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Excerpt from The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 90: September 6, 1928 On that Sunday morn, the third day after the body Of the Christ had been laid away in the rock-hewn tomb of Joseph of Arimathea, Mary, the devoted woman of Magdala, and other women, had gone to the sepulchre to give tender ministry by external embalmment Of the Lord's body. On the way they questioned how they would gain entrance to the tomb; as to who would roll away the great stone that sealed the entrance to the sepulchre. When they arrived they were astonished and affrighted; for notwithstanding the imperial seal of Caesar that had been placed on the portal, in spite Of the guard Of soldiery, the tomb was Open. There sat upon the stone an angelic being, glorious in appearance. He spoke to comfort them, but they were terrified yet the angel said: Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. They carried back the gladsome glorious word that the tomb no longer held the body Of their Master; but the disciples could not understand, notwithstanding the fact that the Lord had predicted to them, and that but a few days before - the last of many declarations Of that sort - that He would be slain, and that on the third day He would rise again. Let these sayings sink down into your ears, He had said unto them Of slow understand ing and Of seeming unbelief, as He told again Of His impending death, with which on other occasions He coupled assurances of His rising from the dead yet they questioned among themselves as to what He could mean by rising from the dead. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally