Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1893-04-14
REV. DIR. TALMAGB.
The Eminent Brooklyn Divine's Sum
day Sermon.
Subject. "The sIeepers Awakened"

Siept."-l Corinthians XIV, 70.
On this glorious Easter morning, amid tn
music an the flowers l give you Chris
tIan sanitation. This morning Russian
tneetlng russian on the sire IS of st. Peters
Dnrg halls him with the sslutatiou, "Chris
is rsenl and is answers by his friend il
sanitation, He is risen indeedp In SOM
parts OF England and Irelan' t. this very
oay, tnere Is the SUI ,ers.ition that on E lster
morning Tue sun dances in the heavens ana
wei may we forgive such superstition
winch illustrates the fact that the natural
world seems to sympathizs with the spirit.
Hail, Easter morning Flowp-sl Flow
ers! Ali of them a.voice, all of them
9-tongue. all of them full OF speech to-day.
oen over one of the lilies and hear it saw
consider the lilies of the field, how they
grV~; tney toll not, neither do they spin,
YET solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
hse one of these" bend over a rose, and
it seems to whisper: II am the rose of Sha.
ron And then | stand and listen. From
All sues tnere COZ mes the oh )rus of flowers
saying: III God so clothed the grass of the
neio' which to-day is an tomorrow is cast
INTO the oven. shall He not much more
cl0the you, y We OF little faith"
fiowersl F.owers Brazil them into the
orioe'S hair. Flowersl FoweraI Strew
Vneni over tae graves OF the dead, sweet
Rropnecy OF the resurrection. Flowersl
TIoweTs' twist them into garland for my
~ tsoI9 Jesus on Easter morning. "Glory be-
70 the rather, and to the Sou. and to the
holy Ghost; as it was in the BEGINNING, is
now and ever shall be-
On, Cow bright ami how beautiful tina
movers and how much they make me think
o. Onrlst and dis religion that brightens our
character, brlghtens society," brightens the
cnurcn, Drlghtens everytbinCl You who 90
WI0n gloomy countenlnce preteniiny Won
are better than am because of your lrou-
pTiousness, you cannot cheat me. Pretty
case you are for man that processes to be
more than a conqueror. 1t is not religion
T 11aC MAKES you gloomy, it is tie lack OF il.
1here IS just as much religion in a welding
DIS IN burial, just as much religion in a
smile as in a tear
these gloomy Christians We sometimes
gee are tne people to whom [ like to lend
money, for [ never sec then, again The
WoneC came to the Savior's tomb and tbav
cropped spices all around the tomb and
tnose spices were the seed that began to
krow, ana IRON them came all the flowers of
Cnls Easter morn. The two angels ROBBED in
white took hold IF the stone at the Savior,s
tomb, and th3y hurled it with such foro,
down the bill that it crushed in the door df
the worlds sepulchre, and the stark and the
dead must come forth,
l care not how labyrinthine the nance.
ieam or how costly the sarcophagus or how.
ever beautifully parterred the family
grounds we want them all broken I'D by the
LORD OF the resurrection. They must come
OUT Eatner and mother-they must come
OUT husband and wife-they must come
OUT 6rother and sister-they must c)me
OUT Our darling children-they must come
OUT. Inc eyes that we close with such
uemollng fingers must open again in the
radiance of that morn. The arms We foI6aJ
IN dust must join ours in an embrace of ra..
union: The voice that was hushed in orr
dwelling must be returned. Oh. how LONG
some OF you seem to be withdrawing
lot tne resurrection, waitng And for
these broken hearts to day I make a soft
cool bandage out OF Easter flowers
My friends, find in the risen Christ
prophecy OF our own resurrection. nv 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
Irults OF them that slept" Before | get
'nrough tnls morning | will walk THROUGH
u the cemeteries of the dead, through all
'ne country graVeyards, where your beloved
,nes are buried, and L will pluck off these
lowers, and l will drop a sweet promise nf
he gospel rose of hope, a lily of ioV on
very tomb-the chil6's tomb the hiisbsnd,s
omb' the wife's tomb, the fathers grave.
ne motners grave, and while we celebrate
ne resurrection of Christ we will eff the
anne time celebrate the resurrection of ali
ne good. Christ the first fruits of them
hat slept '0'--
IL should come to you this morning and
SIX you for the names Of the great conquer.
RS OF the world, you would say Alexander,
cesar, Philip, Napoleon |. Adj my friends
ou have forgotten to mention the name of
greater conqueror than all of these
ruel, CHASTITY conqueror. He who rode on
oiacS EorSe across Waterloo and Atlanta
nd Chalons, the bloody hoofs crushing the
carts OF nations. 1t is the copoueror Death,
Again and again has he done this work
nth all generations. lie is monarch as
1ell as a conqueror; his palace sepulcher:
y, 1ounSs the falling tears of world
Nessed be God, in the light of this Easter
forming see the prophecy that his scepter
hall be broken and his palace shall be de-
The hour is coming when all who
re In their graves shall come forth, Christ
sen, we shall rise. Jesus ''the first fruits
them that slept" Now, around this doc
rlne OF the resurrection there are great
lany mysteries.
You come to me this morning AMI saw
1T the bodies Of the dead are to be raised
oW is this and how is that's" AMI YOU ask
le thousanl questions am incompetent
answer, 0uG tnere are great many
llngs you believe that you are not able 70
NPioin' L GU would be q very foolish man
say, Il won't believe anything | can't
:, l nndm my strength in this passage. "Au
no are IN their graves shall come forth,D
10 noU pretend to make the explanation.
on can go on and say: Suppose a re-
ineu missionary dies in Brooklyn. When J
, 10 %eo ~ CnlnS, MS loot was amputated
iived years after in England. and there
mad an arm amputated. He is buried
DAY IN Greenwood. In the resurrection
II the foot come from China, will the arm ]
ne from England. aud will the different
rus OF the body be reconstructed in the
urrectionS How is that possibleT g
on say that the human body changes
Fry seven years, and by seventy years of I
man has had ten bodies. In the
direction which will come upS" You say. I
man will die and his body crumble into s
u ana that dust be taken up into the life I
the vegetable. An animal may eat the j
etaole; men eat the animal. In the
direction that body, distributed in so Q
ny directions, how shall it be gathered L
Have you any more questions Of this
e to ask? Come O. and ask them. do p
pretend to answer them. fall back a
n the announcement of Co.'s word. "All Z
are in their graves shall come forth" j.
on have noticed, l suppose, in reading J
story OF the resurrection that almost
~ account of the Bible gives the idea that
of that day will be great
nd: do not know that it will be very
Exrk Il