Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-01

incense The women carried spices To the
tomb 81 Christ, and they dropped spices
all aroui'l about the tomb, and from these
spices have grown all the flowers of Faster
morn The two white rOhcd angels that
hurled tho stone away from the door of
the tomb hurled II with such violence
down the hill that IL crushed In the door
Of the worlds scpulchcr. and millions Of
dead shall come forth
However lahyrinthine the mausolcum,
however costly the sarcnphagus. however
enthusiastically grand the metropolis how
ever beautifully partcrtrd the family
grounds. we want them all broken up by
the Lord OF the resurrection The forms
that we laid away with our broken hearts
must rise again Father and mother, they
must come out. Husband and wife, they
must come out Brothers and sisters,
they must come out Our darling chill.
drcn, they must come ont. The ewes that
with trembling fingers we closed must
open In the lustcr Of resurrection morn
The arms that we folded In death must
join ours In embrace of reunion The he
loved voice that was hushed must be- ~.
tuned. The beloved form must come ur
without its inilrmities. without its IA.
tigucs. IL must come mp. Oh. how long
Il seems for some Of youl Waiting. wait
ing for the n'survetionl How long. how
long ! make for your broken hearts To.
day cool, soft handage of lilies. com
fort You this day with the thought OF
instruction
When Lord Nelson was buried in ST.
Paul's cathedral in London. the heart OF
all England was stirred The procession
passed on amid the sobbing of u nation
sas ~.
door of the cathedral with Instruments Of
music In hand waiting for the signal. and.
when the illustrious dead arrived at the
gates OF 81 Paul's cathedral. these 30
trumpctcrs gave one united blast, and then
all was silent Yet the trumpcts did not
wake the dcad He slept right on. But
/ have to tell you, what 30 trumpeters
could not do for one man. one trumpctcr
will do for all nations. The ages have
rolled on, and the clock Of the worlds dcs.
tiny strikes .. 10. IL, II, and time shall be
no longer
Typical of the Resurrection.
Behold the archangcl lowering. He
takes the trumpet. points it this way,
puts its lips 10 his lips and then blows one
long, loud, terrific. thundcrous, rcvcrbcr-
ating and rcsurrcctionary blast Look,
look They riScl The dcad-the dead
some coming forth from the family vault,
some from the city cemetery, some from
the country graveyard. Here spirit is
joined ~ its body. and there another spirit
Is Joined To another body. and millions of
departed spirits are asserting the bodies,
and then reclothing themselves in forms
radiant for ascension.
The earth begins to burn-thc bonfire
of a great victory. All ready now for the
procession OF reconstructed humanity
Upward and away, Christ leads. and all
the Christian dead follow. battalion after
battalion, nation after nation. Up. upl
On, on, Forward, yc ranks of God Al.
mighty! Lift up Your heads. yc cvcrlast-
ing gates and let the conquerors come in!
Resurrection, Resurrection,
And so I twist all the fcstal flowers of
the chapcls and cathcdrals Of all Christcn-
dom into one great chain. and with that
chain | bind the Faster morning of 1899
with the closing Faster of the worlds his
Representation, May the God Of peace
that brought again from the dead our
Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the
sheep. through the blood Of the covenant,
make you perfect in every good work &c
do his will