West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-04-21
THE SHATTERED TOMB.
CiTE .0R0Es HsSEN. IN EAaTn
P4ACE. GOODWILL no MEN.


"ht'e Lilies OF Pence.
shc brooklyn Tabernacle, Easter morn
Tag, was decor, tel--bo,h platform and
ca'icri,s with such display Of flowers
cs has hardly ever seen seen u. an Aneri
'a- Chrrch. t. c.i,ic v,s of me high
csl ".fc- S,.,,iI.rs ticu NJ .c'. IIay-
Geo, Sr,a-eu ard M,z'r' w,.a rendered
- oe rse w Mrgan, tha 1rganist, and
t"i'ss"r All, The corBerst Ms. fiar
rnCe Rct-Kucx, The celebrated ce1irsltv,
sarE The opening hymn wss.
'ilIk, the song Il iuc.lea.
Loudr5 mighty a. under's roar
Al he conclus n of the bymp, the
Doctor announced his text as Mathew
AAvi!i: 8 "Cpme zee the place where IA,
Lord lay. ana proceeded az follows:
visiting any great city wo want to see
its cemetery. We examine the different
styles of cen,otaph, of mausoleum OF
crypt, of sculpture. There sleeps war
rior, yonder poet, here statesman, there
an orator. But how different IN feeling
with which we visit the resting place 81
our own kindred. The tomb at which we
halt this morning is that OF a king, con.
queror, an email cipator, n friend, broth
er, a Christ The surrouudIn, . a manor
~ the suburbs of Jerusalem o% "a by n
wealthy gentleman by the namO VI. Joseph.
He belonged TO the cuur, OF seventy wi o
had condemned Christ, but be had vot,
"a tAe negative or being timid man, h, d
shsen,td himself when the vote was 10 be
taken. A. great expense he laid cut the
garden. Ii being a hot climate, l suppose
there were paths winIing Ter these
trees, and here and there were water
dripping down over the rocks into
hsbporde, and there were vines and hOw-
ere blooming from the wall, sud all around
The lcauh,s of Kiosk and arboricullure
After the fstigu,s Of the Jerusalem court
-oom, how refreshing 10 come into this su.
burban retreat, botauicll and pomologica.
Wandering in the garden, behold some
rocks which have on them the mark OF
the sculptor's cblsel. l come nearer, and
find there is a subterraucau recess. ]
come dowD the marble steps and come
20 a pOrliCo, over which there is an Archi-
trsve by the chisel cut into representations
of fruits and flowers. l enter the portico
On either side there are rooms-two or
Jour or six rooms of rccl, the walls of
tLese ro9ns haying inches, each niche
large enough to hold a dead body, Here
is one room that is especially wealthy of
rculpture. The fact is that Joseph real
iles he cannot always walk this garden,
and he has provided this place for his last
slumber. oh, what beautiful spot in
which to wait for the coming of the res
direction! Mark well this tomb, ter II is
TO be the most celebrated tomb in all the
ages. CalacomGs of Egypt, tomb Of Ma
poleon, Maheh Tai, OF India, nothing con
Nsred 10 il. Christ has just been muir
dered, aud his body viii he thrown L. the
dogs and the ravens, like other crdcified
bodies, unless there be % ,mpt aud eff
Client hindrance. Joseph, the ewner,of
this mausoleum in the rock, bugs for the
body of Christ. He washes the poor mu-
tliaied frame from the aust anu flood,
shrouds it aud perfumes it.
/ think that REGULAR embalnIent was
omitted. When a olIen tunes body
vas TO be emboIne6 the priest, witl soino
rretens,on Of medical xiii, would point
out tie place between the Ii5s aere Tho
iucsion mus; be made and ;beu Tie oper-
atUl, hayi0- MADE the inc.s,., Tau lcst he
be s.ain for violation Of tur dead. tn, q
the other priests would come with salt Of
nitro, AND C s-sia, AID vice Of palm trsss
aud complies the ,mUsiment. But ]
iairl this euba.meu, OF tae n,u, a
ChiIst vas omitted. J. would have raised
another contention and another riot.
The funeral hastens on. Present. l
think, Joseph, the owner Of the mauso-
leum; Mood, mus, the wealthy msu, v o
had brought the spices; and the two Ma
rvs. No organ dirge, 20 plumes, no cala.
Is quo Ii ivy burden for two men as
they carry Cbrst's body down the marble
stairs aud into the psrticO and lift the dead
weight to the level Of Tie niche In the
rock, and push the loiY of Christ into
the only pleasant resting plsce il ever had
Coming forth from the po5tico they close
he door Of the rock against the rg,css
The government, afraid that the ,i 70
may steal the body Of Christ ava pay
resurrt elton, order the seal Of she Sauhe-
drim To- be put upon the door of the tomb:
the violation 81 that seol, ike the viola
lion Of the seal OF the government
If the United States or Great BIZ
tam, 10 re followed with great luu,.