The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-04-24

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gath 'rdfor worship, to be blown for the
raising Of the dead IN the last great Easter.
Tne mother, who, when the child must be
awakened kisses Its eyes awake, does well; I;
but the trumpet which, when the dead are
70 be aroused, kissed the ear awake does
better lie not surprised IL the dead are to
be awakened by music Why, that Is the
way now we raise the dead. Take the
statistics, II you can, OF the millions Of
souls that ha been raised from the death
OF sin by hymns, by psalms by solos, by
anthems. by flutes by violin :, by organs by
trumpets. Under God what hosts have
been resurrected by Ira D.. Sankey, by
Thomas Hastings by William d. Bradbury,
by Lowell Ma on BY motherly lullabies, by
church dox logies, by oratorios. II we
raise the dead now by music, be not sur
prised that on the last day the dead are to
be raised by music.
The trumpet shall sound. And that in
strument shall have plenty OF work to do on
the day mentioned. 1t will have to sound
through all the pyramids which are only
names for sepulchers, and liberate the
buried kl"gs. And through hypogean
graves which were built in mounds and
the hypogean graves which were dug
In rocks and through the nine hundred
winding miles OF catacombs under
and around the Roman Campagna, where
over seven million human beings
sleep. And through all the crystal sarco-
phaRi Of Atlantic. and Pacific, and Mediter.
ranean and Ca plan, and Bluck Sea deeps.
And over all the battle-felds Of continents,
until all the fallen troops Of English, and
French, and italian, aud German, and Rus
sian. and Persian, and American, and the
worlds battle fields answer the call. Mara
thon. come upl Agincourt, come up Blen-
helm, come upl Acre. come upl Hohenlin-
den, come upi Sedan come upl Gettys-
burg, come up Near Sharpsburg during our
civil war, when was, with some others un.
der the ausp ces the Christian commits
sion, looking after the wounded, Federal and
Confederate, one moonlight night was
where could look down upon the tents OF
the sleeping army. o. what an imposing
spectalel Eut my subject calls us 10 look
down upon mighlier host Of soldiers slum-
bering their last sleep In the bivouac Of the
dust; the 750.0O0 slain In the Crimean war
the $40 900 slain In our American war, the
Is 0OO, 900 slain In the wars OF Sesostris, the
%, ,00O, 900 slain In Jewish wars, the 32 OO0, 900
slain In wars OF Ghengis Khan, the SO.O0l 900
slain In the wars Of the Crusaders, the lS0,-
900, 900 slain In he Roman wars. Aye, nc
cording TO Dr. Dick, the dead in war, II each
one occupied four feet Of ground, would
make enough graves TO reach Az times
around the earth
The most OF people are dead. The world
is house Of two rooms, basement and q
room above ground The basement has two
10 one, three TO one, four 10 one more occu-
pants than the superstructure. Sickness
and war and death have been stacking their
harvests for near six thousand years. Where
are those who saw the Pilgrim Fathers en-
bark, or the Declaration OF Independence
signed, or Franklin lasso the lightning, or
Warren Hastings tried, or Queen Elizabeth
IN her triumphal march TO Kenilworth, or
William, Prince OF Orange, land, or Gus
tavus Ado!phus crowned, or Jerome Of
Prague, burned Mt the stake. or Tamerlane
found his empirei Gonel Gonei
But the trumpet shall sound. Music 10
raise the dead. o, how much the world
needs IT, You take torch and will take
a torch, and we win 20 through some OF tho
alsles OF the Roman catacombs and see the
expcctant epltaphs on the walls and right
over where the departed sleep. You know
hatthese catacombs are fiftv or sixty feet
underground, aud II one loses the guide or
his torch Is extinguished, he never finds the
way out 30 let US stay close together, and
with our torches aswe wander along small
part OF these nine hundred miles Of UNDER
ground passage, see the inscriptions as they
we're really chiseloi there on both sides the
way. On your side you read by the light
OF your torch; Here rests handmade Of
God who out OF all her riches now pos
sess but this one house. Thou wilt remain
In eternal repose Of happiness. A. d. 3s0."
On my side Tread by the light Of the torch:
"Aurelia, our sweetest daughter; she lived
fifteen v ars and four months, A. d.
325.n On your side you read: Here hath
been laid sweet spirit, guilelesx,
wise and beautiful. Buried In peace.
A d. 3Ss" On my side / read; "You
well-deservIng one; lie In peace You
will rise. A temporary rest Is granted you.
Plaucus, her husband made this" On your
side you read: "Nicephorus, sweet soul,
In the place OF refreshment" On my side /
read: I'm Christ, Alexander Is not dead,
but lives beyond the stars, and his dead
body rests IN this tomb" On your side you
read: Here, happy. you find rest bowed
down with years" 'Irene sleeps In God"
"Valeria sleeps In peace" "Arethusa sleeps
In God.n Navira in peace. sweet s. ul
who lived sixteen years, a soul sweet as
honey; this epitaph was made by her
parents"
But let US come out OF the catacombs
and extinguish our torches, for upon all
these lodgings and expectations Of all
nations the morning Of resurrection dawns.
The trumpet shah sound And the sooner IL
sounds ths better. o, how we would like 10
get our loved onos back again II we are
ready 70 meet our Lord, our sins oil par
doued, what good thing II this moment we
could hear the resounding and reverbera-
ting blastl Would you not like 10 see your
father again, your mother again. your daugh-
ter again, your boy again, and all your de-
parted kindred againf Roll on, sweet day
Of resurrection and reunion Under the
hoofs Of the white steeds that draw thy
chariot we strew Easter flowers. Would II
not DO grand II we could all rise togetheri
You know that the Bible says we shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
What II we should be among the
favored ones who never have 10 see
death, and that while In the full life
Of our body we should hear that trumpet
sound and these mortal bodies take on Inn
o. how would hasten 10 two
places before the close OF such day--peace-
ful Greenwood aud the village cemetery