Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-26
The World Waiting for the Great
Resurrection "a Rose Of
Hope on Every Tomb.
Facts About the Judgment DaJ--All
Who Are IN Their Graves
Shall Come Forth.
HrookIyn tabernacle FILLED 20 Overflow
Ing win rhrosg Come 20 Hear
the Easter sermon.


Ieries. Within the church q scene Of rsr
beauty was presented, the platform beini
covered with flowers arranged IN yariOu
devices and breathing forth delicat
aroma. The building was 20 crowde'
that the doors were held open by the pres
surc, and many persons were turne'
away, being unable TO get further than tn
iron gates on the street In addition 4
the usual arilstes OF the church, Mrs
Florence Ricc.Knox sang twice. TIT
opening hymn, N which 5000 voices
joined, wass
eve prhise Thee, Q God, for the son Of ThJ
Vor Jesus who died and Is now gone above
The subject Of the sermon was iEast
ertide" DR.. Talmage took his text from
Cor. xy; 20: "Now is Christ risen from
the dead, aud become the first fruits Of
them that slept He spoke as follows
On this glorious Easter morning, amid
the music and the flowers, give you
Christian sanitation. This morning Rus
sian meeting Russian on the streets Of
ST. Petersburg halls him with the saluta-
ilon, "Cbrist IL risen,n aud f. answered
by his friend In shlutation, tHe Is risen
Ireland TO this very day there Is the super
etitlon that on Easter morning the sun
dances 10 the heavens aud well may we
forgive such superstition which Illus.
tfates the fact that the natural world
seems 10 sympathizo with the spiritual.
Hall Easter morning, Rlowersl Flow
erel All Of them voice, all Of them a
tongue, all oi them full Of speech to-day
bend over one Of the lilies and hear II
say "Conaider the lilies o. the field,
how they grow; they toll not, neither do
they spin, yet solomon In all his glory
was not arrayed as one Of these.n
bend over q rose and II seems 20 whis-
per ~ ain the rose Of Sharon.n And
then stand and listen. From all sides
there comes the chorus of flowers say
ing "ii God so cl0the the grass Of the
heldi which today Is, and Tomorrow Is
cast into the oven, shall He not much
more clothc you, o ye Of little iaith2"
FloWersl FlOwenl Braid them into
The BRIDES hair FloWcrsl Flowers
Strew them over the graves Of the day,
sweet prophecy Of the resurrection.
FlOwefsl FloWefsl Twist them into
garland for my Lord Jesus on Easter
morning, "Glory oe ~ the Father and 10
thc Son and TO the Holy Ghosts as lt was
IN The beginning, 70 now and ever shall
ber
why, II q rainbow this morning had
fallen and struck the galleries aud struck
The platform, tho scene could not have
been more radiant Oh, how bright and
how beautiful the flowers, and how much
they make me think Of Christ and his re.
ligion, that brghtena everything lt
touches, Drlghtons our life, brightons our
character, brlghtens society, brlgh.ens
the church, brightens everything. You
who 30 With gloomy countenanee pre-
tending that you are better than am he
cause Of your lugubrlousness, you can
not cheat me. You old hypOcrite! /
knox you, Pretty case you are for a
man that Processes % be more than CON
gueror II Is not religion that makes you
gloomy, Il Il the lack OF Il, There N lust
"a much religion ia a wedding as Ia a bu- (
rial, just as much religion IN smile as
Ia & tear Those gloomy Christians we /
sometimes see arc the people 20 whom | /
IKE 70 lend money, for never see them /
again. The women came 10 the Saylor's /
tomb and they dropped spicea ali around I
The tomb, and those spices were the seed 1
That began to grow, and from them came .
AL the flowers OF this Easter morn. The
two angels robCd in white took hold OF |
the stone Of the Sayor's tomb ana they
hurled Il with such force down the hill
That L crushed 10 the door OF tho worlds 1
and the stark and the dead I
must come forth.
care not how labrlnthinc the mauso. 4
enm or how costly tlN sarchaphagus or /
however beautifully parieTred the family f.
grounds, we want them all broken no by 4
he Lord Of the resurrection. They must 4
come out Father aud mother--they I
must come out. Husband and wife /
they must come out. Brother aud sister
they must come out. Our darling
must come out. The eyes
That we close with such trembling fingers /
must open again In the radiance
u that morn Tho arms we (
olded In dust must Join ours In
10 embrace OF reunion. The voice
hat was hushed IN our dwelling must bo
nh, how long some OF Won
leem 20 DC waiting waiting forthe resur. /
'ectlou, waitlng And for these broken
learts to-day make a soft, cool bandaeo
rat OF Easter flowers,
Six years ago, the night before Easter, |
ooolved an Easter card ON which there
yas q representation of that exquisite
lower, the trumpet creepcr, aud under II
he words, "l'ho trumpet Shall sound
md tue dead shall rlse.n There was es
'eglsl reason why at that time should
ave that card sent me, and l present. the
anne consolation to-day to all In this
'onsei and who has escapedg
MY friends, this morning | appoint Ia
ne risen Chrlsta prophecy OF our own
esnrrecuon, nay text setting forth the
dea that as Christ has risen so His people
vii rise, lie the tlrst sheai Of the resnr.
ection harycsti He ''the first fruits
= them that slopt.n Before 4
iet through this morning, III
Yill walk through all the cemeteries Of
nc dead, through all tho country grave.
ards where your loved ones are buried,
nd VIII pluck on these flowers ana / II
VII drop sweet promise OF the gospel Ii
rose OF hope, lily al 10y on every
omb-~tho ohiid's tomb, tho husbands
omo, the wiic's tomb, the fathers grave, j
he mothers grave; and while we oele
rate the resurrection Of Christ we viii i
I the same time celebrate the rcs0rrce.
Ion OF all the good. "Chrlst the nrst
ruits Of them that slept.m II
u should come 10 you this morning
nj ask you for the names OF the great !
onquerors Of the world, you would saw ,
lexander, Caesar, Philip, Napoleon 1. I
n, my friends, you have forgotten 10 /
IGNITION the name OF q greater conqueror I