Democratic messenger., 1889-04-27
INCENSE FOR EASTER.
DR.. Talmage's Sermon at the
Brooklyn Tabernacle.

attended the Faster services at the Brook.
lyn Tabernacle this morning. The pews.
the aisles and all the adjoining rooms were
thronged, and multitudcs in the street
could not gain an entrance. Rev. T. DE
Witt Talmage, ID. d.. preached on the sub
ject "ArOmatics or Easter" The pulpi,
and galleries Of the church had elaborate
floral decorations. The congregation sang
the opening hymn:
We praise Thee OGod. for the Son of Thy love.
For Jesus who died and Is now gone above.
DIR. Talmage took two texts, Luke xiv,
1; bringing the spices which they had
prepared" !. Corinthians xv., SO: "The
trumpet shall sound" lie said:
Enchanting work have ! before me this
Easter morning. for. initiating these wo.
men of the text who brought, aromatics TO
the mausoleum Of Christ. am going To
unroll frankinccnsc and balm and ottar
Of roses and car,lamon from the East In
dies and olOrs from Arabia, and, when we
can inllalc no more of the perfume, then
We will talk Of sweet sounds aud hear
from the music that shall wake the dead.
Having ON other casters described the
whole scene, need only On four or five
sentences say: Christ was lying flat on
his back, hicless, amidst sculptured rocks.
rocks over Him, rocks under Him, and n
door Of rocks all bounded by the flowers
and fountains Of .IoscDh's country seat
Then brigh, immortal, haying descend.
cd from Heaven, quick and flashing as a
falling meteor, picks up the door Of rock
aud puts IL aside as though il were chair
and sits on IL. Then Christ unwraps Him.
self Of Ills mortuary apparel and takes the
turhan from His head and folds II up de-
libcratcly and lays II down in one place
and then puts the shroud in another place
and comes out and finds that the soldiers
who had been on guard are lying around,
paid aud in a dead swoOn, their swords
bent and useless. The illustrious prisoner
of the tomb is discharged aud 800 people
see Him nj once. An especial congress
of ccclesiastics called 10 pay bribc To the
rcsuscita,cd soldiers to say that there was
no resurrection. and that while they were
overcome by slumber the Christians had
played rcsurreciionists and stolen the
corpse. The Marys are nj the tomb with
aronaticS.
SWEET INCENSE INSTEAD or TiIoRSs.
Why did not these women of the text
hiring thOrns and nctilcs, for these would
more thoroughly have expressed their
piercing sorrows Of themselves and their
Lord: Why did they not bring some ma
iional ensign, such as that Of the Roman
eagle, typical Of conquest! No; they bring
arOmaiics suggestive To me of the fact that
the Gospel is to swecicn and deodorize
the world The world has so much Of
puireiaciiOn AMI malodor that Christ Is
going Ia roll over i, waves of franklin
ccnsc and sprinkle il all over with sweet
smelling myrrh. Thousands of years be-
fore this solomon had said that Christ
was lily AMI Isaiah had declared that I'M.
der the Gospel the desert would bloom
like a rose. but the world was slow TO take
the floral hint. And so now the women
of the text bring hands full and arms full
of rcdolence ard perhaps unwit,ingly con.
firm and emphasize the lesson of deOd0ri.
za,ion. When Christs Gospel has con.
aucrcd the earth the last OiTcnsc 10 tile
olfaciorics will have lcil the world sweet,
pure mir will have blown through every
home, and churches will hc freed from
the curse of III ventilation and the world
will become two grra, gardens, the en-.
purpicd and cnhlaznncd aud cmpara,liscd
hemisphercs. Sin is buzzar,l. holiness
is n dove. Sin isa niglisliadc, holiness
is flower. II You arr trying To reform
the world open the windows al that tcnc.
mcni house and pour through il n draugh,
of Gofs pure atmosphere and sci n gera.
MUM or II hclloirope an the window sill
cleanse the air and you will help cleanse
the soul. How dare This world 81 often
insult that feature of the human face WHICH
.,iss NARY Lun"- >rrn' i.d>'rI ~ her
lr in Berlin and Miss Maud dc waal
( advantage of this time ,opay u short
-: to Philadelphia.
vi iss Mary Ennis. Of Pocomokc City.
"isiiins Miss BERTHE Taylor.
X r. Samuel Meredith left last week for
',minglun, Del, where he will reside
he future.
tiss Della Burbagc, of powcllsvillc. is
Cling visit 10 Mrs. Williams at the
d,sOnagc.
gsiss May Waters is in Pocomokc City
", visit.
II. u. Martin, ESD, paid his sister Mrs,
s,y Wharton n visit on last Monday.
.lr T.. II. Taylor is in Philadelphia this
a.k.
Hiss Fila Hack. of Snow Hill, is yisi.
y Mrs. Lucy Wharton.
ithc Misses Sal,ie and Lille Pilchard,
ni'iii's CrceE, spent Sunday with their
rcr. Mrs. l.. II. Taylor.
cIrs. j. X. Ilggin, of Berlin. is visiting
!, sister. Mrs. Al. Howard.
The Rev. James u. Campbell preached
"a large AMI nppr,cialivo audience on
inday nllcrnoon: the church WAS hand
mcly dressed Tor Faster. As there WAS
service in town On sunday night rcar-
AL the church gocrs ~ town walked
'wn io PnrirrSyillc aud enjoyed u ser
N hy the Rev. Mr.. Jester in the VI. T..
urch Of that place,
bur advantages ia bcing near the hay
fully appreciated hy our young people
Il, as usual ON holiday. they took
vy enjoyable sail an Easter Monday.
a GrIIIvER.
AT NIL. Tomb Of the soul and tomb Of ma.
,ions. Conclusion between England and
the 10 colonies. and forth comes free gov.
ernment IN America. Conclusion bet twcen
France and Germany. and forth comes re-.