Article July 4, 1901 Issue

A Thought of the Resurrection

BY ELIZA H. PLACE.

I was thinking early Easter morning of the Resurrection and of the experience of the two Marys, who were first privileged to see the risen Christ, I recalled in this connection the last chapter of Saint Mark, and pictured the two women going early to the sepulchre to pay their loving tribute and anoint the body of him whom they so dearly loved.

The fear inherent in their human nature tried to discourage them and they said, "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?' But lo, their effort was rewarded, and when they reached the sepulchre the stone was already rolled away, An angel, rebuking their material thought, said, "Why seek ye the living among the dead?" and pointed them to where they would find the rise Christ.

This taught me a grand lesson. We often wish we could see the Christ more clearly, could have a fuller understanding of Truth and do better work. Mortal mind, with all its claims to envy, jealousy, and hatred of Truth, tries to hide the Christ from our consciousness and make us believe there is some stone, some obstacle, which prevents us from discerning Truth. Should we not learn a lesson from the Marys, and know if we have such a love for Christ that we are willing to rise up early, put forth our best endeavor, and sacrifice materiality for the full realization of the Truth, that we shall be rewarded as they were, that the stone, the seeming obstacle, will be removed? Angel thoughts will assure us that mortal mind cannot hide our Christ in a sepulchre, for the Truth is already risen, is ever-present and all-powerful. Angel thoughts will make plain the way, as shown in as shown in our text-book, and Health, and we shall find the Christ, Truth, risen in our consciousness.

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