Who, again, can explain a resurrection? We see in spring that wonderful revival of life which is a type of it. But who can explain the thing itself? What physician, or what scientific philosopher, can explain how the dead shall be made alive? Whenever it is done it must be done by some power of which man knows nothing, so that the resurrection of the dead is something which, _to the knowledge of man_, appears impossible. Then again, in conclusion, look around on all the sin and misery of the world. We know that it is explained in the Scriptural account of the fall, and that there is a remedy provided in Christ Jesus. But there is something inexpressibly appalling in the facts. Here is this beautiful world, that appears to have been created as a happy home for holy inhabitants, filled with sin, misery, ruin, pain, anguish, remorse, strife, sickness, and ultimately death. And when we think of the words, “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth,” and when we contrast the Creator with the present condition of creation, there is enough to fill the heart with amazement, and to make the thoughtful man exclaim, “How can these things be?” Now with this full and frank acknowledgment of difficulty we are brought face to face with the question, _What effect should these difficulties have on our faith_? Should they shake it, or should they confirm it? Should they lead us to give up the Gospel, or should they establish our trust, and induce us to cleave to it more stedfastly than ever? Some people will say, “Give it up,” and will tell you, because there are difficulties to settle, to settle down in sceptical distrust! But surely they are not wise in giving such advice, nor in acting on such principles. They certainly do not act so in common life, and such conduct is not in harmony with the wisdom of the world. Can you explain how a little thin vapour rising up from boiling water can force a long line of heavy-laden carriages through the country at the rate of fifty miles an hour? But you rely on the arrangements of those who can, and, trusting them, you do not refuse to take your seat in the train. Can you explain all the deep currents of the ocean, or how it is that water became endowed with such properties as to bear up a great, heavy, iron ship? But you trust those who have constructed the vessel, and, without attempting to understand the construction, you do not hesitate to go to sea. Can you explain the chemical properties of medicine, or how it is that it will act on your system and do you good? But you trust a physician, and you take it. Can you explain how it is that the will, that secret, hidden, indescribable power within you, makes your hand move in obedience to your wish? But would you on that account think it wise never to move your limbs?