The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-03-27

how that Christ died for our sins. &C
cording to the scripture, and that He
was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the Scriptures;
and that He was seen of Peter. then OF
the twelve; and last of all
he was seen OF me also, as OF one born
out of due time.
THE first sermon preached after the
baptism of the Spirit on the day Of
Pentecost had as its proof and its eli
max the statement of Peter; This
Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we
are all witnesses The sermon
preached after the healing of the lame
man at the beautiful gate of the tenn
Pile thrilled with the same keynote:
And killed the Prince OF Life, whom
God raised from the dead, whereof we
are Witnesses And there was no
doubt that the emphasis Of their
preaching was clear, for they were ar
rested and put in prison because they
preached through Jesus. the resurrec-
ton of the dead In the first sermon
to the Gentiles preached by Peter in
the house Of Cornelius. the Holy Ghost
honored the preaching, which had as
it's core, Whom they slew and hanged
on a tree, Him God raised up the third
day and showed Him openly; not to all
the people, but to witnesses chosen be-
fore of God. even unto u.s.
| 1.-THE preaching OF Paul. the great
| apostle and Gentle, Is based squarely
upon the Faster fact--the Resurrection.
He declares in First Corinthians, III
Christ be not risen, then is our preach
ing vain; your faith is also vain; We arc
yet in your sins. At Athens on Mars
Hill, surrounded by stole and epicueam
he declared; He hath raised Him from
the dead. Before Festus and King
! Asrippa he erie:
"Why should 1t be thought a thing in
credible that God should raise the dead.
Indeed the warp and wool of every
epistle has as its unifying thread, the
great the vital teaching of the power
of Jesus Christ to conquer death, and
the consequent shout of triumph;
Thanks be unto God which giveth us the
1.-The attitude of the apostles toware
life, toward death, toward the future a:
declared in their sermons in these epis'
Ges can be understood only by their alb
r.sl. ..
Jesus They had seen Him before death
they had seen him enter into the expe
Renee Of death, they had seen and talket
with Him after death, they knew that lie
had conquered death, and that He hal
promised that they should conquer also
And so He faced life and faced death anc
realized that death is not the end of life
but that life sweeps on through dealt
into a broader, higher life free from al
Limitation put upon it by time and bod
lily senses. Only as we grasp their at
tltude toward death can we understand
and appreciate some of the spirit whicl
controls and inspires them in their life.
| All OIL lHeHl lpoh upoH iilO 90 n Rti
grimage The Easter fact has made a
, life to be one. Life before the expert
ence of death and life after the expert
ence Of death become simply parts of tn
one great life of which the Christia
has become partaker after he has bee
born again, and has become lovin
, child of God. There is no haste to leav
this present world, but there is
clear conviction that this world is to b
; used as not abusing it, for the fashion
! of this world passeth away. St. Pat
; knows that if the earthly house of thi
fher halo and putting her among tn