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SERMONS AT BROOKLYN AND NEW
YORK

The Preachers Text Taken From Mat
thew-"~ome Sec Wrers the Lord
Lay"-V sits to the teneteriss Of the
Large Cit -Tae Mausolsun in the
Rock.
NEW YoRK, March 27.-Dr. Telmags
preached an Easter sermon to his two audi
ences to-day. Both at the morning service
in Brooklyn and at the Christian Herald
service in New York in the evening, tie
Academies Of Music were bright with pro-
fusion OF flowers, Easter lilies being conspic-
uoss A selection of music appropriate to
the festival was beautifully rendered at
each service. The text OF the preachers
discourse was Matt. xviii, 6, Come,
see the place where the Lord lay F"
Visiting any great city we are not salts
fed until we have also looked at its ceme-
terry. We examine all the styles OF ceno-
taph, mausoleum, sarcophagus, crypt and
sculpture. Here lies buried a statesman,
yonder an orator, here poet, out there an
inventor, in some other place o great
philanthropist. But with how much greater
interest and with more depth of emotion we
look upon our family plot in the cemetery.
In the one case, 1t Is matter Of public in-
tSvest; in the other, it is a matter Of private
and heartfelt affection. But around the
grave at which we halt this morning there
are gathered all kinds Of stupendous inter-
est At this sepulcher, / have to tell you,
In this sepulcher there was buried King, o
Conqueror, an Emancipator. Friend, q
Brother q Christ. Monarch Of the universe,
but bone Of our bone, ard flesh Of our flesh,
and sorrow of our sorrow, and heart OF our
heart. Come, see the place where the Lord
lay"
IL has for surroundings the manor in the
suburbs or Jerusalem. manor owned by a
wealthy gentleman by the name Of Joseph.
He was one OF the court of seventy who had
condemned Christ, but think he had voted
In the negative, or, being timid man, had
been absent at the time Of the casting Of the
vote. He had laid out the pRrterre at great
expense. 1t was a hot climate, and sups
pose there were hroad-branched trees and
winding paths underneath them, while here
the waters rippled over the rock into a fish-
pool, and yonder the vines and the flo ars
clambered over the wall, and all around
there were the beauties of kiosk and arbori-
culture. After the fatigues Of the Jerusalem
court room how refreshing to come out in
these suburbs botanical and pomoogical.
! walk q little further on in the parterre
and come across a cluster OF rocks, and
see on them the marks of the scuIptor's
chisel. / come still closer and | find that
there Is a subterranean recess, and | walk
down the marble stairs, and come to q
portico. over the doorway-Gn architecture
OF fruits and flowers chiseled by the hand
of the sculptor. l 60 into the portico and
on either side there are rooms, two, or four,
or six rooms OF rock; in the walls, inches
each niche large enough to hold dead body.
One Of these rooms OF rock Is especially
wealthy with sculpture. IL was a beauti-
full and charming spot. Why all tbis3
The fact was that joseph, the owner of the
parterre OF that wealthy manor, had rec~
ognzsd the fact that he could not always
walk those gardens. and he sought this as
his own last resting-place. What beauti-
full plot ia which to wait for the resurrsc-
tion
Mark well the mausoleum In the rock. 10
Is to be the most celebrated tomb in all the
ages; the catacombs OF Egypt, tomb OF
Napoleon, Mahal Tai OF India, nothing COM
pared with it. Christ had just been MUIR
dered and his body must be thrown out to
the dogs and the ravens as was customary
with crucified bodies, unless there be prompu
and effective hindrance Joseph, the owner
OF the mausoleum, begs for the body Of
Christ, and he takes and washes the poor
and mutilated frame from the blood and the
dust, and sdrouds it and perfumes it.
1 think embalment was omitted. When
in olden times they wished to embalm a
dead body, the priest with some pretenslon
of medical skin would show the point be-
tween the ribs where the incision was to be
made. Then the operator would come and
make the incison, aud then run for his life
else he would be slain for violating the dead
body. Then the other priests would come
with salts Of inter and cassia, and wine OK
palm tree and complete the embalmment-
But think in this case embalmment was
omitted lest there be more excitement and
another riot The funeral advances.
Present, Joseph, the owner OF the
mausoIeum; Nicodemus, who brought
the flowers. and the two Marys. Heavy
burden on the shoulders OF two men as
they carry the body of Christ down the
marble stairs and into the portico, and lift
the dead weight to the level OF the niche in
the rock, and push the body OF Christ into
the only pleasant resting place it ever had.
These men coming forth close the door
Of rock against the recess. The government,
afraid that the disciples would steal the
body Of Christ and play resurrection, pue
upon the door the seal Of the Sanhedrim.
the violation OF that seal, like the viola-
tion Of the seal OF the United States governs
ment. or OF the b 'itisb government, always
folio wed with severe penalties.
A regiment Of soldiers from the Tower Of
Antonio is detailed TO guard that mau-
soleum. At the door OF that tomb, a fight
took place which decided the question for
all graveyards and cemeteries.' Sword Of
lightning against sword of steel Angel OF
God against the military. The body Of the
crypt begins TO move in its STROUD OF fine
linen and slides down upon the pavement,
moves through the portico, appears In the
doorway, comes up the marble steps.
Christ having left his mortuary attire be-
hind him, comes forth in the garb OF a
workman as / take it, from the fact thaa
women mistook him for the gardener.
There and then was shattered the tomb
SO that 1t can never be rebuilt All the
trowels Of earthly masonry cannot mend it.
Forever and forever iG is a broken tomb.
Death that day taking the side OF the mills
tary received horrible cut under the angels
spear of flame, and must himself go down
at last-the King of Terrors disappearing
before the King OF Grace. "The Lord -
risen.n Hosanna! Hosannal
o weep no more your comforts slain,
The Lord is risen, he lives again.
When one Of the old christians was dying
he said he saw on the sky the letter "V,n
and he said: II cannot understand what
that Is | see against the sky; it is the letter
'V'n A christian Standing beside him said.
81 know what ii means; that letter W
stands for victory" l gather up all these
flowers to-day, and l strew them over the
graves Of your christian dead in the letter
''Vn for victory "R" for resurrection
"T" for triumph" ''Hn for heavens