The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-19
3AN EA sI'ER sERMON.


sDr. ra1nage Delivers a Timely Dis
course on tho 3 isen Savior.
ARroph coyf on Our own nncatirrection
As Christ Nus Itiaen SO VIII
4, fS,g His reopio ISi3c---Ino IM-
n, mortal Body. II Nj 81 ~
I ICopyright. 1901. by Louis ISlopsch, n: ; II
! 4 Washington, April Z.
s sWashington, April z The great
! Christian festival Ecelc brated in all the
/ churches is the themo Of DR.. sAalmage's
I discourse II. CORN thians,t i 5::2o: Nov
\ is sChrist s risen from tho dead and be-
! como the first fruits of them that
slept e 5;i Ii A. lS S'5iy IS Y
On this glorious Easter morning,
amid tho music and the howers,l give
you Christian Balutation. This morn
Ing, Russian meeting Russian on the
streets Of st. Petersburg, hanls him
with tho salutation; Christ is risenl"
4 sNnd is answered by his frjchd In salu-
tetion: lie Is risen indeed" In some
parts Of England and Ireland to this
very day there is tho supcrstition that
on Easter morning the sun dances IN
the heavens. And well may we forgive
such o superstition, which illustrates
the fact that the natural world seems
to sympathize with the spiritual.
Hail., Easter morningl Flowcrs!
Flowersi All Of them a-voicc, all of
them a-tongue, all Of them full Of
10 do rf ~
Z lilies, and hearit say, "Consider tho
hlies Of the valley, how, they grow;
they toll not, neithor do they spin, yet
Solomon In allAhis glory was not ar
rayed like ono Of these" bend over
q rose, and it seems to whisper: II
am the@roseSof Sharon" And then
stand and liston. From oil sides there
comes tho chorus OF flowers, saying:
If God SO clothed the grass Of the field
which to-day is and tomorrow is cast
into the oven, shall Ho not much more
clothe you, Q ye Of little faith?".
2 Flowersl 1Slowersl Braid them into
the brides hair, Flowersi Flowers
Strew them over the graves Of tho
dead, sweet prophecy Of tho resurrec-
tion. Flowersl Flowers Twist them
Into n garland for my Lord Jesus on
Easter morning, and "Glory beto the
Father, and to tho Son. and to the
Holy Ghost; as 1t WAS in tho beginning,
Is now and ever shall be-" Tho women
came TO the saYionr,s tomb, and they
Cropped spices all around the tomb,
ana those apiccs were tho seed that
began to grow, and from them came
oil tho flowers Of this Easter morn.
Tho two angels robed in white took
hold OF the stone ut the Saviour's tomb,
Ind they hurled It with such force
down tho hill that it crushed in the
door OF tho worlds sepulchcr, and the
stark and the dead must como forth.
care not how labyrinthine the mnu-
Holaum or how costly the sarcophagus
or however beautifully partcrred the
family grounds, we want them all
broken up by the Lord OF the resur-
rcction,. They muat come out. Fa-
ther and mother--thcy must come out
H4sbanta stnd wi wiiffs--they must come
out. Brother and sister-they must
como out. Our darling childrcn-they
must como out. The eyes that we
closed with such trembling fingers
must open again in tho radiance Of
that morn. The arms we folded in dust
must join ours in IN embrace OF re-
union. The voice that was hushed in
our dwelling; must be returned. Oh.
how long some Of you seem to be walt
Ing for tho resurrection And for
these broken hearts to-day mako n
soft, cool bandage out Of Easter
\ flowers. f 1
This morning I find in, the risen
q Christ q prophecy of our own resur-
reotion, my text setting forth the idea
thatSas Christ has risen SO His people
VIII rise. He, the first sheaf Of the
rcsurrection harvest. q He, "tho first
fruits of thom that slept" Before T
get through this morning J will walk
through all the cemeteries of the
deed, through all the country grave
yards, where your loved ones are
buried, and will pluck off these flow
srs, and I will drop sweet p1 omisc
4 OF the Gospel-a rose Of hope, n lily
4 OF Joy-on every tomb-tho child's
tomb, the husbands tomb, the wife's
fomb, the fathers grave, the mothers
grave. And while we celebrate the res
urrection Of Christ we will at the same
time celebrate the resurrection Of oil
the good. Christ, the first fruits Of
them that slept"
II should come to you and a sls Won
Tor tho names of the great conouerors
of the world, you would say Alexander.
Caesar, Philip, Napoleon I. All, YOU
have forgotten to mention tho name
OF greater conqueror than oil these
"a cruel, q ghastly con9ueror. He
rode on black horse across Waterloo
and Chalons and Atlanta, the bloody
hoofs crushing the hearts Of nations
1t is the conqueror Death. He carries
black flag, and he takes 10 prisoners
He digs trench aoroas the hem
asphcres and fills it with the curcasses
of nations: Fifty times would tho
world have been depopulatad had not
God kept making new generations.
Fifty fines the world would have
swung lifeless through the air-no man
on the mountain, no man on tho eea,
an abandoned ship plowing through
smmensity. Again and again has he
done this work with all generations.
He Is q monarch as well as con-
queror; his palace scpulcher; his
fountains tho falling tears Of a world.
Blessed be Godl 1hSthc light of this
Easter morning see the prophecy
that his scepter shall be broken and
bis palace shall be demolished The
hour Is coming when oil who arc in
their graves shall come forth. Christ
risen, wo shall rise. Jesus, Sthe first
aruita Of thom that slept" $S
Now, around this doctrine Of The res