An Easter Disciple eBook   Then suddenly—­the risen Lord has
come!  The marvel of it!  The splendor of it!  While the five
hundred are talking together, the air grows luminous with his
presence.  Out of the invisible he appears.  As suddenly he
comes as Aurora in her chariot drives up the eastern sky and
brings in the shining day.  When the company have fallen on
their faces and have adored their Master, in the hush that
follows he gives them a great commission:   “You are to go
forth.” he says, “and herald my gospel to the world.  Let there
be no laggards in your company.  It is a lifelong charge.  There
is a task for Petrus and Johannes, for Philippus and Mattheus,
and for all.  You are to look for disciples everywhere.  You are
to proclaim the message of repentance.  You are to give them the
waters of baptism, in the name of the God triune.  You are to
declare to sad-hearted men the promise of eternal life, until I
shall come again to take men to myself.”  That honorable
commission!  It was in coming days