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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
THE TOMB OP DESTINY (Continued from page 154)
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There and then was sh attered the tomb, so th a t it can never be rebuilt. All the trowels of earth ly masonry cannot nîend it. For ever and for ever it is a broken tomb. Death th a t day, tak ing the side of the m ilitary, received a horrible cut from th e angel’s spear of flame, and m ust him self go down a t th e last— the King of Terrors disappearing before the King of Grace. “The Lord is risen .’’ Hosanna! Hosanna! .“Oh, weep no more, your com forts slain, The Lord is risen, He lives again.” Christ, like, every other benefactor of th e world, was better appreciated afte r He was dead. W estm inster Abbey and monumental Greenwood are, to à certain extent, the world’s attem pts by m o rtuary honors to atone for negleGt to the living. Poets’ Corner in W estm inster Abbey is an attem p t to pay for the sufferings of Grub Street. I go into th a t Poets’ Corner of W estm inster Abbey, and th ere X find th e grave of Handel, th e musician whose music we hear today, as it goes down rev erb erating through the ages. While I stand at his costly tomb, I cannot forget th e fact th a t his fellow-musicians tried to destroy him w ith th eir discords. I go a little fu rth e r in th e Poets’ Corner of W est m inster Abbey, and I find the grave oi'f John Dryden, the g re a t poet. Costly monument, g reat m o rtuary honors; but I cannot forget the fact th a t a t seventy years of age he w rote about th e oppressions of m isfortune, and th a t he made a contract for a thousand verses a t sixpence a line. The dead cannot wake up to count the number of car riages in the procession, or to see the polish on the granite, o r read the words of epitaphal commemoration. Again. Standing in th is place where th e Lord lay, I am impressed w ith th e fact th a t floral and sculptural ornamen tation are appropriate for the places of th e dead. We are all glad th a t in th e sho rt tim e of the Saviour’s entombment He lay am id flowers and sculpture. I cannot understand what I see in th e newspapers, where, amid the announce ments of obsequies, th e friends request, “ Send no flowers.” Why, there is no place so appropriate for flowers as the casket of thé departed. If your means allow— I repeat, if your means allow— let there be flowers on the casket, flow ers on the hearse, flowers on the grave. P u t them on the brow; it means coronation. P u t them in the hand; it means victory. Christ was buried in a garden. Flowers are types of resurrection. Your little girl loved flowers while she was alive. P u t them in her hands, now th a t she cannot go fo rth and pluck flowers for herself, On sunshiny days tw ist a garland for her still heart, and tu rn all your graveyards into gardens. Standing in th is place where th e Lord lay, I am also impressed w ith the dignity of unpretending obsequies. Joseph th a t day was th e mourner, sexton, liveryman— had the entire charge of all the occasion. F ou r people only at the burial of the King of the universe, Let th is be consola tory to those who, th rough small means, or lack of large acquaintance, have bu t little dem onstration of grief a t the grave of th eir dead. I t is not necessary. Long lines of g littering equipages, two rows of silver handles, casket of costly wood, pall-bearers scarfed and gloved,' are not necessary. Not recognizing th is idea, how many small properties are scattered in the funeral rites, and widowhood and orphan age go out to the cold charity of th e world. The departed left enough property to have k ep t th e fam ily together until they could take care of themselves, bu t it is all absorbed in the funeral rites. T h at went for crepe which ought to
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Filled
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The Life That Wins
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