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THE VICTORY

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 25, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 33.

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THE VICTORY.

ONE of the most eloquent passages ever indicted by any pen, or spoken by any lips, is that of the great apostle to the Gentiles, in concluding his statement of the doctrine of the resurrection. Having presented the doctrine he triumphantly exclaims: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Yes, thanks, ten thousand thanks, be to God that poor, feeble, sinful, mortal humanity may obtain a complete victory over death and the grave through our Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God that sin, which derives its strength from the law, and is thereby made "the sting of death," may be pardoned by the God of grace, and will be, in the case of every sinner who seeks this pardon through Christ. Thanks be to God that though we are sinners, and justly condemned by his law, we can make our peace with him, and have him for our friend in life's "last alarms." Thanks be to God that, though our bodies are mortal and must molder in the grave, the resurrection morn sheds a light upon that dark and dismal abode that enables us to say:
"O grave, where is thy victory?" Thanks be to God that, in the case of the Christian, the victory of death and the grave is only apparent not real. Thanks be to God that Jesus has said to this dying world: "I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die." Thanks be to God that Jesus hath brought life and immortality to light. O! how dark is this life to a thoughtful man, except as he is illumined by light from the upper world! How grateful is this light to a soul profoundly at work on the problem of existence here, and the greater problem of existence hereafter!—Independent.