The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-04-19
REV. Or. TALMAGE.
THR EMINENT DIvNEs SUNDAY
DISCOURSE.
Subject; The Resurrection of Christ--rhe
season Of Spiritual GIadness and Re.
freshinent-vIctory over Death and
the Grave-The Mission or Flowers.

the Grave-The Mission Of Flowers,
copyright 1901
WASHINGTON, ID. C.-This sermon OF Or
Talmage rings all the bells OF glndness
especially appropriate at this season. when
all Christendom Is celebrating Christie
resurrection; text, John XIX, Al, "In th,
garden new supulcher."
Looking around the churches this morn.
ing, seeing flowers In wreatbs and flowers
In stnrs and flowers In crosses and flowers
In crowns, blllows OF beauty, confiagrntion
of beauty, you feel as II You stood in
ANAL benven,
You say these howers will fade. Yes, but
perhaps you may soc them again. They
may be immortal. The fragrance OF tho
nowor may be the spirit OF tho flower; the
body OF tho flower dying on earth; It's
spirit may appear In better worlds. do
not say 1t Will be so. 1 cay II may be so.
The ancestors OF those tuberoses and
camellias and laponicas and jRsmines nnc
heliotropes woro born In paradise. These
apostles Of beauty came down In tho regu
lar line OF apostolic succession. Their Gn
cestors during the food, underground
afterward appeared.
The world started with Eden; It will end
with Eden. Heaven Is cnlled paradise OF
God. Paradise means flowers. While theo
logical geniuses in this day are trying C
blot ont everything material from theii
their future state is 10 be u floating arouut
somewhere between tho Great Bear and
Cassiopea, | should no. DC surprised Il ~
last can pick up II daisy on ths eyerlasl
Ing hills and hear 1t say; 81 am one Of th,
glorined flowers OF entth. Don't you re
nomber me2 | wOrshlpcd with you of
Easter morning IN 1900"
My text introduces us into a garden. Il
vs. n manor in the suburbs of Jerusalen
owned by wealthy gentleman of the nam,
OF Joseph. He belonged to the court o.
seventy who had condemned Christ bu
he had voted in the negative. or, being {,
tlmid man, had nbsented himself when the
vote was to be taken. AT great expense ht
laid out the garden. II being hot climate
l suppose there were trees broad branched
and there were paths winding under thest
trees, and here and there were waters drlp
ping down over the rocks into fish ponds
and there were vines and flowers blooming
from the wall and all around tho benutiel
OF kiosk and arboriculturo After the IN
tigues of the Jerusalem courtroom, how
refreshing to come into this suburban re-
trent, botanical and pomologlcall
Wandering In the garden, L behold some
rocks which have on them the mark OF the
sculptor's ohisel. l come nearer, and J
iind there is n subterranean recess. IcOm,
down the marble steps, and / come to
portico, over which there is nn architrave
by the chisel cut into representations o
fruits and flowers. ] enter the portico. Or
either side there are rooms-two or four OF
six rooms OF rock, the walls Of these room
having inches, each niche large enough e
hold dead body. Here is one room thu
is especially wealthy Of sculpture.
Tho fact is that Joseph realizes he cannot
always walk this garden, cld he has pro
vided this place for his last slumbsr. Oh
whnt beautiful spot in which to wait foi
the coming of the resurrectionl Mark wei
this tomb, for it Is to be the most celebrut,
ed tomb in all the ages. Catacombs o.
Egypt, tomb of Napoleon, Mahal Tai OF In.
dia, nothing compared with it. Christ hn,
just been murdered, and His body will bt
thrown to the dogs and the ravens, like
other crucifed bodies, unless there be
prompt and efficient hindrance. Joseph
the owner of this mausoeum in the rocks
begs for the body Of Christ. He washes
the poor, mutiated frame from the dust
and blood shrouds 1t and perfumes it.
] think that regular embalmment wa,
omitted When in olden time body was
to be embalmed, tho priest, with some pre-.
tension OF medical skill, would point oul
the place between the ribs where the in.
cisiOn must be made, and then the operator
having made the incision ran lest ho bt
slain for violation Of the dead. Then the
other priests would come with salt of nitei
and cnssia and wine of palm tree and com.
plete tho embalmment. But think this en-
balmment OF the body OF Christ was
omitted. Ii would have raised another
contention and another riot.
Tho funeral hnstens on, Present,
think, Joseph, tho owner of the mauso.
leum; Nicodcmus, the wealthy man who
had brought the spices, and the two Mnrys
No organ dirge, no plumes, no catafalquo
Heavy burden for two men as they carry
Chrlst's body down the marble stairs Rn(
into the portico and lift the dead weight tc
the level of the niche In the rock and pust
the body Of Christ into the only pleasant
resting place II ever had. Coming forth
from the porticO, they close the door OF
rock against the recess.
The government, afraid that the dis
clples may steal tho body OF Christ and
play resurrection, order tho seal OF the
sanhedrin to be put upon the door Of the
tomb. the violation OF that senl, like the
violation OF the seal OF the Government oI
the United States or Great Britain, to be
followed with great punishment. A com
pany OF soldiers from the tower OF Antonia
is detailed to stand guard.
At the door of the mausoleum n ilghi
takes places which decides the quest lor
for oil graveyards and cemeteries. Sword
OF lightning against sword OF steel. Angel
against military. No seal OF letter wa,
ever more ensily broken than that seal o
the sanhedrln on the door OF tho tomb
The dend body In the niche In the rocl
begins to move in its sbroud OF fine linen
slides down upon the pavement, moves oul
Of the portico, appeurs in the doorway, ad
vances into the open air, comes up th'
marble steps. Having left His niortunrS
| attire behind Him, He comes forth In work
mans gnrb, as / take 1t, from the fact that
the women mistook Him for the gardener
That day the grave received such shat
| terlnS 1t can never be rebuilt. All tb'
! trowels of earthly masonry can nevor mono
! II. Forever ana forever IL Is a broker
tomb. Death, taking side with the mill
tary IN that fight, received terrible cut
| from the Angels spear OF flame, so that n,
himself shall 20 down after awhile under
| it. Tho king of terrors retiring before tbs
| King of grHcel The Lord Is risenl Lee
earth and heaven keep Easter to-day
| Hosannal
Some things strike my observation while
stan ding Ia this garden with new sepul
| cher. And, lrst, post norton hOnors II
| contrast with ante mortem ignominies.
| they could hnvo afforded Christ such Il
| costly sepulcher why could not they hay,
| given Hin IN earthly residence? VIII they
| give this piece OF marble to "a dead Chris
instend OF Il soft pillow for the living Jesus
| II they had expended nlfthe value OF TIM
tomb to make Christ comfortable, 1t wOulC
not have been so sal story. He ask 81
! broad; they gave Him n stone.
Christ, like most OF the worlds bonefnc
| tors, was appreciated better utter He was
dead. Westminster Abbey and monu
mental Greenwood are the worlds attomp
to atone by honors to the dead for wrongs
the living. Poets corner in Westnin
ster Abbey attempts to pay for the suffer
| ings OF Grub street
Go through thnt Poets corner in West
minister abbey. There Is Handel, the great
musician, from whose music you hear to-
day; but while / look at his statue l cannot
help but think of the discords with which