Washington telegraph., 1927-05-06
(Lea5on.. Tcst-JsEn zO.f-tO, "a
ls,II)

Of the boasCfGl Peter melted away in
the face Of danger and now he de-
parted from ohe presence Of Jesus hu-
inflated and repentant over mis- de-
NAL. What happened 20 Peter during
the bitter days immediately following
we do not know. but We meet him
after the resurrection.
The cruci- c.-on Of Jesus brought
dismay 20 as followers None un-
der.tood O. lad oeen able 20 nter-
pret the Significance which ne had
| given ihis event on had been sufici-
entity keen Of faith tc observe his
cruel deatn without misgiying and
doubt. The regular Jewish Sabbath
was a day OF conformation and grief
for their leader was lying dead at the
hands Of his enemies.
On the first day Of ,hs week rol-
lowing, for ,he Jewish sabbath was
on the lasr day o the week 4 little
band OF women set out ior ,he tomb
Of Joseph of Arimathe5, where the
body Of iheir Lord had been placed,
TO attend 10 the last loving service
human hands can perform Tor their
departed They went ~ annoint his
body and prepare il lOr its iinal rest.
This could not be done any earlier
Tor the jewish sules did not permit
work on ,le Sabbath.
The attitude and purpose Of .hese
women are interesting they were
close friends and followers Of Jesus,
yet they expected nothing auperna-
,ural OF uneaithly about his death.
To them, he was dead IKE anybody
else, and the great revelation Of the
resurrection was 40 ,aEe .hsm un-
awares and without immediate com
prehension. Finding lhe stone which
sealed the tomb moved away, these
women went 10 tell Peter and John,
and thought that his body had been
carried away by bis foes, probably
for futher ndignities.
Christianity has done much fN wo-
men. 1t has raised her status from
, that of q chaitel TO partner in ,he
family. It has improved lAe condi-
lions of life considerably for her. it
is not surprising, therefore, 90 lind
as a usual thing ,hat women are in
clined TO be slightly more religious
as a group ,han men. Women we're
asst at the cross, first at the tomb,
and the tessuuecee5 savior appeared
first TO q woman-if the gospel hist
& 5rians had been coLc9ciug a fable
N imaginative TALE would ,ney not
nave had th initial appearance in
= aroduced u ONE spectacular man
ner before some great parsonage!
{ Having heaid lll report OF the
, women Peter aud john rushed mpul-
q ively 10 the rocky tom.5 ~ inyesti-
c gate for them.e.t-s ,h- information
which they had received John, ior
G ne was the yoWess man. oycrun ,he
I older Peter ana arrived aJ ohe aepul-
chre before him, but. hesilated on The
outside, peerne Iu and cautiously rX
ploring. Peter however, with same
mpetuosty Of many other occasions,
proceeds inside, where Ae finds che
comb empty john Follows, and Irom
the arrangement vi tile burial cloths
concludes that Jesus had risen. The
I head cloth retained Che snular form
" which il mad when i1 surrounded the
head and lay apart Iiom 1he other
clothes The susct. a. related by
John himself, was that ne saw and
oeieved"
] There are many interesting sepcu-
! lations which come 10 "a, Dat the an
swers are nor easy nor should the
. failure 70 know be disc5nc-ung. The
nature Of resurlelJeJ BODY aAat Of
it? When Jesus appeared al vanous
{ rimes after his t5--ulIecUJn hg used
the wound. On h- Doug 10 IDENTIFY
himself, he prepared fyod and called
for il Oh Occa l0H -Al ne invited
| some OF nj tOll0r ~ 4-=l ,le nesh
n 10 convince them 1Lat he "as 40 ap-
PARTON. TGe. me ply seal oo1y vi
Jesus was entirely missing from The
tomb after lhg Resurrection. yet, we
are coid and believe luat Jur eesur-
recuon H. ~ De spiut4a .lrher ,han
, physical
! Some days after line resurrection
the disciples had gone to Gailee, in
I accordance with command Of Jesus,
and on AN 'Occa> ion Peter aud a small
3 group were fishing Through ,he
p long hours OF lhe night lhey toiled
with fauitless catch but ia the early
{ morning figure on the shore advised
! them how to iii their nets. Peter, i'm
pulsive az ever, recognized Jesus, and
plunging into the water made Tor
his presence Hnere, three tiIEes Je-
/ sus inquired If he Owed him, pro
, badly significant of me ,h-ee ,imes
he had denied MIN and Peter, not 20
humanity confident u himself, re-
piled in the affirmative and mat Je-
sus, VINO knew human hearts, knew
that ne did Ie was opsQ and putlic
laxutoeq;or, ~ Tax44efs daefve tbat