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THE PROOF OF THE RESURRECTION Christian theologians hold it to he strong proof of tho resurrection of Christ that tho four evangelists' ac counts of that trnnscendlngly Import ant event differ greatly III detail while agreeing exactly In the great central declaration, which Is the foundation stone of tho Christian religion. Matthew tells us that at dawn on the first day of tho week Mary Mag dalene and "the other Mary" whom wo know to he the mother of James and Salome, wont to see the sepulcher. "And. behold, there whs a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord d??C6Ddcd Tumi heaven, and came and rolled hack tho stone from the door, and sat upon It. "His countenance* was like light ning, and his raiment white as snow; "And for fear of hlin the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. "And tin; angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye; for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. "Ho is not here; for ho is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. "And go quickly, and tell his disci ples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goetll before you Int?) Galliloo; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. "And as they went to tell his dis ciples, behold Jesus met them, say ing, All hall. Anil they came and held him by the feel, and worshipped him. "Thiii ?aid Jesus unto them, Bo not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go Into Galilee, and there shall they hi < me." Matthew goes on to snv that the eleven disciples went to Galilee as bidden and saw the worshipped Jesus there, though some doubted There and then he gave ihcni their mission to go forth and tench and baptize all nations. Not mi" of the oilier litre' evangel ists mentions the earthquake, but all tell of the coming of .Mary Magdalene to the sepulcher and of its being her discovery that th > body was not there. It..; Mark says that she was accom panied by Mary. Ill ; mother of James und Salome. Luke says there were with h?r this other Mary and Joanna and the other women who had come with him from Galilee, while John describes her as being alono. Mark's vision Is that the women found the stone rolled away, entered the sepulcher and saw a white robed young man sitting within, who bade them tell the disciples that Jesus was risen and gone to Galilee. Luke's ver sion is that while the women stood puzzled in the empty tomb two men In shining garments then appeared to them and informed them of the res urrection. Nothing Is said of an In struction to go to Galilee. But, ac cording to John, Mary, seeing the stone rolled away, ran back to Peter and "the other disciples whom Jesus loved" and told them that the body hud been taken out of the sepulcher. Then these two disciples ran to the tomb, "tho other disciple." who ran the faster, arriving first, but he did not go in until Peter arrived and went In tliBt and verified the absence of the body. Here John mentions that Peter and the other disciple found the cloths In which the body had been wrapped, but John says. "As yet they knew not the Scripture, that he must rise again from the dead." After they had gone home Mary remained, according to John, weeping at the mouth of the sepulcher. Hooking Into it after a time she saw two angels in white within, who spoke to her, asking why she wept. And she answered that "they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid j him." Just then turning around, she; saw Jesus standing there, but she did j not know him. John declares, that sh:> even supposed he might be the1 gardener, who might have removed the body. She asked him for it. Hut he revealed himself to her. prophesied his Immediate ascemnon and bade her announce it to the disciples. We have seen that Matthew lias the Saviour first appearing aft >r the res urrection to Mary Magdalene. Mark's gospel relates the same. Luke declaros that he first appeared to two or the disciples Who were on the road to Kminaus. but they did not know him. Mark tells of this appearance also and j says he afterward appeared to the EASTER OFFERING eleven as they sat at meat, presumn- I bly In Jerusalem. Luke tells of this. J stating that it was In Jerusalem and that It happened the same d :j after the two had returned from Ehnmaus; also that Christ ate with the disciples "a piece of a broiled tlsh, and of 0 honeycomb.' ' But ;it that Mark as well as Matt them drops the narration, while Luke m>es on to tell of bis leading the dis ciples out to Bethany and thence in their presence aso Mitling into heaven, while the gospel of John says that 1 alter olghl days be visited the eleven , again, on which occasion lie allowed Thomas, the doubter, to touch his wounds and put his hand into his side. And a third