"Now is Christ risen from the dead."--_1 Cor. 16:20._
[Illustration: As it began to dawn.]
THE holy women waited all the Sabbath day in sorrow; and our Lord Jesus
lay in His grave. But, on the night after, He rose up from His grave,
and came forth again, for He is alive for evermore. There was a great
earthquake, and an angel came from heaven, and rolled away the stone
from the door of the cave, and sat upon it; and for fear of him the
keepers did shake, and were as dead men.
[Illustration: As it began to dawn.]
Very early in the morning, Mary Magdalene and the other women came with
the sweet spices they had prepared. They wondered who would roll away
the stone for them; but when they came nearer, they saw that it was
taken away; and when they went in, they saw that the body of the Lord
was gone.
They feared at first that some one had taken it away; but behold, two
men stood by them in shining garments, who said, "Why seek ye the
living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen, as He said. Come,
see the place where the Lord lay."
[Illustration: THE RESURRECTION.--Matt. 28:2-4.]
[Illustration: THE WOMEN AT THE TOMB OF JESUS.--Mark 16:5, 6.]
And as the women went in great wonder to tell the disciples, they saw
JESUS Himself, the same whom they had seen and touched quite dead the
day before yesterday, standing before them, speaking kindly to them. So
they held Him by the feet, and worshipped Him. For never was there such
wonderful joy and gladness in all the world.
[Illustration: MARY MAGDALENE AT THE SEPULCHRE.--John 20:11-13.]