The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-05-01
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Some Unnoticed Facts In Conneo-
ton With the Resurrection.
The Lord In Gardeners Attire-First APP
pearance to Mary Magdaiene-The
Morning shadows-Cbrist's Pa
thetic Credentials.

She. supposing Him TO be the gardener.-John
xx., Is
Here are Mary Magdalene and Christ
Just after Ills 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 unhindered in his work. lie
had taken down kings and queens and
conquerors, and those without fame.
In that cold palace there were shelves
OF skulls. and pillars of skulls, and
affairs of skulls, and even the chalices
at the table were made of bleached
skulls. To the skeleton of Abel he had
added the skeleton of all the ages, and
no one had disputed his right until one
Good Friday, about 1867 years ago as
near as l can calculate it, mighty
Stranger came to the door of that aw-
full palace, rolled back the door, and
went in, and Selling the tyrant threw
him to the pavement and put upon the
Ayrants neck the heel of triumph.
Then the mighty Stranger, exploring
all the CHASTITY furniture of the place,
and walking through the labyrinths,
and opening the dark cellars of mys-
terry, and tarrying under roof the
ribs of which were made of human
bones -tarrying for two nights and
day. the nights very dark and the day
very dismal, He seized the two chief
pillars of that awful palace and rocked
them until it began to fall, and then
laying hold of the ponderous front
gate, hoisted it from its hinges, aud
marched forth crying: II am the resur-
rectionw That event we celebrate this
Easter morn. Handelian an Beetho-
Wan miracles of sound added to this
floral decoration which has set the
place abloom.
There are three or four things which
the world and the church have not
noticed in regard to the resurrection OF
Christ. First, our Lord in gardeners
attire. Mary Magdalene. grief-strick-
en-, stands by the rified 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 an il to water
the flowers, or uproot the weeds from
the garden, or set to reclimbing the
fallen vine-some one In working ap-
parel, His garments perhaps having
the sign of the dust and the dirt of the
occupation.
Mary Magdalene, 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, fling
ing His whole soul into one word, which
trembles with all the sweetest rhythm
of earth and Heaven, saying: Mary"
In that popularity of accentuation all
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 forgt-me-nots, the sun
flower the chief of all, the morning sky
and midnight aurora, fiaring terraces
of beauty, blazing like summer
wall with coronation roses and giants
of battle. Blessed and glorious mis-
take of Mary Magdalene. She, sup
posing Him to be the gardener" What
does that mean? 1t means that we
have an everyday apparel. Not on
Sabbath morning in our most seemly
apparel are we more attractive &c
Christ than we are in our everyday
work dress, managing our merchandise,
shifting our anvil, plowing our field
tending the flying shuttles, mendine
- fnt.
viding food for our families, or toiling
with weary pen, or weary pencil, oil
weary chisel. A working-day Chris
in workhg-day apparel for us in ouI
everyday toll. Put it into the highes
strain of this Easter anthem: Sup
posing Him to be the gardener"
If Christ had appeared at daybreal
with a crown upon His head, tina
would have seemed to suggest especla
sympathy for monarchs; if Christ ha,
appeared in chain of gold and wit
robe diamonded, that would hav
seemed to be especial sympathy for tn
affiuent; if Christ had appeared wit
soldiers sash and sword dangling a
His side, that would have seemed to i'm
ply especial sympathy for warriors
but when / find Christ in gardener
habit, with perhaps the flakes of tn
earth and of the upturned soil upo
His garments, then spell it out tina
He has hearty and pathetic understand
ing with everyday work, and every
day anxiety, and everyday fatigue.
Roll it down in comfort all throug
these aisles. A working-day Christ |
working-day apparel. Tell it in tn
darkest corridor of the mountain
the poor miner. Tell it to the factor
maid in most unventilated establish
ments at Lowell or Lancaster. Tell
to the clearer of toughest new groun
in western wilderness. Tell it to IL
sewing woman, a stitch in the side fl
every stitch in the garment, some
their cruel employers having no rigl
to think that they will get through u
door of Heaven any more than tn,
could through the eye of a broke
needle which has just dropped on u
bare floor from the pricked and bleedir
fingers of the consumptive sewing gin
Away with your talk about hypostat
union, and soteriology of the council
Trent, and the metaphysics of religic
which would freeze practical Chri
tianity out of the world; but pass alor
A. n.