appearance to sev en of the eleven is. related by John, this by the Lake of Tiberias, whore they were fishing. Here is told of the miraculous draft of Fishes, and hero it was. according to John, that Christ ate with his disciples after his resur rection, but John closes his gospel without a word of the ascension ex cept as it may he contained in this: '"And there were also many other things which .lesus did. the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written." Faster Morning. Waken, little people; Waken, children, dear! Listen! From the steeple Hells are pealing clear: "Wo ring For the birthday of tile spring; We bring Tlie happy Easter day." Fells of silver lilies Goftly stir today. Though their chime so still is. Yet they seem to say: "We ring Only perfume music as we swing; We spring On the happy Faster day." ? Youth's Companion. ****** J No flower has been more honored in song und story than the imperial lily. Its purity and its stately bearing havo caused It to be chosen as the symbol of divinity and the badgo of kings. Although in tili? country we under stand by the word lily the lily of the valley, the stately calla or the wonder ful harrissil or Easter lily, these are only three varieties of a very groat family, members of which are found ?n nil quarters of the earth. Every where the lily has been honored and held a sacred flower, whether by the banks of the stored Nile or Ganges, where, ns the lotus. It received hon ors little short of those accorded to deity, or in heathen Greece, where it was consecrated to .Inno, the spotless yet Imperious queen ot Oiympus, or later in Christian countries, where the flower was dedicated to the Virgin .Mary. No great artist when he paint ed the Holy Mother ever forgot to place near her the flower that was the symbol of her heavenly rank. It is also in art the symbol of saints, mar tyrs and angels. The Easter lily is a native of the east. Those now cultivated in Ber muda and popularly known as the Bermuda lily were originaly imported there from Japan for commercial pur poses. The lily played an important part in Chinese history 1,000 years ago. It happened that the Flowery [ Kingdom was ruled by the Emperor Chow, a monarch universally feared and lulled. No one could depend on his favor, and at last his best friend, the prime miniter, LI Chung, began to tremble for his life. Knowing well the bloodthirsty na ture of the emperor. I.i Chung devised a clever scheme to escape from Iiis j power. One day when he fancied that the emperor was n a favorable mood he . broached the plan. It was that 100 of the strongest young men and 100 of the most beautiful maidens should be ! sent with him on hoard ship to an ; island in the sea which he said had j been revealed to him in a dream by : the gods. There, for the welfare of China (and its conditions could not have been much Worse), these people were to be sacrificed to the ioitlos for the benefit of their native country. There was a sanguinary touch about the plan that particularly recommend od it to the bloodthirsty mind of wick ed old Chow, and ho imedlately gave cheerful assent to the project, even W" interest by throwing in a royal princlr?l'd princess. The ship In which LT Chung and the hundred young men and maidens sali-? ed was the very finest that China af forded. The larder was filled with dainties, and every .provision was made that the victims should be kept in first class condition until the time for the sacrifice. The best tomtom musicians In tha kingdom were loan ed for the voyage to charm the ears of the passengers with sweet sounds. But in vain the artists tried their most pleasing compositions! nobody would sing or dance, while tho pre valence of rod eyes Indicated that a good deal of weeping was going on. When they were far from China, however, LI Ching took the passen gers Into his confidence. He had not intended to kill them at all. instead thoj were i.roing to the most beautiful island in the world, v here they would live hapiiy ever afterward, far front the power of the wicked Chow. This island was Japan, and here they did settle. But they had brought with them great quantities of lily bulbs as food. Nobody had been able to oat much on shipboard, and QUUU titios of those bulbs were, left over. They were planted, and in the balmy climate of the Flowery Kingdom they attained a beauty unknown in China Years later some Europeans, dis covering the beauty of this flower, imported it Into their own countries and (tilled it the Llllum longlfloriuin, Bui as an American named Harris was practically the first to discover the ("lower and make it popular in two continents it is now called the Liliuni harrisi ii. \\U\ THEY PAIL. .Uost Pile Remedies Miss The Cause of Piles. 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