The Bunker Hill monument, stands a witness of a great battle, which was fought on that spot during the revolution. The monument in Baltimore, perpetuates the fame of Washington. Had such a man as Washington never lived, or such a battle as the one at Bunker Hill never, been fought, those monuments would stand a reproach to those who erected them.

The observance of the Christian Sabbath, from the time that Christ appeared to the disciples in the room, with closed doors, in Jerusalem, to the present day, has constituted a standing memorial of his resurrection. The Jewish Sabbath was commemorative of the first creation; the Christian is of the second creation, or the work of redemption, which is a great moral creation. The early Christians observed the first day of the week, in memory of Christ's resurrection. Had Christ not arisen from the dead, the observance of this day would have brought on them ridicule and contempt. The imposture would have been exposed by Judaizing teachers and disaffected disciples.

The Sabbath is a divine institution. None can prosper and oppose it. Like the stone in the Gospel, it crushes, and grinds to powder, all who treat it with contempt. Like the Apocalyptic beasts, fire proceeds out of its nostrils, and devours all its adversaries. They that attempt to violate it, meet the fate of those who dared to offer strange incense on the altar of God; or a worse fate than Jeroboam, whose hand withered when stretched out against the man of God.

Revolutionary France stands forth on the page of history, a fearful and bloody example of a nation, that dared to trample under foot that divine institution which commemorates the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

The prophecies uttered by Jesus Christ, properly considered, furnish additional evidence of the fact, that he came forth, on the third day, from under the dominion of the grave. Indeed, the predictions uttered by all the prophets, concerning Christ's resurrection, should be regarded in this light; but especially those spoken by the Saviour himself. In the text he speaks of his rising on the third day. "Verily, verily, I say unto you, (says Christ,) except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit." When the Son of man uttered these prophecies, he either knew that he would arise from the dead, or that he would not arise. If he knew that he would not arise from the dead, why did he voluntarily submit to be arrested, to be condemned, and put to death? He could have avoided being arrested. He could, by praying to the Father, have procured more than twelve legions of angels to deliver him from the hands of his enemies. But he did neither. He knew that he would arise from the dead, therefore, he voluntarily submitted to be arrested, tried, condemned, and put to death. These several points, taken together, produce evidence, which cannot fail to be felt by every mind. It is in combination that their force is felt. The stream, issuing from the base of the mountain, flows on till another empties into it, swelling its size; another and another flows into it, swelling its volume; others flow in, until a large, majestic, and resistless river is seen. So it is with a train of evidence. One stream flows into another; others, and still others flow in, until a current of evidence, of force and potency, is produced, sufficient to sweep before it all doubt and unbelief. This, applied to the evidence in favor of Christ's resurrection, cannot fail to discover to our minds its for ce and power.

The friends and enemies of Jesus Christ both agree, as to the fact, that about eighteen hundred years ago, such a person as Christ lived in the land of Judea. They agree that he was a remarkable teacher, noted for his exemplary life; that he was put to death on the cross. They agree that his friends took his body from the cross, and laid it in a new sepulchre in a garden near to Calvary. This done, they rolled a great stone to the mouth of the grave. The Jews then succeeded in getting the stone sealed. It was probably fastened with cords; and these, brought to a knot, had sealing-wax impressed on it, and on this was stamped the governor's seal. Then from Pilate they procured a Roman guard, and placed it over the grave to watch it. Thus far the friends and enemies of Christ agree. The friends of Christ say, that, on the third day, the body was missing. The enemies of Christ say, that it was stolen.

Let us examine both of these accounts. First, the assertion of Christ's enemies. They say that, while they slept, his disciples, by night, stole away his body. This assertion was neither probable nor possible.

Could a few timid fishermen, without friends, without arms, come and attack an armed guard of sixty soldiers, and, by force, take away the body of Jesus? These dispirited disciples, the most courageous of whom had trembled at the threatening voice of a servant girl, were not in any point of view, the men to defy Pilate, the sanhedrim, and the guard. It was at the full moon, and Jerusalem was filled to overflowing with the tribes in attendance at the Feast of the Passover. A theft seems impossible. Nor was it probable, if the disciples had made the effort, that they could have succeeded.

The soldiers say, while they were asleep the body was stolen! How strange! It was at the peril of their lives

for Roman soldiers to sleep on guard. They were relieved every three hours. Why should they, in so short a time, become sleepy! It were not probable that all, if a part, were asleep. But admit that they were asleep. Take their own word. Admit they were sound asleep. Who would believe a witness testifying in court to an event which occurred whilst he was asleep? If they were asleep, how did they know whether the body of Jesus was stolen, whether he arose, or what became of him? But they were not asleep; they were all awake, and witnessed the power of the resurrection.

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It has been alleged, that Christ, after his resurrection, was seen by none but his friends. This is not true. first appearance of Christ was before his enemies, on rising. An angel descends from Heaven; earth trembles at his foot-tread: in the might of his strength, despite bars, seals, and locks, he rolls back the stone from the mouth of the grave. The keepers did quake, and became as dead men. Their spears, ungrasped, lay useless by their sides. Jesus arose ! The first rising glories of the resurrection were seen by Christ's powerless enemies.

Let us now hear what the friends of Christ say, concerning the disappearance of the body on the third morning. They affirm, soon after, that he was seen alive. The testimony of a witness, in court, depends more on his general character for truth than on the strength of his affirmations. What is the character of those who testify that Christ arose from the dead?

They were not credulous. When news first came that Christ had been seen by a company of women, they treated it as an idle tale. Thomas-not being present when he appeared to the apostles said, he would not believe unless he could put his hands in the prints of the nails. These are not the feelings of over-credulous men.

Moreover, they had all been disappointed in their expectations concerning the nature of Christ's kingdom; they looked for a temporal kingdom. In this they were sadly disappointed. Under this disappointment, had there been an attempt to practice a fraud on them, surely it would have been detected. Men act from motives, in all things. Where were the motives for these men to deceive? What did they gain by it? Honor? They were accounted the offscouring of the earth. The friendship of the great? They were despised by the great, the wise, the learned. Did they win ease and affluence? They were persecuted by Jew, Greek, and Roman. They "wandered about in sheep skins, and goat skins, dwelling in dens and caves of the earth." They were actuated but by one motive, in preaching Christ and the resurrection the hope of a reward in Heaven. Had they deceived, that deception, in their view, would have excluded them from the only reward which they looked for.

If they were good men, from principle, they would not deceive. If they were bad men, they had no motives to deceive. They were not deceived themselves. They saw Christ, after his resurrection, under different circumstances, at different times, and at different places. They ate, walked, and talked with him. He was seen, sometimes, by one, then by the twelve, and once by five hundred brethren. They were not deceived. These are the witnesses which tell us that Jesus arose from the dead.

We are now prepared to hear from them the different occasions on which their Divine Master appeared to them.

As it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and a company of women, to the