Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-30
THE RESURRECTION
REV. Or. TALMAGES SERMON on TIE BURIAL
OR TaE LORD
And the Bursting Of the Tomb-6is Modest Funeral
Compared With the Pageanis Of Profane Heroes.
The Women a. the Sepulchre-Tbs Final
Resurrection and Judgment.
Special T.l.aran 10 Ne R.qister.

Herald service in New York IN the even
ing. the Academies of Music were bright
with profuSiou OF flowers, Easter lilies
lbeing conspicuous. A selection Of music
appropriate 10 the festival was beauti-
fully rendered at each service. The
text OF the preachers discourse was
Matt. $50. Come, see the place where
the Lord lay
Visiting any great city We are not sat
is6ed until we have also looked at its
cemetery We examine all the styles OF
cenotaph, mauSOleum, sarcophaSuS,
crypt and sculpture Here lies buried
a statesman, yOnder an orator, here
la poet, out there an inven
tor, i'm Some other place
a great philauthropiSt. But with how
much greater interest aud with more
depth of emotion We look upon our
family plot in the cemetery. In the one
case, it is q matter Of public Interest,";
i'm the other, it is a matter of private
and heartfelt affection. But around the
grave az which We halt this morning,
there are gathered all kinds of Stupen-
douS interest. At this Sepulchre, have
to tell you. in this Sepulchre there was
buried King, a COnquerer, an Eman-
cipator, a Friend, a Brother, 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, see the place where the
Lord lay"
Ii has for surroundings the manor in
/ the suburbs OF Jerusalem, manor
owned by a wealthy gentleman by the
name Of Joseph. He was one of the
court Of seventy who had condemned
Christ, but l think he had voted in the
| negative. or. being timid man, had
been absent at the time of the casting
of the vote. He laid out the parterre at
great expense. II was hot climate,
/ and suppose there were broad
| branched trees and winding paths under
meath them, while here the waters rip
/ pled over the rock into hShpOol, and
yonder the vines and the flowers clam
/ bered over the wall, and all around
there were the beauties Of kiosk and
Iarboriculture. After the fatigueS OF
the Je usalem court room, how refresh
| ing TO come out in these suburbs ootan-
ical and pOmolOgical.
walked a little farther on in the par
terre and l came across cluster OF
rocks, and l see on them the marks OF a
Sculptor'S chisel. l came still closer
and find that there is Subterranean
recess, and l walk down the marble
stairs. and come 10 pOrtico, over the
ldoorway-au architecture OF fruits and
flowers chiselled by the hand OF the
sculptor. 20 into the pOrticO and on
either side there are rooms, two, or
/ four. or six rooms Of rocks; in the
walls. inches each inches large enough
| 10 hold a dead body. One of these
rooms of rock is especially wealthy
with sculpture. IL was beautiful and
charming spot Why all this? The
/ fact was that Joseph, the owner of the
parterre. Of that wealthy manor, had
recognized the fact that he could not
ALWAYS walk those gardens, and he
sought this rs his own last resting
place. What beautiful plot in which
/ to wait for the resurrection.
MAUsOLEUM IN THE ROCK.
Mark well the mauSoleum in the rock.
/ IL is 10 be the most celebrated tomb in
Ian ages: CatacombS OF Egypt, tomb OF
Napoleon, Mahal Tai Of India, nothing
compared with il. Christ has just been
murdered, and his body must be thrown
out TO the dogs and the ravens, as was
customary with cruciiied bodies, unless
there be prompt and effective hind
rance. Joseph, the owner of the mauSO-
| leum. begs for the body OF Christ, and
/ be takes aud washes the poor and mutt
/ lated frame from the blood and the dust,
and shroudS il and perfumes IL.
think embalmment was omitted.
/ When in oldeu times they wished to
embalm a dead body, the priest with
some pretenSion OF medical skill would
show the point between the ribs where
/ the incjsiou was TO be made. Then the
| operator would come and make the IN
cision. aud then run for his life else he
would be slain for violating the dead
body. Then the other priests would
come with salt or nitre and caSSia, and
wine II palm tree, and complete the
lembalmment But / think in this case
crnbalmmeut was omitted lest there be
more excitement and another riot The
| funeral advances Present, Joseph, the
owner Of the mauSOleum; Nicodemus,
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 mar
bile stairs aud 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 rest
ing-place it ever had. These men
coming forth close the door of rock
against the recess. The government,
afraid that the disciples would steal the
body OF Christ and play resurrection,
put upon the door the seal OF the Sanhe-
drim. the violation of that seal, like
the violation Of the seal OF the United
states Government, or of the British
Government. always followed with Sc
we're penalties.
A regiment OF soldiers from the
/ Tower OF Antonio is detailed to guard
that mausQleum. At the door OF that
tomb fight took place which decided
the question for all graye-yards and
cemeteries. Sword of lightning against
sword of steel. Angel of God against
tine military. The body in the crypt
herirs To move i'm its Shroud Of fine
linen and slides down upon the pave
menf. moves through the pOrtico, APP
pears I'm the doorway, comes up the
marble steps. Christ having left his
mortuarv attire behind him, comes
forth in the garb OF a workma mas
take il. from the fact that the women
mistook him for the gardner
There and then was shattered the
tomb So that it can never be rebuilt.
All the trowels Of earthly masonry can
NOT mend il. Forever and forever il Is
a broken tomb. Death that day taking
the side OF the military received hor-
rible cut under the angels spear OF
flame. and must himself go down at
the last-the King Of Terrors disappear
Ing before the King Of Grace. The
Lord is risen" HoSannal HoSanna.
q weep nomorc. your comforts slain,
Tn. Lord is risen, De lives again.
When one of the old Christians was
diving he said he saw on the sky the
letter ~. and he said: Il cannot I'M
Iderstand what that is in the sky; it is
the letter ''V.'" A Christian standing
beside him said Il know what it means;
that letter V stands for victory. w l
gather up all these flowers to-day, and
I strew them over the graves of your
Christian dead in the letter "V' for
..yictory, ," 'R" for resurrection IT
for triumph" "H' for "Heaven.
The Lord is risen" HOSanna.
HoNoRs AFTER DEATH
While standing around the place
where the Lord lay, | am impressed
with the fact that mOrtuary honorS can,
= not atone for wrongs to the living. II
they could have afforded Christ such 4