The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-04-29

For forty centuries he had peen 'lnAAiA-
dsred in his work He had taken down
kings and queens and conquerors' anu
those without fame. In that colo 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 skele-
ton of Abel had been added the skeleton
of all the ages, and no one had disputed
his right until one good Friday, aooul
eighteen hundred and sixty-seVeh
years ago, as near as I can calculate II,
a mighty stranger came to the door OIL
that awful place, rolled back the door,
and went in, and Selling the tyrahl
threw him to the pavement anu puI
upon the tyrant's neck the heel OF trl-
umph
Then the mighty stranger, exploring
all the CHASTITY furniture Of the place.
and walking through the labyrlntns'
and opening the dark cellars OF mys-
terry, and tarrying under a root the
ribs Of which were made OF human
bones-tarrying for two nights and a,
day, the nights very dark and the DAY
very dismal he seized the two chief pill
lars of that awful palace and rocked
them until it began to fall, and then
laying hold of the ponderous front gate
ihoisted it from it's hinges, and marched
forth crying, IT am the Resurrection:
That event we celebrate this Easter
morn, Handelian an6 Beethoven mira
,,cles Of sound added to this floral deco
ration which has set the place abloom.
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 rifled sarcophagus
of Christ, and turns around, hoping she
can find the track of the sacrilegious
rresurrectionist who has despoiled the
grave, and she finds some one in work.
ing apparel come forth as if to water
the flowers, or 'uproot the weeds from
the garden, or to set reclimbing the
fallen vine-some one in working ap-
parel, his garments perhaps having the
sign Of the dust and dirt of the occupa-
ton.
Mary Magdalen, on her face the rain
of fresh shower Of weeping, turns to
this workman, and charges him with
the Dissertation 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, f1aring 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" VIVA
does that mean? It means that w
have an everyday Christ for every -da,
work in everyday apparel. Not OF
Sabbath morning in our most seeml,
apparel are we more attractive t,
Christ than we are in our every-da,
work dress, managing oursk merchan
disc, shifting our anvil, ploughing GU
field, tending the flying shuttles, mend
ing the garments for our households
providing food for our families, or toll
ing with weary pen, or weary pencil
or weary chisel. A working-day Chris
In working-day appare! for us in GU
every day toll. Put it into the highes
strain of this Easter anthem, "Suppos
ing him to be the gardener"
If. Christ had appeared at daybrea
with a crown upon his head, that woul
have seemed to suggest especial sym
pathy for monarchs; if Christ had ar
peared in chain of gold and with ROT
bediamonded, that would have SCENE
to be especial sympathy for the a
fluent; if Christ had appeared with so
-dier's sash and sword dangling at h
side, that would have seemed to imp]
especial sympathy for warriors; b,
when find Christ in gardeners habi
then I spell it out that he has heart
and pathetic understanding with ever,
day work, and everyday anxiety, ar
everyday fatigue.
Roll it down in comfort all throus
these aisles. A working-day Christ
working-day apparel. Tell it in ii
darkest corridor of the mountain to Il
poor miner Tell it to the factory ma
in most unventilated establishment
Lowell or Lancaster Tell it to II
clearer of toughest new ground in t!
western wilderness. Tell it to the SCI
ing woman, a stitch in the side
every stitch in the garment, some
their cruel employers having no rig
ito think that they will get, through t
door of heaven any more than tn
could through the eye Of a brok
needle which has just dropped on
bare floor from the pricked and blee
ing fingers OF the consumptive seWiI
girl, Away with your talk about
postatic union, and soteriology of
Council OF Trent, and the metaphys
of religion which would freeze prac
aecal Christianity out Of the world; /
pass along the gardeners coat to
snasions that they may touch the h