The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-04-04
DIR. TALMAGES SERMON
SUNDAYS DISCOURSE sY The NOTED
DIVINE.
Subject; The Christian View Of Death
The Chsrg. of the Black Gisnt-kout
OF the King Of Terrors-Eyeryday ke-
surrections-The IIDAl Victory.


WASHINGTON, ID. &. - The Christian
view OF death as the entrance 10 iuiIeI
life is presented in this Easter discourse
by DR. Tsimage from the text Cor. xyi
"a, Death u swallowed up IN victory.
About 1870 Easter mornings nave wakened
.hs~varth. In France for three centuries
the almanacs made the year begin az Last
or until Charles TX. made the year begin
az January !. In the Tower OF London
there - royal pay roll OF Edward J., on
which there IL an entry OF eighteen pence
for 900 colored and pictured eggs, with
which the people sported. In Russia slaves
were fed and aims were distributed on
Easter. Ecclesiastical councils met IN
Pontus, in Gaul, in Rome, IN Achala, 70
decide the particular day and alter con
troversy more animated than gracious de-
clded ~, and now through all Chrlsten'
dom in some way the FIRST Sunday after
the ful moon which happens upon or next
after March Il Is filed with Easter reJoic-
ing.
The royal court Of the Sabbaths IL made
UP OF ffty-two. Fifty-One are princes IN
the royal household, but Easter Is queen
She wears richer diadem, she sways a
more Jeweled scepteT and IN her smile ma
tions are irradiated. How welcome she IL
when, after a harsh winter and late spring
she seems 10 step out Oi the snowbank
rather than the conservatory, 20 come out
OF the north instead OF the south, out OF
the arctic rather than the tropics, DIS
mounting from the icy equinox, but vel
come this queenly day, holding high IN her
right hand the wrenched of bolt Of Christ =
sepulcher, and holding high IN her LETT
hand the key TO all the cemeteries IN Chris
ten lOm
Ny text is an ejaculation. II is spun out
OF halleluiahs Paul wrote right on IN his
argument about the resurrection, and ob-
served all the laws Of logic, bat when he
came 10 write the words OF the text hls
fingers and his pen and the parchment on
which he wrote took fire, and he cried out,
Death Is swallowed up IN victory" II
il an exciting thing 10 see an army routed
and flying. They run each other down
They scatter everything valuable IN the
track. Unwheeled artillery; hoof OF horse
on breast OF wounded and dying man.
You have read OF the French falling back
from Sedan, OF Napoleon's track of 10000
coTpsos IN the snowbanks OF Russia, OF the
retreat of our armies from Manassas or OF
the five kings tumblng over the rocks OF
Beth hOrdn with their armies while the
hdIlstorms of heaven and the swords oi
Joshuds host struck them with their fury
In my text rs worse discontinue. IL
seems that a black giant proposed TO con
quer the earth. lie gathered for his host
all the aches and pans and malarIas and
cancers and distemper5 and epidemics OF
the ages He marched them down, drill.
ing them in the northwest wind and amid
the slush of tempests. He threw up barri
cades OF grave mound. He pitched tent of
charnal house. Some OF the troops
marched with slow tread commanded by
consumptions, some in double quick com
manded by pneumOnlas. Some he took by
long besiegement OF evil habit and some
by one stroke of the battleaxe of casualty
With bony hand ne pounded at the back
door Of hospitals and sitkrooms and won
all the victories IN all the great battlehelds
OF all the five continents Forward
march, ordered the conqueror of conquer.
ors, and all the generals and commanders
in-chief and all presidents and kings and
sultans and czars dropped under the feet
OF his war charger. But one Christmas
night his antagonist was born.
As most of the plague, and sickncsses
and despotlsms come out of the east, II
was appropriate that the new conqueror
should come out of the same quarter
Power is given Him TO awaken all the fallen
of all the centuries and OF all lands and
marshal them against the black giant
Fields have already been won, but the last
day of the worlds existence will see the
decisive battle. When Christ shall lead
forth His two brigades. the brigade of tn,
risen dead and the brigade OF the celestia
host, the black giant viii fall back, anG
the brigade from the riyen sepulchers vii
take him from beneath, and the brigade OF
descending immortals viii take hlm IRON
above, and death shall be swallowed up II
victory.
The old hraggart that threatened the
conquest and demolition of the planet Ia,
lost his throne, has lost his scepter, has
lost his palace. has lost his prestige. anC
the one word written over all the gates o.
mausoleum and catacomb and metropolis
on cenotaph and sarcophayIs on the lsri
ly khan OF the arctic explorer aud on tn,
catafalque of great cathedral, written il
capitals of acalia ard Gala lilly. written II
musical cadence. written in doXology O
great assembiagcs, written on the sculr
tured door of the family vault, is "Nic
tory Coronal word, embannered word
apocalyptlc word, chief word of trlumpha
arch under which conquerors return
Victory Word shouted at Culloden enc
Balaklava and Blcnheim. at Megiddo ant
Solferuo, at Marathon whore the Athen
ians drove back the Medes; at Poitiers
where Charles MartCl broke the ranks o
the Soracens; at Salamis. where Thems
toCCS IN the great sea hCht coniounded tn,
Persians. and at the door OF the eastern
cavern OF chiselcd rock, where Christ cam,
ont through a recess and throttled the KIN,
of terrors and nut him back in the nich,
I
just emerged. Aha When the jaws o
the eastern mHusolcum took down tn,
black giant death was swallowed up II
victory" i proclaim the abolition o
death.
he old antagonist is driven back int,
mythology with all the lore about StygaI
ferry and Charon with oar and boat Mel
rose abbey and Kenilworth castle are n,
more in RUNS than is the sepulcher. w
shall have no more TO do with death thar
we have with the cloakroom az a govern
or's or presidents lcvce, We stop a
such c,oakruom and leave IN charge of
servnnt our cvercoat, our overshoes. on
outward apparel. that we may not be i'm
4 pedCd IN the brilliant round OF the draw
/ ing room. We'll. my friends, when we z,
/ out of tins world we are going 20 a King
] banquet and to a reception Of monarchs
and at the door OF the tomb we leave tn
/ cloak of flesh and the wrappings witt
/ which we meet the storms OF this world
/ AZ the close Of an earthly reception. unde
/ the brush and broom Of the porter. tn
/ coat or hat may be handed 70 us bette
/ than when we resigned Il, and the cloal
/ OF humasty VIII finally be returned 20 Il
improved and frightened and purified an,
\ glorifcd.
You and do not want our bodies re
turned as they are now. We want to &c
/ rid OF all their weaknesses and all thei
I suscop.ihihtics 10 fatigue and AL thei
slowness Of locomotion. We want then
\ put through a chemistry Of soil and hea
and cold and changing seasons. out q
/ which God viii reconstruct them as mucl
better than they are now os the body O
/ t'c rosiest and hcalthiest child that bound
oye~ he lawn in Central Park Is bette
than the sickest patient IN Bellevue hosp
/ tai But as 10 our soul. we VIII cross RICH
over. not waiting for obscquies. independ
| ont OF nhlLnarN into a sfnfe In rrnrv mat