The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-29
"CHRIST IS RISEN."
Rev. DIR. Talmage Tells His Hear
ers OF the Great Glorles OF
the Hereafter,
'Tastertlde" Being the Subject Of Ills
Discourse Floral DecOra-
tlOns.

Tho Brooklyn tabernacle was elaborately
decorated Easter Sunday, both on platform
and galleries. The subject of tho sermon
was 'Eaatertide." Dr. Talmage took his
iext from |. Cor. w., 90; "Now IL Christ
risen from the dead, and become the first
fruits Of them that slept" Ho spoke as
follows
On this glorious Easter morning, amid
the music and flowers, fgye you Christian
saluiation, This morning Russian meet.
ing Russian on the streets OF ST. Peters,
burg halls him with the aalutation, "Chriat
Ia risen, and Ia answered by his friend in
Balutation, ale is risen indeed" In some
parts OF England and Ireland 10 this very
day there ~ the superstition that on Easter
morning tho sun dances In tho heayonRi
and we'll may we forgive such aupersti.
ton, which illustrates the fact that the
natural world seems TO sympathlzo with the
spiritual.
Hail Easter morning, Floweral Flow
orsl All of thom voice, all Of them o
tongue, all OF them full Of speech 10. day.
bend over one of the lilies and l hear II say:
"Consider the lilies Of tho field, how they
grow they toll not, neither do they spin,
yet Solomon In all his glory was not ar
rayed aa one OF these" | bend over rose
and II seems 10 Whisper ~ am the rose
OF sharon And then ! stand and listen,
From oil sides there comes the chorus OF
flowers, saying, "If God 80 clothe tho
grass Of the Held, which to-day IN and 10.
morrow IL cast into the oven, shall llc not
much more clothe you, o 20 OF little
failh2"
Floworsl Floweml Braid them into the
brides hair, Flowera Flowera shew
them over the graves OF the day, sweet
prophecy OF the resurrection, Floweral
Floweral Twist them ino a garland for my
Lord Jesus on Easter morning, "Glory bo 10
tho Father, and 10 tho Son, and TO the Holy
Ghostj ~ II was In the beginning, Ia now,
and over shall be,"
Why, II u rainbow this morning had
fallen and struck the galleries aud struck the
platform the scene could not have been
moro radiant, OH how bright and how
beautiful the flowers, md how much they
make mo think OF Christ aud his religion,
that brightena everything II touches,
brghlena our life, bHghtons our character,
brightena society, brightona the church,
bnghtena everything, You who 90 with
gloomy countenance, pretending You Nro
better than am because OF your lugulri-
ouaneaa, you cannot cheat mo, You old
hypoolitel know you, Pretty caso you
Are for n man that Processes TO DO more
than oonqucror, II ia not religion that
makes you gloomy II IL the lack Of II.
There IN just aa much religion In we'd
ding ao In burial, just ~ much religion
In smile ~ In q tear, Those gloomy
Christians we sometimes see aro the people
10 whom like 10 lend money, for | never
neo them again The women came 10 the
Sayior'0 tomb and they dropped apioea all
around tho tomb, and those apiooa were
the neod that began 10 grow, and from
th0m came all the flowers OF this Eaetor
morn. Tho two angels robod In whito
took hold OF tho stone nj the Saylor'g tomb,
and they hurled II with such force down tho
hill that II crushed In tho door OF tho
worlds aopulchor, and tho stark and tho
dead must come forth,
! care not how labyiinthine tho mAuso-
leum, or how costly tho aarcophAgua, or
however beautifully parloTod the family
grounds, we want thom nll brokon up by
the Lord OF the resurrection. They must
NOlllN uuNt ihll'l Nlu lnulnNIl lnNl HNNl
como out, Husband and wifo, they must
como out, Brother and sister, they must
como out. Our darling children, they must
come out The oyoa that We close with
such trembling tingcra must open again In
the radiance OF that morn, Tho arms wo
folded In dust must join ours In nm ON.
brace OF reunion, Tho voice that was
hushod In our dwelling must bo returned,
Oh, how long some OF you seem 10 DO
waiting for tho resurrection,
waitingl And for these brokcn hearts TO.
day mako soft, cool bandOgO out Of
Easter flowers,
Six years ago, tho night before Easter,
received an Easter card on which thorO was
representation OF that exquisite flowor,
the lrumpotoroopor, and underit the worda:
"Iho trumpet shall sound and the dond
shall rise" There wna especial reason
why ot that time should have that card
sent mo, and present tho same con0ola
ton to-day 10 all In this houSc-Ond who
has oscApodY
My friend, this morning find In tho
Risen Christ prophecy Of cur own rusur.
roclion, my text setting forth the idon that
IN Christ has rison NO His people will
rise, lie, the frat ehcnf of tho rcsurrco-
ton hOryoet llo, "lhO frat fruit Of them
that slept" Before | got through this
morning | will walk through Nll the cCmo.
tories OF the dond, through MI the country
grayoyards, whore your loved ones Hio bur-
led aud | will pluck on these flowers and /
will drop sweet promise Of the gospCl-a
rose OF hope lily Of Joy every tomb
tho child's tomb, the husbands tomb, tho
wifo's tomb; the fathers grave, the moth
cr'g grave, aud whlle we Celdhrota the rCa.
direction OF Christ wo will at the aamo
time celebrate tho resurrection OF all tho
good, "ChrIet the first fruits Of them that
slept"
II should come 10 you this morning and
Ask you for tho namoa Of tho great COM
quorou OF tho world you would eay Alox-
andor, CWear, Philip, Napoleon |, All, my
friends, you have forgotten 10 mention The
namo Of n creator conqueror than oil those
"A cruel, ghaetly oonquoror Ho rodo
on black horse across Waterloo, Atlanta,
and Chalona, the bloody hoofa crushing tho
hoarta OF nations. II Ia tho oonquoror
Death. Ilo carries black flag and he
takos no prisoners, He digs q tronoh
acrose the homiaphoroo and fills II with tho
NNlNNhHNhii VI ibNN bhlNh NNNiu
the world have bcon dcpopulotod had not
God kept making new generations. Fifty
timoe would the world have swung lifoloss
through the air--no man on tho mountain,
no man on tho soa--an abandoned ship
plowing through immonsity.
Again and again has llo done this work
with Oll generations, He Ia u monarch M
woll Os conquorori his palace eepul-
cher, his fountains tho falling toorp OF q
world. Blessed be God, In the light Of this
Eaeter morning sec tho prophecy TINT his
scontor shall DO brokon and hiepolnco shall
be domoliahedl Tho hour Ia coming whom
oil who oro In tholr graves nholl como
forth. Christ risen We ehall rise, Jesus,
"tho frat fruits OF thom that slept"
Now, around this doctrine OF tho rosur-
rection thoro are q great mnny mysteries.
You come TO me this morning and say "lf
the bodies OF tho dcad nre 20 DO raised, how
IL This, and how 10 thot2" and you eek mo
thousand quo9iions mn incompetent 10
answer, but thore are n great many things