Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1895-05-02
THE EASTER JUBILEE.
THE QUEEN OF THE ROYAL COURT
OF SABBATKS.

Death Swallowed up in the Glory of
the Resurrectton-The Rising. of
the Dead Demonstrated 10y Rcnur-
recteL Failure.
New York. Spccial.-Rev. DIR. Tai
mage preached twice to-day in New
fork-at the Academy of Music and
the West Presbyterian Churcll-on
both occasions to crowded audiences.
One of the sermons was on the sub
icct of ''Easter Jubilee the text be-
ing taken from |. Cor Nv. ~. death
is swallowed up in victory
About eighteen hundred and sixty
nne Easter mornings have awakened
the earth. In France for three centur-
les the almanacs made the year begin
| at Easter. until Charles IN, made the
year begin at January list. In the
Tower of London there is royal
payroll Of Edward L.. on which there
is an entry of IS pence for 400 colored
and pictured Easter eggs. with which
the people sported. In Russia slaves
were fed and aims We're distributed
on Easter.
Ecclesiastical councils met ut Pom
tus. at Gaul. at Rome. at .Achaia to
decide the particular day. and. after
| n controversy more animated than grl-
;'iouS, decided it. and now through all
ChriStendom In some way the first
sunday after the full mt on which hap
pens upon or next after March II is
| filled with easter rejoi, irg. The roy
nj court of the SabbatEs is made up of
fifty-two Fifty-ona ale princes in the
royal households; but Easter is queen.
She wears Il richer diadenl. and swaps
Il more jeweled scepter. and in her
smiles nations are iddadiated. We
welcome this queenly day. holding
high up in her right hand the wrench
rd-off bolt of Christ's scpulchrc. and
holding up in her left hand the key
to all the cemeteries in Clristcnlom.
| My text is an ejaculation. 1t is spun
nut of hallelujahs. Paul wrote right
Oh in his argument about the reSul'-
rcction. and observed all the laws of
logic; but when he came To write the
words of the text his fingers ana his
pen and the parchment ON which lie
wrote took fire. and he cried ont.
| ''Deatl! is swallowed up in viclory."
I II II al iitiluluI Skill ~ sue iili uIiuN
routed and flying. 'rLey scatter every
thin. valuable on the track. Unwheel-
| I'd artillery. IIoof of horse on breast
If wounded and dyin. nan. You have
read of the French falling back from
Sedan. or Napoleon's track of $4,000
i rorpscs in the SNOW banks of Russia,
Or of the five kings t,lmbing over the
| rocks of Bethoran with their armies.
while the llailstormS of heaven and
| the swords of Joshua'S hosts struck
them with their fury. Eut iii my text
is Il worse discontinue. 1t seems that
black giant proposed to conquer the
earth. He gathered for his host all
the aches and pains and maladies
and distempers and epideincS of the
ages. He marched them down. drill
ing them il the northeast wind amid
| the slush Of tcnpcSts. He threw up
barbados of grave mound. He pitch
| I'd tent of clarncl house. Some Of the
troops marched with slow tread. com
manded by conSumptions: some i'll
| louble-quick commanded by lneumon-
las. Some lie took by long besicge-
meIt of evil habit and some by one
stroke of the battle-axe of casualty.
! With bony hand he pounded at the
doors of hospitals and sick rooms. and
/
battlefelds of all the five continents.
Forward. march, the conGueror of
| conguerorS. and all the generals and
commander;in-chief. and all presi-
| dents and kings and sultans and ears
| drop under the feet of his war charg-
| err
| But one Christmas night his antag-
onist was born. AS most of the pla-
CUES and siclinesscs and despotisms
came out of the east, it was appro-
pirate that the new conQueror should
come out of the same quarter. Power
is given him TO awaken all the fallen
of all the centuries and of all the
lands. and marshal them against the
black giant. Fields have already been
won. but the last day we will see the
decisive battle. When Christ shall
lead forth his two brigades. the bril-
gade of the risen dead and the brigade
of the celestial host. the black giant
will fall back. and the brigade from
the riven sepulcherS will take him
from beneath,and the brigade of de-
| scending immcrtalS will take him from
above. and death shall be swallowed
up in victory" The old bragsart that
threatened the conquest and demoli-
tion of the planet has lost his throne,
MS lOSl MS Scepter, mas lOSt MS PAL
ace. has lost his prestige. and the one
word written over all the gates of
mausoleum and catacomb and NEGRO
polls. on cenotaph and sarcaphagus, on
the lonely cairn of the arctic explorer
and on the catafalGue of great cathe-
dral. written in capitals of azalea and
Gala lily. written in usical cadence,
written in doxology of great assem-
blages written on the sculpenred door
of the family vault. is Victory"
Coronal word, embannered word,
apocalyptic word. chief word of tri-
umph arch under which conquerors
return. Victory! Word shouted at Gull
loden and Balaklava and Blenheim,
ut Mesiddo and Solferino, at Mara
thon. where the Athenians drove back
the Modes: at Poictiers. where Charles
Martcl broke the ranks of the Sara
Gems; at Salamis, where Themisto-
cles in the great sea fight COMPOUNDED
tue Persians. and at the door of the
| eastern cavern of chiseled rock, where
Christ came out through a recess and
throttled the King of Terrors, and put