Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1891-04-04
THE RESURRECTION DAY
SERMON BY DIR. TALMAGE FOR EAST.
~ Err SUNDAY.

Err SUNDAY.
is "Come, 500 tho Pinco Where the Lord
sstE aELay" tho Text af tire Dlscourse-A
~ Wonderfully Graphic Word Painting
of the Last scono of Earth.
New YORK, March 29.-Dr Tai
image preached an Easter sermon to
1his two audiences today. Both ct the
a;morning service in Brooklyn and at
i The Christian Herald service in New
;|sYork in.tlic evening the Academies OF
Music were bright with profusion OF
;;ssfowers, Easter lilies being conspicuous.
"a selection of music appropriate to the
;SSfEestiyal was beautifully rendered ut
aseach service. Tho text of tho preach
;;5ser,,s discourse was Matthew xviii, 6,
Co,ne, see tile place whore the Lord
listing any great city7wo :are not
ljsaatisfed nntiliwe have Also looked OF
afs cemetery sexatnil inc ell tie styles
]ffoff csnotapR iausole nlsssaTco phaguss
scrgpt and soul ptIre | ere les Buried:
atesinan iyonder an orator; sheresas'
Epoot, out there an inventor, in some
9;otller place great philanthropist. But
with how much greater interest and
:lwith more depth of emotion we look
.1upon our family plot in the cemetery.
lin the one case it is matter of public
Interest, in the other it is Il matter of
private and heartfelt affection. But
around the grave at which we halt this
5morning there are gathered all kinds OF
Sstupendous interest. At this sepulcher,
III have to tell you, in this sepulcher
there was buried q king. u conqueror,
an emancipation. friend, brother, n
Christ. Monarch of the universe, but
bone of our bone. and flesh of our flesh,
and sorrow of our sorrow, and heart OF
our heart. Come, see the place where
the Lord lay"
1t has for surroundings the manor in
the suburbs of Jerusalem, manor
owned by wealthy gentleman by the
name OF Joseph. He WAS ono of the
court of seventy who had condemned
Christ, but l think he had voted in the
negative. or, being tiInid man. had
been absent at the time of the casting of
|'thevote. lie had laid out the parterre
at great expense. 1t was hot climate,
and l suppose there were broad
branched trees and winding paths I'M
derneath them, while here the waters
rippled over the rock into tlshpool,
md yonder the vines and the flowers
clambered over the wall, and all around
thero were the beauties of kiosk arbor-
iculturc. After the fatigues of the Je-
rusaeul courtroom, how refreshing to
come ont in these suburbs botanical
and pomologicall
wHEHv JESUS LAY.
Il walk little farther on in the par
terre and come across cluster OF
rocks, and see on them the marks OF
sculptor's chisel / come still closer
and 1 find that there is a subterranean
recess, and / walk down the marble
stairs, and come to portico. over the
doorway an architecture of fruits and
flowers cllseled by the hand of the
sculptor go 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 rooIus of rock
is especially wealthy with sculpture. 1t
is beautiful and charming spot. Why
oil this2 The fact was that Joseph,
the owner of the parterre, of that
wealthy manor, had recognized the fact
that he could not always walk those
gardens, and he sought this as bis own
last resting place What beautiful
plot in which to wait for the resurec-
toni
Mark well the mausoleum in the
rock. It is to be the most celebrated
tomb in all the ages; catacombs OF
Egypt, tomb of Napoleon, Mahal Tai
of India, nothing compared with it,
Christ had just been murdered, and his |
body must be thrown out to the dogs |
and the ravens, as was customary with |
crucified bodies, unless there be prompt
and effective hindrance. Joseph, the
owner of the mausoleun, begs for the
body of Christ, and he takes and washes |
the poor and 1nutilated frame from the |
blood and the dust, and shrouds it and
perfumes it.
I think embalmment was omitted.
When in olden times they wished to
embalm a dead body tho priest with
some pretension of medical skill would
show the point between the ribs where
the incision was to be made. Then the
operator would come and make the in
cision, and then run for his life else he
would be slain for violating the dead |
body. Then the other priests would |
come with salt and nitro and cassia |
and wine of palm tree and complete
the embanment. But I think in this
ease embalmnent was omitted lest there
be more excitement and another riot
The funeral advances. Present, Joseph,
the owner of the mausoleuln; Nicode-
mus, 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
Tho door of rock against the recess. The
government, afraid that the disciples
would> steal the body of Christ and
play resurrection, put upon the door
the seal of the Sanhedrim, the viola