Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-08-23


quitics will I remember no more"
From other tragedies men have come
away exhausted and nervous and sleep
less; but there is one tragedy that
soothes and Gains and saves. Calvary
was the stage on which it was enacted,
the curtain Of the night falling a mid
noon was the drop scene, the thunder
OF falling rocks the orchestra. angels
in the galleries, and devils in the pit
the spectators. the tragedy the crucifix-
ion. 1t IS Christ that died" Oh. tri-
umphaut thought!
II you go through the picture gall
lerics of Versailles YOU will find great
change there. said 20 a friend who
had been through those galleries; Are
they as they were before the French
war?' and I was told there was great
c1anee there; that all tina. multitude
OF pictures which represented Napo-
leonic triumphs had been taken away,
and in the frames were other pictures
representative of Germanic success, and
victory.
Oh, that all the scenes of Satanic tri-
umph in our world might be blotted
ont. and that the whole world might
Ice "a picture gallery representing the
triumphant Jesus. Down with the
monarchy of transgressionl Up with
the monarchy of our king! Halt Jesus,
haill
But must give you the second cause
OF Paufs eXhilaration. III Christ had
stayed in that grave we never would
have got out OF it. The grave would
have been dark and dismal as.the Con-
ciergerie during the reign Of terror,
whore the carts came up only 70 take
the victims out 10 the scatfold | do
not wonder that the ancients tried by
embalment Of the body 20 resist the
dissolution of death.
The grave is the darkest, deepest
ghastliest chasm that was ever opened
II there be no light from the resurrec-
ton throne streaming into IL: but
Christ stayed in the tomb all Friday
night and all Saturday, and Saturday
night and part of Sunday morning.
He stayed 50 long in the tomb that lie
might tit il for MS when we 90 there.
He tarried two whole nights in the
grave so that lie saw how important IL
was TO have plenty Of light, and lie
has flooded it with His own glory.
1t is early Sunday morning, and we
start up to find the grave of Christ.
We find the morning sun gliding the
dew, and the shrubs are sweet as the
foot brushes them. What beautiful
place to be buried in! Wonder they
did not treat Christ as well when lie
was alive as they do now that He is
dead. Give the military salute 10 the
soldiers who stand guardingsthe dead
But bark 10 the crash. an earthqua Ike!
The soldiers fell back as though they
were dead, and the stone at the door
OF Christ's tomb spins down the hill.
flung by the arm of an angel. Come
forth, Jesus! from the darkness into
the sunlight Come forth, and breathe
the perfume of Joscph's garden.
Christ comes forth radiant, and, as
He steps out Of the excavation of the
rock | look down into the excavation.
and in the distance see others coming
hand in hand, and troop after troop.
and find it Is a long procession of the
precious dead. Among them are our
own loved one-father, mother. brother.
sister, companion, children coming up
ont OF the excavation Of the rock until
the last one has stepped out into tho
light and l am bewildcred, and ! can
not understand the scene until see
Christ wave His hand over the advanc-
ing procession from the rock. and hear
Him cry, Il am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in me, though
nc were dead, yet shall he live D." And
then notice that the long dirge of the
worlds woe suddenly stops at the a-ch-
angelic shourt OF Come FORTH
on, my friends, il Christ had lot
broken out OF the grave and I would
never come out of it. 1t would have
been another case of Charlotte Corday
attempting TO Stay n tyrant, herself
slain. II would have been another
case of John Brown attempting TO free
the slaves, himself hung. 1t would
have been death and Christ in a CRAP
pie, and death the victor The black
Nag would have tloated on all the graves
and mausoleums OF the dead. and hell
wouid have conquered the forces of
Heaven and captured the ramparts of
God. and satan would have come TO
coronation in the palaces of Heaven.
and it would have been devils on the
throne and sons of God in the dungeon.
No. no. no! When that stone was
rolled from the door of Christ's grave.
it was hurled with such force that IL
crashed in all the grave doors of
Christendom and now tn, tomb is only
q tower where Gods children take a
siesta, an afternoon nap 10 wake
up IN nightly invigoration Christ is
risen. Hang that lamp among all the
tomos of my dead. Hang it over my own
resting place Christ's suT.rings is
ended; His work is done The darkest
Friday afternoon Of the worlds history
becomes the brightest Sunday morning
Of Us resurrection joy. The good Fri
day ~ bitter memories becomes the
Easter OF glorious transformation and
resurrection
give YOU the third cause OF Paurs
eXhilaration. We honor the rirht hand
more than wc do The left. If I'm acci-
ccHt or battle wc must lose one hand
Jet 10 bc thc left The left hand being
nearer the heart we may not do much
81 the violent work of lie with that
hand without physical danger. but he
Uao has Che right arm in FUN play has
the migntcst of nil weapons Nm ann
ages and in all languages tho right
hand is the symbol of strength and
power and honor hiram sat 900 the
right hand of solomon Then vc have
t1e tcrm "lle is right-hanl man. q"
Lafayette was Washington. right-
hand man; Marshal Ncy was Napo-
Icons right-haud man. aud now YOU