The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1903-04-16
TALN1AGE
SERMON
By Rev.
FRANK DE WITT TALMAGE, DID,.
Pastor Of jefferson Park Presby-
terrain CAur4h, Chicago


resurrection is as much IF Il reality to-
day 70 all WHO holir,.n rs it was to the
apostles and draws SoIAr !4~lpful spirit
ual lessons. The text is John .Xx. is,
"Shc turned herself and said unto him,
"i,3bo0D.. (which is to say. MASTER"
Poor thing. Poor thing! There goes
q broken hearted WOMAN. In the carly
hours Of tire morning she is Sobbing
and wrinGing her hands. 'N'hat is the
matter. MaryE' "Ah," she answers,
they have taken away my Lord, and
know not where they have laid him.
The Roman body snatchors or the high
priests gh0uls have ri1ird the TOMB
where we buried Jesus. | an trying to
trace his sacred dust and bring it back,
if possible, to its former resting place
Are Mary's actions extraordinary If
we thought the graves of oar loved
ones had been opened and tie bodies
carried away for dissocting purposes,
would we not at once hurry off to the
family plots aid try to find some trace
of these most despicable of all con-
scienceless Hlarauders and make them
surrender their stolen treasures?
In our bereavements comforters re-
mind us that it is the mind, the soul,
the spirit, of the departed that we
loved. They tell US that the physical
form that is still in death was not real
~ the beloved one, but only the tene-
ment that loved one temporarily oecu-
pied. We know that is true but row
dear that tenement is to US! That hand
which once held ours in loving clasp,
those eyes which lighted up in JOY
when we approached, those lips which
uttered words of affectfon-how dear
they still are, though death has robbed
them of all power of response! 1t $
hard to part with them even now.
I was deeply impressed with this
feeling when some years ago visited
the cremat tory at Pittsburg. l held in
my hand the urn containing the ashes
of the famous engineer who devised
the Ferris wheel for the Chicago
Worlds fair Only few months be-
fore he had worsfiped in my church
ut Pittsburg I remembered we'll an
other exquisite form which had been
similarly consumed. How we'll could
recall the face and form of Emma Alb
bott as she sang one of her wonderful
songs only six months before her body
was carried in on q stretcher and
showed through the opened furnace
door. Then I turned and said to the
attendant, do you believe in crema-
tion?'' Il did, he answered, until
| last May. firmly believed in it on
sanitary grounds and could argue its
| benefcence from any standpoint.
Then his eyes grew moist as he said
/ but last spring my little girl, my only
child, died. I could not bear then to
/ think of her beautiful curls and lovely
form being shriveled up in that hot
furnace. So when her mother came to
me and asked, Husband, shall we have
baby's body cremated?' answered
No, wife. We loved that little body
too well to let it be burned. l think
we had better start family plot and
let our baby sleep among the spring
flowers ;" <. '~--r'~->,,. .sss3a sizszT
Mary's Second Journey.
All. yes. Mary's second journey to
| that rified tomb was the most natural
outcome of her breaking heart. She
! wanted to find the poor, bruised, LAGER
ated form of one whom she had loved
while he was alive and whom she still
continued to love after he was dead.
But that journey back to the tomb
Of Joseph of Arimathea ended in the
strangest of all surprises. Mary went
to seek the dead She found the living
Mary went to IAN empty crypt. She
found risen Lord. Let us learn to,
day how Christ first appeared after the
| cruciffxion. to whom he appeared and
for what he appeared. s-.-~
The risen Lord revealed himself ac
eording to the fulfIiment of prophecy
If your. husband should say to you
..AIy dear, business compels me to &C
TO New York / shall be gone just -four
DAYS. I shall be&home next Thursday
morning on the Pennsylvania limited
express you would expect him home
, at that time Why2 Because in al
your twenty years of married life your
husband has never broken such an APP
pointment with you. You say: He is
as particular about keeping an en-
gagement as was George Washington
One day the president stood by his
desk with his opened watch in his
hand, saying to his tardy secretary
Mr.. Secretary, you have kept me wait
ing now ten full minutes. A slow
watch is no excuse. Either you must
get a new watch or / will get new
secretary, That is my husband all
through He never. never breaks an
appointment unless he first notifies the
party that it will be impossible for him
to keep it, But, my sister, you have
not as much right to expect your hus.
band to keep an appointment with you
as the Christian disciples had that
Jesus would rise again from the dead.
He clearly and distinctly and emphat-
ically told them that he would do so.