ry thought, 'It is the gardener,' and she said, 'Sir, if you have
carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him
away.'

Then Jesus said, 'Mary.' And Mary turned round quickly, and said,
'Master.' Then she saw that it was Jesus, and He sent her with a
message to His disciples. So Mary hurried back again into the city
with her good news. She found the disciples, and when she said, 'I
have seen the Lord,' they would not believe it. And when some other
women who had met Jesus a little later came in, and said, 'We have seen
the Lord,' it was just the same. The disciples only thought, 'What
nonsense these women talk!' Before the women came in, two of the
disciples had gone for a very long walk. As they walked along, and
talked, Jesus came near, and went with them.

While Jesus talked and the disciples listened, they came to the village
of Emmaus. That was the end of the disciples' journey, and now Jesus
began to walk on by Himself. But the disciples begged Him to stay with
them, 'Abide with us,' they said; 'it is getting late. It will soon be
evening.' So Jesus went in, and sat down at table with them. And He
took bread in His hands, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to
them. Perhaps Jesus had some special way of saying grace which made
the disciples know who He was. Anyway, they knew Him now. And then,
suddenly, He was gone. Cleopas and his friend could not keep their
good news to themselves. They got up at once, and went back, more than
seven miles, to Jerusalem, and found a number of the Lord's friends and
disciples sitting together at supper. Some of them were saying, 'THE
LORD IS RISEN INDEED.'

Then Jesus Himself came to them, and He told them that it was very
wrong not to believe. Then, when He saw that they were frightened, He
said, 'Peace be unto you,' and He showed them His hands and His feet,
and ate some fried fish and honey which they had put on the table for
supper. That was to make them understand that His body was really
alive as well as His soul. And now the disciples were filled with
gladness and Joy.

Then Jesus told them the same things that He had been explaining to
Cleopas and his friend, and He said to them--

'AS MY FATHER HATH SENT ME, EVEN SO SEND I YOU. GO YE INTO ALL THE
WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE.'

That is the great missionary text. A missionary means, you remember,
'one who is sent.' That text was meant for you