The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-04

Rev. T. De Witt Talmage finds food fo-
Easter thoughts tn the texts Luke.
XKiyl: Bringing the spices which they
had prepared and / Cor. Ny.25: The
trumpet shah sound"
Enchanting work have before me
this Easter for. initiating these women
OF the text, who brought arOmatics 10
The mSusOigum Of Christ, / am going 10
unroli frankinccnse and balm and ottar
OF roses and CdTdamon from the East
Indies. and doors from Arabia and, when
We can iBh4le 10 more Of the perfume.
then We Will take TO sweet sounds and hear
from the music that shall wake the dead.
Having on other casters described the
whole scene. / need only in four or five
sentences say: Christ was lying fiat on
his back. lifeless. amidst sculptured rocks
rocks over him. rocks under him, and a
door OF rocks, all bounded by the flowers
and fountains o: Josephs country seat.
Then a brigh: immortal having descend
I'd from heayen. quick and flashing as a
falling meteor, picks up the door OF rock
and puts II aside as though 1t were a
chair, and sits on H.
Then Christ unwraps Himself of HIS
mertusry apparel ami takes the turban
fTsm His head and folds il up deliberately
and lays VI down in OHe place, and then
puts the shToud in another place, and
comes out and finds that the soldiers who
had been Oh guard are lying ia a dead
sNoon. The illustrioas prisoner of the
tomb Is discharged, and five hundred peo-
pie see Him at once. An especial con-
gress of ecclesiastics called, pay "A bride
10 the resuscitated soldiers 10 say there
was no resurrection, and that while they
were overcome OF slumber the Christians
had played Iesurrectionists and stolen
the corpse. The Marys are at the tomb
with aTomatics. Why did not these wO-
men of the text bring thorns and netties
For these would more thoroughly have
expressed the piercing sorroWs OF them
selves and their Lord. Why did they
not tring some national ensign, such as
that OF the Roman eagle, typical OF con-
quest? No; they bring sromatics. sug-
gestive 10 me OF the fsct that the gospel
Is TO sWeeten and deoacrize the world.
The world has 50 much of putrefaction
and malod0r that Christ is going to roll
over IL waves OF frankincense, and sprin-
A!e 1t ali over with sweet-smellins myrrh.
Lily a. an Embiem.
Thousands Of years before this, Solo
lllOli Ldu Sdlu ludL blIliSl NdS a lily. dHu
Isaiah had declared that under the Cos
pei the desert would bloom like the
rose; but the world was slow to take the
floral hint. And so now the women of
the text bring hands full and arms full
OF redOlence and perhaps unwittingly con-
firm and emphasize the lesson of deOdor-
ization. When Christs Gospel has con-
quered the earth the last offense to the
.If mill no laff h.
pure air Wal have blown through every
home, and churches will be freed from the
curse of i'll ventilation, and the world
Will become two great gardens, the en-
purpled and emblazoned and empara-
Qised hemispheres.
"Sin is a buzzard, holiness is a dove.
Sin is nightshade holiness is a flower.
If ysu are trying TO reform the world,
open the windows OF that tenement house
ana pour through it draught of Gods
pure atmosphere and set a geranium or
hcliotrope on the window sill; cleanse the
air, and you will help cleanse the soul
How dare this world so often insult that
feature OF the human face which God
has made the most prominent feature in
human physiognomy? To prove how He
Himself loves aromatics, ! bring the
1aGI inal llltiC alN
on prairies and in mountain Businesses
tbs fragrance of which no human being
ever breathes, and He must have grown
them there for His own regalement. And
for the compliment the world paid Christ
nv Giving Him a sepulcher In Joseph $
GARDEN He will vet make the whole earth
. Garden Yes. He expressed His delight
tel fragrance in the first book OF the
Rihla when He said; The Lord snelled
a sweet SAVIOR: and He filled the air
90 the ancient tabernacle and temple with
incense. and there are small bottles OF
rarfurne i'm heaven. described in ReVela-
ton as golden Walls full of odors.
nreacb an ambrosIal Gospel which VIII
vst aytirpate from the world all foulness
ana rancidity, and the last noisomeness
and the last mephitic gas. Glad am L
maj though the world had chiefly spikes
for tn. Sayiour's feet and thorns for the
Sayieur's brow. the Magi put franklhcehse
upop His cradle and the Marys brought
frankincense for His grave.
Flowers, Not Thorns.
standing amid this scene OF CHRIST ;
resurrection | am impressed Win the Idct
that floral and sculptural ornamehtaloh
are appropriate for the places OF the DEAD
Nc ell Sldu lldl IA NtA' '-io'N 80
al the Sayiour's inhumation he lay amid
flowers and sculpture. There is no place
SO avpropriate for flowers as the casket
OF the departed II your means allow II,
LEI there be flowers on the casket, flowers
on the hearse. flowers on the grave. Put
them on the brow; il means corona ton.
Put them in the hand; IL means victory.
Twist them into the shape OF a harp;
il means music celestial Form them into
an anchor: il means safe in harbor. Chris;
was buried in parterre. Flowers are
types OF resurrection. Death Is sad
enough ANYHOW. Let conservatory and
arboretum 10 all they can in the way
OF alienation Your little girl loved ftow-
ers while she was olive; put them in her
hands, now that she cannot 90 forth and
pluck flowers for herself. On sun-shiny
DAYS twist a garland for her still heart
Washington has nothing more beautiful
than her cemeteries; nor Philadelphia
than her Laurel H!l. nor Brooklyn than
her Greenwood. nor Boston than her
Mount Auburn: nor Cincinnati than her
Spring Grove; nor san Francisco than her
Lone Mountain. VIVA, shall ] say OF
those country grave yards where the
vines have fallen. and the slab is aslant
and the mound il cayed in. and the grass
is the pasture ground for the sections
cattle Are your father and mother OF so
little account YOU have 10 more respect
Than that for their bones?
Some day gather together and
sjrsighten up the fence, and III, the slab,
ana bank up the mound. and pull out the
weeds. and plant the shrubs. After
awhile you yourself will want 10 lie down
10 The last slumber. IL you have no re-
gard for the bones of your ancestors.
your children will have no Difference for
yours. DO you say ese relics are of no
Importance? You VIII see Of how much
importance they are when the archaneel
takes out his trumpet Turn all your
grave yards into gardens
The Earthquake Key.
Notice, also, that Chrict's mausoleum
was opened by conclusion. II was a great
earthquake that put its twisted key into
the involved and labyrinthine lock CT that
tomb. Corcgss!on, That IL she power
that opens ali the tonbs that are opened
a. al, Tomb Of soul and tomb OF nations
Conclusion between England and the
thirteen colonies and sgrfh Games fras