Show hope arose out of the y empty tomb A N easter commemorates and ancar nates bates the resurrection of christ it la Is the annual festival of eternal hope inspired by that tact fact rie ile Is not here for ue lie is risen as he said come see the place where the lord lay they looked and the tomb was empty christianity rose out of that empty tomb christian civilization with all of its physical mental moral and religious phenomena rose out of it IL christian art in architecture sculpture painting and music comes from the same source philosophy and science follow a risen lord the uplifted moral and spiritual life of the individual and the world Is a vital witness to this fact rain finds its radiant proof in blooming flowers the resurrection of christ rands similar proof in the growing life and institutions of christianity the human witnesses to the empty tomb are gone but christianity Is a living witness giving incontrovertible proof of a risen lord sin registered its verdict against christ in the crucifixion but the supreme court of the universe reversed this judgment in the resurrection god steps out of the shadow in the resurrection of christ the resurrection of christ brought to light the vague was darkened by doubt was changed to the assur ance of a dominant faith and human despair was changed to radiant hope let us try the pragmatic test does the theory of christs resurrection work emphatically it does rev H n IV asserts in the fl houston post rut put to the test of practical be it accomplished accomplish et divine results and the truth of the theory Is 19 proved hy by this fact can a lie ile he the source of truth can hell bell be the source of heaven Is christianity witt its righteousness the product of a stolen dead body you may determine flip nature of a cause by its effect like begets like christi inley roe rne out oui of fin an empty tomb the resurrection ur on of christ Is proved hv bv the fact of nf christianity and the truth of christianity hy by the resurrection of christ the spirit of christ Is rung bribing into the he heart of and one iny tile the icorn moral from the lie death of sin fin nill III he in a world this Is tile the one far oft off divine e lent event toward which the whole creation hoeq ino ps |