The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-04-03
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
THE EMINENT DIVINE DELIVERS AN
RASTER DISCOURSE. THE LORD is
RISEN. PLACE ON EARTH AND GOOD
WILL TOWARD MEN
The par that rrpifes Peace to An.

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Talmage preached an Easter sermon
yesterday to two large congregations.
The church was profusely decorated
with flowers. the graceful Easter lily
being especially conspicuous.
The text of the preachers discourse
was Matt. xviii. 6: Come, see the
place where the Lord lay"
Visiting any great city we are not sat-
isfied until we have also looked at its
cemetery. We examine all the styles
of cenotaph, mauseleum. sarcophagus,
crypt and sculpture. Here lies buried
statesman, yonder an orator, here
poet, out there an inventor, In some
other place great pnilanthropist. But
with how much greater interest ana
with more depth of emotion we look
upon our family plot in the cemetery.
In the one case it is a matter of public
interest: in the other it is matter of
private and heartfelt affection. But
around the grave at which we halt this
morning there are gathered all kinds of
stupendous interest. At this sepulchre
have to tell YOU. in this sepulchre
there were buried King, COnquorer.
an Emancipator Friend. Brother, a
, 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 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 a timid man had
been absent at the time of the casting OF
the vote. He had laid out the parterre
at or, at expense. 1t was hot climate
ard | suppose there were broad branched
trees and winding paths underneath
them. while here the waters rippled
over the rock into fishpOol, and yon
der the vines and the flowers clamOred
over the wall, and all around there
were the beauties OF the kiosk and ar
Horticulture.
After the fatigues OF the Jerusalem
court room, how refreshing to come out
in these suburbs botanical and pOmolo-
gical. walk little farther on in the
parterre and | come across a cluster of
rocks, and see on them the marks of
the sculptOr's chisel. | come still clos
err and | find that there is a subterran-
can recess, and | walk down the marble
stairs. and come to pOrticO, over the
doorway-an architecture OF fruits and
flowers chiselled 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
! lNAlv- of these NJ
rock is especially wealthy with sculp-
ture. 1t was beautiful and charming
spot. Why all this? 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 sought this as his
own last resting place. What beauti-
full plot in which to await for the resur-
rection!
Mark well the mausoleum in the rock
It is to be the most celebrated tomb in
all ages. Catacombs of Egypt, tomb of
Napoleon Mahai 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
mausOleum, begs for the body of Christ,
and he takes and washes the poor and
mutilated frame from the blood and the
dust, and shrouds it and PEI umes it.
o weep no more, your CON. 0rts slain,
The Lord is risen, He lives again.
When one of the old christians was dy-
ing he said he saw on the sky the letter
"V, " and he said: 4 can not under
stand what that is | see against the
sky: it is the letter ~" A christian
standing beside him said, II know what
it means, that letter ~" stands for
victory" l gather up all these flowers
to-day. and strew them over the graves
of your christian dead in the letter ''V'
for victory" r. for resurrection,
''I' for triumph" H" for Heaven"
THE Lord is risen; Hosanna.
While standing around the place
where the Lord lay am impressed with
the fact that mortuary honors can not
atone for wrongs to the living. If they
could have afforded Christ such a cost
ly sepulchre they could have Afforded
Him decent earthly residence. Will
they give piece Of marble to the dead
Christ when they might have given
soft pillow to the living Christ? If
they had put half Of the expense of that
mausoleum in the making of Christ's
life on earth comfortable the story would
not have been so sad. He wanted
bread they gave Him a stone. Christ
like every other benfactor of the world
was better appreciated after He was
dead. Westministry Abbey and monu-
mental Greenwood are to a certain eX-
tent the worlds attempt by mortuary
honors to atone for neglects to the liV-
ing. Poets corner in Westminster Alb
hey, an attempt to pay for the suffer-
ings OF Grub street. | go into that
Poets corner of Westminster Abbey
and there find the grave of Handel,
the musician from whose music we hear
to-day, as it goes down reverberating
through the ages. While stand at the
costly tomb of Handel, | can not forget
the fact that his fellow musicians
tried to destroy him with their discords.
go little further in the poets corner
of Westminster Abbey and ! find the
grave Of John Dryden. the great poet.
Costly monument, great mortuary hon.
ors. but can not forget the fact that at
20 years OF age he wrote about the op-
Dressions Of misfortune and that he
made contract for LOCO verses at six
pence line. / 60 little further on
In the Poets corner and find the grave
OF Samuel Butler. the author of ''Hudi-
bras" Wonderful monument, costly
mortuary honors. Where did he die?
In a garnet. l move further on in the
Poets corner, and l find the grave of a
poet of whom Walter wrote: IAN old
schoolmaster by the name of John
Milton has written a tedious volume on
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