again at the last day. — ^Above all it ought to fill our hearts with a joyful sense of the fulness of Gospel sal- vation. Who is he that shall condemn us ? Our Great Surety has not only died for us but risen again. (Rom. viii. 34.) He has gone to prison for us, and come forth triumphantly after atoning for our sins. The payment He made for us has been accepted. The work of satis- faction has been perfectly accomplished. No wonder that St. Peter exclaims, " Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his abundant mercy, has begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead." (1 Pet. i. 3.)
We see, secondly, in the verses before us, how dull the memory of the disciples was about some of our Lord's say- ings. We are told that the angels who appeared to the women, reminded them of their Master's words in Galilee, foretelling His own crucifixion and resurrection. And then we read, "They remembered his words." They had heard them, but made no use of them. Now after many days they call them to mind.
This dulness of memory is a common spiritual disease among believers. It prevails as widely now as it did in the days of the first disciples. It is one among many proofs of our fallen and corrupt condition. Even after men have been renewed by the Holy Ghost, their readi- ness to forget the promises and precepts of the Gospel is continually bringing them into trouble. They hear many things which they ought to store up in their hearts, but seem to forget as fast as they hear. And then, perhaps after many days, affliction brings them up before their recollection, and at once it flashes across their
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