Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-04-24

Ecv. DR.. TalmnEo Says the Fact OF hHia
Resurrection Scene Should Be Told In
Factory and Mine and Homo For the
Glorious Consolation 1t Affords.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-This sermon
of DR.. Talmagc Will set its readers to
thinking Oh new lines, and will make
this season of castor moro inspiring
than ever. Tho text is, John xx, 10,
"Shc, supposing him to DO the garden
En-"
Here are Mary Magdalcno and Christ,
inst after his resurrection. For 1000
years grim and CHASTITY tyrant had
been killing people and dragging them
into his cold palace He had passion
for human skulls. For 40 centuries he
had been unhindcred i'll his work. He
had taken down kings and queens and
conouerors and those without fame. In
that cold palace there wero shelves OF
skulls and pillars of skulls and altnrs OF
skulls and even the chalices at tho table
were mado of bleached skulls. TO the
skeleton of Abel no had added the skole-
ton of all the ages, and no one had dis
putcd his right until one Good Friday,
about 1867 years ago, as near as can
calculate it, Il mighty stranger camo to
tho door of that awful palace, rolled
back the door, and went in, and seizing
the tyrant threw him to the pavement
and put upon the tyrant's neck tho heel
Of triumph.
The Easter Morning.
Then the mighty stranger, exploring
ell the CHASTITY furniture of tho place
and walking through the labyrinths and
opening the dark cellars of mystery and
tawying under Il Roof the ribs Of which
were made Of human bones-tarrying
for two nights aid Il day, the nights
very dark and tcday vciy disnial, hc
seized tie twoch;ef pil..;..scf tiia' awful
Palace ard rcckcdi .pl.: r:5:ili5l saM to
fail, and thcn layiu:: bed Of tie BON
Gerous front -. IL: al il ilcm iis
hinges ana pain lef;:i, crying, !
nm the rc;,,.;icc, H.; eve:.t We
celebrate this l7a.;sr ieesa, t.amde i'm
and Bccthovoar :a:scisstf seti "dcod
10 this Goii;l GeoGat.o.. whiel has st
the place ;ih!oon.
There are three or four things which
the world ard the clulch have Ect TO-
ticed III regard TO thc resnrcct!cn OF
Christ. First, orr Lord in gardener S at
tire. Mary Magdalenc, grief struck,
stands by the rined sarcophagus of
Christ and turns around, hoping she can
ind the track Of the sacrilcgious resur-
rectionist who has despoilcd the grave,
and she finds some one III working ap-
parel como forth us if to water the flow
ers or uproot the weeds from tho garden
or set to rcclimbing the fallen vine
some one in working apparel, his gar
ments perhaps having the sign OF the
dust and the dirt Of the occupation.
Mary Magdalene, on her face the rain
Of Il fresh shower Of weeping, turns to
this workman and charges him with the
desecration of the tomb when, 10! the
stranger responds, flinging his whole
soul into one word which tremblcs with
all the sweetest rhythm of earth and
heaven, saying, Mary" In that Pc
culiarity of accentuation all the incog-
nito fell off, and she found that instead
OF talking with an humble gardener OF
Asia Minor, she was talking with him
who OWES all the hanging gardens OF
heaven. Consultations the clusters OF
forgetmenots, the sunfower the chief OF
all, the morning sky and midnight au-
rora, fiaring terraces of beauty, blazing
like Il summer wall with coronation
roses and giants Of battle. Blessed and
glorious mistake of Mary Magdalene!
"She, supposing him to be the garden
err" What does that mean? 1t means
that we have an everyday Christ for ev-
eryday work in everyday apparel. Not
on Sabbath morning in our most seemly
apparel are we more attractive to Christ
than we are III our everyday work
dress, managing our merchandise, smit-
ing our anvil, blowing our field, tend
ing the flying shuttles, mending the
garments for our household providing
food for our families OF toiling with
weary pen or weary pencil or weary
chiscl. A working day Christ in work
ing day apparel for us in our everyday
toll. Put it into the highest strain OF
this Easter anthem, Surprising him to
be the gardener. -