Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-04-08
CHRIST Is RISEN.
Easter Sermon by Rev. T. De Witt
Talmage.
The Great sound ut the Last Day--what
the Resurrected Body viii He
Pienty OF Occupation and No
WEAKNESS IA Heaven.

Sundav Rev. Il. Dewitt Talmage
preached on the subject, The Slcepcrs
Awakened" the text chosen being from
]. Co... Nv. 20: "Now is Christ risen from
the dad, and become the first fruits of
them that slept" DIR. Talmage said:
On this glorious Easter morning, amid
the music and the flowers, l give you
Christian salutation. This morning,
Russian meeting Russian on the streets
of st. Petersburg halls him with the
saiu,ation, Christ is risen!" and Is an
swcred Ivy his friend in salutation, "He
is risen indeedr In some parts OF En-
gland and Ireland. to this very day,
there is the superstition that on Easter
morning the sun dances in the heavens;
and well may we forgive such super
stition which illustrates the fact that
the natural world seems to sympathize
with the spiritual.
Hail. Easter morning. Flowers
Flowers. All Of them a-voicc, all OF
them a-tongue, all of them full OF
speech to-day. bend over one OF the
lilies and hear it say: Consider the
lilies of the field, how they grow; they
toll not. neither do they spin, yet Solo
mon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these" bend over rose
and it seems to whisper: IL am the
Rose of sharon And then | stand
and listen. From all sides there comes
the chorus of flowers, saying: If God
so clothed the. grass of the field, which
to-day Is and tomorrow is cast into
the oven, shall he not much more clothc
YOU, O We of little faith?' Flowers!
Flowers. Braid them into the brides
hair Flowers! Flowers. Strew them
over the graves of the dead, sweet
prophecy of the resurrection. Flowers.
Flowers. Twist them into garland
for my Lord Jesus on Easter morning.
"tilory be to the Father, and to the
Son. and to the Holy Ghost; as it was
in the beginning, is now, and ever shall
be-"
oh, how bright and how beautiful
the flowers, and how much they make
me think of Christ and his religion,
that brightcns our life. br:.yhtens our
character. brightcns society, brightcns
the church. brightens everything. You
who 70 with gloomy countenance pre-
Tending You are better than | am be-
cause of your righteousness, you can
not chea: me. Pretty case You are for
a man that processes 20 he more than n
conqueror. 1t is not religion that makes
you gloomy. it is the lack of it. There
is Just rs much religion in wedding
as in IL burial, just as msch religion in
q smile as in u tear. Those gloomy
Christians we sometimes see are the
people To whom like to lend money,
for never sec them again. The women
came to the Saviours tomb and they
dropped spices all around the. tomb,
and those spices were the seed that be-
gan to grow. and from them came all
the flowers of this Easter morn. The
two angels ROBBED in white took hold OF
the stone at the Saviour's tomb and they
hurled it with such force down the
hill that it crushed in the door OF the
worlds sepulchcr, and tie stark and
the dead must come forth.
I care not how labvrinthine the
nausoleum or how costly the sarcoph-
agus or however beautifully parterrcd
the family grounds, we want them all
broken up by the Lord of the resurrec-
ton. They must come out Father
and mother-they must come out Hus'
band and wife-they must come out
Brother and sister-they must come
out. Our darling children-they must
come ont The eyes that we close
with such trembling fingers must open
again in the radiance of that morn.
The arms we folded in dust must join
ours 10 an embrace Of reunion The
voice that was hushcd in our dwelling
mus, be returned Oh. how long some
Of You seem to be waiting-waiting for
the resurrection, waiting! And for
these broken hearts to-day l make
soft cool bandage out of Easter flowers
NV friends, find in the risen Christ
q prophecy of our own resurrection, my
text setting forth the idea that as
Christ has risen, so his people will rise.
He the first sheaf of the resurrection
harvest Ilc IuC o'So ~ SsA~s''
that slept" Before get through this
morning will walk through all the
cemeteries of the dead, through all the
country graveyards, where your loved
ones are buried, and ! will pluck OH
these flowers and will drop a sweet
promise of the gospel-a rose OF hope, q
lily of JOY on every tomb-the childs
tomb. the husbands tomb, the wite'f
tomb. the fathers grave, the mothers
grave, and while we celebrate the
resurrection of Christ, we will at the
same time celebrate the resurrection OF
all the good. "Christ the first fruits u
them that slept"
I'll should come to You this morning
and ask you for the names OF the grea
eonquerors Of the world. you would So.
Alexander, Cesar, Philip, Napoleon l
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