Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-02
EASTER EI::IA MESSAGE
RH Cravings and Needs of the
Soul Satisfied by Death and
Resurrection of Christ.

However far-reaching and deep the
needs and cravings OF the soul may be,
they are all met and satisfied in the
death and resurrection of our Lord
Jesus Christ. But before we look at
this great reality in two-fO!d aspect,
let us first contemplate the great TACT
of his resurrection. This is demon
strated, beyond all question of doubt,
by evidence more substantial and rell-
able than any accepted historical
event can boast of.
The fact Of his resurrection is
proved by various witnesses who saw
him on earth after he rose, and by one
who saw him in glory after he ascend
ed I'D on high. Then we have the
value Of this great fact; everything IL
declared To depend on 1.-THE interests
OF those who are dead, of those VINO
are still alive. and, indeed, OF all man
kind But let every eye be fixed on
the Risen One himself, on his rcsur-
rectiOn platform, in the magniiicence
OF an unsurpassed triumph. l often
worlcr how little we are detained by
such Il sight. he has left everything
beLind-death, the grave, Satans
power. He went down beneath every
thing; he has risen up above every
thing. How blessed to see him on that
morning, the brightest that ever
dawncd on earth
Here is the history Of the second
garden. The first garden opened with
a man and woman in innocence, and
closed with them fallen and driven out
from the preesnce of God. How strlk-
ing, too, that the locality Of Eden cam
not be discovered; God has hidden the
site where innocence was.
In the second garden The Second
Man meets us, the Risen Man, more
than man, God over all, blessed for
evermGse. Yet as man here we see
him, risen out of all the wreck and
ruin brought on by the fallen creature,
What Il change comes over the heart
in relation to all ON earth when we
see him risen, and when all our rela-
tionS are with him risen! Christ's
death closed the first volume Of mans
history, all that we were. The second
volume, which opened with his resur-
rectiOn, is filed up with all that he is,
the glory of his person, his finished
work and the perfection Of his victo-
ries.
The first aspect Of his glorious res
direction is in relation to the need of
the soul in respect of sin-the resur-
rectiOn of the Lord Jesus is the blessed
proof of the complete putting away
Of sin for the believer in the atoning
sacrifice of his cross. "He was deliv-
cred for our offences and raised again
for our justification" He stood as his
peoples representative, anu bore their
sins in his own body on the tree; but
God raised him from the dead, thus ex-
pressing his full and perfect satiSfac-
tion in, and appreciation of, the great
work of redemption. Peace with God
in all that he is, in righteousness,
truth, mercy and love, follows as q
divine consequence.
The second aspect of Christ's resur-
rection is in relation to the burdens
and cares and sorrows Of life; the
risen Christ binds up the broken in
heart, and fills the blanks caused by
the ravages Of death. How blessed to
be connected by the risen Savior with
the scene where he is; nothing will
hinder him in his love coming to where
we are in sorrows night. and the
hearts deSolation and grief; but he
comes to take us to his own side, as
the Risen One, and to till our hearts
with all the comfort, and rest, and sat
isfaction found in and with him where
he is. This, then, is the Easter mes.
sage-"Jesus lives REV. w. T. Tur.
ping, NJ. A.