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LUKE, xxiv. 6. "He is not here-He is risen. "
WE are assembled here to-day, my friends, to celebrate the joyful memory of our blessed Saviour's Resurrection. All Friday night, Saturday, and Saturday night, His body lay in the grave; His soul was-where we cannot tell. St. Peter tells us that He went and preached to the spirits in prison-the sinners of the old world, who are kept in the place of departed souls-most likely in the depths of the earth, in the great fire-kingdom, which boils and flames miles below our feet, and breaks out here and there through the earth's solid crust in burning mountains and streams of fire. There some say-and the Bible seems to say-sinful souls are kept in chains until the judgment-day; and thither they say Christ went to preach-no doubt to save some of those sinful souls who had never heard of Him. However this may be, for those two nights and day there was no sign, no stir in the grave where Christ was laid.