The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-04-06
TALMAGES EASTER SERMON
WHEN DEAD AWAKE.
The Bodies Will Arise with All Imper.
fections Washed Away.

iExr: 'NoW ~ Chri0 risen from the dead
and become the FIRST fruits Of them hcf
sfepf"--f Corinthians xv.. ~.
On this glorious Easter morning. amid the
music eut the flowers I give you n Chris
tian salutatiou. This morning Russian
meeting Russian on the sire is OF IT. Peters.
bnrz halls him with the salutation. Christ
~ risenl' and Is answers by his friend In
salutation. HE is risen indesdl Ia sons
parts OF England and Ireland, g this very
day, there Is the su lerstition that on l. ,ster
morning the sun dances In the heavens. AMI
well may we forgive such superstition
which illustrates the fact that the n tturat
ual
Hail, Easter morninyi Flowers, Flow
ers! All OF them a-voice, all os them
a-tongue. all Of them full OF speech to-day.
ben over one OF the lilies and hear II say:
Consider the lilies of the field. how they
grow; they toll not. neither do they spin.
yet Solomon In all mis- glory was not arrayed
lise one ot these" I bend over n rose aud
II seems 10 whisper: IL am the rose OF Sna-
ron" Aud then stand aud listen. From
all sides there coues the chorus OF flowers
saying: III God ~ ciothei the grass OF the
field. which to-day is and tomorrow is cast
into the oven. shall He not much more
clothe you. q ye OF little faithf"
Flowers F.owersi Brsii them into tho
brides hair. Flowers, F.owers Strew
them over the graves OF the dead. sweet
prophecy OF the resurrection. Flowers!
Flowers! Twist them into n garland for my
Lord Jesus on Ester morning. "Glory be
To the Father and Co ths Son, aud O. the
Holy Ghost; as 1t was IN the beginning Is
now and ever shall be-"
oh. ROW bright AMI how beautiful the
flowers. and how much they make me think
of CHRIST and His religion that brightens our
character, brightens society, br ghtens the
church, brightens everything! You VIII, 90
~.
are better than am because ot your luxu.
briousness, you cannot cheat me. Pretty
case you are for "A man that PROCESSES TO be
more than conqueror. II is not religion
that makes you gloomy, IL is the lack OF it,
There Is Just as much religion in wedding
as IN bur,al, 1ust as much religion in Il
smile rs IN a tear.
These gloomy Christians W. sometimes
see are the people 20 whom | like 10 lend
money, for never see them again. The
women came to the Sayior's tomb, and they
dropped spices all around the tomb. and
those spices were the seed that began to
grow, and from tnem came all the flowers OF
this Easter moro. The two an gels robei in
white took hold Ut the stone at the Saviors
tomb, and th,y hurled it with such fore,
down the hill that IL crushed IN tho door OF
the worries sepulchre. and tue stark aad the
dead must come forth.
care not how labyriuthine tho mauSo-
'eum or how costly the sircophagus or how
ever beautifully parterred the family
grounds, we want them all broken up by the
Lord OF the resurrection. They must come
out Father aud mother they must come
out. Husband AMI wife-they must come
out. Brother and sister-they must c)me
out Our darling children they must come
out The eyes that we close with such
trembling fingers must opsn again in the
radiance OF that mora. Tue arms we folde
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
Tor the resurrection, waiting, And for
these broken hearts today | make a soft.
cool bandage out %; Easter flowers.
My frienns, IND in the risen Christ a
prophecy OF our own resurrection. my text
setting forth the ideatha a. Christ mas arisen
so His people will rise. He-the first sheaf of
the resurrection harvest. H.--''the tirst
| fruits OF them that slept" Before | get
] through this morning 1 will walk thYcu III
/ all the cemeteries OF the dead, tbrou .h all
the country graveyards, where your beloved
tnes are buried, AMI | will pucx of these
flowers. and will drop a sweet promise of
the gospel a rose OF hope. u lily of 10y on
every tomb--the child's tomb. the husosnd' :
tomp. the wite's tomb. the fathers grave.
the mother grave, aud while we celebrate
the resurrection ot Christ We will at the
same tune celebrate the resurrection OF all
ihs GOOD. 'Christ the first fruits o. them
tlat slept"
IL should come to YOU this morning and
ask YOU Tor the names ot the greit cDnuuer-
or OF the wort. you would say Alex an Ter,
C0'ar. Philip, Napoleon |. An, my friends,
you have Tor gotten 20 mention the name OF
greater conqueror than all OF these
crue', ghastiy conqutror He who rode Oh
BLACK horse acrO,, Waterloo AID Atlanta
and Chaions. the bloody hoofs crushing the
hearts OF nations. It, the conquaror Death.
Again aud agau has he done tnis worS
witn all generations. tie Is "A monarch a.
well as "A conqueror, his palace sspulcher
his fountains the falling tears OF "A world.
! Blessed be Col. IN the light OF this Easter
morning see the prophecy that his scepte'
shall be broken AMI his palace shall be de
molshed. The hour Is coming when ali wno
are IN their graves shall coma forth, Christ
risen, we shall rise. Jesus ''the first fruits
ot them that slept NoS, around this doc.
trine or the resurrection tlere are IA great
many mystsre,.
You come 10 me this morning au say,
1T the bodies OF the dead are 10 be raised
how Is this and how IN thitT AMI you AS.
inca thousani questions 1 am incompeten
10 answer. put there are a great man,
things you believe that you are not able 4
explain. You would bs a very foolish ma
10 say, won't believe anything 1 eau
md my strength Ia this passage. "A
o'o III tpelT graves snail come forth.
J 90 not pretend TO make the explanation
You caD go on and say: Suppose re
turned missionary dies IN BROOKLYN Whe
he was In China. his foot was ampntated
HE lived years after In England and ther
he had an arm amputatsd. II, is burie,
today IN Greenwooi In the resurrectio
VIII toe foot come from China, will the ara
come from England. aud will the diifs
pHrts of ths body bs reconstructed in III
resurrection How is that possible
You say that the human boiy change
every seven year., and by seventy years q
SBs man has had ten bodies In Tn
resurrection which will cone 40" You ~
"A man will dis and his body cru mole int,
aust aud that dust be taken up into ths M
ot this vegetable. An animal may eat tn
vegetable; men eat the animal. Ia th
rsanrrection that body. distribut tsd in "
many directions, how shalt II t,o gathered
npr Hays yop any more questions Of thi
style 70 Hskf Come on aud ask them a.
not prstsnd Ia answer them. | fail bsc.
upon tho announcement Of Gof 10 word "Al
VINO are IN thsIr graves shall jms forth"
You have notieet. ! suppose, Ia readinI
ths story of ~" resurrection that aiuOa
DsefY af IN. lliI.ia y.. AZ. a, a