The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-06

beginning On THURSDAY ard ending with
the resurrection Sunday. Taking Thurs
day "a day Of significant events and I'M
gyorsant teaching. he enumerated several
OF the great truths Intoxicated by the Mes
sab. Taking Friday as the day Of suffer-
ing. he brought out in strong relief the
agony Of the divine sufferer. Their. speak
ing OF Christ corquercr. he said:
The Jews knew that He had foretold
His own resurrection Hence the store.
the seal. the guard. The disciples hardly
dared 70 hope thar he would rise again.
Could He who had been the subject Of
death overcome the last enemy?
The women came early Sunday morning
to the sepulcsfer 30 embaim the body OF
their Lord. The stone had been rolled
away; the sepuicher was empty. Peter and
John verified the statement Christ, who
WAS cruciffed dead and buried had become
their living Lord He made Himself known
to the women. 10 the two disciples on their
way 20 Em1laus, and 10 the eleven on that
Sabbath day. A greater rerersson OF feel
Ing can hardly be conceived. Death was
abolished Heaven and earth, angels and
men. met and rejo.ced at the empty tomb
OF Christ
To-Day We celebrate that event Our
songs OF Joy, our signs Of rejoicing. are in
place In His resurrection we have hope
He was declared to be the Son Of God with
. power, By His resurrection from the
dead. The tomb Of solid rock. the seal OF
Rome the guard. could not hold Christ in
the tomb.
Our dead shall rise again. Though old
Rainier were over their ashes they would
arise 10 newness of life. Thy dead men
shall live We shall live again May we
50 prepare that We may abide forever with
Him whose resurrection We celebrate on
this Easter Sunday"
The Tomb of .yesus.
Rev W. II. G. Temple preached a ser
mon appropriate to Easter yesterday
morning His text was: Come see the
place where the Lord ,as." Matt. xxviii:s
HIS opening sentence was: To-day the
Christian church keeps its greatest fes;i-
sA. because today its puipits declare its
most glorious doctrine" He called atten-
ton to the fact that this year we are eel
ebratins II on the anniversary of the orig
NAL day, April ). The festival could not
happen earlier than March p. 1t fell on
that date In 1915, but win not again until
the year 200! The latest day is April Is,
as in 1886, but Easter will not again honor
that date until 1913, Christmas, Good FRI
day and Easter became almost worthless
when the day overshadowed the doctrine
Mr.. Temple here painted word picture
or the tomb In the garden with Jesus lying
In II. THE sweet, sad face looks as
though II would be forever still The sweet
one who thought no journey too long. or
too arduous. for the sake of stricken hu-
mainly. lies there motionless. The bright
est light that ever dazzled the nations has
gone out in the darkness of the grave.
Could YOU uncover his shoulders you
would see where the smiters scourged him,
and where the sharp edges OF the cross
lscerated his flesh, as, struggling toward
Golgotha, he tainted under its heavy
weight. That mangled brow was pierced
by the most poisonous OF Palestlnian
thcrns. That stain upon his cheek? An.
that is where the Infamous Judas kissed
HIM We cover again with the napkin tine
only face In all the world which never for
an instant bore a single trace OF sin. and
passing out We meet the two Marys at the
door OF the scpuicher weeping"
The puzzllng character OF this sorrow.
when contemplated by the mourning DISH
piles. was then spoken OF. and the min
istry Of sorrow generally applied.
Thirty-Six sad hours pass by" said the
speaker. Before. 1t was all darkness.
now Il Is all light Before. all death: now.
AL life. let US uni.e with the disciples IN
their gladness- Let our pulses quicken
and our SONGS abound. Let everything
that hath breath praise the Lord. Awake.
o earth, Put on thy glorious apparel. Let
the trees robe themselves IN living green
l.; the mountains gather In the folds Of
their skirts fragrant buaches OF bloom and
wear their snow-cres3s Ike wreaths OF
bridal roses about their brows. Let car
pet OF verdu.e again cover the valleys,
with its figure OF flower and border OF for
est Let the vine-s3rung branches be
swep; by the melodious fingers of the
wind, and let the wllswood be full Of song
for the time Of the singing OF birds has
come. Let an Easter lily be placed on every
grave. while. throwing mp its whitecaps
on the cliffs. the sea shall rejoice that it
shall one day give up its dead. And let
all the host OF heaven and the redeemed
81 earth swell the notes of alteration unto
Him who liyeth and was dead. and is now
alive forever more Like a glad spring after
a dreary winter. like a golden dawn after n
night OF storm. like a shout OF triumph
after decisive battle. comes the doctrine
OF the resurrection TO sin-cursed, but
Chrisf-redeemed aorld"
Closing. after the enumeration of several
lessons TO he learned from the empty
tomb Mr.. Temple said: Take courage.
man. Lose no time in debate or delay Get
TO work building for heaven. BE quick.
he earnest. BE true. The sun has al
ready begun to slant in some OF your lives
Soon II will be twilight. Then the dark
ness OF death. Oh. how dark It will be
for the soul II Jesus be not near to COM
fort soon the round world will breathe
Cts last and lie down to die. Then viii
burst upon the vision OF the redeemed a
EtNFtDus sunrise. ItEhdpS YOU call thaf
heaven. l shall call it Easter morning..
through Death tn Life.
Death the Gateway 10 Life" was the
timely Easter theme OF Rev. W. A. Major
at the Second Presbyterian church yester-
day morning Selecting as his text Paui's
triumphant cry. 20 death. where IS thy
stlng9 q grave. where Is thy victory2f'
he devoted the first part of his sermon 10
a discussion OF death. and the second to
thu future beyond.
The fact OF DEATH" said Mr Mater
has In I; that which makes men shrink
from themselves Whatever else We read
% men We mus. finally read. and ne died
Death with his sickle keen cuts all the
while. and takes any who may he in his
swath The bud ot promise. the flower
~ hope. the ripCned ffplit the golden
grain. are alike gathered by him Who
can shut him QUIT II we sprinkle the door
posts he may iarry for a season. but he
must come. az he IS sworn 20 do. and az
some ,iaguarded moment he has claimed
his own.
we have begun Ia die when We have be-
cur, go 1--we. Deaths problems must be
considered alongside Of LIES problems
frou the threshold Of life Death stands
with bow drawn % the uttermost and
that arrow is iust on the string tha. siu
speed to some % rs.
THE fact ~ death absorbed Paul q alb
sarl.a3 Christ ns he stood at the grave %
Lazarus. % ahs1rhs the best thought %
she aer Death. decay the vanishing ~ a
lfc What IS e.. II man die shall he
live aRainr
The fear 81 death holds ahou, as sn-'
reriRn; rlacc in our thought as the fart
NJ t Why stand We ~ t~orars every
hrur~ says Paul Tn re is nothing IN
sairi-g in TIE thought % death. GOODNESS
darkness ard decay, Rich ard poor