Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1893-04-14
REV. DR.. TALMAGE.
TIE BROOKLYN DIyINE'S Sun.
DAY SERMON.
SUBJECT: THE SLEEPERs AwAK-
EEED.n

ENi6 lNOW u NhIFN risen rom me ueu1
aud become tie first fruits of then, that
s'ept"-l Corinthians Xv., 20.
On this glorious Easter morning, amid the
music anl the flowers, | givs you Chris
tlan saIutatlon. This morning Russian
meeting Russian on the sire is OF st. Peters
bnrS halls him with the salutation, "Christ
Is rlsenv AMI IS answere by his friend in
salutatlon, HE is risen indeedP In sons
parts OF England AMI Ireland, 70 this very
day, there Is the superstition That on Elster
morning the sun dances in the heavens, and
well may We forgive suca "A superstition
which illustrates the fact that the natural
world seems TO sympathizs with the spirit
ua
Hail, Easter morninyl Flowers! Flow
ers! All OF them a-voice all of them
a-tongue. all OF them full of speech to-day.
| ben over one Of the lilies and hear it say:
Consider the lilies Of the field, how they
grow; they toll not. neither do they spin
yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
lie one OF these.' bend over a rose. and
II seems 20 whIspe,- am the rose Of Sha-
ron Aud then stand aud listen. From
all siies there comes the chorus of flowers
saying: "lt God SO clotheI the grass Of the
Held. which to-day is and tomorrow is cast
INTO the oven, shall He not much more
clothe you. . We OF little faithT'
Flowers Flowers Brazil them into the
brides hair. FIowersI F,owersi Strew
them over the grave, of the dead syeet
prophecy OF the resurrection. Flowersi
FlowvrsI Twist them INTO "A garland for nv
Lord Jesus on Easter morning. "Glory be
to the Father, and to the Son. and To the
holy uhost; as 1t was III the beginning, is
now anu ever shall be-"
Oh low bright AMI how beautiful the
flowers, and how much they make me think
y: Christian His rehgion.Jhat brightens our
character, brlghtens society, brikhtens the
church, brlgutens everything! You who go
WIN gloomy couutentnce preten ling you
are batter than am becauS4 OF your lugt-
brioushes', you cannot cheat me Pretty
cas- you are for Il man that processes TO la
more than conqneror. 1t Is not religion
Jh"' makes YOU gloomy, IT Is the lack OF it.
Ihere Is just as much religion in welding
rs IN n burial, Just as much religion in a
smile as IN tear.
these gloomy Christians We sometimes
see are the peopIe TO whom | like 10 lend
money, for | never see them again. The
Wo men came TO the Savior tomb, and they
cropped specs all around the tomb, and
those spices were the seed that began T.
grow, and from them came all the flowers OF
this Easter morn. The two angels robai in
white took hold OF the stone NJ the Sayior's
tomh, and " hurled 1t with such forcs
down the bill that it crushel in the door OF
the worlds sepulchre, and the stark and the
dead must come forth.
| care not how labyrinthiue tbe mauso-
leum or how costly the sarcophayus or how.
ever beautifully parterred the family
grounds, we want them all broken IN by the
Lord OF tine resurrection Thav r,irt 80,
out. Father ani mother-they must con
out. Hn>bant AMI wife-they must coma
cut. Brother ana sister-thay must cSnns
out. Our darling children--they must come
cut. The eyes that we close with snch
trembling fingers must Oman apain in tha
radiance OF tnat morn. lle arms wa foldoI
in dust must Join ours in an embrace ~ ro-
union. The voice that was hushei in nnr
dwelling must be returned. On how Ior,
some OF YOU seem to be yaiting-waitinT,
for the resurrection, waitinrl And fn1
thcs, broken hearts to-iav make n sofr.
cool haniase out o. Faster flowers
Nv frienIS | find in the risen Christ n
prophecy o; our own resurrection. INV text
setting forth the ideathat As Christ has arisen
50 His people will rise He-the first sheaf OF
the resurrection harvest He-.tne first
fruits OF them that sept.n Before | oct
through this morning will walk throuyh
all the cemeteries of the dead. throu, N all
the country graveyards, where your beloved
ones are hurici, aui | will pluck or these
flowers. and Will drop a sweet promise OF
the gospel rose Of hope, Hlv OF i3y ON
every tomb-the chlld', tomb, the husbands
tomb, the wife's tomb, the father's rrave
the mothers grave, and while we celebrate
the resurrection of Christ We will at the
same time celebrate the resurrection of all
the GOOD. -, ,'hrist tho lr,t frn;ts nf than,
/ taat slept"
Ii should come To Won this morning
ask you for the names of the preat cnn,uar.
/ ors OF the world, Won would saw AIeyaHier
| Cesar. Phlip Napoleon All nv fr'anIs
| ~ '''N'''ft
a greater conoueror than Mi Of thaseo.
! cruel, "A CHASTITY coruueror. He who roda on
a black horse acrost Waterloo al .tIanta
and Chalons, tae bloody hoofs rrnshinT thu
hearts OF nations. Its The cononsror Dsatb tI'
Again and again has he done this wnrt
with all generations He is ,nonarch 40
) well as a conoueror: his palace n Sannlcber.
I his fountains the falling tears of a world
Blessed be God in the iIoht of tbis Eastar
morning see the pronhncy that his scentor
shall be- broken and his nolaca sbou la "A,
molished The hour is comins, whan ali W.
are in their Graves shnIi ro,,a forth SLr;.
risen. we shall rio, Jesns ',tha firs, fr,,i,S
of them that sent y. Now around tnis do ,c
trine of the re,urrection there ara a orest
many mysteri..
VEu come Ia ma +,,;s ,,o-,i,,, ,1 ,...
~; the bodies of the Had ara IN ha ra;Se5'
how is this and how is tbaty A,j von osc
ma n thousand questions am ;ncomnotap,
70 answer. mt tnara aro a 80. "'s.,'
things Won helievo that ro,, o,.ot D. tuauf
explain. You wonld ba n verv fnoi;sn noJ aoie @ 70
TO say, II won't believe onvtbinm onai, ,,ai
understand "a"
fndmy strength in this nassaos .Au
who are in theft graves shall come forth ),
! do not pretend to make the e1planatioa,
turned mission,rv dies H. prooI,ippp pp''0 W. a
he was in China h;s foot 80 r,,totn1 w ne'
He lived wears after in Enn,ana aha theu,
he had an arm arn,utatad Ha ~ ;s h,,r;aJ NC
TODAY in q Greanwoo{ IN tho raor1rootie,, oo. ieu
will the foot come frnm China will tho ar,r
come from England and will tho 5;fyoran,
parts of the body bs reconstrnctad IN the
resurrection, How is that ,osa,bIeyi ~ 'N'
You saw that t.the human hodv oh o,,o.
every seven wears. ard hv seventy vea,s y,
age a man has had ten hodies Tn tbs