Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-05-02
SUNDAYS SERMON.
ONE OF REV. DIR TALMAGEs
STERLING DISCOURSES
subject: "Aromatics at Christ's
Tomb

Ind preDdred. Luke XIV, /; 1.-THE t1-ltnl-
nSt shall sou1ld."-I Corinthians XIV, 81
Enchanting work have l before me this
Raster morning, for, initiating these women
II the text who brought aromatics to the
nausoleum of Christ / am going to unroll
frankincense and balm and altar of roses and
cardamon from the East Indies, and odors
from Arabia, and, when we can inhale no
more of the perfume, then we will talk
AZ sweet sounds and hear from the
music that shall wake the dead Hav-
mo on other casters described the
whole scene, | need only in four or five
eentepces say: Christ was lying fiat ON His
hack lifeess, amidst sculptured rocks, rocks
over Him, rocks under Him. and n door of
rocks all bounded by the flowers and fountains
n Josephs country seat Then a bright i'm
mortal having descended from heaven, quick
and flashing as a falling meteor, picks up the
door of rock and puts it aside as though it
we're chair and sits on it. Then Christ I'M
wraps Himself of His mortuary apparel and
takes the turban from His head and folds
finn deliberately and lays it down in one
Mace and then puts the shroud in another
Mace and comes out and finds that the soldiers
who had been ON guard are lying around,
noGd and in a dead swoon, their swords bent
and useless The illustrious prisoner of tho
tomb is discharged and five hundred people
SEQ him at once. An especial congress of
lated soldiers to say that there was no resul-
recton and that while they were overcome Of
sumber the Christians had played resurrec-
tonsts and stolen the corpse. The Marys
are at the tomb with aromatics.
Why did not these women of the text
bring thorns and nettles for these would
more thoroughly have expressed the piercing
sorrows of themselves and their Lord? Why
did they not bring some national ensign,
such as that of the Roman eagle typical of
conquest? No, they bring aromatics sug-
gestive TO me of the fact that the Gospel
IS to sweeten and deodorize the world.
The world has so much of
putrefacton and malodor that Christ
Is going to roll over it waves of frankincense
and sprinkle it all over with sweet smelling
myrrl. Thousands of years before this Solo
mon had said that Christ was a lily and
Isaiah had declared that under the Gospel the
desert would bloom like the rose, but the
world was slow 20 take the floral hint. And
so now the women of the text bring hands
full and arms full of redolence and perhaps UNI
Willingly confirm and emphasize the lesson of
deodorization. When Christ's Gospel has
conquered the earth the last offense to the
olfactories will have left the world; sweet,
pure air will haveblown through every homo,
aud churches viii be freed from the curse of
III ventilation and the world will become two
great gardens, the empurpled and emblazoned
aud emparadised hemispheres. Sin is buz-
nrd holiness n dove, Sin is nightshade,
holiness is a flower. If you are trying
TO reform the world open the
windows OF that tenement house and
pour through it a draught of Gods pure at
mosphere and set geranilm or a heliotropo
on the window sill; cleanse the air and you
will help cleanse the soul How dare this
world so often insult that feature of the
human face which God has made the most
prominent feature in human physiognomyY
To prove how He Himself loves aromatics ]
bring the fact that there are millions of
flowers ON prairies and in mountain fast
nesses the fragrance of which no human
being ever breathes, and He must have
grown them there for His own regalement.
And for the compliment the world paid
Christ by giving Him a sepulcher in
JOsephs garden He will yet make the
whole earth a garden Yes, He expressed
His delight with fragrance in the first
book Of the Bible when He said. ''fhc
Lord smellod sweet savor;p and He filed
the air OF the ancient tabernacle and temple
with sweet incense; and there are small
bottles Of perfume in heaven described
IL Revelation as golden vials full Of odors.
lpTeach an ambrosial gospel which viii yet
extirpate from the world all foulness And
nncdity and the last noisomeness and the
last mephitic gas Glad am | that though
teet and thOrns for the Saviour's brow the
mag put frankincensc upon His cradle and
the Marys brought frankineensc for His
grave.
Notice also that Christ's mausoleum was
opened by conclusion. 1t was great earth
quake that puts its twisted key into the in-
yolved and labyrinthine lock of that tomb.
Concussionl That is the power that opens all
the tombs that are opened at all. Tomb OF
soul and fnm Of nnfippe (,onruccipn between
England and the thirteen colonies, and forth
comes free government in America. Concus-
aon between France and Germany, and forth
comes republicanism for France Concus-
son among the rocks on Mount Sinai, and
On fWo Of them was left perfect law for all
ages Conclusion among the rocks around
tavafY and the cTuciiixion was made tho
more overwhelming. Conclusion between
the United States and Mexico, and q vast
area Of country becomes ours. Conclusion
tetWecn England and France, and most of
ils continent west of the Mississippi becomes
he property Of the American Union. Con-
elsslon between iceberg and iceberg between
ooWlder and bowlder, and a thousand con-
ulsslons put this world into shape for mans
residence. Conclusion between David and
ms enemies and out came the psalms which
olheiWise would never have been written.
o1acussion between Gods will and mans
WI and, ours overthrown, we are new
Creatures in Christ Jesus. Conclusion of mis-
Ior.une and trial FOR many of the good
Ta out comes their especial conservation.
~ ~ not therefore be frightened when you see
negreat upheavals, the great agitations. the
seat earthquakes, whether among the rocks
among the nations or individual ex-
psiience. Out OF them God win bring best
iuTsults and most magnificent consequences.
near the crash all round the Lords
Nieophagus and see the glorious re
sllnatlon OF its dead inhab;taut. Concus-
s'a! II ever general European war. which
,ue world has been expecting for the last
ssuty Years, should come a conclusion 50
Ssie aud concession 50 tremendous would
-. ieave throne In Europe standing rs il
.o@ Is The nations of the earth are
W, OF having their Kings born 70
'HsLn' and they would after a while
~ ~ their Kings, and there would he en-
s'rplai hepubhc and German Republic and
russian Republic and an Austrian Repub-
q ana out Of the cracks and creviccs and
.Hasins Of that conclusion would come resur-
s ~ Tor all Europe. Stagnation IS death
eoncussion is Messanic
,. -so''ce also what the angel did with the
ss'Ae alter lie had rolled Il away from the
.ugh Of the Saviours mausolcum. The book
~ ne rolled away the stone from the door
'tf4 Ailt fITOn IL All If ministers have