National Republican., 1888-04-02

lie end of his Journey. Anchor of flowers
suggesting the Christian hope which we nave
us ananchor to the soul sure and stcadlast
Cross of flowers, suggesting the tree ON which
uur sins were slain.
If had my way, ! would cover NJ all the
tasket or pine box, whether u kings
maugolcum or TuttCrs field, with radiant and
aromatic arlCresCnCc. The Bible says; In the
midst Of the garden there was a scpulrhcr. !
wish that every scpulcher might be IN The
midst Ot a garden.
IV. II you insist ON asking me the question:
What are flowers good lor ! answer Tor
religious symbolism, Have you eycr studied
striItural fprny The Bible Is an arbctun II
is divine conservatory, II is u herhnrium OF p
The hlevity Of the brightest human life you
will quote from Job: - man cometn forth aS
flower and j. clt down or yon win quote
80 he rciishctl, the wind pnsseth over u, and
Il is GONE" Or you will quote from Isaiah:
AN flesh Is grass, and the g9cdliness thereof
Is as the flower Of the field Or yuu Will
quote from James the apostle; ~ the flower
Vf the grass. - he uasseth away What
pralhic bible Syml ollsm!
An the cut flowers Of this Easter day will
,uun hr dead, whatever care yUu take of
them. Though morning and night vou nap
tl2c them in the name oil the shower, the hap
tiSm will not Ire 10 them u saving ordinance.
They have been fatally wounded with the
lnife that cut them. They are bleeding their
life away: they are dying now. The iIHTlnre
in he air ls their departing aud ascending
on. yes flowers are almost human. Botan.
| lists tell us that flowers breathe, they take
sensitive They have their likes and dislkcs.
They sleep. they wake. They live In families.
| They have their ancestors aud Their ls cen!
ants, neir birth thcir burial, thcirrlqdlr. their
| grave The ZcphNr rocks the one. aud the
! storm digs The trench for the other. The COW
slip must leave IFS gold, the lily must leave i,'
silver the rose must leave H. diamond neck.
| lace Of morning dew, Dust 10 dust, So we
| come IN, We prosper, we spread abroad, we
die aS the tuwcr- rs the Hover
| Chance and decay on all around sce;
| %, Thou whu Changest not, abide with the.
| Flowers also afford mighty symbolism of
christ. WHO compared himself {" the ancient
| queen the lily. and the modern queen, the
rose. wh,n He said 81 am the lolc Of sharon
and the lily ur the valley" liedulcnt like
the the, humble like the other Like both,
| apIrhpIinte Tor the sad who want SvInpa-
| tliTrrs, and for the rejoicing who want ban.
| puCt,rs. IiUVering over the marriage cere
nuny Ike u wedding bell, ur lodel Ike u
chaJl,t ON The .pulsclesS heart OF ihr dead.
oh, tmist let I he perfume Of thy name he
| waited all around the earth lily and ro>c,
| lily and rusC-until the wilderness crimson
one great bud Of Immortal beauty laid against
the warm heart Ui tod. Snatch down from
The worlds banners eagle and lion, and put
| on lily and rose. lily and rose.
nut, my friends, flowers have no grandcr
use than WHEN un Easter morning We cole
liate the reaniingtion Of Christ from the rata-
| NJ
lection There is not nook or, cninrf in all
the building but is touched with the incense.
The women carried spices 10 the tomb nj
'mist, and they dloped spices u around
grown all the flowers of Easter morn. The
Two whiterobcl angels, that hurled the stone
away from the door of the tomb, hurled IL with
srcn violence down the hill that IL crashed in
the dCor OF the world $ sepulcher, and millions
of the stark and dead shall come forth.
However labyrinhian the mausolc,lm, hoy
| ~ lp hnNraN,p al l.
tectmally grand the metropolis however
beautifully rnrtelred the family grounds, we
want them all broken mp by the Lord OF the
resurrection. The forms that we laid away
with our broken hearts must rise again
Father and mother they must come ont
Husband and wiIe-they must come out.
darling Childrcn.-thcy must come out. The
eyes that withtremhlng fingers We clos' lmust
oIen nthc luster oI resurrection morn. The
aims that We folded In death must Join our
IN embrace of reunion. The beloved voice
that was hushed must be returned. The he
owed form must come up without its inhrm
ties, without It's latg,eS it must come up.
,,Ih, how long II seems for some of You
Waiting waiting for the resurrection. How
long; how long! make for YOUR hrokel
MIaIs HAT oaay SoSi io, d nSnnSgG \; ,h 9l ,his hnir
beautiful Easter card on the top Of II repre-
,ehtaton of that exquisite flower called th'
"trumret cleepcr, and under IL the ins,rip
ton: she trumpet shall sound, and The ''en,
,hall be raised comfort you this day will
tie thought Of resurrection.
When Lord Nelson was buried IN st. Paul
Cathedral In London The heart of all England
: was stirred. The procession passed on ami,
the sOhbing of a nation. There We're thrt
irumpcters stationed at the door of the catlit
dral, with Instruments of music at hand, wall
| ing ior the signal, and when the illustrioI
dead arrived at the gates Of st. Paul'S Catht
! DIAL, these thirty ,trumpe;ers gave one unite
blast, and then all was silent. Yet the truU
| pets did not wake the dead. He slept right OF
, Gut have 10 tell you, what thirty trum
| peters could not do for one man one trum
' lcter will do for all nations. The ages hav
0 rolled on and the clock of the worlds destin
' strlkes0, 10 II, Y, and time shall beno Longer
Behold the alchungcl lowering lie take
r; The trumpet points II this way puts lis lips {
! his lips, and then blows one long loud, terrific
I tmnderous. rcvcrhcrating, and resurrectio,
3 AIRY blast. Look Look! They rise; IN
I The family vault; some from the city ceineter.
= some Il ON the country graveyard. Here
Q Spirit Is joined 10 its body, and there annthf
0 spirit is Joined to another body, and million
y Of departed spirits are asserting the bolie
= and then rocluthng Themselves in forms no
radiant for ASCENSION
:, Tile earth bcgins to burn the bonfire of
I great victory. All ready now for tue pr9ce
Il | sion of reconstructed humanity! Upward an
;, away Christ leads and all the christian dea
d follow. battalion after battalion, nation aft
II nation. Up, up! I'm, on Forward, yr rank
= of God Almighty; Lift upyourhe heads, We ever
II lasting gates, let the cOnquero,s come i
II Resurrection, Resurrection!
'. And 50 twist all the festal flowers Of Ill
IL church with all the iestal flowers of chap'
e aud cathodrals of all Chrstendom into ~
l. gLtat chain aud VIII 5 i;,i that chain D'na y
Il of the worlds history Illirection' May I!
ID God of peace, that brought again from Il
ID dead our Lord Jesus that great Shepherd
u the sheep through the blood of the ONerlaStil
" covenant, make you perfect in every 900
r. WUlk To do His VIII.