The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-07-05
REV. DR. IALMAGE.
TILE BROOKLYN DIvINEs SUN.
DAY SERMON.
Eubject: ArOmatics at christ's
Tomb"


Enchanting work have I before me this
Easter morning, for, initiating these women
OF the text who brought aromatics to the
mausoleunl of Christ, | am going to unroll
franfincense and ualm and altar Of roses and
cardemon from the East Indies and doors
IRON Afanlas and, when we can inhale no
more q the perfume then we VIII talk
OF sweet Sounds and hear from the
music that shall wake the dead HAv
ing on other casters described the
Nnole scene, / need only in four or five
sentences say: Christ was lying fat on His
tack lfeless, amidst scuiptured rocks rocks
over hum, rocks uader Him, and q door Of
rocks all bounded by the flowers and fountains
OF Joseph's country seat Then bright m
mortal having descended from heaven quick
and flashing as a falling meteor, picks up the
door Of rock and prts 1t aside as though It
were char and sits on il. Then Christ I'M
wraps Himself of His mortuary apparel and
takes The turhan from His head and folds
ft up deliberately and lays it down in one
place and then puts the slrond IN another
piace and comes out and finds that the soldlers
who had been on guard are lying around
rallid and Ia dead sWOon, their swords bent
and useless. The illustrious prisoner Of the
tomb is discharged and Eve hundred people
see him al once. An especial congress Of
ecclesiastics called, pay a bride TO the resusci-
tated soldiers 70 say that there was no Tesur-
rection and that while they were overcome Of
slunber the Christians had played resurrec-
uonists and stolen the corpse. The Marys
are &C the tomb with ar0matics.
Why did not these women of the text
bring thuras and netues, for these would
more thoroughly have expressed the piercing
suIrows Of themselves and their I.ordg Why
d they not bring some national ensign
such as that Of the Ronan eagle. tvpical OF
eonquests No, they bring aromatics sug-
gesuve TO me Of the fact that the Gospel
IS % sweoten and deodorize the world
The world has 50 much Of
pufrefnction and malodor that Christ
u gong 20 roll over il waves of franllincense
and sprinkle It al over with swest smelling
n5TTh. 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 vas slow 70 take the floral hint. And
90 now the women of the text bring hands
full and arms fnll Of redolence and perhaps IN
E1tEDgly coafirIn and emphasize the lesson Of
deodorization. When ChFist's Gospel has
conquered the earth the last oifense to the
uHnctor1es Will have left the world: sweet
pure ar viii haAehlown through every home,
and churches will De freed from the curse of
IL ventilation ard the world vii become two
great gardens riie eIiif1urniesi sremblazoned
and enparslllis----r slilisp heres. Sin Is a buz-
fazzau holiness a d3Fe. Sin is nirb4shada
holiness IS g flower. II you are irvine
to reform the world open t6e
windows OF that tenement house and
uour through it draught Of Gods pure at
mcsphere and SET q geraIiiunl or hehOtrope
on the window sill; cleanse the air and You
viii help cleanse the soai. How dare this
world so often insuit that feature Of tho
human face which God has made the most
prominent feature in human physiogIoHy2
To prove how He himself loves aromatlcs ]
hrlng the fact ilut there are millions of
flowers on prairics ard In mountain fast
nesses the fragrance Of which no human
being ever hresithes, and He must have
grown them there for His own regaiement
And for the compliment the world paid
Christ by giving Him a sepulcher in
Jcserhs garden He VIII vet make the
whole earth garden Yes, He expressed
His delight niiii fragrance In the first
book Of The Bible when re said; ''The
Lord sInelled SWEET slvor;n and BE filed
the air Of the aHlieIt tabernacle and tample
with sweet inrgise and thWe are small
bottles Of perfume in heaven described
N Revelation as golden Eiais ful Of Odors.
