Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-04-04
VOL. XIV. NO. IA. WHOLE NUMBER, 1898

Weakened the earth. In France for
three centuries the almanacs made the
year begin at Easter until Charles *.
made the year begin at Jan. 1. In the
Tower of London there is a royal pay
roll Of Edward l. on which there is an
entry of Is pence for 400 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 Achaia. to decide
the particular day and after contro-
versy more animated than gracious de-
cided it. and now through all Christen-
dom in some way the first Sunday aft
er the full moon which happens upon
or next after March p is filled with
Easter rejoicing.
The royal court of the Sabbaths is
made up of ffty-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 Christ's sepulcher and hold
ing high in her left hand the key to all
the cemeteries in Christendom.
My text is an ejaculation. 1t is spun
out of halleluahs. Paul wrote right on
in his argument about the resurrection
and observed all the laws Of logic, but
when he came to write the words Of
the text his fingers and his pen and the
parchment OH which he wrote took fire,
and lie cried out, Death is swallowed
up i'm victoryr' 1t is an exciting thing
TO see an army routed and flying. They
run each other down. They scatter ev-
crything 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
umbling over the rocks of Beth hOran
with their armies while the hailstorms
of heaven and the swords of Joshua
host struck them with their fury.
The Charge of the Black Giant.
In nv text is Il worse discontinue
1t seems that a black giant proposed &c
conquer the earth. He gathered for mis-
host all the aches and pains and ma
arias and cancers and distempers anC
cpidemics of the ages He marched
chem down. drilling them in the north
west wind and amid the slush Of TEN
pests. He threw up barricades of grave
mound He pitched tent of charna
house. Some of the troops marched
with slow tread commanded by con
sumptions. some in double quick com
manded by pneumOnas. Some he tool
by long besiegement of evil habit ant
some by one stroke Of the battleaX o
casualty. With hOny hand he pounded
at the door of hospitals and sickroom
and won all the victories in all tn
great battlefelds Of all the five cont
nents Forward. march! ordered tn
conqueror of cOnqucrOrs. and all III
generals and commanders in chief an
Ian presidents and kings and sultan
and cars dropped under the feet of hi
war charger But one Christmas nigh
his antagonist was born.
As most Of the plaques and sickness
es and despotisms come out Of the east
. it was appropriate that the new col
= uucror should come out of the sam
quarter. Power is given him to awal
en- all the fallen Of all the centurie
and of all lands and marshal theI
against the black giant. Fields hay
already been won. but the last day c
the worlds existence will see the d.
cisive battle When Christ shall lea
. forth his two brigades the brigade {
: the risen dead and the brigade of til
, celestial host. the black giant will ia
/ back. and the brigade from the rive
r sepulchers will take him from beneatl
+ and the brigade of descending immO
y tails will take him from above, an
|, death shall be swallowed up in vi
tory.
The old braggart that threatened Il
conquest and demolition of the plan
> has lost his throne. has lost his see
ter, has lost his palace, has lost h
prestige. and the one word written ov
I. all the gates of mausoleum and cat
| nh ,
. sarcophagus. on the lonely khan of Il
- arctic explorer and on the catafalql
Of great cathedral, written in capita
of azalla and Gala lily, written in m
u steal cadence. written in dOXolOgy
v great assemUlages. written on t
&C. Sculptured door of the family vault,
ia Victory" Coronal word, embanner
e. word. apocalyptic word, chief word
es triumphal arch under which conqu
IS ors return.
ms ROut of the King of TerrOrs.
ms Victory! Word shouted at Cullod
or and Balaklava and Blenheim. at n
giddO and SOlferino. at Maratht
nj where the .uhenians drove back {
Modes; at Poitiers, where Char
i Martel broke the ranks of the Sa
Gems; at Salamis. where Themistoc
in the great sea fight confOunded
II PerSianS. and ut the door of the ea
~ ern cavern of chiSpled rock VIII
Christ came out through a recess a
throttlrd the king Of terrors and |
him back in the niche from which
7 celestial COnqueror had just emery
IL Aha! When the jaws of the east,
>. mausoleum took down the black gia
death was swallowed up in victor
proclaim the abolition of death.
ltal The old antagonist is driven b;
into mythology with all the lore alb
Stygian ferry and Charon with
and boat. Melrose abbey and Ke
TO. worth castle are no more in ruins Il
is the sepulcher. We shall have
more to do with death than we h
with the cloakroom at a governors
a presidents levee. We stop at S
idas clOakroOm and leave in charge o
Val servant our overcoat, our Oversh
our outward apparel, that we I
T., not be impeded in the brilliant 70
Of the drawing room. Well, my friei
N-0 when we go out of this world we
: q going to a Kings banquet and to a
ceptiOn of mOnarchs, and at the {
of the tomb we leave the cloak of +
: and the wrappings with which
meet the storms of this world. At
close of an earthly rpppDtioD III