“He is risen. He was laid down upon that rocky floor; but only to rest there for a day. For that tomb was his first earthly resting-place; all before that was weariness. Having rested there for a short season, he rises; and with renewed strength, into which hereafter no element of weariness can enter, he resumes his work. He has not been carried off, either by friend or enemy; he has been raised by the Father, as the righteous One; the fulfiller of his purpose; the finisher of his work; the destroyer of death; the conqueror of him who has the power of death; the Father’s beloved Son, in whom he is well pleased. This true temple has been destroyed, only to be rebuilt in greater and more undecaying magnificence. This true Siloam has only for three days intermitted the flow of its missioned waters, that it might gush forth in larger fulness. This true Sun has only for three days been darkened, that it might be relighted in its incorruptible glory.”