Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-13

This is the victory that overcometh
the world, our faith and that faith
finds is highest expression in the fer
vor with which we greet our risen
Savior today as our Lord and our
God.
Feature OF Resurrection.
This then Is the distinctive feature
of the resurrection of our Lord that
It fmpresses us with the sense of
His Divinity. It was at once the
greatest of His miracles and the full
fllment of the prophecy to which tfa
referred In the most explicit terms as
confirmatory OF His assertion that
He vas not only a divine sent mes
senger from Heaven but IN very
truth the Eternal Son of God The
resurrection is therefore the crown
ing event in the life of our Lord. IL
is His triumph over sin and death.
1t Is the beginning of HIS glorl-
Gus reign in the hearts of men.
1t marks the completion of the an
cient covenant between God and man.
It inaugurates a new era of grace
and mercy to mankind. Rising glo-
rious and triumphant from the grave,
row to die no more, Christ is hence
forth and forever to be acknowledged
as God, no less than as man. HIS
words are to re recognized as the
words of God. The red mption which
He wrought was the act of God. the
church which he established was
founded by God Himself The never
Ceasing assistance which He prom
Used to that church is the assistance
OF God The Sacramento which lie
instituted are of divine origin. The
commandments which He en)oined
have divine authority and sanction
To know and to love Christ Is to
know and to love God. To labor for
Him and His church is to labor for
God. To merit His gracious favor
and Blessing is to merit the grace and
blessing of our Creator and sovereign
Lord
"In the light of Christ's resurrec-.
ton, we behold Him trans gureo
from the man of sorrows into the
king of glory. And that light : re
fected back upon every event OF HIS
life and every circumstance or his
passion and death. In the light OF
HIS resurrection we know who II was
who was born n a stable. carrie d
the cross and died on Calvary for our
salvation. We know that IL was GOD
Himself who came among men ana
lowered Himself to our level int lie
might exalt us to His own. Re'eet-
ing on the glories of His resurrection.
we are verWhelmed at the min te
condescens.on and ineffable love OF
Him who died on the cross. That
cross becomes for us not on the
symbol of redemption, but the glofl-
fed emblem of Gods infinite love for
His creatures. In honor and glory
it is exalted on the plnnacle' of our
temples, above our affairs, and in the
sanctuary of our hearts because II
was the instrument chosen for our re
dempt on by the Goldman, Jesus
Christ our Lord.
THE fact that our Lord rose again
from the dead is attested by cyl
dence so convincing that to ca ! II IN
question is to subvert all lie iet in
the facts of history. The narrat We o.
the resurrection as contained in the
New Testament has successf lly
withstood the severest fire of CT ticism
directed against it by the in> eterate
foes of Christ anity. No resource or
ingenuity has been lett untrled =
undermine and weaken the sim ne
and unassailable sincerity and truth
fulness of the witnesses who test ned
to the truth of the resurrection or
Christ In each succeed ng century
Of the Christian era new enemies OF
of intellectual conflict that has never
ceased to be waged against God and
Christ As had been pred cted, Chr
has been set for the IA ! as vel as
for the resurrection of MANY II
Israel and for sign 10 be con
tradicted. Against the evidence Tor
Tho resurrection OF Chri I have be n
concentrated the hercest and most
unre. enting onslaughts OF lntellee tua'
Iride and carnal hate. Yet al these
EFFORTS have been unavailing To
weaken in the 81. ghtest degree the
force of the testimony for the resur-
rection of Christ.
Citadel Of Truth
Against that impregnahle citidei
Of truth which safeguards the Clty OF
God the waves of error and preJ1ulee
and science. falsely so called, nave
beaten in vain. After nineteen CEN
rnries the fact Of Christ's resurrec-
lion stands out clearer and more GER
tain and more fully confirmed by its
subseuLent effects and by the accept
ance of mank nd than any other fact
az which history makes mention Adj
hitting the fact of Christs rtsurree-
lion. We cannot but admit the PROOF
# e.. finishes for the divinity Of Chr.st.
To that fact He had appealed both
as a miracle and as tae feln.m, nj OF
a nrophecv which evidently required
the rect intervention of God, and
God could not thus intervene TO con-
firm a falsehood To all who believe
in God and in His divine providen e
In the AFFAIRS of men the e can be no
arg, ment more convincing of the
divinity of Christ tnan tAe direct and
| immed ate exercise of divine power
| involved in the historically certain
| fact of Christ's resurrection from the
dead.
ION an occasion such as this, how
ever, our minds rise above the CON
slderation of proofs and arguments
! We know in whum we have believed
A thousand times we have felt the
magic power of His presence and eX-
perienced the effects of His ALIEN
| bracing love. We approach Him as
our friend and benefactor From His
| sacred heart to ours extends an in
| huence more compelling of belief
| than the me st learned augmentation
Of the schools. Not for us to say
with the doubling Thomas, 'Un.ess
| shall see in His hands the print OF
| the nails and put my finger into the
| place Of the na'ls and put my hand
into His side / VIII not believe Bui
rather with Peter, reply in the full
ress and fervor Of our Caristiar
| faith, Thou art the Christ, the Sor
of the living Cod and again. Lord
| TO whom shall we go? Thou hast the
| words of eternal life
| ''lt Is in this sp rit OF loving ia tn