West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-05-02
EASTER AROMATIOS.
THE POWER THAT OPENS roMBs
DE- Talmago Tolls tho Lesson laugh,
By the Resurrection.

Txrs: bringing ne spices toAich they
hod prepared. Luke xiv, 1; "Ths trtui-
pet shall sound Corinthians Nv. 50.
Enchanting work have before me this
Easter morning, for, initiating these women
on the text who brought aromatics to the
mausoleum or Christ, I am going TO unroll
rankincense and balm and altar OF roses and
cardamon from the East Indies and odors
from Arabia and, when we can inhale no
moro Of the perfume. then we will talk
music that shall wake the dead. Hay.
ing ON other Casters described the
whole scene, need only I'm four or five
sentences say: Christ was lying fat on His
Dack' nieiess, amidst sculptnrod rocks, rocks
over Him, rocks under Him, and a door of
rocks all bounded by the flowers and fountains
OF Josephs country scat. Then bright i'm.
mortal, having descended from heaven, quick
and flashing as falling meteor, picks up the
door OF rock and puts IL aside as though IL
were chair and sits ON It, Then Christ un-
wraps Himself OF His mortuary apparel and
takes the t,frban from His head and folds
~ up deliberately and lays it down In one
place and then puts the shroud in nnotber
place and comes out and finds that the soldiers
VINO had been ON guard are lying around,
paiio and In dead swoon, their swords bent
and useless. The illustrious prisoner of the
tomp Is discharged and flvo hundred people
ccciesiastics called, pay bride to the resusci-
tated soldiers to say that there was no resur-
rection and that while they were overcome OF
siumber the Christians had played resurrec-
oonists and stolen the corose The Mnrys
are at the tomb with nromatics.
why did not these women of the text
bring thorns and nettles, for these would
more thoroughly have expressed the piercing
sorTows OF themselves and their Lordi Why
did they not bring some national ENSIGN
such as that of the Roman eagle typical az
conquesti No, they bring aromntics sug-
gesuve TO me OF the fact that the GOSPEL
Is TO sweeten and deodorize the world
ane world has SO much Of
Is going TO roll over IL waves of frankinccnse
md sprinkle it all over with sweet smelling
myrrh. Thousands of years before this Solo.
mon had said that Christ was lily and
ISAIAH had declared that under the Gospel the
desert would bloom like the rose hut tbo
world was slow to take the floral hint. And
50 now the women Of the text bring hands
fun and arms full of redolence and perhaps un-
yLltIngLy confirm and emphasize the lesson Of
conquered the earth the last offense TO the
ohactories will have left the world: sweet
pure air viii have blown through every home
and churches will be freed from the curse OF
III ventilation and the world will become two
great gardens the empurpled and emblazoned
and emparadised hemispheres. Sin is buzz
lard, holiness dove. Sin Is nightshade
holiness is n flower. II you arc irving
s . reform \, the the world open the
pour through it draught of Gods pure at
mosRhere and set a gerenium or a heliotropo
ON the window sill; cleanse the air and Won
VIII help cleanse the soul. How dare this
world 90 often insult that feature Of the
human face which God has made the most
prominent feature in human physiognomyy
40 prove how He Himself loves nromatics /
bring tho fact that there are millions of
nowers 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 regnlement
And Tor the compliment the world maid
christ by giving Him a sepulcher in
S9sephs garden He will yet make the
his delight with fragrance in the first
book OF the Bible, when He said. 0The
Lord smelled a sweet savor;" and He filled
tne AIR OF the ancient tabernacle and temple
bottles OF perfume in heaven described
IA Revelation as golden vials full of odors
1preach an ambrosial gospel which will vet
extirpate from the world all foulness and
fancioity and the last noisomeness and the
last mephitic gas. Glad am 1 that though
the world had chiefly spikes for the Sayiour;s
Scct ana thorns for the Saviour's brow. the
nag1 put frankincense upon His cradle and
ene Marys brought franlincense for His
grave.
Notice also that Christs mausoIeum Ans
opened by conclusion. Jt was n great earth.
quake that puts its twisted KEY into tho in
VOWED and labyrinthine lock OF that tomb
Eoncussaonl That is tho power that opens oil
tne tomos that are opened at all Tomb Of
soul and tomb of nations Conclusion between
England and the thirteen colonies and forth
comes free government in America. Concus-
0on between France and Germany. and forth
comes repuolicanisrn for France Concus-
Hon among the rocks on Mount Sinai and
on two OF them was left perfect law for ali
1gea conclusion among the rocks around
CalVary and the crucifixion was made the
more overwhelming. Conclusion between
the United States and Mexico md a ,sost
area OF country becomes ours (,oncner;oy'
between England and France and most Of
tnls continent west Of the Mississippi becomes
the property Of the American Union. Con.
suss,on between iceberg and iceberg between
oOS!oer and bowlder, and q thousand con-
cusslons put this world into shape FOR mans
residence. Conclusion between David mud
MS enemies, and out came the psalms Witch
otherwise would never have been wrifton
Concussion between Gods viii and man.
VI, ana, ours overthrow, we are nev
creatures in Christ Jesus Conclusion az mic
fortune and trial for many of tha onod
ana out comes thoir especial consecraiionr
10 not therefore be frightened when vo,, g.
ene great upheavals, the great agitations tie
- 49,, - whether among the rocks
perience Out Of them God win bring best
Feealts and most magnificent consoauences
near the crash all round the Iords
eN5eVt1taSus ana see the glorious ra.
animation OF its dead inhabitapf C.oncns-
@onI IL ever q general European war. which
nc world has been expecting for the last
sSsssny years, should come, a conouSsion -,
.i4e ana conclusion 50 tremendons ,ro,Id |
~ ieaFe throne Ia Europe standing az n i
< <yr ~ ne nations Of the earf, ars Il
49, OF having their Kings horn 80 /
s si.sln' and they would after Will |
49,. .e5 t1elr Kings, and there would ~ an
ztsilen republic and German RsrnhIic ~
y tstss,an republic and an Austrian Rer,ri,'
.ses ana out OF the cracks and crevyices ln,,5
coas'i" OF that conclusion would como ros,-'
LeStion Tor all Europe. gtaOnafioy, iS daott |
IN, conclusion Is Nessianic
Notco also what the angel did ,,,,1. A..
Ntone after he had rolled n ovVor, g.. ~
mouth OF the Saviours maueoIennS Tl,aI' VI
n.y. ise rolled away the rtoue from a. -
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l.selchs,l sermon about the angelo roli;,,
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va Asod. The angels are a fot;.,,, Is
- race, and that one could have ss,o,,fdo,o,,
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