Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-04-22
REV. DIR. TALMAGE


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On this g'srT.1. Easter morning. amir the
muse IN the Il yer. / giv..vol a CHRIS
tan saiu'at.on. This morning. Russian
| meeting Russian m the -tra = NJ -. Peters
hnrg halls him vita tn. salutatloo. Christ
y rIsen AMI y answered ~ E- fr.ani IN
sa.Gtatlon, He Is n-1n lnIa-ti'' IN -p1a F..
part If ENGLAND and 4ralan' II tn5- v-rt
dav, taer- i the siJ@rsttion tcat on f 4ster
m9-nlnG the sun dan =, II .. heaven. AMI
wei may We forgive >ucn \ superstition
2ri.rh illustrates the fact that the natural
world s'e~ae- = sgnpatnIze wlta the spirit
ual.
f5ail, Easter morning Flowers Flow.
ers' All ot them a-vofrc al of them
h-t3nEu4. ali IF thew FIJI of speech to-tav.
tent over "r- ii the lilies aud | h-ar It say:
"Gcn.drf the lilies Of tha fielj. ho. they
grow, fnay toll not. neither 10 they spin,
ytt Solomon in all his glorv was not arravei
Il c one OF these" | bend over q res, cnl
1t seams 10 whisper: q arr the rose ST SGa-
ron And then | stand ard listen. From
ali sides there come the chorus OF flowers,
saying 'ifEo1 20 clothei the grass Of the
field, which to-day Is AM tomorrow is cast
INTO the oven, shall lie not much more
clothc you. . " Of little faith1'
Flowers Flowers BraiI them into the
rides hair. Fto~ers Flowers! Strew
them over ter graves Of the dead, sweet
rro9h-"S Of the resurrection. Flowers
Frser>' Twist them INTO a gartantto tor my
Lord Jesus on Easter morning. Glory t.,
- the Father. AMI 10 the Son, AMI t the
Holy Ghost, as 1t was n the lheglrniny !,
now and ever shall be :
Oh, low bright an haw beautiful, the
Towers ana how much they make me thlne
RI hrist and His religion. that brightens our
CHARACTER, brightens society; brightens the
church, brightens everything! You who go
"+tn gloomy countenance preten ling YOU
tre ."tter than | am because of your lugu,
htloIsness, you cannot cheat me. Pretty
Ease you are for a man that processes to be
more than a Conqueror. 1t Is not religion
mat makes you gloomy. it is the lack OF it.
mere Is just as much religion lii n welding
As III a burial, lust es mich religion in a
smile as IN {. .ea-.
These gloomy Christians we sometimes
see are the people to whom | like to lend
money, for | never see them again. The
women came To the Savior's tomb, and they
dropped spices<all around the tomb. and
those spices were the seed that began to
grow, and from them came all the flowers of
this Easter morn. The two angels robed in
white took hold Of the stone al the Savior's
tomb, and tn y hurled it with such force
down the hill that it crushed in the door of
the worlds sepulchre, and the stark and the
lead must come forth.
| care not how labyrinthine the mauso-
leum OF how costly the s~arcophagus or how
ever beautifully parterred the family
EIthibS, VIC "dut ilSi LII DIOktu up Dy the
Lord Of the resurrection. They must come
out. Father and mother-they must come
out. Husband and wife-they must come
out. Brother and s%ster-they must come
out. Our darling ~children-they must come
out. 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 in an embrace Of re-
union. The voice that was hushed in our
dwelling must be returned. Oh, how long
some OF you seem to be waiting-waiting
for the resurrection, waiting! And for
these broken hearts to-day | make q soft,
cool bandage out of Easter flowers.
My friends, ] find in the risen Christ a
prophecy of our own resurrection, my text
setting forth the idea that as Christ has arisen
so His people will rise. He-the first sheaf Of
the resurrection harvest. He-''the first
fruits of them that slept" Before | get
through this morning | will walk through
all the cemeteries of the dead. through all
the country graveyards, where your beloved
ones are buried, and ] will pluck off these
the gospel "A rose of hope, a lily OF Joy on
every tolnb-the child's tomb, the husbands
tomb, the wife's 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
tRe good. Christ the first fruits of them
that slept"
Ii | should come to you this morning and
ask you tor the names of the great conquer
ors OF the world, you would say Alexander,
Cesar, Philip, Napoleon /. All. my friends,
YOU have forgotten to mention the name OF
n greater conqueror than all of theses
cruel, u CHASTITY conqueror. He who rode on
a black horse across Waterloo AID Atlanta
and Chalons. the bloody hoofs crushing the
hearts of nations. 1t is the conqueror Death
Again aud again has he done this worl
with all generations. He is n monarch a
VOL a. a ftDppIiar0r. his MALAGA a Sant1lrhar
his fountains the falling tears of a world
Blessed be God. IN the light of this Easter
morning | see the prophecy that his scepte.
shall be broken ami his palace shall be de-
mollshed. Tho hour Is coming when all VIII
are in their sraveS>ha}l come forth. Chris
risen. we Shall rise. Jesus the first fruit
OF them that slept Now, around this doc
trlne OF the resurrection there are Il grea
many mysteries.
You come to me this mornln. an say
If the bodies Of The dead are I, b. raised
how Is tins and how Is that" AMI You asI
mea THOUSAND In">ttou- | am mconlttei
= answer. hut there are a Great many
things you believe that You ara not able L
explain. You would be a very foolish ma,
10 say. Il won't believe anything | can
unierStand.'
hnimy strength in this pasSaga. An
who are IN their graves shall come forth"
30 net p~rcteutt~ make the exclamation
= - ,1'' - 'trIhSt' q re-
turne]i missionary hes III Erooslvn. Whar
he wa>ln CHINA. ms foot was amputstAd.
lie lived years after in Enclani. AMI thor.
n hai an arm ainputated. He IS burie.
To-Day IN ~Greenwoot. In tho re>urractou
Will the loot come from CHINA, will the arr
c3me from En-.ana. ANA viii thu different
parts Of the t~'iy hr reconstructed IN tins
Tr>lrrectlcnss How i that possible
lou saw that tn human body ca anra
every seven N.ar>. ani ~ seventy wears al
aSe a man has h1i ten bodies. In IN.
resurrection WAlcn Vii CONE IN" You av
\ man Will sie AMI m toIv cruntla In..
dust aui that lu~t te taken M mo the If
Fl; the vegetable. An animal may eat iii.
vegetable, men. Eat the animal. In tn.
resurrection that body. distributed in =.
many directions hos Shall II L.. yather@i
w have yor any more questions Of iuls
style - ASK Come IN ant ask tuetn. LII
not preteni = answer them. fail bacs
upon the announcement III CO.'S word. "A
who are IN their gray shall come forth"
You have notcei, ! suppose, in rea Inns
the story OF the resurrection taat alnas
every ac>ouut II n" Bible gives The IDEA tina
the characterlstlco thar 4ay viii De a grea
sound, | do not KNOW teat Il will BE- YER,
lou'. but know i w.It, very penetrating