Mark 16:19-20 - Homilies By E. Johnson

The Ascension.

I. THE ASCENT OF CHRIST FOLLOWS FROM HIS DESCENT . His glory was conditioned and prepared for by his self-humiliation for our sakes.

II. HE IS NOW IN THE SEAT OF SPIRITUAL POWER AND GLORY . The right hand of God is a figure of omnipotence. This power is felt in and through all the thought and development of the world.

III. THIS POWER IS FELT IN HUMAN WORKS OF LOVE . Good signs ever are following the course of the good message. Faith working by love in us corresponds to power working by love in God. For us there is Divine encouragement to work for humanity in this last page—

"In dens of passion and pits of woe,

To see God's love still struggling through,

To sun the dark and solve the curse,

And beam to the bounds of the universe."