The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-04-22
AROMAI4eS FOR EASTER.
DIR. TALMAof4B SERMON DELIVERED
YESTERDAY IN BROOKLYN.
A Vast Multitude Attend the Beautiful
Services attire Tabernacle and Hear
an Eloauent,atd arace-aivins Sermon
Some Strlkipg Smiles.

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Some strlkipg Smiles.
BROOKLYN, April 2l.-A vast multitude
attended the Easter services at the Brook
Ign Tabernacle this morning. The pews,
the aisles and all adjoining rooms were
thronged. and multitudes in the street
could not gain an entrance. Rev. L. de
Witt Talmage, ID. d., preached on the
subject, "Aromatics for Easter The pull
pit and galleries OF the church had elab-
crate floral decorations. The congrega-
ton sang the opening hymn
We praise thee o God, for the Son Of thy love,
For Jesus who died and Is now gone above
DIR. Talmage took two texts, Luke XIV,
/; bringing the spices which they had
prepared" /. Corinthians XIV, 80; 1.-THE
trumpet shall sound" He said:
Enchau( q work have | before me this
Easter morning, Tor, initiating these
women Of the text, who brought aromatics
to the mausoleum OF Christ, am going to
unroll irankincense, and balm and ottar 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 OF sweet sounds and hear from
the music that shall wake the dead. Hav-
ing on other Casters described the whole
scene, l need only in fouror five sentences
say: Christ was lying fiat ON his back, lite
less, amidst sculptured rocks, rocks over
him, rocks under him, and a door OF rocks
all bounded by the flowers and fountains
Of Joseph's country seat. Then a bright
immortal, having descended from heaven,
quick and flashing as falling meteor,
picks up the door OF rock and puts II aside
~ though il were chair aud sits on It,
Then Christ unwraps himself Of his NOR
tuary apparel and takes the turban from
his head and folds 1t up deliberately 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, plllid and in a
dend swoon, their swords bent and use
less The illustrious prisoner OF the tomb
is discharged and five hundred people see
him at once. An especial congress OF &C
clesiastics called pay bride TO the resusci-
tated soldiers 10 say that there was no
! resurrection and that while they were over.
come Of slumber the Christians had played
resurrectionisis and stolen the corpse. The
Marys are at the tomb with aromatics.
Why did not these women OF the text
bring thorns and nottles, for these would
more thoroughly have expressed the
piercing sorrows OF themselves and theii
Lord2 Why did they not bring some ma
tional ensign, such as that OF the Roman
eagle, typical oil conquest No, they bring
aromatics suggestive 10 me OF the fact
that the Gospel Is 10 sweeten and deodor-
ze the world. The world has so much oi
putreiaction and malodor that Christ is
going to roll over II waves OF irankincense
and sprinkle il all over with sweet smell.
ing myrrh. Thousands Of years before
this Solomon had said that Christ was q
lily and Isaiah had declared that under
tho Gospel the desert would bloom like
the rose but thoworld was slow 10 take
the floral hint And so now the womeI
OF tho text bring hands full and arms full
Of redolence and perhaps unwittlngly con
firm and emphasize the lesson OF deodori
, Eation. When Chrsts Gospel has con
, quered tho earth the last oHense to tn,
olfactories will have left the world; sweet
| pure air will have blown through every
|, home, aud churches will be freed from
the curse OF III ventilation and the worlC
will become two great gardens, the empur
, Piled and emblaEoned and emparadiseS
. hemisphercs Sin is a buzzard, holi
ness Is a dove. Sin is nightshade
. holiness Is flower II you ar
: trying 10 reform the world oDcn tn
Q windows OF that tenement house an,
D pour through II draught Of Gods pur
o atmosphere. aud set goranium or hell
i, otrope ON the window sill; cleanse the MI
4 and you will hel? cleanse the soul. llov
Q dare this world 30 often insult that icatur
A Of the human face which God has mad
n the most prominent feature in humai
: physiognomy7 To prove how lie himsel
G loves aromatics, bring the fact that Their
4 are millions OF flowers on prairics and Il
y mountain businesses, the fragrance Of which
II no human being over breathcs, and III
4 must have grown them there for His owl
4 rcgalement. And for the compliment tn
II world paid Christ by giving Him sepul
h cher In Joseph's garden lie will yet max
q pressed His delight with ifagmce In IN
v iirst book Of the Bible, when lie said
Is "rhe Lord smclled a sweet sayor,' an
d lilo filled the air Of the ancient tabcracl
10 aud temple with sweet incense; aud Their
, are small bottles OF perfume In hcave
If described In Revelations rs golden vial
L full OF odors. preach an ambrosial 20.
K pei which will yet extirpate from N
" world all ioulncss aud rancldiy, aud IN
u last noisomencs and the last mephitl
|. gas. Glad am | that though the worl
4 had chiefly spikes for the sayior's ic,
|. aud thorns for the Sayior's brow the ma
nut imnkinsccnsc upon Ills cradle and IA
Marys observation-disclosures for Ills gray,
NJ Notice also that Christ's mausoleum WI
:" opened by conclusion. II was a grcs
~ earthquake that put is twisted key int
II the involved aud labyrinthino lock OF thi
n tomb. Concussionl That's the power lhs
III opens all the toinbs that are opened nj nj
y Tomb OF soul aud tomb Of nations. Cot
n cuNion between England and the thrice
a colonies, and forth comes free govern
. ment In America Conclusion bciwcc
a France and Germany, aud forth comes n
10 publicanism for France. Concussio
y among the rocks Of Mount Sinai, and o
le two OF them was lett n perfect law for a
ages. Conclusion among the rocks aroun
Calvary, and tho cruciiixion was made th
more overwhelming Conclusion bclwcc
the United Statcs and Mexico, and a va
w area OF country becomes ours. Concus,io
between England and France, nm
nc most OF this country west OF the MI
sissippi becomes the property Of the Ame
(. icnn Union. Conclusion between iccber
and iceberg, between bowldorand bowlde
IA and 900 conclusions put this world int
shane for mans residence. ConrusN1n b.
-, twecn David aud his enemies, aud out can
" tho nsaltns which otherwise would ncy,