The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-04-20

Oh, 10 Justice 10 the llyingi All the ius-
iiee you do them you must DO this side the
gates OF the Metropolis. They cannot wake
up TO count the number OF carriages NJ the
obsequies or 20 notice the polish % the
Aberdeen granite orto read epitaphal CON.
memoration. GentlemAn's mausolegm in
the suburbs OF Jerusalem cannot pay foi
Bethlehem manger and Calyarean eros;
aud Pilates ruflian judiciary. Post NOR.
tenn honors cannot atone Tor ante-mOrter
ignominles.
Again, standing Ia this garden OF the
sepulcher, l am impressed With the fact
that floral and aSborescent decorations are
appropriate for the place OF the dead. We
are glad that among flowers and seulptura'
adornments Christ spent tue short time OF
His inhumation.
cannot understand what | sometimes
see In tue newspapers where the obsequies
are announced and the friends say ia con.
nection with IL. send no flowers" Rather,
IL the means allow-I say IL the means
allow-strew the casket with hOwers, the
hearse with flowers, tue grave With howers
Put them on the brow-it will suggest
coronation; In thelr hand-it will mean
victory.
Christ was buried In n garden. Flowers
mean resurrection. Death II sad enough
anyhow. Let conservatory and arboretum
contribute TO its alienation. The harebeil
will ring the victory: the passion fowei
will express the sympathy; the dafoaU
will klndle its lamp aud Hume the dark
ness. The cluster OF asters will be the
constellation. Your little child loved
flowers when sue was living. Put them in
her hand now that she can go forth no
more aud pluck them for herself. Ga sum
SHINY days take fresh garland aud SSt IL
over the still heart.
BROOKLYN has no grander glory than its
Greenwood, nor Boston than its Mount Au.
burn, nor Philadelphia than its Laurel
Hill, nor Cincinnati than its Spring Grove,
nor San Francisco than It's Lone Mountain
But what shall we say TO those country
graveyards with the vines broken down
and the slab aslant aud the mound caved
In aud the grass q pasture ground Tor the
sexton's cattle? Indeed, were your father
and mother OF so little worth that you can.
not afford to take care OF their ashes? Some
day turn out all hands and straighten the
slab and bank up the mound and cut away
the weeds and plant the shrubs aud now.
ers.
Some day you will want 10 lie down 10
your last slumber. You cannot expect any
respect for your bones IL you have 40 de-
ference for the bones OF your ancestry. Do
you think these relics are OF no impor-
tance2 You will see OF how much impor-
tance they are IN the day when the arch.
angel saSes out his trumpet. Turn all
your cemeteries into gardens.
Again. standing in this garden OF the
new sepulcher. | am impressed with the
dignity OF private and unpreterding bse-
quies.
Joseph was mourner, sexton. livcryman
had entire charge OF everything. Only
four people at the burial OF the King OF the
Universel On. lot this De consolat0ry 10
those who through lack OF means or
through lack OF acquaintance have but
l!.tie emonstration OF grief at the graves
OF their loved ones. Long line OF glitter.
ing equipage. two rows OF silver handles.
caaket of richest wood, pallbearers glovel
and scarfed. are not necessary. Ii there
be six at the grave, Christ looks down from
heaven aud remembers that Is two more
than were at His obsequies.
Not recognizing this Idea. how many
small properties are scattered and widow
hood aud orphanage 60 forth into cold
charity The departed left a small prop
erty, which would have been enough TO
keep the family to:ethcr until they could
take care OF themselves, but tho funeral
expenses absorbed everything, That went
for Grape which ought 70 have gone for
bread. A man OF moderate means can
hardly afford to die In any OF our great
cities. By all means, do honor to the de.
parted. but dc not consider funernl pageant
as necessary. No one was ever more low.
ingly aud tenderly put away to sepulchet
than Christ our Lord, but there were only
four people in the procession.
Again, standing In thls garden with
new sepulcher, L am impressed with the
fact that you cannot keep the dead down.
Seal OF saEhedrn, company OF soldiers
from the tower Of Antonia, floor OF rock,
roof OF rock, walls OF rock, door OF rock,
cannot kee? Christ In the crypts. Come
out aud come up He must. Come out ami
come up He did. Prenguration. Firs:
fruits OF them that slept. Just as certain
ly IA we go 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
Atlantic Ocean, we will como 10 the SUR
face.
With these eyes we may not look into
the face OF the MONDAY sun, but we shall
have stronger vision, because the tnmest
thing in tue land TO which we go will be
brighter than the sun. We shall have
bodies with the speed OF the lightning.
Our bodies improved, energized swittened,
clari1ed-mortallty, Immortality. The
door ot the grave taken of its hinges aud
flung fiat into the dust
Oh, my brethren, death and tho grave
are not so much as they used TO be; for
while wandering In this garden with the
new sepulcher I lnd that the vines aud
flowers OF the garden have completely GOV.
there are four gardens, opening into each
other-garden OF Eden, garden OF the
worlds sepulcher. garden OF the earth's
regeneration, garden OF heaven. Four
gardens. Bloom, o earthi Bloom. o
heavenl Oh. my friends, wake up to glad.
ness on this Easter morningl This day, IL
| interpret II right, means ioy-it means
peace with aeaven, and 1t means peace with
ali tue world.
Oh, bring more flowersl Wreathe them
around the braZen throat OF the cannon;
plant them In the desert, that ii may BIOS
som like the rose; braid them into the
name OF the returned war charger. No
more red c4hlias OF human blood. Give
us white lilies OF peace. All around the
earth strew Easter aowers. And soon the
rough voyage ot the church militant will
be ended, and sue will sail up the heavenly
harbor, Scared with many conflict, but
the flags of triumph floating from her top.
gallants. All heaven will come out TO
greet her into port, and with a long re.
verberatlng stOut OF welcome will say:
There she comes up tho bay, tue glorious
Old ship Zion After tompestuous voyage