RESURRECTION by Methodist Protestant

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 16, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 16.

RESURRECTION.

By Methodist Protestant

ON the resurrection of the Sufferer of Calvary hinged the fate of the world and the destiny of mankind. St. Paul was so fully alive to the importance and magnitude of this doctrine and the interest involved in it that he does not for a moment shrink from facing the tremendous issue squarely and bravely. "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins." "We are of all men most miserable." "Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ," which is not true if the dead rise not. There is no mincing or shuffling here. No indirection to leave a loophole of escape. No subterfuge nor innuendo. The challenge is clear, the language unmistakable. He joins issue with the host of infidels and scoffers on the very scene of the crucifixion and its attendant incidents, while the facts are still clear and fresh in the minds of those who were witnesses of the dreadful tragedy.—Methodist Protestant.