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A Far Easter in the Future 



&quot; 1^ TOW late on the Sabbath day, as it be- 

 ^W] gan to dawn toward the first day of the 

 week, came Mary Magdalene and the 

 other Mary to the sepulchre. And behold, there 

 was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord 

 descended from heaven and came and rolled away 

 the stone, and sate upon it. His appearance was 

 as lightning and his raiment white as snow ; and 

 for fear of him the watchers did quake, and became 

 as dead men. And the angel answered and said 

 unto the women : c Fear not ye ; for I know that 

 ye seek Jesus, which hath been crucified. He is 

 not here, for he is risen, even as he said/ 



It is well to recall on this Easter morning the 

 simple narrative of the resurrection of Jesus who 

 is called the Christ, told by the most gentle and 

 humble of his immediate companions. Not one 

 of his four biographers comes any nearer to an ex 

 planation of how that sealed tomb of Joseph of 

 Arimathea was left by its temporary occupant. 

 The Roman soldiers, overcome at their post in in- 



