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crypt. Come out and come up BE must.
Came out and came up he did. Prefgura-
ton. The first fruits of them that sleep.
Just as certain as you and go down into
the grave, Just so certain we will come up
again. Though you pile up on the top Of US
all the powders Of the mountains you cannot
keep us down. Though we be buried under
the coral of the deepest cavern of the At
lantic Ocean we will rise to the surface.
Various scriptural accounts say that the
work Of grave breaking will begin with the
blast of trumpets and shoutings; whence
take 1t that the first intimation Of the day
will be sound from heaven such as has never
before been heard. 1t may not be 50 very
loud, but it will be penetrating. There are
mausoleums so deep that undisturbed silence
has slept there ever since the day when the
sleepers were left in them. The great noiss
shall strike through them. Among the corals
of the sea, miles deep, where the shipwracked
rest, the sound will strike. No one will mis-
take it for thunder or the blast Of earthly
minstrelsy. There will be heard the voice Of
the uncounted millions Of the dead, who come
rushing out Of the gates of eternity, flying
toward the tomb crying: Make way! On,
grave gives us back our body! We gave it
incorruption." Thousands Of spirits arising
from the field of Sedan, and from among the
rocks of Gettysburg and from among the
passes of South Mountain. Ahundred thou
sand are crowding Greenwood. On this
grave three spirits meet, for there were
three bodies in that tomb! Over that fam
lily vault twenty spirits hover, for there were
twenty bodies
From New York to Liverpool, at every
few miles on the sea route, a group OF hum
dreds Of spirits coming down to the water TO
meet their bodies. Sec that multitude That
is where the Central America sank? And
wonder multitudel That is where the Pacific
went down. Found at lastl That Is where
the City Of Boston sank. And yonder the
President went down. A solitary spirit
alights on yonder prairie. That is where
traveller persisted in the snow. The whole
air is filled with spirits-spirits flying north,
spirits flying south, spirits flying east spirit,
flying west. Crashl goes Westminster
Abbey as all its dead kings and orators and
poets get up.
And now the air is darkened with the frag'
ments of bodies that are coming together
from the opposite corners Of the earth. Lost
limbs finding their maie-bone to bone,
sinew to sinew-until every joint is recon.
structed and every arm finds It's socket, anC
the amputated limb Of the surgeons table
shall be set again at the point from which 1t
was severed A surgeon told me that after
the battle of Bull Run he amputated limbs,
throwing them out OF the window, until the
pile reached up to the window sill. All thos.
fragments will have to take their places
Those who were born blind shall have eyes
divinely kindled; those who were lame shall
have limb substituted. In all the hosts OF
the resurrected not one eye missing, not one
foot clogged, not one arm palsied, not one
tongue dumb, not one ear deaf.
Wake up, my friends this day. this
glorious Easter morning, with all these
CONGRATULATIONS If understand this day,
it means pence toward heaven and peace
toward earth. Great wealth OF flowers.
Bring more flowers. Wreath them around
the brazsn throat Of the cannon, plant
them in the deserts until it shall blossom
like the rose, braid them into the name Of
the war charger as hs comes back. No
more red dahiias Of human blood. Give US
white lilies Of peace. Strew all the earth
with Easter garlands, for the resurrection
we celebrate this morning implies all kinds
of resurrection, score of resurrections.
Resurrection from death and sin to the life
Of the gospel. Resurrection of apostolic
faith. Resurrection Of commercial integrity.
Resurrection Of national honor. Resurrec-
tion of international good will. Resurrection
of art. Resurrection of literature. Resur.
rection Of everything that is good and kind
and generous and just and holy and beauti-
full. Nothing to stay down, to stay, buried.
but sin and darkness and pain AMI disease
and revenge and death. Let those tarry in
the grave forever. "Glory to God in the
highest, and on earth peace good will to
men"
Christ the Lord, is risen to-day
Sons OF men and angels say,
Raise your songs and triumphs hlga,
Sing, We heavens, and e4rth reply.
Loves redeeming work Is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won.
Lol the sun's eclipse ls DER:
IoI he sets In blood no more.