The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-04-05
THE RESURRECTION.
Dr. Talmage breaches Sermon
Appropriate to Easter.
EAe Miscu Christ . Prophecy OF Our
own Rssurrection-whe the Last
Trump Sounds millions VIII
Come Through the
Gates OF Eternity.

mon. The subject was; 1.-THE sleepers
Awakened" the text chosen being from
L Cor, xv., 90: "Now Is Christ risen
( from the dead, and become the first
fruits Of them that slept"
On this glorious Easter morning.
amid the music and the flowers, give
) you Christian salutation. This morn
ing, Russian meeting Russian on the
streets Of ST. Petersburg, halls him
with the salutation, Christ Is risenF
and is answered by his friend In saluta-
tion, ''He is risen indeedp' In some
parts of England and Ireland. to this
very day, there is the superstition tnat
ON Easter morning the sun dancesin the
heavens; and well may we forgive such
superstition which illustrates the TACT
that the natural world seems to sympa-
thize with the spiritual.
HALL Easter morning. Flowersl
Flowers! All Of them a-voice, all OF
them a-tongue, all of them full OF
speech to-day. bend over one OF the
lilies and hear 1t 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 clothed
like one Of these" bend over rose'
and II seems to whisper: II 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 clothe you, U
We of little faithp" Flowers! Flowers!
Braid them into the brides hair. Flow
ersl sFlowersl Strew them over the
graves OF the dead, sweet prophecy OF
the resurrection. Flowers! Flowersl
Twist them into garland for my Lord
Jesus on Easter morning. "Glory be to
the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost; as 1t was in the beginning,
ia now, and ever shall be-"
o, how bright and how beautiful the
flowers, and how much they make me
think of Christ and His religion, that
brightens our life, brightens our char
ity, brightens society, brightens the
church, brightens everythingl You who
20 with gloomy countenance pretend
ing that you are better than am be-
cause Of your righteousness, you can
not cheat me Pretty case you are Tor q
man that processes to be more than a
conqueror. 1t is not religion that makes
you gloomy, it is the lack Of It There
Is Just as much religion in wedding as
there is in burial just as much reii-
Qion In smile as in o tear. Those
gloomy Christians we sometime see are
the people to whom like to lend
money, for neversee them againl Inc
women came TO the Saviour'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 whit'
took hold Of the stone at the Saviour
tomb and they hurled II with such fore'
down the hill that 1t crushed In th'
door of the worlds sepulcher, and thu
Stark and the dead must come forth.
1 care not how labyrinthine tn
mausole um or how costly the sarco
phagus or however beautifully par
tered the family grounds we wan
them all broken up by the Lord OF tn
resurrection. They must come Out
Father and mother-they must com
ont Husband and wife-they mus
come out. Brotherandsister-th mus
come out Our darling children-the
must come out The eyes that "
close with such trembling fingers nut
omen again In the radiance OF this
morn. The arms we folded in dui
must Join ours in an embrace OF r.
union. The voice that was hushed
our dwelling must be returned
how long some of you seem TO be wal
inQ-waiting for the resurrection, wal
inRl And for these broken hearts :
day make soft cool bandage out
Easter flowers
Nv friends End in the risen Chri
prophecy Of our own resurrectio
my text setting forth the idea that
Christ has risen, so His people will ris
He the first sheaf of the resurrectiC
harvest. He 'the first fruits OF the
that slept" Before get through u
morning will walk through all Z
cemeteries Of the dead, through all q
country graveyards, where your Low
ones are buried, and I will pluck I
these flowers, and will drop swe
promise Of the Gospels rose hope
lily Of Joy ON every tomb-the chill
tomb, the husbands tomb, the wifi
tomb, the fathers grave, the mothe
grave; and, while we celebrate the r
direction Of Christ, we will at the sal
a.. oalahratn the resurrection OF