The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-04-07
GLORIOUS EASTER MORN!
Or. TALmAos on THE RESURRECTION
or JESUS.

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Asonsmsnt for Neglect 10 the Liying.
NEW YonK. March 29.-Dr. Tai
mage preached M Easter. sermon to his
two audiences to-day. Both at the
morning service in Brooklyn and at The
Christian Herald service in New York,
In tho evening, the Academies ofMusic
wcre bright with a profusion of flowers,
Easter lilies being Conspicuous. Asse.
lection of music appropriate TO the festi-
val was beautifully rendered at each SER
vice. The text of the preachers dis
course was Matt. xxvii, 9. "Come, see
the place where the Lord lay.n
Visiting any great city, we are not
satisfied until we have also looked at its
cemetery. We examine all the styles of
c~enotaph, mausoleum, s~arcophagus,
crypt, and sculpture. Here lies buried
q statesman, yonder an orator, here a
poet, out there an inventor, in some
other place a great philanthropist. But
with how kindergarten interest and with
more depth of emotion, we look upon
our family plotin the cemetery. In the
n case, it Is a matter of public interest,
in the other it is q matter OF private and
heartfelt affection. But around the
grave at which we halt this morning,
there are gathered all kinds of stupend-
GUS interest. AT this sepulchre, / have
{ o tepr&ts1sthere was buried q king q COM
quer6f, an em%ancipator, n friend, a
brother, a Christ. Monarch of the uni
verso, but bone OF our bone, and flesh eff
u an, .naoh or1 N,.rOu &c N,.. nc.N, nv ,rI
heart of our heart. stCome, see the
place where the Lord lay.n
It has for surroundings, tho manor in
the suburbs of Jerusalem, a manor
owned by y wealthy gentleman by the
name of Joseph. He was one of the
court of seventy who had condemned
ChIist; but / think he had voted in the
negative, or, being q timid man, had
been absent at the time of the casting of
the vote. He had laid out the parterre
at great expense. 1t was q hot climate,
and suppose there were broad-branched
trees and winding paths underneath
them, while here the waters rippled over
the rock into a fishpool, and yonder the
vines and the flowers clambered over the
wall, and all around there were the beau
ties efSkiosk and arboriculture. After
the fatiguesofthe Jerusalem courtroom,
how refreshing TO come out in these SUI
burbs botanical and genealogical.
walk a little farther on in the par
terre and l. come across a cluster OF
rocks, and L see on them the marks ola
& sculptor's chisel. L come still closer,
and i find that there is q subterranean
recess, and / walk down the marble
stairs, and come to a portico, over the
doorway an architecture of fruits and
flowers chiselled by the hand OF the soul
ptor. / go into the portico, aud on
either side there are rooms, two, or four,
10y siAreaHsufeock; in the walls, inches
Leach niche large el0ugh e ho1da dea&
body. One Of these rooms ofrockI is es-
pecially wealthy with sculpture. TWAS
u 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 as his own last rest
ing place. What a beautiful plot in
which to wait for the resurrection!
Mark we'll the mauseleum in the rock.
1t is to be the most celebrated tomb in
all the ages; catacombs of Egypt, tomb
of Napoleon, Mahal Tai of India. moth
Ing compared with it. Christ had just
been murdered, and his body must be
thrown out to the dogs and the ravens,
as was customary with crucifled bodies,
unless there be prompt and effective
hindrance. Joseph, the owner Of tho
mausoleum, begs for the body of Christ,
and he takes md washes the poor and
mutilated frame fro n the blood and the
dust, and shrouds it and perfumes it.
2 / think embalmment was omitted.
When. IN olden 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 incision was to be made. Then The
operator would come and make the in
cision, and then run for his life, else he
Wound he, slain for violating the dead
body. Then the. other priests would
come with salt Of nitre and cassia, and
wine Of palm tree, and complete the en-
balmment. But think in this case en-
balmment was omitted, lest their 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
oftwo men, "s they carry the body of
Christ down. the marble stairs and into
thO pOItiCO, duu lclG tuG I 'au WSlSnU 10
the level OF the niche in the rock, and
push the body of Christ into the only
pleasant resting place it ever had. These
men, coming forth, close the door Of
rock against the recess. The govern
ment. afraid that the disciples would
nal the body of Christ and play resur-
rection, put upon the door the seal Of
the Sanhedrim, the violation ofthat seal,
like the violation of the seal of the
United States Government, or of the
British Government, always followed
with severe penalties.
A regiment ofsoldiers from the Tower
of Antonio is detailed to guard that
mausoleum. At the door of that tomb
a fight took place which decided the
question for all e%raveyards and cemeter-
les. Sword of lightning against sword
of steel. Angel ofGod against the mill
tary. The body in the crypt begins to
move in It's shroud of fine linen and
slides down upon the pavement, moves
through the portico, appears in the door.
way, comes up the marble steps. Christ
having left his mortuary attire behind
him, comes forth In the garb of O work.
man, as / take 1t, from the fact that the
women mistook him for the gardener.
There and then YVES shattered the tomb.
so that IL can never be rebuilt. All the
tFewels of earthly masonry cannot mend
IL T.htsvaY and faravor II ID a br0ban