The San Saba weekly news. (San Saba, Tex.) 18??-1???, 1892-01-08
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
rHE BROOKLYN DIvINE's SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject: Come. See the Place Where
the Lord Lay

TEXT: "Come see the place tehers the Lori
= Gdy.n-Matthew xviii. 6.
Visiting any great city, we are not salts
fed until We have also looked at its GENE
terry. We examine all the styles OF como
taph, marsoleum, sarcophagus cript anc
sculpture Here lies buried a statesman
yonder an orator, here poet out there an
inventor, in some other place great phi
ianthropist. But with how much greater
interest and with more depth OF emotion we
look upon our family plot in the cemetery.
In the one case it is a matter oil public In
terest, in the other it is a matter of private
and heartfelt affection. But around the
grave at which we halt this morning there
are gathered all kinds OF stupendous in
terest At this sepulcher, have TO tell you
lin this sepnlcher there was buried king,
= conqueror, an emancipator a friend q
brother, a Christ. Monarch OF the universe,
but bone of our bone and flesh OF our flesh,
sud sorrow Of Our sorrow, and heart Of our
heart Come, see the place where the Lord
lay.n
II has for surroundings the manor in the
suburbs of Jerusalem, a manor owned by a
wealthy gentleman by the name OF Joseph.
BE was one OF the court OF seventy who had
condemned Cirist but l think he had voted
In the negative, or. being a timid man, had
been absent at the time OF the casting Of the
vote He had laid out the parterre at great
expense. Il was hot climate, and suppose
there were broad branched trees and wind
ing paths underneath them, while here the
waters rippled over the rock into a fishpoOi.
and yonder the vines and the flowers clam
bered Over the wall, and all around these
were the beauties OF kiosk and arboriculture.
After the fatigues Of the Jerusalem court
ranus hnw refreshing 10 come cut in these
suburbs botanical and ponologicall
Iwalk littis further on in the parterre
and come across a cluster Of rocks, and
see on them the marks OF q sculptor's chisel.
I cone still closer and / and that there Is a
subterranean recess and 1 walk down the
marble stairs and come TO portico over the
dSorway-an architecture Of fruits and
flowers chisled by the hand of the sculptor.
90 into the portico, and on either side
there are rooms, two or four or six rooms Of
rock; in th, walls inches, each niche large
enough to held a dead body. One Of these
rooms Of rock is especially wealthy with
sculpture. II was beautiful and ch rming
spot. Why all thiss The fact was that JOS
sph, the owner Of the parterre, Of that
zealthy manor, had recognized the fact that
he could not always walk those gardens. and
he sought this as his own last resting place.
What a beautiful plot in which 10 wait for
the resurrection
Mark veil the mausoleum in the rock. 1t
Is TO be the most celebrated tomb in all the
ages: catacombs OF Egypt, tomb OF Napoleon,
Mahai Tai of India, nothing 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 cruciied
bodies. unless there be prompt and effective
hindrance- Joseph, the owner Of the mauso
leum. begs for the body OF Christ. and be
takes and washes the poor and mutilated
frame from the blood and the dust, and
shrouds it and perfumes it.
think embalmmeut was omitted. When
in olden times they wished to embalm a dead
body, the priest with some pTetension of
medical skill would show the point between
the ribs where the iDeision was to be made
lhen the operator would come and make the
ncisioh, and then run los bis life else
he would be slain for violaring-- the
dead body. rken the other priests
would come with san OF inter, and cassia
and wine OF palm tree, and eomnleta the
embalmment. But / think Ia ems oass EN-
balmment was emitted lest there Be moro
excitement and another riot. The funeral
advances Present, Joseph, the owner Of the
Inausoieum; Nicode1nus who brought thu
flowers and the two Marys. Heavy bur
den on the shoulders Of Two men as they
carry the body OF Christ down the marble
stairs and into the poTtico. and lift the dead
weight TO the level Of tho niche in the rock.
and push the body OF Christ into the only
PleasAnI resting place II 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
Thirst and play resurrection, put upon the
door the seal Of the Ssnhelrim, the violation
OF that seal, like the violation OF the seal Of
the United States Government or of the
British Government always followed with
sexer-- IaeIial< ieE -i
A rsgiment Of soldiers from the tower OF
Antoniois detailed 70 guard that nausoleum.
AT the door Of that tomb 4 fight took place
which decided the question for al tgravsyar,is
and cemeteries. Sword OF lightning against
sword Of steel. Angel OF God against the
military. The body In the crypt begins 10
move IN its shroHd OF fire linen and slides
down upon the pavement, moves through
the portico, appears ID the doorway. comes
up the marble steps. Christ, having left His
mortuary attire behind Him, comes forth in
the garb OF 4 workman, as / take it. from
the fact that the women 1nistook Him for
the gardener.
There and then vas shattered the tomb 50
that it can never be rebuilt All tie trowels
OF earthly masonry cannot mend l.. For
ever and forever i is 4 broken tomb. Death
that day taking the side Of tine military re
ceiyed a horrible cut under the angels spear
or flame, and must h.nscif 90 down at the
Iast-the King OF Terrors disappearing be
fore the King OF Grace ''The Lord il
risen Bosannal Hosauuat