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Christ Is Risen Indeed!
One of the decisions every
good storyteller has to make
is when to tell the story’s
secret to the people. Every
story has a secret and the
storyteller has to decide
whether to let them know
about the secret early in the
story or surprise them with it
at the end. Mystery writers
often hold back the secret un-
til the last chapter, building
up drama all the way.
Other stories, however,
reveal the secret at the begin-
ning. We know the end even
before some of the characters
do, and we watch them
gradually discover the hid-
NAIL REPLICAS-Paul Camp, above, demonstra
how to make nails replicas of nails used to hold Jesus on the cross. It was an Easter project
den truth we already know.
‘Oh Grandma, what big eyes
you have,” crys Little Red
Riding Hood. But we already
know the secret of the
ravenous wolf just under the
bedcovers.
In Princeton, New Jersey,
there is a legendary tale
about the eminent scientist
Albert Einstein. One morning
Einstein was walking in front
of the local inn. As he walked,
he was mistaken for a bell
boy by a society woman in a
luxury sedan. She orders him
to carry her luggage into the
hotel, and, according to the
story, Einstein does so,
Dr. Charles
Davenport
Long Creek
Presbyterian
receives a small tip, and then
continues on to his office to
ponder the mysteries of the
universe. This story is
delightful, precisely because
we know from the beginning
a secret that the society
woman in the luxury sedan
never knows. The strange
bellboy is the most
SHEA
during Holy Week for children of the church.
Trinity Makes Crucifixion Nails
A highlight of the Easter
season for members of Trini-
ty Episcopal Church was the
actual making of nails
similar to nails used to
crucify Jesus Christ, a pro-
ject directed by Paul Camp
y-+“who has long been interested
in metal working and resear-
ched the crucifixion and
Roman customs. :
The Saturday program
began with a play,‘ The
Resurrection Light” which
featured Daniel and Stewart
Marlowe, Hart and Brett
Wells, John and Mary Beth
_u/Koelle, Justin, Joshua and
John Brandt,
Camp.
Mr. Camp passed around a
woven crown of thorns and
each child placed the crown
of thorns on his head. The
and Amy
“horrors of the actual death by
crucifixion was discussed by
Camp and Rev. Thomas Hud-
son, pastor.
Crucifixion was a mode of
capital punishment practiced
by many ancient people in-
cluding the Romans in Jesus’
day. It was universally
regarded as the most horrible
form of death. Had the Jews
executed Jesus themselves
they, no doubt, would have
stoned him as was their
method of execution. The
Jews, however, were under
Roman rule, so they were
legally required to relinguish
to the Roman government the
actual carrying out of the
sentence. By Roman law, no
Roman citizen was crucified.
He was beheaded or some
other quiet form of death
Among the Romans,
crucifixion was preceded by
scourging. The victim was
tied to a post by pulling his
hands high above his head.
He was then stripped and
beaten with a scourge or
whip. A scourge was several
thongs of leather fastened
together with bits of metal or
bone in each knot which
would tear the skin and flesh.
The law forbade more than 40
licks so it was common prac-
tice to give 39. After such a
beating the victim was a
mass of bloody jelly, unable
to stand up. After this terrible
‘beating, Jesus was compelled
to carry his cross through the
city to Calvary. Simone of
Cyrene was ordered to help
him. Finally, Jesus reached
Golgotha where he was nail-
ed to the cross. The children
were asked to imagine how it
would feel to have nails large
enough to hold men’s flesh
driven through your
body.They made nails,
assisted by Camp who had
built an electric-run furnace
complete with tongs, ham-
mer, and water.The wrought
tes to children of Trinity Ep
iron was heated and shaped
to sharp points. The process
tcok about two hours, in-
cluding reheating and forging
and the nails placed in a tub
of water to cool. About a
dozen sturdy nails were made
by the children who then clos-
ed their eyes to imagine the
pain, clanking metal and
hammering of nails into
wood.
GOSPEL SING
Way of the Cross Freewill
Baptist Church in Fallston
will have a gospel singing
Saturday at 7 p.m., featuring
the Golden Gate Quartet.
GOSPEL SINGING
There will be a gospel sing-
ing Saturday at 7 p.m. at Mid-
view Baptist Church.
Featured will be the Melody
Singers of Fort Mill, S.C., and
the Epps Family of Belton,
S.C.
iscopal Church
celebrated intellect of our
time.
In the story of Easter we
know the wonderful secret of
the story from the beginning
Jesus is the son of God. We
must understand this truth in
the beginning because Jesus
often does not look like the
Son of God. The fact that
Jesus is the suffering Son of
God is a hard secret to learn.
That's the way we must
grasp the secret at the start.
We know Jesus is the Son of
God when all heaven breaks
loose on Golgotha. We know
the secret when the Roman
soldiers turn his trail into a
fraternity party, dressing
him in a purple blanket and a
crown of thorns. There at the
end, with the sky black and
the air filled with Jesus’
death we know the secret of
the story. We know that Jesus
is the Son of God.
In the resurrection Christ
has defeated death, hell and
evil. Because we know of that
victory, we can live in our
age with hope. Because we
know the future belongs to
the Prince of Peace, we work
for peace in a war-torn age.
We know that one day justice
will roll down like waters,
and we are freed to work for
it today. We know that Christ
has risen, and so we work to
bring that good news to our
community.
Because of the resurrection
of Christ, we know the end of
the world’s story. Those of us
who share faith in that event
will one day share the final
glory of it. Christ is risen, He
is risen indeed! !
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Viewpoint
By CLYDE DUPIN
A few days ago, I conducted a communion service near the
Garden Tomb. No one knows for sure where Christ was
buried, but we know the tomb is empty; and according to
scripture, He arose from the grave. The Garden Tomb is
where tradition tells us He may have been buried in a
beautiful garden with an empty tomb. It is just outside the old
city walls of Jerusalem and near Calvary.
The two glorious facts all Christians believe in are the
death and resurrection of Christ. These facts are the two
great pillars on which Christianity rests. Christ died for the
sins of the whole world and was resurrected on the first
Easter morning. The supernatural act of Christ’s resurrec-
tion from the dead is proof of His diety. It was this resurrec-
tion that sets Christianity apart from all other religions of the
world. Both the Bible and history confirm His resurrection.
The resurrection of Christ confirms and proves all His
teachings are true. When some of His follwers came to visit
the tomb on that first Easter morning, they found it open and
empty. The body of Christ was gone. This victory over death
was soon witnessed by the disciples as they were greeted by
their resurrected Lord.
During this Easter season, millions of people around the
world will celebrate the resurrection of Christ. This ressurec-
tion is God’s message of love, hope, and forgiveness. Today,
Christians worship a living Christ who has promised victory
and peace for all our personal lives.
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