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Fierce Fighting Along the
Whole Frontier.
MAD CHARGE BY MOSLEMS.
Block House Saved at the Point of
the Bayonet.
CREEKS MAKE FEW GAINS.
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The Turks Appear te Have the
Best of It.
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Battle Begun Saturday and Raged
Throughout Yesterday—The Hel
lenc» Making a Brave Stand to
Hold. Their Positions on the Hille.
The Turkteh Artillery Doing Ter
rible Execution—The Losses Heavy
on Both Side*—The Turk» Capture
Two Pieces of Artillery, flat the
Greeks Take a Whole Battery.
Copyright, 1897. by the Associated Press.
Headquarters of the Turkish Army, tn
Macedonia, Elassona, April 17, 10 p. no.—
(Delayed in transmission.)—The corre
spondent of the Associated Press at thio
hour has just returned from Karya, on
the Greek frontier, north of Tirnavos and
Thernoy, and three hours' ride from here.
A fierce battle between the Turks u.nd
Greeks is now going on at Karya. The
fighting has been in progress all day.
The correspondent left the Turkish
headquarters here on horseback this
morning and arrived at Karya three
hours later. The battle was then pro
ceeding, and the correspondent was en
abled to watch the fighting from a point
near the tent of Hamdl Pasha, who is
in command of the Sixth army corps,
the Turkish force there engaged.
Hamdl Pasha, surrounded by his staff,
was watching the movements of the op
posing forces. The combatants were
posted on the faces of two hills overlook
ing a small valley at a distance of about
a mile.
It appeared that the Greek force, which
was evidently composed of regular troops
of Greece, crossed the frontier at 8 o'clock
yesterda/evening, and advanced upon tho
valley referred to at an early hour this
morning. The Greeks later were engaged
by four battalions of Turkish infantry,
and after some sharp fighting, were
driven back toward the frontier.
The force then took up a position
. on the crest of several hills, and the com
bat was resumed at 10 o’clock.
Among the Invaders are a considerable
number of Sicilian volunteers.
At Intervals of about two hours the
Greeks renewed their attacks upon the
Turkish position. Tho Turks remained
calm and stood on the defensive, though
suffering considerable loss.
The number of killed and wounded
among the Turks could not be ascertained
at that time: but the correspondent saw
forty-eight Turks wounded brought to
the rear, with the bodies of five Turkish
officers. Only the wounded Turks and
the bodies of the officers were being
brought from tho front to the Held hos
pitals, hence the number of men killed
could not be learned. The dead were left
where they fell.
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the
correspondent left Karya, more Turkish
wounded were being carried into camp.
The Greeks appeared to he contenting
themselves with occupying the position
which they had taken on the crest of the
hills, ami maintaining a heavy tire from
It without advancing, but at the same
time proven thw the Turkish troops from
- grossing the frontier. The Turks returned
the fire of the Greeks with persistent
spirit.
While the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press was at Karya, Hamdl Pasha,
the Turkish commander, received a dis
patch from Edhem Pasha, the Turkish
commander-in-chief, saying that a general
advance of the Turkish forces had been
ordered for to-morrow, war between
Greece and Turkey having been declared.
This news was reeelvu»l by the Turks with
enthusiaatle shouts meaning “Long Live
War.’.’
At the Mine time that Hamdi Pasha re
ceived the news of the declaration of war.
he received news of a fresh attack by a
Greek force, In the direction of Eleutho
chorl, to the north and left of Zarkos.
During the corresiKuuivnt'a return jour
ney here, he heard further firing, both
rifle and artillery. This was after night
fall, though a full moon was shining.
Edhem Pasha, at this hour. Is holding a
council of war. and It is expected that a
groat battle will be fought to-morrow. The
Turkish troops are eager for a general en
gagement. The weather continues very
eoM.
Foot of Milouna Pas*. April 18. 10 a. m.—
A fierce battle raged in the pass all night
lohg. The Greeks, who entered and de
scended toward tho valley, encountered
four battalions of Turks, who drove them
back, and at the point of the bayonet rev
etted the force garrisoning the Turkish
block-house, which the Greeks had encir
cled before entering the pass.
Neshad Pasha, commanding the Fifth
division, occupied Mount Fama with a
great force. while Hair* Pasha, command*
tng the Sixth division, prepared to enter
the Tchuishan Paa», and Haidar Pasha,
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with the Fourth division, occupied the
Milouna Pass. , ,
Before dawn Edhem Pasha rode out to
direct the disposition of these divisions. A
general engagement ehsued. The battle
still continues a!6ng the entire pass, over
20,000 men being engaged. The combat
turns on the possession of the Greek
blockhouse, which was most obstinately
defended. Several vigorous attacks were
macle by the Turks without success, but
finally about 9 o’clock by a magnificent
dash they took the blockhouse, nt the
point of the bayonet.
