The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
o weep no more. your comforts slain;
The lord q ria.n. He IIras min

While standing around the place where
the Lord lay / am impressed with the fact
that mOrtuary honors cannot atone for
wrongs to the living. II they could have
afforded Christ such costly sspuicher they
could have afforded Him a decent earthly
residence VIII they give piece Of marble
10 the dead Christ when they might have
given a soft pillow to the living Christi II
they had put half the expense Of that
mausoieum in the making Of Christ's life
on earth comfortable the story would not
have been 50 sad. He wanted bread: they
gave Him stone Christ, ike every other
benefactor Of the world, was better appre-
ciated after BE was dead.
Standing IN this place where the Lord lay
! am Impressed with the fsct that floral and
sctbtnraf aruamentation are appropriate
for the places OF ffe. dead We are all glad
that in the short tine-ot the SaFlour's iuhu-
nation He lay amid flowers and sculpture 1
cannot quite understand what l see In the
newspapers where, amid the announcements
and cbsequies. the friends request send no
nowers.H Why, there is no place 50 appr0-
uriafe for flowers as the casket Of the de-
parted. II your means alow-I repeat, if
vour means alloy-let there be flowers on
the casket, flowers On tho hearse, flowers on
the grave. Put them on the brow; it means
coronation. Put them in the hand; it means
victory. Christ vas buried in e parterre.
Christ was buried in q garden Flowers are
types Of resurrection.
Standing in this place where the Lord lay
I am also impressed with the indignity OF
rnnretending obsequies- Joseph that day was
-s.onruers sestsss, ges.lsisi-i.s-l-th satirs
charge Of all tie occasion. -Four people only
ut the burial OF the King Of the Universe.
Let this be consoiatorY to those who, through
small means or lack Of large acquaintance.
have but little demonstration Of grief at the
grave OF their dead. II is not necessary.
Long line OF glittering equipages, two rows
Of silver handles, casket Of costly wood, pail
bearers scarfea and gloved are not neces-
sary.
Christ looks out from heaven at burial
where there are six in attendance, and re-
members there are two more than He had
at His ohseQuies. Not recognizing this idea
how many small properties are scattered in
the funerai rites, and widolFhooi and or
phanage 20 out 70 tne cold charity Of the
world The departed left enough property
TO have kept the family together until they
could take care Of themselves. but It is ali
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
pageantry Is not necessary. No one was
ever more lovingly and tenderly put into the
IN the procession.
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Lord lay, am impressed with the fact that
you cannot keep the dead down. The seal
Of the Snnhedrim, 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 AMI come up He must.
Came out and came ND He did. Prehgura-
ton. The first fruits OF them that sleep.
Just as certain as You and 60 down into
the grave, just 50 Ger tain we win come up
again Though you pile up on the top of Us
ali 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 viii rise TO the surface.
Various scripturaI accounts say that the
work Of gr4Ye breaking will begin with the
blast Of trttnpets aud shoutings; whence
take il that the first intimation Of the day
viii be sound from heaven such as hasnever
before been heard. II may not be so very
loud. but it will be penetrating. There are
Innsisoleuns 50 deep thRs undistErbed alenes
has slept there ever since the day when tho
flespers Rers LEFT IL then. The great Eolss