The Penn's Grove record., 1891-04-10

I am also impressed with the indignity- OF
u~npretending ~obsequies. Joseph that day was
mourner, sexton, hveryman-had the entire
charge of all the occasion. Four people only
at the burial of the King of the Universe.
Let this be consolatory to those who, through
small means or lack of large acquaintance,
have but little demonstration Of grief at the
yraye OF their dead. It is not necessary.
Long line of glittering e~quipages, two rows
Of silver handles, casket of costly wood, pail
bearers scarfed and gloved are not neces-
Sary.
Christ looks out from heaven at a burial
where there are six in attendance, and re-
members there are two more than He had
at His ~obsequies. Not recognizing this idea,
now many small properties are scattered in
me IuneraI rlues, ana ana or
phanage go out to the cold charity of the
world. The departed left enough property
TO have kept the family together until they
could take care of themselves, but 1t Is all
absorbed in the funeral rites. That went for
Grape which ought to have gone for bread.
A man of small means can hardly afford
to die in one Of our great citiesi Funeral
ever more lovingly and tenderly put into the
+ grave than Christ, but there were only our
in the procession.
Again, standing in this place where the
Lord lay, l am impressed with the fact that
you cannot keep the dead down. Tn seal
of the Sanhedrim, a regiment of soldiers
from the tower or Antonio to stand guard,
floor of rock, roof of rock, wall of rock,
niche of rock cannot keep Christ in the
crypt. Come out and come up He must.
Came ont and came up He did. Prefgura-
ton. The first fruits of them that sleep.
Just as certain as you and / go dow into
the grave, just SO certain we will come up
again. Though you pile up on the top Of US
all the powders OF the mountains you cannot
keep us down.. Though we be buried under
the coral of the deepest cavern Of the At
lantic Ocean we will rise to the surface.
Various scriptural accounts say that the
work of grave breaking will begin with the
blast of %trumpets and shoutings; whence 1
take it that the first intimation of the day
will be a sound from heaven such as has never
before been heard. 1t may not be 80 very
loud, but it will be penetrating. There are
mausoleums SO deep that undisturbed silence
has slept there ever since the day when the
slsepers were left in them. The great noise
shall strike through them. Among the corals
or the sea, miles deep, where the shipwrecked
rest, the sound will strike. No one will mis-.
take it 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 gates Of eternity, flying
toward the tomb crying, make wayi Oh,
grave, gives us back our bodyi We gave II
to you in corrnption; surrender it now in
interruption" Thousands of spirits arising
from the field of Sedan, and from among the
rocks Of Gettysburg, and from among the
passes of South Mountain. Ahundred thou
sand are crowding Greenwood. On this
grave three spirits meet for there were
three bodies in that tombI Over that fans
lily 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 hum
dreds of spirits coming down to the water to
meet their bodies, Sea that multitude. That
is where the Central America sauks And
yonder multitude! That is where the Pacific
went down. Found at lasti That is where
the City of Boston sank. And yonder the
alights on yonder prairie. That is where q
traveller persisted in the snow. Tn whole
air is filed with spirits-spirits flying north,
spirits flying south, spirits flying east, spirits
flying west. Crashi goes Westminster
Abbey as all its dead kings and orators and
poets get up.
And now the air is darkened with the frag-
ments of bodies that are coming together
from the opposite corners of the earth. Lost
limbs finding their m~ate-bons to bone,
siuew to sinew-until every joint is recon-
structed and every arm finds its socket, and
the amputated limb Of the surgeons table
shall be set again at the point from which It
Il ocNtAbd. n SulRCOl bptU III tDdt dlt5f
the battle OF Bull Run he amputated limbs,
throwing them out of the window, until the
pile reached up to the window sill. All those
fragments will ave to take their places.
Those who were born blind shall have eyes
divinely kindled; those who were lame shall
have n limb substituted. In all the hosts of
the resurrectei not one eye missing, not one
foot clogged, not n arm palsied, not one
tongue dumb, not one ear deaf.
Wake up, my friends, this day. this
glorious Easter morning, with all these
Congratulations. If 1 understand this day,
it means peace toward heaven and peace
earth. Great wealth of flowers.
Bring more flowers. Wreath them around
the brazen throat Of the cannon, plant
them in the deserts until 1t shall blossom
like the rose, braid them into the name of
the wal charger as he comes back. No
more red 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 apostolic
faith. Resurrection of commercial Integrity.
Resurrection of national honor. Resurrec-
ton III international good will. Resurrection
OF art. Resurrection Of literature, Resur-
rection of everything that is good and kind
and generous and just aud holy and beauti-
full. Nothing to stay down, to stay buried.
but sin and arkness and pain and disease
and revenge and death. Let those tarry in
the grave forever. ''Glory to God in the
highest, and IN earth peace, good will to
men.n
Christ, the Lord, ls risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say,
Raise your songs aud triumphs high,
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply.
Loves redeemtng work is done,
Fought the hEht, the battle won.
Loi the suns eclipse Is Ger;
10! he sets in blood no more.