Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-04-02
Lord lay. I am impressed with The tsc.

Lord lay, am impressed with the fac,
that you cannot keep the dead down.
The seal Of the Sanhedrim, d regiment OF
soldiers from the tower OF Antonio &c
stand guard. floor Of rock, roof Of rock,
wall Of rock. niche Of rock, cannot kcer
Christ in the crypt. Come out and come
up he must. Came out and came up he
did. Prcfguration. The first fruits of
them that sleep. Just as certainly as YOU
and 20 down into the grave, just SO GER
tainly we will come up again.
| Various scriptural accounts say that the
work Of gravc-breakng will begin with the
blast OF trumpets and shoutings whence
| take it that the first intmation of the day
! will be a sound from heaven such as has
never before been heard. II may not be so
very loud, bat it will be penetrating. There
are mausoleums so deep that undisturbed
| silepce has slept there ever since the day
when the sleepers were left in them. The
| great noise shall strike through them.
Among the corals of the sea, miles deep
where the shipwrecked rest, the sound will
strike. No one will mistake IL 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 graves of eternity, flying toward the
tomb, crying, make way Oh, grave give
us back our body! We gave it to you in cor
ruption; surrender it now in interruption. A."
Snap! go tho iron gates of the modern
vaults. Tho country graveyard viii look
Ike rough p,oughed field as the mounds
break open. All the kings of the earth.
all the senator's; all the great men, all the
armies victors and vanquished; all the
ages -har barrie and civilized; all those who
were chopped by guillotine, or simmered
in the fire, or rotted in dungeons; all the
infants of q day; all the octogenarians ali
all! Not one straggler left behind. All
all! And now the air is darkcned with the
fragments of bodies that are coming to-
gether from the opposite corners on the
earth. Lost limbs finding their mate
boae to bone, sinew to sinew-until every
joint is reconstructed, and every arm finds
its socket and the amputated limb of the
surgeons table shall be set again at the
point from which it was severed.
Wake up my friends, this day, this
glorious Easter morning. with all these
congratulations. If / understand this doy
it means peace toward Heaven and peace
toward earth. Great wealth of flowers!
Bring more flowers. Wreath them around
the brazen throat of the cannon, plant
them in the desert until it shall blossom as
the rose, braid them into the name of the
war charger as he comes back. No more
rcd dahlias 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, a score of resurrections
Resurrection from death and sin to
the life of the Gospel. Resurrection of
commercial integrity. Resurrection of
national honor Resurrection of inter
national goodwill. Resurrection of art
Resurrection of literature. Resurrection
of everything that is good and kind and
generous and holy and beautiful. Nothing
to stay down, TO stay buried, but sin and
darkness and pain and disease and revenge
and deaon. Let those turry in the grave
forever. GLORY to God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good will to men,"
Christ, the Lord, is risen today,
Sons Of men and angels say.
Raise your songs and triumphs high,
Sing, ye Heavens, and elrth reply.
Loves redcemiug work is done,
Fought the fight the battle won.
Lo the suns eclipse is DER;
Lo. he sets in blood no more.