The Greeks are still defending their
positions on the summit of the hill. At the
present moment four battalions •of Men
dulah Pasha’s division are advancing to
the frontier positions already taken. The
Turks are fighting like lions, the Turkish
artillery doing splendid execution under
the command of Rizad Kriza Pasha.
Athens, April 18, 9p. m.—ln the fight
ing on the frontier, the Turks have occu
pied Ana and Enilouna, but they have not
succeeded In taking Kata.
The engagement at Milouna Pass was of
the fiercest character and the losses were
heavy on both sides. The Turks destroy
ed two pieces of Greek artillery. The
Greeks captured an entire battery from
the Turks.
Three Greek officers of high rank were
kHled. A large body of Greek troops is
against Menesz and brisk
firing is going on along the whole line as
far west as Arta.
A telegram from Trlkhala, sent at 8
o’clock this evening, says that the Greek
brigade defending Revein has advanced
Into Damazl plain and occupied yiglai,
which commands the plain, after captur
ing the, Turkish battery there. It also re
ported that several bands have entered
Macedonia. There is no official news yet
as to the reported capture of Menexa.
Salonlca, April 18.—Greek bands have
landed at Elevethropoll, west of Kalava,
and are marching on Qoyran, distant about
one kilometer from Dedeagatch. Their
design is evidently to cut the railway line
to Salonica. Turkish troops have been
sent In pursuit, and there has been fight
ing, but the result is not known here.
Elaasano, April 18.—The Greeks from al!
their positions in the Kayra district be
gan the advance toward the frontier at 7
o’clock on Friday evening. The fighting
lasted all the night and extended on Sat
urday to within ten miles of the frontier.
It Is estimated that 15,000 Greeks were
engaged. The bdttle continued with great
vigor throughout Friday night and Sat
urday, when altogether 50,000 were en
gaged.
On Sunday morning the firing was con
centrated toward the southeast of Mi
louna. About noon to-day (Sunday) the
Greeks began to give way, after *he hot
test fighting of the engagement. The
Turks advanced only a little the
, frontier .into Greek territory.- XWflijW
ing the rapidity of the firing and
great expenditure of ammunl :lon, the
r number of killed is comparatively small,
probably under 200.
Altogether, the behavior of the Turkish
troops was better than that of the Greeks.
Their officers remained cog! and collected.
Firing still continues, but it is expected
to cease at nightfull, as the troops have
been engaged for thirty hours. Without
food or sleep.
TURKS IN FULL RETREAT.
The Greek Capture All Their Posi
tion. From Naicroi to Kuutrn.
Larissa, April 18, 11:30 p. m.—Headquar
ters-of the Greek Army in Thessaly—The
Greeks have captured the Turkish posi
tions from Nazeros to Koutra and the
Turks are in full retreat toward the in
terior, where their forces are> massing.
The batteries at Mcnexa ceased firing at
11 p. m. (Sunday).
When tho Crown Prince Constantine rc
ceived. news of the capture of the Turkish,
positions between Neseros and Rapsanl,
he wired to the Greek commanders there
to stop fighting immediately.
SIBNAXA HEFOUTED CAPTURED.
The Greeks Trike the Town by As
sault After Hurd Flhtlna.
Corfu, April 18.—Furious fighting has
been in progress on the frontier to-day
near Arta, and it is rumored that the
Greeks have taken Menaxa by assault.
London. April 18.-A dispatch to the
Dally Chronicle from Athens, dated mid
night, says the Greeks have ca ptured Me
naxa after -severe fighting. The Turk
ish’ losses were very heavy, the Greek
comparatively light.
The correspondent adds: “The Greek
fleet has destroyed half the fortresses at
Prevera and silenced the guns. lam as
sured that the bombarding will be con
tinue to-morrow (Monday) morning.
“The latest news received here to-night
is that the Greeks have captured and hold
all the positions except Ana and Milouna
along the Thessalian line. I have had ac
cess to an important document from an
European capital showing that the pow
ers have done nothing for several weeks
because they have hoped that -Greece
would be either financially ruined or
soundly beaten by Turkey. If Turkey gets
Larissa She will remain there until Greece
evacuates Crete. It was Germany that
urged Turkey to declare war.”
SHEU.S SHIMEKIAG.
Greek Flotilla and Forts Flahtiun
in the Gulf of Ambraela-
Athens, April 18, 4 p. m.— A telegram just
received from Actium states that the
Greek flotilla in the Gulf of Ambracia Is
now successfully bombarding the Skafld
iki battery. Four gunboats are attacking
Salagora. The firing opened at long range
about 2:39 p. m. The first shot was sent
by the Greek warship Baslleus Gorgias,
The cruiser Nauarehos Miaulis taking up
the fire. The Hamldteh and Pantokato
ros batteries returned the Are, but their
practice was not good.
