Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-31
The Risen Lord
Text, ST. John x1. lis.
An Enstcr Sermon by
REV. FLOYD w. TOMiiINS.

thr!stS resurrection was the great
. Iininaion Of Ills work Of REDEMPTION
dicd Tor our sins and rose again
oar Justification UomanS. ~. o5j.
Johns account Of the resurrection
the same peculiar sympathctic
;ch"s that we find in his message
tue cruciiixion. One feels as he
aus the story ;htt IL was written not
~ OF course. by divine inspiration
ny a man whose heart was held
me Master Whom he loved. lie
gins with the visit OF Mary Magda-
nc early in the morning. before the
cas- or day. and so he reminds US CT
Lords words concerning her. she
we'd much est. Luke. vii. $500. Then
tells of Peter and himself running
inc scpuichcr. | have :, dear pic
re of this scene. a copy OF paint
IN the Luxembourg gallery, painted
modern French artist Eugene
n'hancc. II is wonderfully SuGgcs-
OIL the two men. Peter, with his
aided face and eager hands. and
es vide open rs If half afraid and
II believing John. with claspcd
mas and eyes seeming to worship.
a yet with knit brows. as If he would
We the mystery. How touching the
iurainess of the account, They ran
IN together. and love outran I'm
ise: yet at The tomb impulse went
fore love and Peter went FIRST into
sepulchcr And then we have
ms close observation as he noticed
the napkin. with which Chr!st's
ad was covered. was not with tho
her burial garments. but wrapped
sether III place by itself This is
ough, by many as significant. show
that the risen Chris; placed the
'ments. with which Ills loving
ends had clothed Him after His
ath. by themselves.
.HvICES OF LOVE As
TOKENS OF FAITH
They were the tokens Of love and
tn: and az He spoke OF Mary Of
thany amounting His body FOR the
rial fSt Mark. xiv. 81 and accepted
rs token OF her de 10 Ion, so He re-
'mbered the service which they gave
10 took His body from the cross and
epased Him foi the tomb Christ
yer forgets any service Of love rem
rcd 10 Him or TO His children.
But most touching OF all is Johns
count OF Mary MaGdaIcnc's meeting
tn Jesus. She thought at first lie
- the gardener. and. asking Him II
had taken away The dear Body OF
r Lord, declared herself rcady-hcr-
I, a weak woman TO take ii 10 a
tce OF safety. oh, tho wonderful
cngth OF love, obstacles. human
o!eHcss difficulties melt away In
;act OF ador!nE fa.th. MI things
possible TO him that b.llcv.th."
~ e;crnaliy comforting the words
FIST spoke: 'Woman. why wrcpcst
put Whom seck-st thor" - docs
Master still ask when .u 0u- love
HIN and our sorrow for our Sims.
weep lie knows our tears IL
derstands human SORROW D.i lot
weep Himself when He stood nv ais
ends grave tSt. John ST.. J5I r.
,he tea: which has no bitterness 4,t
tN$ The Lord wonderfully u.ar Il-
20 nag not learned to V ~ a.- ...
rHeh Il live or love
MEALS GLORY or
THE RISEN KIM"
was tho Masters speaking her
n" that revealed 10 Mary the glory
her rI"en King often wonder
Ills speaking our names may not
the calling 10 II new life: PcrcaImcc
en- we die II viii be The welcome
aiting US in Heaven. For there IS
at significance In our names The
ID Shepherd calls Ills sheep rs NAME
He leads them out st. John. < s..
names are written in the Lambs
ok OF Life Phi!, ". -. AMI notM-
/: can SO surely arouse US from sin
the thought that Jesus calls us"
The resurrection Is made by =. PAU
foundation OF our faith. If Christ
not raised your faith is vain" u
:. Nv. 10. )t is the ASSURANCE that
Who died 10 conquer sin was able
o to conquer death. Ana there must
no doubt In the Christians mind
'ard!ng this great fact. There have
lays been some in al! ages who
,S,I no
Lord. and there are some even to-
unhappy mortals. who refuse 10
icve anything which tho understand
cannot grasp. DR.. Farrar in his
fe OF Lives" quotes some poetry
ich aptly fits the dismal condition
those who. counting Christ's resur-
tion myth, nave no assurance CT
ir own resurrection and think OF
grave as ending all.
it's gala night
Within the lonesome latter years.
angel throng. bcwingcd. bedight
n wells, and drowned in tears
in a theatcr TO see
play of hopes and fears
lille the orchestra breathcs fitfully
he music OF the spheres.
IS OF FAITH SPELLS
DOOM OF ALL HOPE
md then the description follows OF
!c beings dying and muttering and
rmuring, striving TO live, and CON
|ercd at last by the worm OF decay
; last verse gives the awful climax:
out arc the lights-out all.
md over each uuivcring form
curtain. Il funeral pail,
'omes down with the rush of a
storm,
j the angels all pallid and wan,
-prsins. unvciling. affirm
1t the play is the tragedy Man,
md it's hero the Conqucror Worm
hardly less awful is the picture
en- in DR. Guy Thorne's book, when
Vas Dark" as he shows how the loss
faith in christS resurrection must
II the doom alike of honor. moral
and hope We hardly realize
IS our whole happiness and courage
bound up in the gcrat truth OF
first Easter Day. We love. aud We
not believe our love is only for IL
years Of imperfect living We
,w-our heart makes the assertion
ardlcss OF the srumbiinGs OF a con-
cd brain-wc know that we shall;
from the dead: that we shall meet
lin in human shape: that eyes ana
ce and touch which have measured
outward friendship and made ii
ending life which God has made
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