The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-12
DIR. TALMAGE'S SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE BY The NOTED
DIVINE.
subiect' Christ a. Risen' - Lesson En-
bodied I'm our saViour's Eesurrection-
Awaiting the Day when IAN Who Are
I'm Their Graves Shall Come Forth"

is the theme OF DR.. TalmaCe's discourse.
L Corinthians w. % NOW i Chris.
risen from the dead and become the first
fruits of them that slep,"
On this glorious Easter morning. amid
the music and the flowers. | give Won
Christian salutation. This morning Rus.
san meeting Russian on the streets of st
Petersburg halls him with the salutation
Christ Is risen indeed In some parts
Of England and Ireland To this verv day
there IL the superstition that on Faster
morning the sun dances IN the heavens.
ana weil may we forgive such a supersti.
ton. which illustrates the fact that the
natural world seems 20 sympathiGe with
the spiritual
Hail, Easter morningl Flowers, Flow.
ers' All OF them a-voice. all ~ them A.
tongue. all OF them full Of speech today.
] bend over one of the lilies. and | hear
II say: Consider the lilies OF the field.
how they grow. They toll not. neither do
they SPIN. vet solomon in all his glory was
not arrayCd like one OF these" | bend
over rose, and II seems 10 whisper. Il
am the rose of sharon And then |
stand and listen. From all sides there
comes the chorus of flowers. saving. IF
God so clothed the grass of the field, which
to-day Is. and tomorrow Is cast into the
oven, shall He not much more clothe you.
o We OF little faiths"
Flowers Flowers Braid them into
the brides hair Flowers Flowers
strew them over the graves Of the dead.
sweet prophecy of the resurrection Flow.
ers Flowers, Twist them into gar.
land for NV Lord Jesus on Easter morn.
ing, and Glory be 20 the Father and 20
the Son and 20 the Holy Ghost: as il was
IN the beginning, is now and ever shall
be-! The women came 90 the Saviours
tomb and they dropped spices all around
the tomb. and those spices were the seed
that began TO grow. and from them came
all the flowers OF this Easter morn. The
two angels robed IN white took hold of
the stone at the Saviours tomb and
they hurled II with such force down the
hill that It crushed in the door Of the
worlds ssepulcher and the stark and the
dead must come forth
| care not how labrinthine the mau.
soleum or how costly the sarcophagus or
however beautifully parterred the family
grounds-we want them all broken up hy
the Lord of the resurrection. They must
come out. Father and mother-they must
come out; husband 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.
waiting for the resurrection And for
these broken hearts to-day ! make soft,
cool bandage out Of Easter flowers
This morning find in the risen Christ
| prophecy of our own resurrection. my
text setting forth the idea that as Christ
has risen so His people will riSe. He, the
first sheaf of the resurrection harvest He
the first fruits of them that slept Be
fore | get through this morning I will
walk through all the cemeteries OF the
dead, through all the country graveyards.
where your loved ones are buried. and
will pluck off these flowers and | will
drop n sweet promise of the gospel-a
rose OF hope, lily of JOY on every tomb,
the child's tomb, the husbands tomb,
the w!fes tomb, the fathers grave. the
mothers grave, and. while we celebrate
the resurrection OF Christ we will m the
same time celebrate the resurrection Of all
the good. Christ, the first fruits OF
them that slept"
il | should come % you and ask YOU
| for the names Of the great conquerors Of
the world you would say Alexander,
| Caesar, Philip, Napoleon J. All You
| have forgotten 10 mention the name Of a
| greater conqueror than all these--a cruel
a CHASTITY conaueror. He rode on a black
| horse across Waterloo and Chalons and
| Atlanta the bloody hoofs crushing the
hearts OF nations. II IL the conQueror
Death He carries a black flag, and be
takes no prisoners. He digs trench
across the hemispheres and fills it with
the carcasses Of nations. Fifty times would
the world have been dcpopulated had not
God kept making new generations Fifty
times the world would have swung hfe-
less through the arr-no man on the noun.
tain, no man on the sea, an abandoned
ship plowing through immensty. Again
and again has he done this work with All
generations. lie IL monarch az well az
| conqueror; his palace a sepulcher, his
fountains the falling tears OF A world.
Blessed be God IN the light OF this
Easter morning. ] see the prophecy that
his scepter shall be broken and his palace
shall be demolished The hour IL coming
when all who are IN their graves shall rise
Jesus, the first fruits OF them that slept
Now, around this doctrine Of the res
direction there are great many mys-
teries. You come 10 me and say, If the
bodies OF the dead are 10 be raised, how
~ this and how Is that" And you ask
me a thousand questions ] am incompe-
tent Co answer But there are a great
many things YOU believe that you are not
able 70 explain. You would be very
foolish man 20 sag, II won't behave any
thing / cant understand" Why, putting
down one kind Of flower seed, comes there
up this flower OF this cOlory Why, putting
down another flower seed, comes there up
a flower Of this COLOR One flower
white, another flower yellow, another Hos.
er crimson. Why the difference wnen
the seeds look 10 be very much aikc--are
very much alike? Explain these things,
explain that wart on the finger; explain
the dlfference-why the oak leaf Is differ.
ent from the leaf Of the hickory. Tell
me how the Lord Almighty can turn the
chariot OF His onnipOtence on rose leaf.
You ask me questions about the resurrcc-
ton ! cannot answer ! VIII ask you a
NhGIaa nd al fe
you cannot answer.
find my strength IN this passage. "All
who are IN their graves shall come forth"
| do not pretend % make tho cSTlaDu tor.
You 20 on and say. Suppose a returned
missionary dies m this city. Wnsn be
was in China, his foot was stnpu lied.
He lived years after IN England. ana there
he had an arm amputated. We II buried
to-day IN yonder cemetery. La the res
direction viii the foot come from China.
viii the arm come from England and
viii the different parts OF the Eody bc re
constructed n the resurrection! Ho" -
trat possble;"
You say that the human body changes
every seven years and By sevc9ty years
os sge a man has had ten bodies la the
resurrection, which will come up 1Os
sly. "A man will die and his body crnm.
bic into the dust and that dust be taken
up INFO the life Of the vegetable. An
animal may cat the vegetable. Men eat
the animal Ia the resurrection that body.
distributed in 50 many directions. how
shall u be gathered up" Have yor any
more questions 0f the style % ask, Com"
on and ask them T do not pretend 20 az.
pwer them. fall back upon the al.
nouucenent oi Gods word. Al who arc
.u their graves shall come forth
You have noticed, I suppose. IN read
irQ the story of the resurrection, that
most every account Ci 'ne Bible gives
fle idea that the characterntic oi that
day viii be a great sound. do no.