The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1895-04-18
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
SUNDAYS SERMON IN THE NEW
YORK ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Subject: "Easter Jubilee"

About 1861 Easter mornings have wakoned
the earth. In France for three ce.turies the
almanacs made the year begin at Easter un-
glCharles tx made the year begin at Jan. 1.
IN the Tower OF London there is royal pay
,oll OF Edward /. on which there is an entry
n eighteen pence for 400 colored and pic
iured Easter eggs, with which the people
.porseI In Russia slaves were fed and aims
Teredistributed on Easter.
| Ecclesiastical councils met at pontus, at
Osul. at Rome. at Achaia. TO decide the par
Hcular dny. and after controversy more
animated than gracious decided Il, and now
| through all Christendom in some way the
| erst sunday after the full moon which hap
Secs upon or next after March II is filled
9TH Easter rejoicing, The royal court OF
| me Sabbaths Is made up OF nfty-two. Fifty
one are princes in the royal household, but
Easter Is queen. She wears n richer diadem
| sal -ways a more jeweled scepter. and in
| her smile nations are irradiated. We wei
come this queenly day, holding high up in
her right hand the wrcnched of bolt Of
| christ's scpulcher and holding high up i'm
. her eit hand the key 10 all the cemeteries in
Chrscndom
M text is an ejaculation. II is spun out
| Of hallo.uiahs. Paul wrote right on in his
! argument about the resurrection and oh
| .aryed all the laws OF logic. but when ne
zane TO write the words Of the text his
| fingers and his pen and the parchment on
which he wrote took fire, and he cried out.
oDeath is swallowed up In victory Il IL n
dreadful sight TO see an army routed and
aying. They scatter everything valuable on
the track. Unwhoecd artillery. Hoof or
ho-.a on breast of wounded and diving
mGn You have read Of the French falling
back from Sedan. or Napoleons track OF
90 600 cOrpses in the snowbanks Of Russia or
Of the five kings tumblng over the rocks of
Bethoran with their armies. while the hail
storms of heaven and the swords Of Joshua's
hosts struck them with their fury.
But In my text Is n worse discontinue. II
seems that n black giant proposed to con-
quer the earth. He gathered for his host all
the aches and pains and maladies and dis
tempers and epdemics ot the ages. lie
marched them down, drilling them in the
northeast wind, amid the slush Of tempests
He threw up barricades Of grave mound. He
pitched tent Of charnel house. Some Of the
troops marched with slow tread. commanded
ty consumptions some in double quick,
commanded by pneumonias. Some he took
by long besiegement of evil habit and some
by one stroke Of the battleax OF casualty.
With bony hand he pounded at the doors Of
hospitals and sickrooms and won all the VIC
tories In all the great battlenelds Of all the
five continents. Forward. march! the con-
QuerOr OF conquercrs. and all the generals
aad commandors-in-chief. and all presidents
anil kings and sultans and czars drop under
the feet Of his war charger.
But one Christmas night his antagonist was
horn. As most ofthe plaques and sicknesses
and despotsms came out Of the east il was
appropriate 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 lands and marshal them
against the black giant. Fields have already
been won but the last day will see the de-
c!slye battle. When Christ shall lead forth
HI two brigades, the brigade OF the risen
dead and the brigade of the celestial host. the
black giant will fall back. and the brigade
rom the riven sepulchers will take him from
beneath, and the brigade of descending i'm
mortals will take him from above, and
death shall be swallowed up in victory"
The old braggart that threatened the con-
uest and demolition OF the planet has lost
rs throne, has lost his scepter, has lost his
alace, has lost his prestige, and the one
word written over all the gates OF mausoleum
nd eatacomb and metropolis, ON cenotaph
pal sarcophagus, on the lonely cairn OF the
Arctic explorer and on the catafalaue of
great cathedral, written in capitals of azalea
md ealla lily, written in musical cadence.
sntten In doxology OF great assemblage-
Iutten on the sculptured door of the family
faut IS Victory" Ccronal word emban-
cred word, apotalyptic word, chief word ot
numphal arch under which conquerors re-
urn. victory! Word shouted at Culloden
ad BMlklava and Blcnhem; AZ
';illo and Solferino; at Marathon. whcrt
hhenians drove back the Medes; ut
olcuers. where Charles Martcl broke the
ilEs oI tho Saracens; ut Salamis where
lem'stocles in the great sea fight cOnfound-
the Persians, and nj the door OF the east
~ cavern OF chiselel rock, where Christ
ame out through u recess and throttled the
hs ol terrors and put him back In the
enc from which the celestial conuueror
4l Just emerged. Aha. when the Jaws of
eastern mausoleum took down the black
iA' death was swallowed up in victory"
proclaim the abolition of DEATH The old
IlaSonist Is driven back into mythology
th all the lore about Stygan ferry and
laroh with oar and boat. We shall have
more TO do with death than we have with
ecoakroom nj governors or presidents
'ee' We stop at such cloakroom and leave
eharge OF the servant our overcoat, our
srsh9es' our outward apparel that we may
ue impeded in the brilliant round OF the
aWing room. Well. my friends, when we
out OF this world we are going 10 kings
a,luet, and TO reception of monarchs. and
the door OF the tomb, we leave the cloak
Lcsh ana the wrappings with which we
" Ihe storms OF the world. At the close
our earthly reception, under the brush and
yH OF the porter, the coat or hat may be
aled to us better than when we resigned
anu the cloak OF humanity will finally be
uIhed 10 lls improved and frightened and
l1llei aud gloriled. You and do not
~ Oit boiles returned to us rs they are
W. We want to get rid of all their weak
SIS ana all their susceptibilities 10 ia
W. md all their slowness of locomotlon.
~ Will be put through chemistry of soil
hsG' aud cold and changing seasons out
.ulch God will reconstruct them as much
rt 'hi.l they are now rs the body ofthe
,s' and hcalthiest child that bounds over
l"n is better than the sickest patient In
hospital.
w ~ to our soul, We will cross right over.
Nuiuns for ohsequies, independent OF
1AIy' INTO n state in every way better,
WIDER room and yelocities beyond com-
"l!l; the dullest of Us into companions
WIN the very best spirits in their very
moods, IN the very best room OF the uni
q the lour walls furnished and paneled
pictured and gloriiied with all the splen-
, ul9t the Infinite God in all ages has been
invent. Victory
4n view OF course makes II of but little
uAnee whether VIZ are cremated or
n'lied. II the latter Is dust to dust, the
.I y ashes TO ashes. II any prefer in
'"aoh let them have IL without carlca-
me world may become so crowded
'lcinutiOn NAV lie universally n1outed