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answer, In one case at least, II not
more. was, NO"
Even with this denial the Presby-
terry proceeded to set apart these
young men for the gospel ministry.
Paurs words come TO our mind,
and spoken, too, by the inspiration
of the Holy Ghost Il Cor. 1870:
IF Christ be not risen. then is our
preaching vain, and your faith Is vain
also" To me. all this is more serious
than we might think. 1t will be the
blind. leaders of the blind. for II is
truth. III In this life only we have
hoped. in Christ OR. W we are OF
all men most pitiable.'
Grid your mind today upon this
new Easter morning-that there is no
ground for a rejection of this funda-
mental stone of Christian doctrine
II is to Gods inspired word we go
and not to the words of man; wis
dom, or to the so-cslled Higher
Criticism"
! The resurrection OF Jesus our Lord
Is mentioned one hundred and four
times in the New Testament, as the
diliRent painstaking student tells us.
Among the apostles themselves II
was the most prominent and cardinal
point in the apostolic testimony. And
does ii not seem strange today that
after nearly two thousand years of
almost uninterrupted testimony and
credence to this great doctrine of hope
and Joy TO the Church and to this
world with all the sorrows of death
upon II, that the Church should be
willing to send out accredited apos-
ties of truth and righteousness who
deny that there is a resurrection of
/ Jesus--the very first fruits of them
that sleep in death
Different With the Apostles.
How differently the apostles looked
upon such an article Of their Creed;
for you remember that when the
apostolic company. after the death OF
Judas. felt called upon 10 complete
the number of the apostles by the
election of one in the place Of Judas.
that they must select one that was
a witness with us of His resurrec-
ton; Acts l:22
Let the Church note again ere she
becomes in this particular more large
ly untrue to her Lord In the great
sermon on the day OF PenteCost, the
one point that Peter emphasized was
the resurrection of Jesus The key
note OF this sermon was the very sem
tence: This Jesus hath God raised
/ up, whereof we are all witnesses"
His prayer was that I may know
Him and the power OF His resurrec-
ton" His preaching to the Corfn-
thians, to the Ephesians, to the Thes-
salonicans. to the Epicureans. to the
Stoics, philosophers, to the Greeks on
Mars Hill--in every case. it was Je-
sus and the resurrection
Again. indeed we may say In this
connection that there are two great
fundamental doctrines In the New
Testament, and II is a little singular
that both of them are the objects
of an attack. which l believe is to
grow more and more In intensity un-
til our beloved Lord comes to His
church. The first fundamental doc
trine is that the death of Jesus on
the cross Is an atonement for sin.
The second fundamental doctrine is
, that of the resurrection, a doctrine
that is so beautifully and impressively
taught today in all the glad richness
Of this Easter Sabbath.
Paul's Wonderful Way.
Paul has such a wonderful way of
saying things. In I. Cor. ID; /. 3, 4.
as one writer gives II: I'm the gospel
I preached with you Corinthians"
says Paul, II delivered unto you first
OF all that which I also received for
our sins according 10 the scriptures. ="
The sad Good Friday" lesson
loses Its meaning II Christ died not
for our sins, and our Easter JOY to-
not in bodily present.
20 death where is thy sting
o grave where is thy victory?"
Thanks he unto God who giveth
us the victory through our Lord Je-
sus Christ
See Where Faith Rests
Now. we ought to be very deeply
I ty, ~..A
as true of our risen Lord TO light the
torch of your faith from Him. the
one true light: the one who died for
our sins and who rose again for our
Justification.
That very one OF whom the angel
spake OF to the women, He is not here.
He is risen" charge YOU that YOU
must see TO It where your faith rests
In all this matter today.
I must meet you face to face
cannot deceive you. IF the resurrection
of Jesus cannot be established as a
cornerstone and very Gibraltar OF
Christian life and strength. then you
and stand on the plain of a veritable
Waterloo. Christianity must retreat;
but Christianity Will not, cannot re-
treat. This glad Easter day has It's
glorious fruition In the imperlshable
truth OF Gods Word nirrorsd in the
Is
Let the words of the great Hebrew
prophet speak in your ears once more
as II has done through the centuries
(lsaiah IS. -: who Is this that com
eth from Edom with dyed garments
from Boxrah--this that Is glorious In
His apparel. marching In the greatness
of His strength Or. w? that speak
In Righteousness mighty to save" Add
to this the grand paen OF Paul (Rom.
S: s0 who is He that condemneth?
1t is Christ that died; yea, rather, that
is risen again. who Is even at the right
hand OF God, who also maketh inter
cession for US. Therefore, my beloved
brethren, be We steadfast, immov-
able always Astounding in the work
of the Lord, for as much as you know
that your labor is not in vain in the
Lord"
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