The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-04-14
REsURRFCTTOV DAY.
The Rev. r. De witt Tnisage Opening the
SkYltahts of SITS Imaginatisn.

Had an old-time Presbyterian walked into
the Brooklyn Tabernacle yesterday morning he
might have been startled at the brilliant scene.
Mr. Talmage spoke from n grove of flower pots.
which hardly permitted his usual pulpit strides.
large pillow labelled Easter" formed OF
brllliant-hued flowers. rested in front OF tho
organ key board. Tho musical programme
was impressive. Selections were made for the
occasion by Mr.. Arbu ,kle and Mr.. Morgan. and
Mr.. Talmagc took care that the loudest hosan-
mas were sung by the congregation that filed
the church In every part.
On this glorious Easter morning. amid
music and flowers. give you Christian saluta-
ton" said Mr. Talmage. Hail Easter morn
ing Flowersl flowers all Of them a voice.
tongue full OF speech to day. bend over one
Of these lilies and hear II say. Consider the
lilies Of the field how they grow. They toll not,
neither do they spin; yet say unto you that
solomon in oil his glory IL not arrayed like ono
| of these band over ono Of those roses and Il
Flowers fow raj Braid them into the brides
hair. Strew them over the graves Of the dead.
Sweet prophecy OF the Resurrection Twist
them into the garments Of my Lord Jesus on
Easter morning.
before / get through this morning will
! walk through all the cemeteries OF tho dead,
through old country graysyards., where your
loved onea nre buried. and will pluck on Theses
| flowers. Who are the great conquerors Not
! Alexander Casar. or Philip. or Napoleon the
| First. The great conqueror is Death. Fifty
| times the world would have been depopuut-d
| II God had not kept making new gcnerutionsl
! Fity times the world would have sprung life
! less through the nlr-an ahnn loned ship flying
Death done his work. Hc is monarch as well
rs conqurror; his palace seuulehrs; MS
| music the cry of drsolntcd households; his
| fountains the lain g tears II the world Blessed
| hc God In the light OF this Easter morning We
hnvc the prophecy that Death's s,eptre shall DO
| broken aud his rala - demolished.
| There ARE many mysteries in the doctrine
| OF resurrection that | am incompetent TO
| answer. and yet | believe. missionary re-
| turns to Brooklyn having had an arm ampu-
| tatod in China. n leg in England. He dies here
! viii his body he united in the rreurrecttonf
! You mans body changes every seven
| have changed ten times. and ask mo which Will
| come up IN the resurrection You say man
| may die and his body be taken ~ into vrgett-
| Bile and then into animal life. and YOU ask mo
| how II shall be that tho body distributed in so
| many different directions snail be all put to-
| gcther again II you have any more OF these
! pretend To answer. fail back upon the an
| nouncement Of Gods word. All that are in
their graves shall come forth. Millions
| will come forth from the battlrflells. Millions
will como from tho depths Of the sea IN tn.
| track between New York and Liverpool. There
where the City OF Boston perished. where the
President persisted. whore the Central America
went down. md away out in the prairie where q
single traveller died in the snow the voice OF
resurrection day will bo heard. Crash goes
Westminster Abbey and poets and orators come
forhl Wilterorce the good and Queen Eliza
beth the bad. Ostend. Sehnstopol. and Chaous
will stalk forth. The drowned Will come ny
and wiring out thcir wet locks.
But your r"surrccted body will he immor-
tai. Then there Will he no malaria IN the air,
no cough. no ueuragir twingc. no rheumatic
pang. ma fluuering Of the heart. no ambulance.
no dlsppnsary. no hosuital. no inyaid's chair
no spictac,s to improve the dim vision. cut
| health, immortal hpAithl'