Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
the band from his arm, and the light of the resurrection
his face, and that became the sign."
shone in
754. "A workman of the great chemist Faraday one day
knocked into a jar of acid a silver cup. It disappeared, was
eaten up by the acid, and could not be found. The question came
up whether it could ever be found. One said he could find it;
another said it was held in solution, and it was impossible to find
it. The great chemist came in, and put some chemical into the jar,
and in a moment every particle of silver was precipitated to the
bottom. He lifted it out a shapeless mass, sent it to the silversmith,
and the cup was restored. If Faraday could restore that
cup, I believe God can restore my sleeping and scattered dust."
755. The Romans had a practice of lighting up their tombs.
It is recorded that fifteen hundred years after the death of Tullia,
Cicero's daughter, her tomb, which was accidentally opened, was
found illuminated with a lamp. It was but a glimmering light,
the rays of which were confined to the catacomb walls ; but the
light which Christ sheds upon the grave falls upon the vista of
eternity. You can now stoop, look in, and see immortality
beyond. The grave which He entered was soon lit up with
shining angels ; and now He is gone. Gone where ? To His
Father and ours. He may be here, not twenty miles away, not
twenty inches. "Lo, I am with you always." Faith peoples
yonder churchyard with angels, and fills the air with songs.
"Tarry with me, O my Saviour; lay my head upon Thy breast
Till the morning: then awake me—morning of eternal rest."
— Jacob Morris.
756. "Christ is risen !" This is the song we shout, earth and
heaven in one, on Easter day; with this we part from our loved
ones ; with this they answer us from the other land ; with this we
lay us down to rest ; the echo of this we listen for from beyond
the grave. There is, it is said, a beautiful custom in parts of
Sicily when the fishermen are going on some expedition into
the deep sea : their wives and children accompany them to the
shore, and as they embark they raise all together their voices in
a hymn of praise to God, and as they put out to sea those in
the boats answer to those on the shore, in an antiphon of devo-
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