The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-03-28

The Knight Templars attended the
morning service at the Broadway
Methodist Church yesterday in a body.
The church was crowded to capacity.
DR.. Ashley Chapel preached on The
Greatest Triumph using as his teXt'
"And they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulchre." He said in part
"1yhey found. Divine loves lies slain
at their feet Death came to Him as to
al. others till all that tread the earth
are but a handful To the tribes that
slumber in its bosom Death has been
the one skeleton at all feasts. 1t comes
to the King the conqueror, and the
beggar. 1t comes to the great with all
his glories as to the clown Shakes
peare makes Hamlet say that the dust
Of mighty Caesar is good now only to
stop hole in the wall Death also
claims sthe fair.
The boast Of heraldry, the pomp of
power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth
eer gave,
Await alike the Inevitable hour.
The paths OF glory lead hut to the
grave.
The Unsealed Tomb
First, they found the tomb unsealed.
II is wonderful to find. There is moth
ing so utterly dsheartening as an age
long search and no finding. They didn't
find just what they expected to find
They expected TO find a sealed tomb,
but instead it was unsealed That brings
hope. On! If it turns out that the grave
can really be unsealed then the earth
viii no longer be a squalid alley conceal
ed among tine back streets of the uni
verse. Those early morning love-tuned
women had seen the great stone at the
door of His tomb. They wonder who
will move ii for them. Oh. The tired
hearted Of earth's teeming millions are
making unbroken journeys to sealed
tcmbs Some of us are in the morning
time of youth, some in the high noon
and some on the SUBMITS of age; young.
old. rich, poor. saint sinner, learned.
ari unlearneds all facing toward sealed
tombs. Death is now just as great a
mystery as the first throbless heart. Our
graves lie out there just a little distance
In the mist The winter passes. and
spot saying our hearts: Who will roll
away tne stone?
The Easter Message
We then need 10 recall the Easter
message. The black clouds Of that
Good Friday become agleam with sun
day mornings gold. Yes. the tomb is
there. but it is unsealed. There has
been one there before US. The stone
was already taken away and the angel
that did it was sitting upon it,
"Secorl. they found an empty tomb
Human speculations flicker and go out
like candles. The living faith In the
empty tomb burns on in quenchless
splendor. The hand that sparkles mid
night with its brilliant flood of suns is
the hand that holds the key to all the
graves that billow this wide earth. The
hand that set all the morning stars
a shining is the hand that lifts the gate
OF death from off its hinges. The tomb
was empty. Blessed truth As the
sun-angel builds a seven-colored arch
against the June sky. so this mighty
hanl builds rainbow of unfading
splendor against the darkness of the
tomb.
Third. they found Jesus Himself
Thank God. we all may find Him. He
is not in the tomb. Jesus is always
meeting His lovers in lfe's highway on
that glad Faster day He killed King
Death. with one mighty hand He sewcd
dp that ugly scar called the grave,
while with the other He opened up
place for all redeemed spirits in yonder
white, eternal city with its pavement
OF stars. Those who went TO the grave
on that morning in the long ago arc
gray with the dust II silent centuries
still they are strangely young with the
youth Of timeless mornings. Thcy-fing-
cred their harps Of faith till al last they
leaped over the lustrous bars Of sun
down into a day that knows no night.
outside of this glad hope all things are
marked with crossboncs and skull
We build our hope on this and this
alone. All else is dust and COLI ashes
Without the risen Christ earth is a gl-
cantic nightmare. With Him all worlds
are golden with eternal melody
Jesus Triumphs Over Death
"Jesps met death IN His own terri