JESUS’ EPITAPH

When we wander through a graveyard and look at the tombstones, or

go into the church and examine the old monuments, we see one heading to them all, “Here lies.” Then follows the name with the date of death, and perhaps some praise of the good qualities of the deceased. But how different is the epitaph on the tomb of Jesus! It is not written in gold nor cutin stone, it is spoken by  the mouth of an angel; and it is the exact reverse of what is put on all other tombs: “He is not here, but is risen.’—Rev. S. Baring-Gould.