The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1899-04-07

| baptism VIII not Dc 10 them "a SWIM
ordinance. They have been fatal,
wounded with the knife that cut them
They are bleeding their life away; the,
are dying now. The fragrance in III,
air is their departing and ASCENDING
| spirits. Oh, yes. Flowers are almosI
| human. Botanists tell us that flower,
| breathe, they take nourishmcnt. the,
eat, they drink. They are sensitive
They have their likes and dislikes. The,
sleep, they wake. They live in families
| They have their ancestors and their de
sceudants, their birth, their burial
their cradle. their grave. The zephyr
rocks the one and the storm digs the
trench for the other. The cowslip mus,
leave its gold, the lilly must leave it,
silver, the rose must leave its diamond
necklace of morning dew. Dus, 70
dust. So we come up. so we prosper VI
spread abroad. we die. as the flowcr-
as the flower!
Change and decay I'm all around I see.
- Thou who changest not. abide with me
Flowers also afford mighty symbol.
ism Of Christ. who compared Himself'o
the ancient queen, the lily, and the mod.
Crn queen, the rose, when He said. If
am the rose of sharon. and the lily of
the valley" Redolcnt like the one
humble like the other. Like both. AID.
prOpriatc for the sad who want syu,r8.
thizcrs and for the rejoicing who want
banqueters. lowering over the mar.
riagc ceremony like "a wedding bel %,
folded like chalet on the puls,I,,.
heart of the dead. o Christ, let the PER.
fume OF Thy name he waited all around
the carth-lily and rose, lily and rose
until the wilderness crimson into n cIr.
den and the round earth turn into one
great bud OF immortal beauty laid
against the warm heart of God. Snntrh
down from the worlds banners eagle
and lion and put on lily and rose, nIy
and rose.
But my friends, flowers have no
grander use than when on Ia ster morn.
ing we celebrate the termination ~
Christ from the catacombs. The flowers
spell resurrection. There is not a nook
or corner in all the building but is
touched with the incense. The women
carried spices 20 the tomb OF Christ.
and they dropped spices all around
about the tomb. and from these spires
have grown all the flowers of Easter
morn. The two white-robed angels
that hurled the stone away fromhhe
door OF the tomb hurled il with such
violence down the hill that IL crush, d
in The door Of the worlds sepulchcr. and
million, uf dead shall come forth.
However labyrinthine the mauso.enm.
however costly the sarcophaguS hpv-
ever INTELLECTUALLY grand the necrup-
OIL. however beautifully parterred the
family gourds We want Them / all
broken up 10y the Lord OF The resgrfcl-
ton. The forms that We laid ~
with our broken hearts must rise ags u
Father and mother. they must "A me
| out. Husband and wife. they must a %
| out. brothers and sisters, they ~ 7
come out. Our darling childrc-<f
| must come out The eyes tina, IwfSi
trembling fingers we closed must open
| in the IuSier of resurrection morn.
The arms that we folded ia drath must
| Joins ours in embrace Of reunion The
| beloved voice that was hush,d must bc
r,tuned The beloved form must come
MP without it, iufirmIlics. without its
fatigucs IL must come up. on how
| long il seems 10 some OF YOU, Waiting,
waiting for the resurrection How
| long. how long, make for Your broken
hearts to-day a cool. soft handarr OF
lilies ! comfort YOU ihi- day With the
thought Of resurrection
When Lord Nelson wa, buried ST.
Paurs cathedral in London. he heart
Of all England was stirred. IN. pro.
ccssion pas >cd on amid the ,obbirg o. Z.
nation There were 30 trumprtgr- sta.
toned AT the door Of the cathedrl' with
Instruments Of music in hand. itinc
for the signal, and when 'hc iIIsiri.
Gus dead arrived AT the gates of 81 pauls
cathedral, these 30 trdmpctcr- gave one
united blast. and then am was lent,
Yet the trumpcts did not vHI, the
dead lie slept right on But llve Ia
tell YOU. what 80 trumpytrr, c0#.d not
do for one man. one trumpctrr Vill do
for all nations. The ages have rolled
on. and the clock 81 the world, CO. ,iiny
strikes Q, 10. IL, r. and time sha. be no
longer!
Behold the archangel towering, lie
takes the trumpet. points il 'h.. way,
puts its lips to his lips and then blows
one long, loud. terrific 'hundcruls. re-
ycrhCratiug and rcsUrrcc;iouary blast!
Look, look. They rise, The GcrI-t the
dead some coming forth from the fam
lily vault. some from She CITY cemetery,
some from the country graveyard.
Here spirit i joined TO II. BODY. and
there another spirit is joined toauothcr
body. and millions Of departed spirits
are asserting the bodies. and then re-
clothing themselves in forms radiant
for ascension
The earth begins 10 burn the bon.
fire of great victory. Al ready row
for the procession Of reconstructed hui
; mainly! Upward and away. Christ
leads and all the Christian dead follow.
battalion after battalion, nation after
nation. Up. up. On, on! Forw, I'd. We
ranks Of God Almighty, Lift No your
heads We everlasting gate, aud /, the
conGucr1rs come in Resurrection!
| Hpgnrrantipp'