Sermon Preached in Holy Trinity Cathedral By Dean Trivett on Easter Day 1936
Then came Jesus the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you." St.
John 20, 26.
It is not my intention this morning to direct your attention to the grounds upon which we base our belief in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, Sufficient to say that it comes to us with such a wealth of direct and indirect evidence that it becomes One of the best attested focis of history. Nor shall I seek to elaborate the truths and lessons which the study of the resurrection narratives suggest and enforce. On other occasions I have indicated some of them.—The teaching, for instance, so clear and definite, in regard to the resurrection of the dead—the life beyond the grave of those who fall asleep in Christ. Or again, the suggestions we find in regard to the nature of that life, and the resuming of the companionships broken by death—Or again and from still another angle, the teaching in regard to the victorious life, that to which St. Paul is referring when he says: That I may know him and the power of his resurrection."—The victorious life which is the privilege of the believer in Christ here and now.
But this morning I would direct your attention to that state of heart and mind which can alone know Christ risen as a personal experience I do not read here that he appeared to Pilate, or Herod, or to the rulers of the Jews, as risen from the dead. And it is to be feared that, although we have sung our "Alleluias" and "Christ is Risen", for most of us alas, it is only a matter of history. We believe that He is risen, but we ai not conscious of his power and his presence with us.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.