The old, the young, and the middle-aged all meet to-day in the house
of prayer. From a thousand churches in our own and other lands the
voice of praise and thanksgiving goes up to heaven--_"The Lord is
risen!"_ Oh glorious tidings! "The Lord is risen indeed," and hath
appeared to Peter! aye, and to Mary also,--the poor sinner whose touch
would have been profanation to the Pharisees of our own times. And
still more wonderful, He hath appeared to Thomas--to Thomas the
infidel, who laughed at the story of the resurrection!