The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-13


and Become tho First Fruits ~ Them
That sIept'-First book Corinthians.
Chapter Twenty-Five, Twentieth Verso
Copyright, 1901. By Louis Klopseh. n. Y)
Washington. April THE gse2t
Christian festival celebrated in all the
churches is the theme Of Dr. Talmagts
discourse; / Corinthians Ky 20. Nov
is Christ risen from the dead and be-
come the first fruits Of them that
slept
On this glorious Easter morning.
amid the music and the flowers, j
give you Christian salutation. This
morning. Russian meeting Russian on
the streets Of St. Petersburg halls him
with the salutation. Christ is riseni"
and is answered by his friend in salu-
tation, He is risen indeed" In some
parts Of England and Ireland 70 this
very day there Is the superstition that
on Easter morning the sun dances in
the heavens. And well may we forgive
such a superstition. which illustrates
the fact that the natural world seems
to sympathize with the spiritual
Hail. Easter morning! Flowers
Flowersl All OF them a-voiee. all Of
them a-tongue. all Of them fun Of
speech to-day. / bend over one Of the
lilies and hear It say. Consider the
lilies OF the field. how they grow; they
toll not, neither do they spla, yet Sol
omon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one Of these" I bend over a rose
and Il seems to whisper. Il am the
rose Of Sharon" And then I stand
and listen From all sides there comes
the chorus Of flowers. saying, III God
so clothed the grass OF the field which
to-day is and tomorrow is cast into
the oven. shall he not much more
elothe you. o ye OF little faith2"
Flowers Flowersl Braid them in
to the brides hair Flowersi Flow
ersl strew them over the graves OF the
dead. sweet prophecy OF the resurrec-
ton Flowers Flowersi Twist them
into a garland for my Lord Jesus on
Easter morning. and GLORY be to the
Father and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost as it was in the begin
ming is now and ever shall Be- The
women came to the Saviours tomb,
and they dropped spices an around
the tomb. and those spices were the
seed that began to grow. and from
them came all the flowers OF this East
er morn. The two angels robed in
white took hold Of the stone at the
savlour's tomb. and they hurled It
with such force down the hin that It
crushed In the door OF the worlds
sepulchre and the stark and the dead
must come forth.
The worlds Great Conauerors.
II ! should come 70 you and ask you
for the names Of the great conquerors
Of the world you would say Alexander.
Caesar, Philip. Napoleon !. An. you
have forgotten TO mention the name
Of greater conqueror than all these
"a cruel. a ghastly conqueror. He
rode on a black horse across Waterloo
and Chalons and Atlanta. the bloody
hoofs crushing the hearts OF nations.
Il Is the conqueror Death. He carries
a black nag and he takes no prisoners.
He digs a trench across the hemIs-
pheres and fills It with the carcasses
Of nations Fifty times would the
world have been depopulated had not
God kept making new generations.
Fifty times the world would have
swung lifeless through the air-no man
% the mountain. no man on the sea.
ln abandoned ship plowlng through
mmensity. Again and again has he
lone this work with all generations.
He Is monarch as well as a conquer |
lf his palace q sepnlcher; his foun-
aims the falling tears Of a world.
Blessed be God in the light OF this
Easter morning see the prophecy
hat his scepier shall be broken. and
bis palace shall be demolished. The
hour Is coming when an who are In
heir graves shall come forth. Christ
-isen. we shall rise. Jesus. "the first
fruits Of them that slept"
Now. around this doctrine Of the res +
direction there are a great many mys-
.eries. You come to me and say. II /
he bodies Of the dead are to be raised.
low Is this and how Is that? And
'ou ask me a thousand questions 1 am I
Incompetent 10 answer But there are
j great many things you believe that
ron are not able. to explain. You
would be a very foolish man to say.
i don't believe anything can't un-
lerstand" Why putting down one
lind 0s flower seed. comes there up
his flower Of this color? why. put
ing down another flower seed. comes
here up a flower Of this eolor9 ono
lower white. another flower yellow. an
Ither flower crimson Why the differ I
nee when the seeds look to be very
much alike are very much alikeg Ex- \
llain these things Explain that wart on
he finger Explain the difference why I
he oak leaf is different from the leaf
q the hickory. Tell me how the Lord .
Almighty can turn the chariot OF his /
on a rose Leaf You ask