Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-04-03

them in the hand; 1t means vi, >ory.
Christ was buried in a parterre. Christ
was buried in a garden. Flowers arc
types Of resurrection. Death is sad
enough anyhow. Let conservatory aud
arboretum do al they can In the way of
alienation. Your little girl loved flowers
while she was alive. Put them in her
hands, now that she cannot go forth and
pluck fowess for herself. On sunshiny
days twist garland for her still heart.
Brooklyn has no grander glory than her
Greenwood, nor Boston than her Mount
Auburn, nor Philadelphia than her Laurel
Hill, nor Cincinnati than her Spring
Grove, nor San Francisco than her Lone
Mountain.
Standing In this place where the Lord
lay, am also impressed with the dignity
OF unpretending obsequies. Joseph that
day was mourner, sexton, liveryman-had
the entire charge Of all the occasion. Four
people only at the burial of the King of the
universe. Let this be consolatory 70 those
who through small means or lack of large
acquaintance, have but little demonstration
of grief at the grave of their dead. 1t is
not necessary. Long line of glittering
equipages, two rows of silver handles, cas-
ket of costly wood, pall-bearers scarfed
and gloved are not necessary. Christ looks
out from heaven on q burial, where there
are six in attendance and remembers there
are two more than he had at his obsequies
Again; standing in this place where the
Lord lay, l am impressed with the fact
that you cannot keep the dead down.
The seal Of the Sanhedrim, a regiment of
soldiers from the tower Of 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 out and came up he
did. Predguration. The first fruits Of
them that sleep. Just as certainly as you
and l 20 down into the grave, just so GER
tainly we will come up again.
Various scriptural accounts say that the
work of grave-breaking viii begin with the
blast of trumpets and shoutings; whence
take it that the first intimation of the day
will be sound from heaven such as has
never before been heard. 1t may not be so
very loud, but it will be penetrating. There
are mausoleums so deep that undsturbed
silence has slept there ever since the day
when the sleepers were left in them. The
great noise shall strike through them.
Among the corals of the sea, miles deep,
where the shipwrecked rest the sound will
strike. No one will mistake it for thunder
or gho S,Ast of earthly minstrelsy. There
will be heard the voice of the uncounted
millions Of the dead who come rushing out
Of the graves of eternity, flying toward the
tomb, crying, make way! Oh, grave give
US back our bodyl We gave it to you in cor
ruption; surrender il now in interruption. f"
Snap go the iron gates OF the modern
vaults. The country graveyard will look
l,al aaIl
break open. All the kings of tho earth;
all the senator's; all the great men, all the
armies-victors and vanQushed; all the
ages-barbaric and civilized; all those who
were chopped by guillotine, or simmered
in the fire, or rotted in dungeons; all the
infants Of day; all the octogenarians-all /.
all! Not one straggler left behind All!
all! And now the air is darkened with the
fragments of bodies that are coming to-
gether from the opposite corners on the
earth. Lost limbs finding their mate
bone 10 bone, sinew TO sinew-until every
joint is reconstructed, and every arm finds
its socket, and the amputated limb of the
surgeons table shall be set again at the
point from which it was severed.
Wake up, my friends, this day, this
glorious Easter morning. with all these
II L uuuCTSlduQ lulb uby
IL means peace toward Heaven and peace
toward earth. Great wealth Of flowers!
Bring more flowers. Wreath them around
the brazen throat of the cannon, plant
them in the desert until it shall blossom as
the rose, braid them into the name of the
war 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, score Of resurrections.
Resurrection from death and sin TO
the life of the Gospel Resurrection Of
commercial integrity. Resurrection OF
national honor Resurrection of inter
national goodwill. Resurrection of art
Resurrection of literature. Resurrection
of everything that is good and kind and
generous and holy and beautiful Nothing
to stay down, TO stay buried, but sin and
darkness and pain and disease and revenge
and death. Let those tarry IN the grave
forever. "Glory TO God in the highest,
and on earth peace, goodwill TO men,"
Christ, the Lord, is risen today,
Sons Of men and angels say.
Raise your songs and triumphs high,
Sing, ye Heavens, and earth reply.
loves redeeming work is done,
Fought the fight, the battle won.
10 the suns eclipse is DER;
Lo he sets in blood no more