Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-03-30
THE RISEN CHRIST.
q Corthians Is: 1921

q COrthianS 10: l-ZS.)
The resurrection of the dead has
been and still is the most important
question for the human race. We
have all accepted as true the newt
able fact that death must come to
everyone and when we are confronted
face to face with this fact we need
this all-impOrtant hope given us in
the resurrection So important is this
question. in the estimation of the
Apostle Paul, that he emphatically de-
Clares. if IL be not true, then there is
no hope for anyone beyond the pres
ent life, the preaching of the Gospel
is in vain, those who preach it are
false Witnesses, the faith of Christians
Is in vain and their hope delusive.
Furthermore he urges that their life
of sacrifice. in view of the resurrec-
ton and its rewards, merely robs
them of what little enjoyment and adj
vantage they might have in the pres
ent life. which is all they would ever
have. and that those who have fallen
asleep III NuElSl nave pGllOllSN II
Christ be not risen from the dead,
Such indeed would be our sad plight
II there is no resurrection. If this,
which Christ died TO secure, is not
guaranteed to us, to be realized lin
due time" we are yet in our sins and
under the death penalty without one
ray of hope.
We are glad. however, to find so
many comforting scriptures which
clearly establish the doctrine of the
resurrection
But now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the first fruits of
them that are asleep Cor 1920,
r. V.
This scripture not only proves the
resurrection of the dead but that
Christ was the first one raised of them
that had died-the first to experience
Il resurrection in the full sense of the
term. The resurrection of Christ is at
tested by many other infallible proofs
(ACts 49, which is the guarantee
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His precious blood shall attain to
complete resurrection TO all the bless
ings and favors lost in the Adamic
fall. This is the assurance that God
gave all men that the Ransom for the
sins of the whole world given at
Cavalry was accepted, a full satisfac-
tion of the claim of justice against
the race of mankind. so that now He
can he just, and yet be the Justifer
of all that believe in Jesus Acts II
81: Rom. s: &c; 6: 2Sl.
We are also assured of the victory
of Christ and of what that victory
will consist-the complete subsection
of every opposing power and author
ity and the putting of all enemies I'M
der His feet. whether those enemies be
evil conditions, evil principles. evil
powers or individuals. He will ban
ssh all evil conditions, by permitting a
great Time of Trouble Daniel IL: II
and then by causing perfect condi-
tons to supplant them. He will for
ing the world with His light and
truth and by effectively renewing a
right spirit in the hearts of all the
willing and obedient He will COM
pletely overcome every opposing
power by the exercise of His AL
mighty Power for their complete and
final overthrow.
He must reign until He hath put
all enemies under His feet"
The last enemy that shall be de-
stroyed is death" l Corinthians 10:
25-26.
What a glorious hope there is in the
resurrection, for the human race now
predominated by evil-sin, selfishness
and ignorance.