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Various scriptural accounts say that
the work Of gr~ave-breaking will begin
With he blast of trumpets and shoutings;
whence L take it the first intimation
OF the day will be o sound from h aven
such as has lever before been heard. 1t
may not be very loud, but il will be PEN
csfating. There are m iusoleums so deep
that undisturbed silence has slept there
every since the day when the Shoppers
were lett in them. The great noise shall
strike through them, Among the corals
of the sea, miles deep, where the Ship
wrecked rest, the sound will strike. No
ole will mistake it for thunder. or the
blast ofearthly m~instrelsy. There will
be heard the voice of the uncounted mill
lions ofthe dead, who come rushing out
the gates of eternity flyisg toward the
tomb, crying, Make way! Oh. grave,
give us back our body! We gave it to
Y u in corruption; surrender it now i n
incorrultion." Thousands of spirits
arising from the field of Sedan, and from
among the rocks OF Gettysburg. md from
among the passes of South Mountain.
A hundred thousand are crowding
Greenwood.
On this grave three spirits meet, for
there were three bodies in TIN 1t tomb!
Over that family vault twenty spirits
hover, for there were twenty b1dies.
From New York to Liverpool, at every
few miles on the sea route. q group of
hundreds OF spirits coming down to the
water to ricct their bodies. See that
multitude That 10 where the Central
America sank. And Wonder multitude!
that Is where the Pacific went down.
Found at last! That is where the City
| of Boston sank. And yonder the Presl-
dent went down. A solitary spirit
| alights on Sonder prairie-that is where
a traveller persisted n the snow. The
whole air is full of splrlts-spirits flying
north, spirits flying south, spirits flying
east, spirits flying west. Crash! goes
Westminster Abbey, as all its dead
kings, aud orators, and poets get up.
Strange ccmmingling o. spirl.s search
ing among the ruins. william Wilber-
force, the good; and Queen Elizabeth,
the bad. Crash! Crash! go the by.
ramlds, and the monarchs of Egypt rise
out of the heart OF the desert. Snap! go
the iron gates OF the modern vaults.
rough ploughed field as the mounds
break open. All the kings of the earth;
all the selator +; all the great men; all
the beggars; all the armies-victors and
vanqulshed; all the ages-barbaric and
civilized; all those who were chopped by
the guillotlne, or si.nmered in the fire or
rotted in dungeons; all the infants OF a
day, all the octogenarlans-all! all !!
Not one straggler left behind. ALL! all!
And nov he air is darkened with The
fragments of bodies that are coming to-
gether from the opposite corners of the
earth. Lost limbs finding their mate
bone to bone, slnew to sinew-until
every JOINT is reconstructed, and every
arm finds lis socket, and the ampurated
limb OF the S ,rgeon's able shall be set
again at the point from which 1t was sew
cred. A%surgeon told me that after the
battle of Bull Run he amputated limbs,
throwing them out of the window, until
the pile reached up to the winCow-sill.
All those fragments will Lave to take
iieir places. Those who were born
blind laye eyes d%ivinefy kindled; those
Ewho wefe'lame shall have a limb sub
stltuted. In all the hosts of the resur-
rection not one eye missing; not one
foot,clogged, not ono 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 L understand this
day. ii means peace toward Heaven and
peace toward earth. Great wealth of
flowers! Bring more flowers. Wreath
them around the btazen throat of the
cannon, plant them in the deserts until it
shall blossom likeNthc rose, braid them
into the name of the wal 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 resrh4eGtion we cele-
brate this morning. Implies all kinds of
resurrection WALDORF of resurrection.
ResurrectiG '.ann death and sin to the
life ofthe IA 81. Resurrection ofapos-
tollc faith. tAiesurrectiOn Of commercial
integrity. Resurrection ofnational hon
or. Resurrection of intcrnationalg good
will. Resurrection Of art. Resurrection
Of literature. Resurrection of every
thing that is good and kind and gener-
GUS aGd just and holy and beautiful.
Nothing TO stay down, to stay buried,
but sin and darkness and pain and dis
ease and revenge and death. Let those
tarry in the grave forever. "Glory to
WV III oio NY ilCoUS uuu vi CdIbil pcu-C,
good will to men,"
Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day,
Sons OF men and angels say.
Raise your songs n triumphs high,
Sing, we Heavens, and earth reply.
Loves redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won.
I.ol the SUMS eclipse Is DER;
LO! he sets in blood no more.
The First Home Made Rebol Gun.
The first gun made tor the Confeder-
ate government is owned by Mrs. III. 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, VS..
McElwaine. at Holly Springs, Miss, in
the Summer of 1861. 1t was carried
through part of the war by a young man
J of Holly Springs, a friend OF Mr.. Nc
ElMaine. 0rioiuallY it had n riled bar