The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-04-23

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w. for human skulls.
For forty centuries he had been unlih-
dered in his work He had taken down
kings and queens and conquerors' anu
those without fame. In that cold pal
ace there were shelves OF Skulls, anu
pillars of skulls. and affairs OF Skulls
and even the chalices at the table were
made of bleached skulls. To the she'o-
ton of Abel had been added the sKeietoh
of all the ages. and no one had disputed
his right until one good Friday ABOUT
eighteen hundred and sixty-SeVeh
years ago, as near as | can calculate II,
a mighty stranger came to the ooo' Vi
that awful place, rolled back the uoo''
and went in, and Selling the tyraht
threw him to the pavement ana put
upon the tyrant's neck the heel OF TIL
umph.
Then the mighty stranger, exploring
all the CHASTITY furniture OF the place
and walking through the laoyrinths'
and opening the dark cellars OF mys-
terry, and tarrying under roof the
ribs of which were made OF human
housekeeping for two nights ana
day, the nights very dark and the uay
very dismal. he seized the two chlet Pill
lars of that awful palace and rockeu
them until it began to fall, anu theA
laying hold of the ponderous front gate
hoisted it from its hinges, and marcheu
forth crying. Il am the Resurrection
That event We celebrate this Easter
morn. Handelian and Beethoven mira
Giles of sound added to this floral deco
ration which has set the place aDioom.
There are three or four things which
the world and the church have not no
ticed in regard to the resurrection OF
Christ. First, our Lord in the garden
er's attire. Mary Magdalen, grief
struck, stands by the rihed sarcophagus
of Christ, and turns around, hoping she
can find the track of the sacrilegious
resurrectionist who has despoiled the
grave, and she finds some one In work
ing apparel come forth as II to water
the flowers, or uproOt the weeds from
the garden, or to set reclimbing the
fallen vine-some one in working APP
parel, his garments perhaps having the
sign Of the dust and dirt of the occupa-
ton.
Mary Magdalen, on her face the rain
~ froch cshnuar Of xuonnipu fnInC IN
this workman, and charges him with
the desecration Of the tomb, when 10!
the stranger responds, flinging his
whole soul into one word which trem-
bles with all the sweetest rhythm OF
earth and heaven. saying, Mary" In
that popularity of accumulation all the
incognito fell off, and she found that
instead Of talking with an humble gar
dener Of Asia Minor, she was talking
with Him who owns all the hanging
gardens Of heaven. Consultations the
clusters of forget-me-nots, the sun
flower the chief of all, the morning sky
and the midnight aurora, flaring ter
races of beauty, blazing like a summer
wall with coronation roses and giants
of battle. Blessed and glorious mis-
take of Mary Magdalen. ''She suppos-
ing him TO be the gardener" What
does that mean? 1t means that we
have an everyday Christ for every day
work in everyday apparel. Not on
Sabbath morning in our most seemly
apparel are we more attractive to
Christ than we are in our everyday
work dress, managing our merchan-
disc, shifting our anvil, ploughing our
field tending the flying shuttles, mend
ing the garments for our household
food for our families, or toll
ing with weary pen, or weary pencil,
or weary chisel. A working-day Christ
in working-day apparel for us in our
everyday toll Put it into the highest
strain of this Easter anthem, "Suppos-
ing him to be the gardener
If Christ had appeared at daybreak
with crown upon his head, that would
have seemed to suggest especial SYM
pathy for monarchs; if Christ had ap-
peared in chain of gold and with robe
bediamOndeu, tnaL WOulu nave seemed |
to be especial sympathy for the af-
fluent; If Christ had appeared with SOL |
dier's sash and sword dangling at his |
side. that would nave seemed to imply |
especial sympathy for warriors; but
when | end Christ in gardeners habit. |
then | spell it out that he has hearty |
and pathetic understanding with every
day work, and everyday anxiety. and |
every day fatigue.
Roll it down in comfort all through
these aisles. A working-day Christ in
worklng-day apparel Tell it in the
darkest corridor of the mountain to the
poor miner. Tell 1t to the factory maid
IN most unventilated establishment at
Lowell or Lancaster, Tell it to the
,learer of toughest new ground in the
western wilderness. Tell it to the sew
ng woman, stitch in the side for
svery stitch in the garment. some OF
heir cruel employers having no right
o think that they will get through the
loor of heaven any more than they
,ould through the eye OF broken
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