Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1901-04-13

WASHINGTON, April Z. -The great
Christian festival celebrated IN all the
churches is the theme of DIR. Talmage
discourse; Corinthians XIV, 2e, Now
IA Christ risen from the dead And te-
come the first fruits Of them that
slept"
On this glorious Easter morning,
amid the music and the fower4 give
YOU Christian salrtation. This morn
ing Russian meeting Russian on tne
streets of st. Petersburg halls him
with the salutation, Christ Is. risen!
and is answered by his friend p salu-
tation. "He is risen indeedF' In some
parts of England and Ireland 10 THIS
very day there is the supersutlon 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 sympathlze with the spiritual
Hail. Easter morning! Flowers!
Flowersl All of them a-voice, all OF
them a-tongue, ali of them fpll OF
speech today. bend over one 81 the
lilies. and hear it say: "ConslQtf the
lilies of the field, how they grow ghey
toll not, neither do they spin, yet.Solo-
mon in all his glory was not arayed
like one of these" | bend over 4 rose,
and it seems to whisper, 81 am the
rose of Sharon" And then | stand and
listen. From all sides there comes the
chorus of flowers, saying, IF Ged SO
clothed the grass of the field, when TO-
day is. and tomorrow Is cast intp the
oven. shall he not much more eiothe
you, o We of little faithT"
Flowers. Flowers! Braid them into
the brides hair. Flowers! Flowers!
Strew them over the graves Of the
dead. sweet prophecy Of the resWrec-
ton. Flowers! Flowersl 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 beginning, Is
now and ever shall bey The women
came to the Saviour's tomb, ana tney
dropped spices all around the TOMB,
and those spices were the seed fnat
began to grow, and from them capie all
the flowers of this Easter morn The
two angels robed In white took hold or
the stone at the Saylour's tomb and
they hurled 1t with such force down
the hill that 1t crushed in the door OF
the worlds sepulcber, and the stark
and the dead must come forth.
| care not how labyrinthine the u ~
soleum or how costly the sarcopbnEus
or however beautifully partefred toe
family grounds-we want them all 10
ken up by the Lord of the res f'ss
ton. They must come out. Father
and mother-they must come out; nus
band and wife-they must come out;
brother and sister - they must come
out; our darling children-they must
come out. The eyes that we closed
with such trembling fingers must open
again in the radiance OF that morn; the
arms we folded In dust must join ours
in an embrace of reunion; the voice
that was hushed in our dwelling must
be retuned. Oh, how long some Of you
seem to be waiting for the resurrec
ton! And for these broken hearts to
day | make a soft, cool bandage out ol
Easter flowers.
Prophecy of Resurrection.
This morning | find In the risen
Christ a prophecy Of our own resurrec
ton. my text setting forth the Idea
that as Christ has risen so his people
will rise. He, the first sheaf OF tn'
resurrection harvest. He, the mrs.
fruits of them that slept" Before
get through this morning | will wall
through all the cemeteries Of the deac
through all the country grayeyards
where your loved ones are buried an'
I will pluck off these flowers. and
will drop n sweet promise of the COS
pel-a rose of hope lily of joy on ev
erv tomb. the child's tomb, the nus
bands tomb, the wife's tomb, the IA
theirs grave, the mothers grave, ano
while we celebrate the resurrection o
Christ, we will at the same time cele
brate the resurrection of all the gooo
"Christ, the first fruits Of them tina
slept"
If I should come to you and ask 20
for the names of the great conqueror
of the world. you would say Alexar
der. Cesar. Philip, Napoleon |. All
You have forgotten to mention I'd
name of a greater conqueror than a
I these-a cruel, a CHASTITY conquerol
He rode on black horse across wa
terloo and Chalons and Atlanta III
bloody hoofs crushing the hearts {
nations. 1t Is the cOnQueror Death ii
carries q black flag. and he takes n
prisoners. He digs a trench across tl
bemispheres and fills 1t with the ca
casses of nations. Fifty times woul
the world have been depopulated ua
not God kept making new generation
Fifty times the world would nav
swung lifeless through the air-no ma
= on the mountain. no man on the Sc
an dDunuODcO sup PiO''Ho
immensely. Again and again has
done this work with all generation
He is a monarch as well as co
d. oueror: his palace a sepulcher' D
of fountains the falling tears OF worl
70 Blessed be God In the light OF III
Easter morning! see the prophe'
that his scepter shall be broken al
his palace shall be demolished. Il
hour Is coming when all who are
their graves shall come forth. Chr
risen, we shall rise. Jesus, tine III
fruits of them that slept"
80 Many Mysteries.
Now, around this doctrine OF the r.
urrection there are great many ID.
teries. You come to me and say
the b ,dies of the dead are to be rais'
how is this and how is that!" A
,,,o m fborcond questions L