sorrow Of death enters a
circle Of love, it is not to the barren
philosophy of The ancients that we
turn for comfort, but to this Book Of
the immortal hope, whose words of
sweet assurance are repeated daily
over thousands Of biers, imparting the
llght OF eternal sunrise to the dark
day of brief.
Romantic girls want lovers who will
prove their devotion. Well, true love
VIII stand uttermOst tests. God
commendeth His own love toward MS.
IN that, while we were yet sinners.
Christ died for us The ultimate
proof Of the love of God for man is
His complete Identification of Himself
with humanity in the person of His
only Son. From cradle to grave and
! beyond, Jesus went for loves sake.
He went the limit" to demonstrate
how great is the Fathers love. He
was in all points tempted like as we
are in order that He might sympa-
theticaliy touch our common human
life and experience.
AS Jesus shared our earthly life
and death, so we may share His resur-
rection life. Paul insists that the
disciple is raised together with
Christ" and that they share a com
mon heavenly experience. Not only are
we delivered from humanity's oldes,
fear and commoneSt experience but
we are ushered into a triumphat res
direction glory sof life here and now
The everyday spiritual experience OF
the Christian is linked with the fact
of the resurrection of our Lord.
Facing The Facts.
AS a bit of reporting, or historical
writing, the four -evangelists did first.
class work. They were mindful o
the facts, first of all. We see thi:
clearly in the resurrection story. First
they present the evidence tina H,
really died-the Jewish usage that tn
condemned criminal must not remain
on the cross over a high sabbath: TIL
spear-thrust of the soldier which
brought both water and blood gush
ing from the Victims side is sur,
proof Of death; the report Of the vet
eran centurion; the tomb sealed will
the seal Of Rome and guarded by he
le~giOnarieS; the tomb was a new one
with no other body in it, SO no roon
for mistakes remained there.
Then, in all their naive naturalness
the historians relate the appearance
of the Lord to the various disciples
the first of whom had come to III
tomb expecting to find a dead body
and not a risen Christ.
The verisimilitude Of the report tina
Jesus was three days buried, when II
really was only in the tomb from Fri
day night to Sunday morning, is evi
dence of the trustWorthiness Of tn
narrative. That is the eastern way Q
writing to this day-to count a par
$ of a day or q year as a whole. SO
| is on the Assyrian tablets; SO it is j
the Christian Koreans account of tn
z length of time they spent in Jail. /
f the light Of modern scholarship, wit
it's full knowledge of Oriental usage:
l any other form Of expression on tn
T part Of the New Testament writer
would have been counted suspicious
they were rue tO their time and t
I the facts.
OF the ten appearances of the rise
: Christ-eleven, counting His appeal
I ance to Saul on the Damascus road
S the first two were to wOmen Mr.
Q Browning wrote, in a compact qua
! train.
Not she with traitorous kiss he
Master stung;
Not she denied Him with unfaithf'
e tongue;
t She when apostles fed could dangt
q brave,
e Last at His cross and earliest at H
grave"
n The first six appearances were
= or near Jerusalem, in this order:
o To Mary Magdalene, at the SEPT
y chre;
e To the women on the way fro
d the sepulchre;
d TO Simon Peter alone, near Jer'
y salem;
.r To two disciples on the way
ir Emaus. near Jerusalem;
" To the apostles, except Thomas,
t. Jerusalem;
y To the apostles, with Thomas.
le week later, at Jerusalem.
al The next three appearances we
in Galilee, first to seven hsherme
then to the eleven on a mountal
,e then to about five hundred brethr'
,e at once. The final appearance w
d at the Ascension, on Mt. olive
Assuming the historical valid
r of the Bible, and we n that t