The Red Cloud chief., 1891-04-10
THE RESURRECTION.
An Easter Discourse By Rev. T.
De Witt Talmage.
The S~aviour's Burial and the Lessons Drsw u
From It-Appropriatene.s Of floral
Observation-Disclosures Typical
Of Peace.

Easter Sunday on the subject of the
Resurrection, his text being from
Matt xviii: 9; Come, see the place
where the Lord lay" He said:
Visiting any great city we are not
satisfied until we have also looked al it's
cemetery. We examine all the STYLES
of ccnotaph, mausoleum, sarcophagus,
crypt and sculpture Here lies buried
a statesman, yonder an orator, here a
poet, out there an inventor, in some
other place a great philapthropbist
But with how much greater interest
and with more depth of emotion we
look upon our family plot in the GENE
terry. In the case il is a matter of
public interest; IL the other IL is a mat
ter of private and heartfelt affection.
but around the grave at which we halt
this morning there arc gathered all
kinds OF stupendous interest At this
Sepulchre, i have TO tell YOU, in this
spulchrc there were buried a King, a
Conqueror, an Emancipator, a Friend. a
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,
30. tlc place where the Lord Law"
IT has for surroundings, the manor in
Che suburbs Of Jerusalem. a manor
owned 10y a wealthy gentleman by the
name of Joseph lie was one Of the
court of seventy who had condemned
Christ but ] think he had voted in the
negative. or being a timid nan had
been absent at the time Of the casting
of the vote lie had laid out the par
rcrrc at great expense. IL was "A hot
climate and ] suppose there were broad
hranched trees and winding paths IN
derncath them, while hcre the waters
rIpplcd over the rock into a fshpool,
and yondcr the vines and the flowers
clambercd over the wall, and all around
there were the beauties OF the kiosk
and arboriculture.
After the fatigucs of the Jerusalem
court room how refreshing 10 come out
IN these suburbs botanical and pomo-
logical ] walk a little further ON in
the partcrrc and ] come across n cluster
OF rocks, and ! see on them the marks
Of the sculptOr's chiscL | come still
closer and ! find that there is a subtcr-
rancan recess, and | walk down the
marble stairs, and come TO "a portico,
over the doorway-and architecture of
fruits and flowers chiselled by the hand
of the sculptor. 70 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 a dead body. One of these
rooms Of rock is especially wealthy
charming spot. Why all this? The
fact was that Joseph, the owner of the
pIrtcrrc, Of that wealthy manor, had
recognized the fact that he could not
always walk those gardens, and he
sought this n his own last resting
place. What "A beautiful plot in which
to await for the resurrection!
Mark well the mausolcum in the rock.
1t i la Toe the most celebrated tomb in
all the ages, Catacombs Of Egypt
tomb Of Napoleon, Mahal Tai Of India.
nothing compared with IL. Christ had
Just been murdered and His body must
hc thrown out Ia the dogs and avcns
"a was customary with cruciicd bodies,
unless there be prompt and effective
hindrance. Joseph, the owner of the
mauSolcum, bcgs for the body Of Christ,
and he takes and washes the Door and
mutiintcd frame from the blood andthe
dust. and shrouds it and perfumes it.
think cmbalmmcnt was omitted
When in oldcn times they used 90 en-
balm "A dead body. the priest with some
prctension of medical skill would show
the point between the ribs where the
incision was Ia Ice made. Then the
operator would come and make the in
cision. and then run for hiS life, else he
would be slain for violating the dead
body. Then the other priests would
come with salt of nitre and c~assia, and
wine of palm tree. and complete the
cmbalment But / think in this case
cmbalmment was omitted lest there Ice
more excitement and another riot
The funeral advances Present. Joseph.
the owner of the mausoleum; Nicode-
mus, who brought the flowers, and the
two Marys. Heavy burden on the
shoulders Of two men as they carry the
body of Christ down the marble stairs
and into the portico and lift the dead
weight To the level Of the niche in the
rock, and push the body of Christ into the
only pleasant resting place il ever had.
These men coming forth close the door
Of rock against the recess. The govern
mcnt. afraid that the disciples would
steal the body Of Christ and play rcsur-
rcction. put upon the - the seal OF
the Sanhcdrim, the violation of that
real. like the seal of the nited States
Governments or of the British govern
mcnt. ALWAYS followed with severe PEN
alticS.
A regiment of soldiers from the tower
OF Antonio is detailed TO guard that
m~ausolcum. At the door OF that tomb,
a fight took place which decided the
question of all ~graveyards and GENE
;cr:es. Sword If lightning against
sword Of steel Angel Of God agains,
the military. The body in the crypt be-
gins 20 move in its shroud of fine linen
and slides down upon the pavement
moves through the portico, appears IN
the doorway, come up the marble
stems Christ having left His mortuary
attire behind him, comes forth in the
rarb 81 n workman n | take il from
the fact that the women mistook him
for the gardener.
There and then was shattered the
tomb so hat il can never be rebuilt
All the trowels Of earthly masonr can
not mend IL Forever and forever il is
n broken tomb Death that day taking
the side Of the military received n hor-
rible cut under the angels spear Of
flame. and must himself go down at the
last-thc King of Terrors disappearing
before the King Of Grace. The Lord
i risen" Hosauna, Hosanna.
a. weep no more. your comforts slain.
The Lord Is risen. He lives again
When one Of the old Christians was
diving he said he saw on the Sky the
letter "" and he said: Il cannot un
derstand what that Is ! see against the
skv: il Is the letter W" A Christian
standing beside him said: y know
what il means: that letter " stands
for victory" l gather mp all these
flowers to-day. and | strcw them over
the graves Of your Christian dead in the