The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-04-16
PULPIT UTTERANCES.
A Discourse on Easter No the
Queen of Religious Feasts.
"why should II lie Thought . Thing Is'
credible with You That God Should
Raise the DeadY"-A Sermon
by Rev, DIR, TRimage.

Following IL inc sermons
About eighteen hundred and fifty-one
Easter mornings have awakened the
earth. In France for about three cen.
turtles the almanacs made the year be
gin At Easter until Charles TX, started the
year at January |, In the Tower OF Lon.
don there IL kept on the royal payroll OF
Edwa |. an entry OF els Tor 400 colored
and pictured Easter eggs, with which the
people sported, In Russia slaves were
freed aud aims distributed on Easter,
Ecclesiastical councils met at Pontus, at
Gales, at Rome, AT Achaia TO decide the
particular day, and after controversy more
animated than gracious, decided II, aud
now all through Chrlstendom In some way
the first Sunday after the full moon, which
happens upon or next after March 2i, Ia
nlled with Easter reJoicngs, The royal
court OF the Sabbaths 10 made up OF flfty.
two, Flfty-one OF them are prlncesses,
but Easter rs queen Of the royal household,
She wears richer dladem and swings a
more .jeweled aeopter than any Of our
courts, and In her smile nations are irradi-
Ated, Unusually welcome this year be-
cause Of the harsh winter and late spring,
she seems 10 step out Of the snow.bank
rather than from the conservatory, 10 come
out OF the North instead OF the South from
the Arctic instead Of the tropics, dismount.
Ing from an 10y equinox.
But welcome this quiet day, that holds
high up In her right hand tho wronched.oif
bolts OF Christ's sopulcher, and In her left
the key Of all tho cemeteries Of Christen-
dom. My text 10 an ejaculation, IL 10
spun out OF hnllelujahs Paul wrote one
deliberately In his great argument, obSory.
Ing all the laws OF logic until ho came 10
Tho words OF tho text, and thon his fingers
and his pen and his parchment on which
he wrote took fire, and he shoutodi "Doath
10 swallowed up In vlctoryW II " an OK.
citing thing 10 SOC an army routed and
hyins. They run each other down. They
scatter everything valuable In their track
Unwheoled artillery Hoof Of horse on
breast Of wounded and dying mon You
have read OF the French falling back from
Sedan, or Napoloon's track Of sixty thou.
sand corpsos In the snowbanks Of Russia,
or tho retreat OF our forces from Manassas,
or tho Ave Kings tumbling down from tho
rocks OF Both .Horon with their armies
while the hailatones OF Heaven and tho
swords Of Joshuas hosts struck thom with
their fury. In my text Ia worse dis.
comhturo II seems that Black Giant pro-
posed 10 conquer tho Garth. He gath.
cred for his host all the aches and
pains and malarlas and distompors and
| As.l1 lgu al IN Ia. l.I 4.
down, drilling them In the northeast wind
aud amid the slush Of tOmposts Ho threw
up bOrroades Of grave mounds, Ho pitched
tonts OF charnal.houscs. Some OF tho
troops marched with slow tread, com.
mandod by Consumptions; somo by
doublo'quick, commanded by Pneumonia;
somo ho took by long bcsiegemont of evil
habit, ana somo by one stroke Of the bat.
tlo.oxe Of Casualty, With bony hand ho
pounded ot the door Of hospitals and sick
rooms, and won all tho victories In all the
great battle. fields Of the 1vo continents,
Forward, conquoror OF conquorors, Aud
all tho Generals and Comm0ndcrs.in.
Chiof, and all Presidents aud Kings and
sultana aud Cars dropped undor the foot
Of his war charger But ono Christmas
night his antagonist was born. As most
OF the plaques and scknossoa and dos
potIsms came from tho East, II was appro.
pirate that tho now conquoror should
como Out Of tho same quarter. Power was
given Him 20 wakcn all the fallen OF all
the cemeteries and Of all lands and mar.
ehal thom against tho Black Giant. Fields
haVa ulpnunU lann hul lha Ia Hu,
Of the worlds existence will 900 the do.
oIsivo battle Whom Christ shall lead forth
His two bigOdes-thc brigade Of tho rison
dead and tho brigade OF tho celestial
armics-tho Black Giant shall fall back
and tho brigade from the rvon sepulohors
will take him from beneath and the brig
ado Of the descending immortals viii take
him from above, and Death shall bo swal.
lowed up In victory.
The old braggOrt that threatened tho
conquest aud demolition OF the planet has
lost hla throne, has lost his sccptcr, has
lost his palace, has lost his prestige, and
tho ono word written over all tho gates Of
mausolcum and catHcomb and metropolis
or ccnotaph or sNrcophNgus or the c0lrn Of
lono Arctic explorer or eatNfOlquo OF
cathedral, written In lottors OF calln lily,
written IN musical cadence, written In
doXology OF groOt assembly, writton on
sculpturod door Of family vault Ia "Vic.
toryW Corouol word, cmbannorod word,
upocalyptic word, chief word on trl.
umphOl arch under which conqucrors ro.
turn, Victory Word shouted AZ Dulnclova,
Nt Inkormunn, AZ Mcgiddo, at Blonhoim,
at Marathon, whore the Athonlans drove
back tho Modes and at Poctler, whore
Charles Marbel broke tho ranks Of tho
BnrNcens, and at Salamis, whore Thom-
ist)clos In the great sea fight confoundcd
| The persinns and 40 tho door OF eastern
cavern OF chisolod rock whore Christ came
out OF the dark recess and throttlod tho
Kmg OF Terrors and put him back into tho
nicho from which the celestial couquoror
had Just emerged. Hal hal When the
Jaws Of the eastern mousoleum took down
the 1lack Giant, death was swallowed up
| In victory.
proclaim the abolition Of death. Tho
old antagonist must be put back into
mythology with all the lore about Stygian
Ferry and Cheron with oar aud boat
Molroso Abbey and Kenllworth Castle are
no more In ruins than the scpucher, We
shall have no more 10 do with death than
we have with che clook.room at a Gov.
ornors or q Presidents lcvec' We stop
there al such cloak.room and leave In
charge Of servants our overcoats aud ovor'
shoes that we may not be impcded In the
rounds OF tho brilliant drawing room.
When we go away from this world we are
going 10 u Kings banquet and reception
OF monercbs, and al tho door Of the tomb
wo leave the cloak OF flesh and the wrap.
pings with which we met the storms OF
this world. Az the close Of an earthly re-
cepton under the brush and broom Of the
| porter the coat aud hat may DO honded TO
IN better ttau when we resigned them.
| Aud the cloak OF humanity will finally bs