preach an mnhrrsiai gospel which vii yet
extirpate from tlse world al foulness and
rancidIty and tie last n1isoTnenes and the
last Inephitic gas Glad am / that though
the world had cln,tig spikes for the Saviour's
Test and thorns far the SaTi5ur's brow the
mag put franidnr-use upon His cradia and
the AAryz brought fisii1incenss for His
grave
Notice also thai Christs Iuausoleunl was
opened By canegssiun- Il was great earth
quake that puts is twisted key into the IN
VOWED aud latgriB7iiile loci. 81 that tomb II
Coaeission. Iiait & tie power that opens all,
the to1lls that - ile.od ct all Tomb OF
soul and tomb OF Nations Glncussiua between 1
England and she thufe.n colonies. and forth
CONES free government 10 America. Clmcus-
son between Francs aud Germany and forth
comes repubhcnuiEu Tor France Crnr4ls-
s..f.1-l
on tso Of them was left a perfect law ior all
Eges- Concession annns the rocks around
Calvary and the cruoifzion was made the
more overwhelming Conclusion between
the United States and Mexico and a vast
area Of country becomes ours. Conclusion
between England and France. and most OF
tins continent west OF tlie Elississinpi becomes
the property oi tie American Union. Con-
cgIssion between iceberg and iceberg, between
boWider and bowler and thousand con-
cusaDns put this world into shape for mans
residence. IorcussioB between David and
his enemies and ont came the psalms which
otherwise would never have been written
Conclusion between COTS viii and mans
viii, and, ours overthrow, We are new
creat1rts in Christ jesus Conclusion Of mis-
fortune and trial for many Of the good.
and out comes their especial conservation
Do not therefore be frightened when you see
the great upheaVals, the great agitatifns the
great earthquakes, whether among the rocks
or among the nations or individual ex-
perince 0at Of them Sod VIII bring best
results and most magnificent consequences.
Hear the crash All round the Lords
ssrcophagus aud see fine glorious re-
animation Of H. dead inlabitsut Concus-
SON If ever general European war, which
the world has been expecting for tie last
twenty years should come, a conclusion 50
vide and concussion 50 tremendous would
not leave q throne liz Europe standing as it
now L. Tho nations Of the earth are
tired of having their Kings born to
them and they would alter a while
elect their kings. and there would % an
Italian Republic and a German Republic and
a Russian Republic and an Austrian Repuh-
lie. and out Of the cracks and crevices and
ehasus Of that eoneiissi0n would come resur-
rection for al Europe. Stagnation is death
fgl; concussf1u Is Messis.IIic
Notice also what the angel did with the
stone after ~ had rolled il away from the
mouth OF The Saviour na1isoie4ri. Thebooy
says be rolled away the stone from the door
and sat upon j. An u US ministers have
preacaei a acrInon about the angels rolling
away the Stone. Tut We did not remark
| upon the Sublime fact that he sat uDon
Il Why Certainly not becaus. he
was tired las angels are q fatigue
ieas RAGS and that Que could have shoaldered
every rock around that tomb and carried It
"a4 enG rot been besEeated He sat upon
u think 70 show you aud 70 show me That
We may 1n9lse every earthly obstacle a throne
Of tIlmphi The young men WHO get their
tsduca41iI sssy seldom amount % much
Those who flad to struggle for il come
out atop There Is 10 end Of the story
Of studying by pirie-znot lights and reading
while the flules Of tie toWpaih were resting
and Of aaifig hungry and patched aud bare
foot aad "a pm. ting to ali kinds ct pFivation
70 get Scholastic advantages. But ths6ay Of
graduation icaue and they took the diplo-
mas with = hand nervous from night
study ard pale from lack OF
food. and put their academic degrees
IN TIE PICKET o Il threndbSre coat. Then
stf.szl1iE iof another career Of hardship they
entered = profession W a business where they
f0un1 plenty q DISAGREEMENT aud no help.
Yet saying Il VII succeed; God help me
for no one eise Uiii. they sent on and up
uEiisi the world was compelled 70 acinowleige
and ADMIRE them
The fact was that the obstacle between
the1r discoufaging start and their complete
success was a rock Of City tons. but bv rfs1-
luton uerved and mus1ularizad and ,,s-er..
forced by Almighty God fbey threw ti,eir
arms around the obstacle and VIII m.
strength Of supernatural wrestler roIled
hack the stone and, hayirz become mora
.4a1 conqueIoiz, they sat 1fnon +