The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-04-21

mother of SO little worth that you can
not afford to take care of their ashes?
Some day turn out all bands and
straighten the slab and bank up the
mound and cut away the weeds and
| plant the shrubs and flowers.
Some day you will want to lie down
to your last slumber. You cannot ex'
pect any respect for your bones if you
have no Difference for the bones of your
ancestry. Do you think these relic,
arc of no Importance? You will see Ct
how much Importance they are in the
day when the archangel takes out his
trumpet. Turn all your cemeteries
into gardens.
Again, standing in this garden Of the
new sepulcher, L am impressed with
the dignity OF private and unpretend-
ing obsequies.
Joseph was mourner, sexton, livery
man-had entire charge of everything.
Only four people at the burial OF the
King of the Universe! Oh let this be
consolatory to those who through lack
of mean or through lack of acquaint-
ance have but little demonstration of
grief at the graves of their loved ones.
Long line of glittering equipage, two
rows of silver handles, casket of rich
est wood, pallbearers gloved and
scarfed, are not necessary. If there be
six at the grave, Christ looks down
from Heaven and remembers that is
two more than were at His o%bsequies.
Not recognizing this idea, how many
small properties are scattered and
widowhood and o%rphanage go forth
into cold charity! The departed left
a small property which would have
been enough to keep the family to-
gether until they could take care of
themselves, but the funeral expenses
absorbed everything. That went for
Grape which ought to have gone for
bread. A man of moderate means can
hardly afford to die in any of the great
cities. By all means, do honor to the
departed, but do not consider funeral
pageant as necessary. No one was ever
more lovingly and tenderly put away
to sepulcher than Christ our Lord. but
there were only foul people in the pro-
cession.
Again, standing in this garden with
a new sepulcher, | am impressed with
the fact that you cannot keep the dead
down.
Seal of sanhedrin, company of sol
diers from the tower of Antonio,
floor of rock, roof of rock, walls
of rock, door of rock, cannot
keep Christ in the crypts. Come
out and come up He must. Come out
and come up He did. PRECIPITATION.
First fruits of them that slept. Just
as certainly as we come down into the
dust, just SO certainly we will come up
again. Though all the granite of the
mountains were piled on us we will
rise. Though buried amid the corals
of the deepest cavern of the Atlantic
ocean, we will come to the surface.
With these eyes we may not look into
the face of the MONDAY sun, but we
shall have stronger vision, because the
tamest thing in the land to which we
go will be brighter than the sun. We
shall have bodies with the speed of the
lightning. Our bodies improved, ener-
gized, switched, clarified mortality,
immortality. The door of the grave
taken off its hinges and flung fiat into
the dust.
Oh, my brethren, death and the grave
not so much as they used to be;
for while wandering in this garden
with the new sepulcher find that the
vines and flowers of the garden have
completely covered up the tomb. In
stead of one garden there are four gar
dens, opening into each other-garden
of Eden, garden of the worlds sepul-
cher, garden of the earth's regenera-
ton, garden of Heaven. Four gardens.
Bloom, o earth! Bloom, o Heaven.
Oh, my friends, wake up to glad
ness on this Easter morning! This day.
IF 1 interpret it right, means joy-it
means peace with Heaven, and it
means peace with all the world.
Oh, bring more flowers! Wreathe
them around the brazen throat of the
cannon; plant them in the desert, that
it may blossom like the rose; braid
them into the name of the returned
war charger. No more red dahlas OF
human blood. Give us white lilies of
peace. All around the earth strew
Easter flowers. And soon the rough
voyage of the church militant will be
ended, and she will sail up the Heaven
ly harbor, SCARED with many a con-
lict, but the flag of triumph floating
from her topgallants. All Heaven will
come out to greet her into port, and
with a long reverberating shout of
welcome will say There she comes
up the bay, the glorious old ship Zion.
After tempestuous voyage she drops
anchor within the veil"
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