The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-11

some detective spot in his physical conatie.,.
ton; dull ear, or q dim eye, or q rheumat5e
foot. or neuralgia brow, or q twisted musclG
or weak side. or an indamed tonsil, o.
some point at which the east wind or q SEQ
SON of overwork assaults him. But the ~
surrected body shall be without one weak
spot, and all that the doctors and nurses and
| apothecaries of earth will thereafter have 70
DO will be to rest without interruption after
the broken nights of their earthly existence
Not only will the day be the beautifcation
OF we'll kept cemeteries, but some of the
graveyards that have been neglected. and
been the playground for cattle and root
ing places for swine will for the first time
nave attractiveness given them. 1t was q
shame that In that place ungrateful gsner-
ntlons planted no trees and twisted no gar
lands. and sculptured no marble for their
Christian ancestry; but on the day of which,
speak the resurrected shall make the place
of their feet glorious. For under the shadow
of the church, where they have slum bera8
among net Ties and mullen stalks and thist-
les and slabs aslant, they shall rise with a
glory that shall fash the windows of the VII
iage church. and by the beethoven that used
to call them to worship, and above the old
spire beside which their prayers formerly as
cended. What triumphal procession never did.
for street, what an oratorio never did
for an academy, what an orator never did Tor
brilliant auditory. what ebe!isk never did
for king, resurrection morn will do for all
the cemeteries !;
This Easter tellsus that in Christ g resurrec-
ton our resurrection, il we are His and the
resurrection OF all the pious dead, is assured,
for He was "the first fruits Of them that
slept" Renan Says he did not rise, but $50
witnesses, 60 of them Chrst's enemies, say
he dld rise, for they saw Him after He had
risen. Ii he did not rise how did 60 armed
soldiers let Him get away? Surely 60 living
soldiers ought to be able to keep one dead
man! Blessed be God! He did get away.
After his resurrection Mary Magdalene saw
Him. Cleopas saw Him. Ten disciples in
an upper room at Jerusalem saw Him. On.
mountain the IL saw Him. Five hum
dred at once saw Him. Prof Ernest Renan.
who did not see Him. will excuse us for TAX
ing the testimony of the $50 who did see.
Him. Yes, yes; He got away. And that
and we ourselves shall get away. Freed
Himself from the shackles of clod, He
is not going to leave us and ours in
he lurch. There will be no door-knob ON,
the inside of our family sepulchre. for
we cannot come out, OF ourselves; but
there is door,knob on the outside, and TINT
Jesus shalllay hold OF, and opening, will say:
Good morning! You have slept long
enough! Arise! Arise!'' And then what
fiutter of wings, and what flashing of rekind--
led eyes and what gladstone rushing across
the family lot, with cries Of Father. is that
YOU MOtner Is that your! My darling
is that your Glow you all have changed
The cough gone, the Group gone, the con-
sumption gone the paralysis gone, the
WEAKNESS gone. Come. let us ascend togetfr-
er! The older ones first, the younger ones.
next! quick now, get into line! The skyward
procession has already started! Steer now
by that embankment of cloud for the nearest
gate!' And we ascend, on one side the earth
gets smaller until it is no larger than q
mountain, and smaller until it is no larger
than palace, and smaller until it is no
smaller than ship, and smaller until it is,
no larger than wheel, and smaller until it,
is no larger than speck. Farewell, dis
solving earth! But on the other side, as we
rise heaven at first appears no larger than
your hand. And nearer it looks like a chart
OF, aud nearer it looks like throne and
nearer it looks like a star. and nearer it looks
like sun, and nearer it looks like universe
Hail, scepters that shall always wave! Hail,
anthems that shall always roll! Hail, COM
partnerships never again to be broken, and
friendships never to again part! This is what
resurrection day will do for all the cemeteries
and graveyards from the Machpelah that
was opened by Father Abraham in Hebron
to the Machpelah consecrateu.