The Red Cloud chief., 1890-04-11
EASTER THOUGHTS.
d. TAlmage DISCOURSE on the
olories Of the Resurrection.
The Respect shown "a the Dead-what
WIN ResurrectlOn ia For the Gene.
tsrlssS-Desth Only Rest For
the Weary Mortal.

the Weary mortal.
In his sermon ct Brooklyn on Eastcr
Sunday Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage took
for his subject "Mschpolah, or Easter
ThoughA" II was based IN tho words
In Genesis, xxiii. II, ~; And tho field
Of Ephron, which was in Machpelah,
which Wa before Mamrc, the field and
the cave which was therein, and oil the
trees that werc In tho field. that were
In oil the borders round about q
made sure unto Abraham" Following
IL the sermon:
Here IL the first cemetery ever laid
out Machpelsh was ~ name. II was
On ~arborescent beauty, whore tho wound
Of death Is bandaged BY foliage. Abra-
ham. . rich q not being able 10 bribe
the king Of terrors, proposes here, ~
far % possible, to cover up bis ravsgcs.
He hsd no doubt previously noticed this
region, and now that Sarah, his wife.
had died--thst remarkable person who
At ninety years Of ago had born to hcr
the son Isaac, and who now, after she
had reached 1877 ycarA had expired
Abraham Ia negotiating for q family
plat for her last slumbcr. Ephron
owned this real estate. and after. In
mock sympathy for Abraham. refusing
to take any thing for II. now sticks on q
big pricc-4OO shokels Of silver. This
cemetery lot Is paid for and the transfer
made In tho presence Of witnesses In q
public place, for there wcro no deeds and
no halls Of record In those early times.
Then In a 9 Of limestone rock
Abraham put sarah, and y few yoars
after, himself followed. and then Isaac
and Rebcknh, and then Jacob and Leah.
Embowcred, picturesque, and memOr.
able Mschpclah! That 'Uod's-acre" dedi-
Gated by Abraham has boon tho mother
Of innumcrablc mortuary Observanccs.
The metropolis Of every civilized land
has We'd with his metropolis. Tho most
beautiful hills Of Europe outside the
great cities are covered with obclisk
and funeral vase and archcd gateways
and columns and partorrcs In honor ot
tho inhumated. Tho Appian way Of
ROmo was bordercd by scpulchral com.
mcmor1tionA. For this purpose Pisa
has Ia srcadcs Of marble sculptured In.
70 exquisite b~as-relicfs and tho features
OF dear faces that have vanished.
Genoa has It's terraces GU into tOmbs;
Constantinoplo covers with cypress tho
h~sbitations; and Paris has its Pcre.la.
Chaise. on whose heights rest l3alxac
and David and Msrshal Ncy und Cuvler,
aad L. Place and Moliere. and . mighty
group Of warriors and pOcts and painters
and musicians In oil foreign nations
utmost ecnius on all sides In expended
In the work Of intermcnL mummiica.
ton and Incarceration.
Our " country consents To bo Voc.
ond 70 none In rcapcct u tho l~ifclcss
body. Every city and town and neiRh..
bOrhOod Of any intelligence or virtue
haA not many miles away. Its sacred
enclosure where affection has engaged
sculptor's chisel and florists spade and
artihcer In metalA Our own city has
shown its religion ~ we'll ~ its art In
the manner In which u holds tho nom.
ory Of those who have passed forever
away, by ix Cypress Hills and its Evcr-
green's and Its Calvary and tn Holy
CrosS and Friends cemctcrics. All tho
world knows IT u Greenwood, with
now about two hundred and nifty thou.
sand Inhabitants sleeping among hills
that overlook tho sea and lakes nm.
bosomed In IN Eden Of flowers, our
American westministcr abbey. an Acrop-
oils Of Wortuary architecture. u Pantheon
OF mighty ones asccnded. clcgies In
stone, 1lisda In marble. whole genera.
lions In peace waiting for other genera.
lions 10 Join Thorn. No dOrmitory Of
fhseathlcss slscpcrs In oil tho world has
20 many mighty dead,
This 10 our American Machpciah, a.
aaorsd 10 us ~ the Machpclah In Canaan,
Ot which Jacob uttered that pastoral
poem In one verse: "Therc thcy buried
Abraham and Sarah. his wife; there
they buried Isaac and Rebckah. his wife,
and therc ] buried Leah"
Al this Easter service ask and
anaweP what may eem anOvcl question.
but IL will In found. before yet
through, . practical and useful and
tremendous question: What will rcsur-
rcction day do for the cemeteries? First.
remark, IL will In thcir ~supornal
Qualification. Al certain seasons IL IL
customary III all lands to strew flowers
over the mounds Of tho departed. II
may have been suggested by tho fact
that Christ's tomb wss In u garden. And
when ! say u garden. Edo not moan n
garden Of these ATTITUDES. The late
frosts Of spring aud tho early frosts Of
autumn are 81 q To each other that
there are only u fcw months Of flowers
In tho field. All tho flowers W. sce To-
day had to be- pctted and coaxcd, and
put un,,cr shelter, or they would no,
have bloomed Ut all. They are the
chtldren of tho co~nservAtorics hut u,
this season, and through tho most Of the
year, the Holy Land Is all ablush with
horal o%pulence. You lind all the roya,
family OF flowers there, some that you
supposed indigenous IL tho North,
and others Indigenous Ia tho IA,
South-ths daisy and hyacinth. crocu.
and anemone. tulip aud water lily,
gcranium and ranunculuA mignonctt.
and sweet mArjoram. In tho college a,
Bcyrout you may see DR.. Posts collec
ti0a Of about eighteen hundred kinds o
Holy Land iowers; while among trcc'