The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-27
AN EASTER SERMON
PREACHED At THE THE TARERNA-
Gle BY DIR. TALNAGE,
Easter in Gre nwoGd,' the Subject of
His Discourse-dachpelah the Fret
Cemetery-ResurrectiOn Day.

floral decorations almost Ind the pulpit
from view, and the great organ gave torth
it's most rapturous strains in honor of the
day. In the forenoon Rev. Dr. Taimage
delivered an eloquent sermon: Easter IN
Greenwood" the text being taken from
Genesis %: IT, IS: 'And the field of Hebron,
which was in Machpelah. which was before
Mamre, the field, and the cave which was
therein, and all the trees that were in the
field that were in all the borders round
about, were made sure unto Abraham"
Here is the first cemetery ever laid out.
Machpelah was it's name. 1t was an arbo-
resent beauty, where the wound of death
was bandaged with foliage. Abraham, a
rich man. not being able to bride the king
of terror, proposes here, as far as pos
sible, to cover up the ravages He had no
doubt previously noticed this region, and
now that Sarah, his wife, had dled-that
remarkable person who at ninety years OF
age had born to her the son Isaac, and who
now. after she had reached 127 years, had
expired-Abraham is negotiating for fami-
ly plot for her last slumber. Ephron owned
this real estate. and after in mock sympa-
thy for Abraham. refusing to take anything
for it, now sticks on Il big price-i00 shekels
of silver. The cemetery lot is paid for, and
the transfer made. in the presence of wit
nesses in a public place, for there were no
deeds and no halls of record in those early
times. Inen III 4 cavern Oh limestone ROCK
Abraham put Sarah, and a few years after
7,i,,,eaif followed and then Isaac and Re-
bekah, and then Jacob and Leah. En-
lowered picturesque and memorable Mach
pelahi That Gods acre" dedicated by
Abraham has been the mother of innumer-
able mortuary observances. The metropolis
of every civilized land has We'd with its
metropolis.
The most beautiful hills of Europe out
Cd
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pendef in the work or lntermeht, mumml-
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Our own country consents 70 be second
TO none in respect to The iileless BODY.
Every city and town and neighborhood of
any IhteltSt nee or H!flue mas NOT many
miles away ITS sacred enclosure WneTe az
forist's spade and artiticer in metals Our
own city mas SHOWN l!s feiiSlon as well as
rs arr ~ t''r iilliltI III Wil'ch II 4oltlS Lhe
memory OF lose VINO nay passed forever
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Sear'atlons IN peace waiting Tor other gen
cf'1onS 10 Jo3h tnem- NO dofmltorY or
greatness SieelerS IN all the world has so
many mighty dcad.
among me preachers or the gospel.
Ir''aiihe @h. h"lnFS leN IT, ana 1!lShop
James ana IEnE. ana A5cei the mission
any ,H, afd b5eThef ana bnfHlnton 2nn Nc
lliit'>h IN" ii'9ilil,' ana ioaIl2S ana thalln,
ana Moan Schehck ana samuel Hanson
Lo\- Among musicians. the renowned
tattSehaik ana the holy Thomas Hastings
among FhIlanthroplStS. Peter Cooper and
l%49" y. Hopper, and Iu"retia Mott and
Isabella Graham, and Henry Bergh. the
apostle of mercy 70 the brute craa tor
among the literati, the CarYS. Alice and
P0oeoe; james /. Pau!ding and John G.
Is3Ef4ohl ana e4ieeI'sy. Among scientists,
pfWsoy M1tGhe!, warrior rs well as aStron-
"lIWtI' :tuH ioNInEi. caIIeG by ms soldiers
l.lu stars 5foIeSSor PROCTOR and the
DFtP''F Srtehdld men. as well know
one ga iHeIh my teachef, the other my
claSSInate
among inventors Elias Howe who
through the sewing machine I'D more to
alleviate tho tolls Of Wonanhood than any