Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1902-04-05

tullef Ire is presented III this EaSte
discourse by DR.. Talmage from tn
text Cor. XIV, 81, Death is swallowe
up in victory"
About 1870 Easter mornings hay
wakened the earth. In France 10
three centuries the almanacs made tn
year begin at Easter until Charles TX
made the year begin at Jan. /. In tn
Tower of London there is a royal pa.
roll Of Edward |. OH which there is al
entry of IS pence for 400 colored ant
pictured eggs, with which the people
sported. Il In Russia slaves were fec
and aims were distributed on Easter
Ecclesiastical councils met in Pontus
in Gaul, In Rome. in Achala, to decide
the particular day and after a contro
yersy more animated than gracious de
cided II, and now through all Christen.
dom in some way the first Sunday aft.
er the full moon which happens upon
or next after March 21 is filled with
Easter rejoicing.
The royal court OF the Sabbaths is
made up OF fifty-twO. Fifty-one are
princes in the royal household, but
Easter Is queen. She wears richer
diadem, she sways more Jeweled
scepter, and In her smile nations are
irradiated. How welcome she is when.
after a harsh winter and late spring,
she seems to step out Of the snOwbank
rather than the conservatory, to come
out Of the north instead Of the south,
out Of the arctic rather than the trop-
les. dismounting from the Icy equinox,
but welcome this queenly day, holding
high in her right hand the wrenched
Off bolt Of Chrlst's sepulcher and hold
ing high in her left hand the key to all
the cemeteries in Christendom.
My text is nm ejaculation. 1t is spun
out OF halleluiahs. Paul wrote right on
in his argument about the resurrection
and observed all the laws OF logic, but
when ne came to write the words Of
the text his fingers and his pen and the
parchment on which he wrote took fire,
and he cried out, Death Is swallowed
up In victory 1t is an exciting thing
to see an army routed and flying. They
run each other down. They scatter ev-
erything valuable In the track. I'm
wheeled 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 cOrpses In the snOwbanks OF
Russia, Of the retreat Of our armies
from Manassas or OF the five kings
tumbling over the rocks of Beth horan
with their armies while the hailstorms
Of heaven and the swords Of Joshua's
host struck them with their fury.
The Charge of the Black Giant.
In my text is worse discontinue.
1t seems that black giant proposed to
conquer the earth. He gathered for his
host all the aches and pains and ma !
arias and cancers and dlstempers and
,pidemics of the ages. He marched
hem down, drilling them in the north
west wind and amid the slush Of tenn
pests. He threw up barricades Of grave |
Mound. H. pitched tent of charnal
louse. Some of the troops marched |
With slow tread commanded by con-
umptions, 'ome in double quick COM
handed by pneumonias. Some he took
" long besiegcment of G. ii habit and
ome by one stroke of the battleax of
asualty. With bony hand he pounded
t the door Of hospitals and sickrooms
nd won all the victories In all the
reat battlefelds Of all the five conu-
ents. Forward. march. ordered the
onqueror OF cOnquerors, and all the
enerals and commanders In chief and
II presidents and kings and sultans
nd czars dropped under the feet OF his
iar charger But one Christmas night
Is antagonist was born.
as most Of the plaques and sickness
S and despotlsms come out OF the east
was appropriate that the new con-
ucror should come out Of the same
uarter. Power is given him to awak.
n all the fallen Of all the centuries
nd Of all lands and marshal them
gainst the black giant. Fields have
lready been won. but the last day Of
ne worlds existence will see the de-
slve battle. When Christ shall lead
)rth his two brigades, the brigade or
le risen dead and the brigade Of the T.
,lestial host. the black giant will j
ack. and the brigade from the rivvn
,pulchers will take him from beneath. J
nd the brigade Of descending immor-
lis will take him from above, and
cath shall be swallowed up In vic
'ry.
The old bragGart that threatened the ,
,nqucst and demolition OF the planet
is lost his throne has lost his Scep
r, has lost his palace. has lost his !
'estige, an the one word written over ,
] the gates OF mausoleum and cata- ,
NIB and metropolis, on cenotaph and
rcOphagus, on the lonely khan Of the =
cite explorer and on the catafalque ,
great cathedral, written In capitals !
azalia and calla lily. written in mu- ,
cal cadence. written In doxology Of ;
eat asse-1blages. written on the =
ulptured door Of the family vault, Is
Coronal word, embannered
ord. apocalyptlc word. chief word Of d
lumphal arch under which conquer e
s return. Il
Rout of the King of TerrOrs. r
Word shouted at Culoden
i'd Balaklava and Blenheim, at Me. q
DIDO and SOlferino. at Marathon, J
here the Athenians drove back the o
edes; at Poters. where Charles n
artei broke the ranks Of the Sara "
ms; at SaIamis. where Themistocles h
the great sea fight confounded the o
srsians. and at the door Of the east Il
u cavern OF chiseled rock. whers u
lrist came out through q recess and 81
rottled the king Of terrors and put n
N back in the niche from which the q
lestial COnqueror had just emerged. 81
IA! When the jaws of the eastern u
lusOleum took down the black giant, n
cath was swallowed up in victory" Il
proclaim the abolition Of death. c'
The old antagonist is driven back Dl
to mythology with all the lore about g
ygian ferry and Charor with oar
n hO0t Mpiroso Qhhpv and Kpnil. III