Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-07
THEY SHALL ARISE.
THE GRAND BEAUTIES OF THE RESURRECTION
DAY
Magnificent Sermon by the Pastor Of the Taber-
nacle-The Resurrection Mystery and It's
Meaning 70 the Christians - The
Resurrection Body

. ldl'u lN-udA lpl LdNl'i Nl'ts anu INC
regular artists Of the Brooklyn Taber-
nacle were assisted by eminent musical
performers. The hymn sung before the
sermon was:
we praise Thee, God. for thc son of Thy
love
For Jesus Who died and is now gone above"
/ The subject of DR.. Talmage'S sermon
was .'NIachpclah: or, Easter Thoughts" "
10 was based ON the words in Genesis >:
II. is: And the field of Ephron, which
was iu Macapclah, which was before
Mamrc, the field and cave which was
therein. and all the trees that were in
the fold, that were i'm all the borders
round about, were made sure To Abra-
/ ham, Following is the sermon in full:
Here is the first cemetery ever laid
out. Macphelah was its name. IL was
ana arboroSceut beauty. where the wound
of death was bandagcd with foliage.
Abraham. q rich man. not being able 90
bribc the King of TeTors, proposes
here, as far rs possible, 10 cover up his
rayageS. He had no doubt previously
noticed this region. and now that Sarah
his wife had dicd-that remarkable per-
son who at ninety years of age had born
Co her the son Isaac. and who now, after
she had reached one hundred and twen-
/ ty-Scyeu years. had eXpired-Abraham
f is negotiating for family plot for her
last Slumber. Ephron owned this real
estate and after, i'm mock sympathy for
Abraham. refusing 10 take anything for
it. ROW sticks on big pricc-four hun
drcd shckcls OF silver. This cemetery
lot is paid for, and the transfer made.
in The presence of witnesses i'm public
place. for there were no deeds and mo-
halls of record iu those early times.
Then n cavern of limestone rock
Abraham put Sarah, and. a few years
after. himself followed. and then Isaac
and Ecbekah, and then Jacob and Leah.
+ Embowcrcd. picturesque. and mcmor-
able Nachpolah.
THAT "CoD'~-ACEE"
dedicated by Abraham has been the
mother of iunumcrablc m0rtuary ob-
scryanccS. TheuecropoliS of every civ
uizcd land has Wed with its metropolis
The most beautiful hills of Europe out
side the great cities are covered with
obclisk and funeral vase and archcd
gatcwayS and columns and partcrres in
honor of the inhumatcd. The Appian
Way ot Rome was bordcrcd by Scpul-
chrai commemorations. For this pur-
pose Pisa has IT'S arcadcS of marble
>cuIptured into exquisite ba>-rclicfs and
the features of dear faces that have yan-
i>hcd. Genoa has It's terraces cut into
tomb>; and CouStautiuoplc covers with
cypress tine silent habitatiou~; and Paris
has it's Pcrc-la-Chaisc. ou whose height,
rest Balzac and David and Marshal Ncy
and Cuvicr and la Place and Molicrc.
and mighty group of warriors and
poets and painters and musicians.
our own country consents tO he
second To none iu respect 90
the ifclcss body. Every city and
town and ucghbOrhoOd of amy iutclli-
gcuce 0r virtue has. not many miles
away. IT'S sacred enclosure, where al-
fcctiou has engaged Sculptor'S chisel
and florists spade and artiiiccr I'm met
ais. our own city has shown its rc-
ieion as Well as It's art. i'm the manner
iu which it holds the memory OF those
who have passed forever away. by its
Cypress Hills and its EvergrecnS and
It's Calvary and Holy Cross and Friends
cemeteries. All the world
KNOWS OF OUR GREENWOOD.
with now about two hundred and fifty
thousand inhabitants sleeping among
hills that overlook the sea. and by
lakes cmbos0msd I'M am Eden of flowers.
our American Westminster Abbey. am
Acropolis of mortuary architecture,
% Pantheon of mighty ones asccndcd.
clcgics iu stone. lliads In marble. whole
generations u peace awaiting for
other generations TO join them. No
.dormitory of breathleSS SlceperS In all
the world has SO many mighty dead.
Among preachers of the gospel. Be
thmc and Thomas Dewitt and Bishop
James and Tying. and Abccl. the mission
AIRY. and Bcccher and Buddington and
McClintOck and luSkip and Bangs and
Chaplin and Noah Schcnck and Samuel
Hanson Cox. Among musicians. the
renowned GottSchalk and holy Thomas
Hastings. Among philauthropiStS,
Peter Cooper and Isaac Il. Hopper, and
Lucrctia Mott and Isabella Graham,
and Henry Bergh, the apostle of mercy
to tbc brute creation Among the
litcrati. the Carcys. Alice and PhWbe.
James *. Paulding and John G.. SAKE.
Among journalists. Bennett and Kay
.mond and Greeley. Among scientists
Ormsby Mitchell. warrior as we'll as as
trouomcr. and lovingly called by his
soldiers .Old Stars" the DraperS.
splendid men. as well know. one oi
them my teacher, the other my class
mate This is our American Machpelah'
MS sacred to us as the Machpclal IN Ca
paan. of which Jacob uttered thai
pastoral poem I'M one verse; II mere lnel
buried Abraham, and Sarah his VIE
There they buried Isaac. and Bebokah
Ills wife: and there l buried Leah.
WHAT FOR THE CEMETERIES?
Al tbis Easter service ask and an
>wcr what may seem novel question
but t will be- found. before | get
throurh. a practical and useful and trc-
mcnd0us question. What VIII h'>UI
rcction Day do for the cemeteries
First. / remark. 10 will bo their SuperhaI
Identification At certain seasons it Is
customary in ali lands 90 Strcw iowerS
over the mounds of the departed. III
.r,o, have been suggested 10y the iacj
tbar ChriSt'~ tomb was in garden
And when I say garden. ! do not mean
a garden Of these ATTITUDES. Inc lal,
frosts of spring. and the early iroSlS ol
autumu are So near 20 each other thal
there are only a few months of flowers
I'm tine field. All the flowers We see to-
day had to be pettcd and coaNed, and
nut under shelter or they would ho1'
have bloomcd at alL They are the chill
.dren of the conservat0rieS. But at TINS
season. and through the most oi inc
vear. the Holy Land is all abluSh with
floral opulcncc. And In such a garden
Jesus christ slept after. on the soldier
smear. His last drop of blood had coag'
Mated And then see how appropriate
that AN our cemeteries should be uoraI'
led and trce-Shadcd. I'm June, Green
wood o., Brooklyn'S garden.
THE DEAD COME TO LIFE.
well. then, you say, "how can yot
make ont that the Resurrection Day
viii beautify the cemeteries. VIII li
NOT leave them a ploughed-up ground
ON that day there will be an earthquake
and will not this split the polished Aoer
J,en granite. as we'll as the plain STAT
tb.t cam afford but two words. 'Ou
Mary. or Our Charley'?' Well l VII
nm Won how Resurrection Day VII
heoutifv an the cemeteries. IL VIII o'
g.. f.,-...,f,,,r an, tho fares that were Z,