The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-12
TALMAGE.
A Discourse ON Easter as the Queen OF
Religious PeSsts.
Death Pictured Keeping the Cloak
Room whence Christian Guests 60
10 the Divine Drawing
Room.

in the Brooklyn Tabernacle this morning,
the Easter festival. there were 5000 people
inside the building and 5000 more outside
ysinly seeking entrance. The platform and
galleries were one great scene OF floral decora-
lions. Mrs. Evelyn Lyon Hegsmsn rem
dered two appropriate pieces, aud Professors
Brown and All afforded special programme
Of music DR.. Talmage's text was:
Death is swallowed mp in victory" I Corin-
thisns w., 81
Following is the sermon in full:
About1S51 Easter mornings ha We awakened
the earth. In France for about three centu-
ries the almanacs made the year begin at
Easter until Charles TX. started the year at
January l. In the Tower of London there Is
kept on the Royal payroll of Edward /. an
entry OF SIS for 400 colored and pictured Eas-
ter eggs. with which the peopla sported. In
Russia slaves were freed and aims distributed
on Easter. Ecclesiastical councils met at
Pontus, at Gales, at Rome, at Acnaia to de-
eide the particular day, and after controversy
more animated than gracious, decided it,
aud now al through Christendom in some
way the Fl st Sunday after the full moon,
which happens upon or next after March n,
Is filed with Easter rejoiclngs. The royal
court OF the Sabbaths is made up of fifty-tws.
Fifty-one OF the N are princesses, but Easter
is q7een Of the royal household. She wears
richer diadems and swings more jeweled
scspter than any Of our courts, and In her
smile nations are irrsdisted. Unusually
welcome this year because of the harsh win
ter and late spring, she seems to step out of
the snow bank rather than from the conserv-
atory, to come out OF the North instead of
The South, from the Arctic instead of the
tropics, dismounting from an icy equinox.
But welcome this queenly day, that holds
high up in her right hand the wrenched of
bolts of Christ's sepulcher, and in her lett
the key Of all the cemeteries of Christendom.
My text is an ejaculation. 1t is spun out of
baDeluiahs Paul wrote on deliberately in
his great argument observing all the laws of
ogic until he came to the words of the text,
and then his fingers and his pen and the
parchment on which he wrote took fire, and
be shouted: "Dsath is swallowed up ia VIC
tory" 1t is an exciting thing to see an army
routed and flying. rhe run each other
down. They scatter everything valuable IN
their track Unwheeled artillery Hoof of
b me on breast of wounded and dying men!
You have read Of the French falling back
from Sedan. or NApoleon's track of go 600
corpsss in the snowbanks of Rnssis, or the
retreat of our forces from Manassas, or the
i've kings tumbling down from the rocks Of
Beth.Heron with their armies, while the
b6ilstones oil heaven and the swords of 5sh.
uas hosts struck them with their fury. Il
my text is worse discontinue. 1t seems
that q black giant proposed to conquer the
earth. He gathered for his host all the aches
and pains and malGfias and distempers aud
epidemics of the sges. He marched them
down, drilling them in the northeast wind
and amid the slush OF tsmpests. He threw
up bsrricsdes of grave moand. He pitched
tents OF charnal houses. Some of the troops
marched with slow tread, commanded OF
Consumptions; some by double quick, com
manded by Pneumonias; some he took by
long bessie cement of evil habit, aud some by
one stroke OF the battle axe of Casualty.
With bony hand he pounded az the dor OF
hospitals and sick rooms and won ell the
victories in all the great bsttlefelds OF the
five great continents. Forward, conqueror
of conquerors And ell the generals and
commanders in chief, and all the presidents
I'D kings and sultans and cars dropped uu
der the feet of the war charger. But on
Christmas night his antagonist was born. As
most OF the plaques and sicknesses and des-
potisms came from the East, Ii was appropri-
ate that the new conqusror should come out
81 the same quarter. Power is given him
to wsken all the fallen of all the cemeteries
and of all lands and martial them against the
lack Giant. Fields have already been won,
bat The last day OF the worlds existence will
Sc the decisive battle. When Christ shall
lead forth his two rieade5-the brigade OF
the risen dead and the brigade of the celes-
tiai srmies-tbe Black Giant shall fall back
and the brigade from the riven sepulchers
will take him from beneath and the brigade
OF the oescen oing immortsls will take him
from above, and Death shall be swallowed
up in victory.
Tie old braggsrt that threatened the con.
queet and demolition of the planet has lost
Lis throne, has lost his scepter, has lost his
palace, has lost his prestige. and the one word
written over all the gates OF the maus0le1m
AND cstacomb and metropolis or cenotaph or
sarcophagus or the cairn of lone Arctic ex-
ploIer or catafalque of cathedral written IN
letters c I Gala lily, written in musical ca
dence, written in doxology or great as;e n
bly,, written on scnlptured door OF fam
vault is Victory" Coronsl word. emb an
neTed word, apocslyptic word, chief I,d
on triumphal arch under which co1quecO
retUrn-Victory Word shouted 81 3 la.
cave, at Inkermanr, at Megiddo, at BIN
helm, at Marathon, where the AthaniRn 9
drove back the MeGss, and at Poictier whA.e
Charles Martel broke the ranks OF the SRA.
Gems, and the Salamis, where Phemistoc.es 10
the great sea hight c0nfounded the PeTslans
and at the door of eastern cavern of chissiet
rock where Christ came out OF the DARK "a
cess and throttled the King of Terror ADD
pot him back in the nicne fcom which rbs
celestial conqueror had just emsrged. Hal
nal When the jaws OF the Eastern ma1so-
leum took down the Black GIANT death w&s
SWALLOWED up in victory.
proc aim the abolition o. death. Tbs
old antagonist must 90 put back into my
tnology with all tie lore about Ssygisl
Ferry and Charon with oar and boat. Mel
rose Abbey and Keuil Torth Castle srs Do
more IN ruins than the ssp1leher We shall
bsve no more to do WITH death than We hive
@itb the clCakroom at q Governors or e
Pres 'dents levee. We stop there a. such CLOAK
Dom and leave Ia charge Of servants our
nyeIcoats and overshoes that We may not b
mpeCed IN the rounds OF the brilliant d-aE ~
log room. Nhsn we 90 away from this
woild we are going to a Kings banquet aud
afscsotion OF nor arshs, aud a. the door Of