The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-04-08
ot the Worlds Sepul,hre, garden Of
Earth's Regeneration, garden Of Hesy-

Earth's Regeneration, garden or He&v-
en-.
Various scriptural accounts say that
the work of grave-breaklng viii begin
with !he last of trumpets and shoutings:
wheGce | take it the first intimatlnn
of the day will be a sound from h avcn
such as has never before been hearG. It
may not be very loud, but il Will be pen
etrating. There are nj usolcuas so deep
that undisturbed silence has slept there
every since the day when the s!ccrers
were lett in them. The great noise shall
strike through them. Among the cora's
of the sea. miles deep, where the ship
wrecked rest, the sound will strike. No
one will mistake it for thunder, or the
bllst of earthly minstrelsy. There Will
be heard the voice of the uncounted NIL
lions Of the dead, who come rushing out
the gates Of eternity ilyic@ toward tie
tomb. crying. Make way! Oh, grave,
give Us back our body! We gave it 10
in corruption: surrender it now IN
incorru, ton" Thousands Of spirits
arising from the field Of Sedan, and from
among the rocks OF Gettysburg, and from
among the passes CT South Mountain.
\ hundred thousand are crowdins
Greenwood.
On this grave three spirits meet, loc
there were three bodies in th II tomb!
Over that family 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
hundreds OF spirits coming down to the
water to facet their bodies. See thai
multitude. That is where the Genital
America sank. And yonder multitude!
that is where the Pacific went down.
Found at last! That is where the City
of Boston sank. And yonGer the Presl-
dent went down. A solitary spirit
alights on Wonder praicic-that is where
traveller perished IL the snow. The
whole air is full Of spirits spirits hying
north, spirits flying south, spirits flying
east, spirits flying west. Crash! goes
Westminster Abbey, as all its deal
kings, and orators, and poets get up.
Strange commingling o. spiri.s search
ins among the ruins. William Wl!ber-
force. the sooI; and Queen Elizabeth,
the bad. Crash! CrasI! 60 the py-
ramids, and the monarchs Of Egypt rise
out of the heart OF the desert. Snap! 60
the iron gates o, the modern vaults.
The country grave yard will look like q
rough plouyhed field as the mounds
break open. All the kings OF the earth;
all the senator all the great men; all
the beggarS; all the armies-victors and
vanqulshed; all the ages-barbaric ana
civilized; all those who we-e chopped by
the guillotine, or 81 lmered in the lire or
rotted in dungeons; all the infants OF q
day, all the octogel.ariaus-all! ali !!
Not one straggler left behind. AL al!
And nov the air is darkcned with the
fragments Of bodies that are coming to-
gether from the opposite corners Of the
earth. Lost limbs finding their mate
hone to bone, slnew to slnew-until
every iolut is recons ructed, and every
arm finds It's socket. and the amputated
limb of the lrgeon's able shall be SET
again at the point from which 1t was sew
cred. A surgeon told me that after the
uattle OF Bull Run he ampptated limbs,
throwing them out of the window, until
the pile reached up to the win@ow-sll.
AL those fra3ments will have to take
s.eir places. Those who were born
blind Lave eyes divinely lii1dled; those
who were lame shall have a limo SUBJ
stltuted. In all the hosts Of the resur-
rection not one eye missing; not one
foo5 c!ogged, not one arm palsled; 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 peace toward Heaven and
peace toward earth. Great wealth OF
flowers! Bring more flowers. Wreath
them around the brazcn 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 he
comes back. No more red dahlies ofhu-
man blood. Give US white lilies OF
peace. Strew all the earth with Easter
garlands, for the resurrection we cele-
brate this morning implies ali kinds OF
resurrection, q score OF resurrection.
Resurrection from death and sin to The
life of the gospel. Resurrection ofapos..
tolic faith. Resurrection Of commercial
integrity. Resurrection otnat!onal hon
or. Resurrection Of International good
will. Resurrection ofart. Resurrection
of literature. Resurrection Of every
thing that is good and kind and sener-
Gus aud just and holy and beautiful.
Nothing to stay down, to STAY burned,
but sin and darkness and pain and dis
ease ard revenge and death. Let those
tarry in the grave forever. GLORY to
God in the highest, and on earth pea-e,
good will to men,"
Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day,
Sons Of men and angels say.
Raise your songs and triumphs high,
Sing, We Heavens, and earth reply.
Loves red deeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won.
Lo. the suns eclipse is DER;
Lo! he sets in blood no more.
The First Home Made Rebel Gun.
The drst Gun made for the Confeder-
ate government is owned by Mrs. II. l,
Miller. of Chattanooga. The owners Of
Libby prison, now IN Chicago, are in
correspondence with Mrs. Miller for the
purchase of the historic relic. The gun
was made by Mrs. Miller's father, W. 5
McElwaine. at Holly Springs, Miss. il
the Summer Of 1861. 1t was carried
through part of the war by a young man
of Holly Springs, friend OF Mr.. Ne
Elwaine. Originally it had riiied bar