At 8:25 p. m., a shell from the Nauarehos
Miaulos fell fairly in the Maraldieh bat
tery.
FASM’ORTS FOB THE I’RIXCE.
Grceee’a Minister and Greek Mer
chants to Leave Turkey.
Constantinople, April IS.—Tewfik Pasha,
the Turkish minister for foreign affairs,
visited the foreign envoys yesterday and
Informed them that the Turkish frontier
had been crossed on Friday night by fresh
bands of Greeks, among whom were a
number of Greek regulars.
It was this news which led to the calling
of a council of ministers and precipitated,
the decision to announce that war had
broken out between Greece and Turkey.
The porte has handed his passports to
Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek minister
to Turkey, together with a note announc
ing the breaking of diplomatic relations
between the two governments and the
recall of Assim Bey and the Turkish con
suls. It invites Prince Mavrocordato and
all the Greek consuls on Turkish territory
to quit the confines of the empire, giving
the Greek subjects fifteen days’ notice.
Prince Mavrocordato will leave on Tues
day by the Austrian mail tioat>
At the same time the archives
of the Greek legation will be re
moved. In addition, all the Greek mer
chants in Turkey were informed that they
were given a fortnight’s notice to leave
the Ottoman empire.
DIPLOMATIC TIES BROKEN.
Formal Notice Handed Glreek Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs.
Athens, 4pril 18.—Assim Bey has handed
to M. Skouzes, the Greek minister of for
eign affairs, the following note: "In con
sequence of the aggressive of
Greece, diplomatic relations between the
King of the Hellenes and his it.bperial maj
esty, the Sultan of Turkey, ami their re
spective governments, are hereby broken
off.
“The Greek minister at Constantinople
and the Greek consuls have been ordered
to quit Turkish territory. For tine same
reason, the Turkish consuls in Greece
have been recalled to Constantinople.
Within a fortnight from the date of this
announcement, all Greek subjects must
leave Turkish territory. Ottoman sub
jects now on Greek territory have been
invited to leave It within the same pe
riod.”
TURKS SINK A STEAMER.
The Greek Fleet Bombards Pre vena
in Retaliation.
Copyright, 1897, by 'the Associated Presa.
Athens, April 18, 11 a. m.—The TurklsK
batteries at Prevesa, on the north shore
of the entrance of the Gulf of Arta, where,
according to the treaty of Berlin, the
Turks had no right to fortifications,
fired on and sank a Greek steamer, the
Macedonia, this morning, while she Was
attempting to leave the Gulf of Ambracia.
The crew of the steamer were saved by
boats from the shore, But the captain of
the Macedonia was severely wounded.
Upon receipt of this news the Greek gov
ernment sent orders to the Greek fleet in
the Gulf of AmiHMcla, Pfgyesa.
Cons<q:i« ntly the bombardment of Prevesa
contmr.,s as sen..
mWnfTOm ’XTOL w strongly f/rtifled.
The Turkish minister here/ Assim Bey,
asked for his passports; they were hand
ed him, and he has left Athens for Con
stantinople.
The German minister at Athens, Baron
von Plesson, has undertaken to protect
Turkish ..interests in Greece during the
severance of diplomatic relations between
the two countries.
The Greek minister at Constantinople,
Prince Mavocordato, has been recalled.
Throughout the day there were scenes
of extraordinary excitement here. The
streets were crowded with people eagerly
discussing the outbreak of war and the
probable outcome. The general feeling
was one of satisfaction at the relief from
the irritating tension of the past few
weeks, which had gradually become al
most unendurable and which Is ended at
last by overt acts, it is claimed here, upon
the part of Turkey.
The Greeks hold that It was an attempt
upon the part of the Turkish forces to oc
cupy a strategic position near Mount An.
alipsis, not far from Nezeros, in the neu
tral zone, which led to the encounter on
Friday between the Greeks and the Turks.
This, it is added, was used at Constan
tinople as a reason for ordering Edhem
Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chiet,
to assume the offensive and led to the
rupture of diplomatic relations between
the countries. |.
The so-culled outrage of Prevefa. this
morning, when the Turkish batteries there
sank the Greek steamer Macedonia, fur
ther justified Greece, In the minds of the
Athenians, in waging war to the death
against Turkey.
Little news of a reliable nature has been
received here or allowed to leak out, re
garding what has really transpired on
the frontier. It is known, however, that
the whole frontier of Thessaly has been
blazing with murderous firing since early
this morning, and that the Greeks have
captured a fortified position at Menexe, in
Macedonia.
According to the general understanding
here, the Turkish plan of campaign is a
concentration of the Turks near the Im
portant Greek frontier town gs Tyrnavos,
with a view of forcing the pass
es leading toward Larissa. Ono report,
which is generally credited, has it that
Edhem Pasha, at the head of 12,(W men,
has already begun this movement, f and
rumors in this respect are flying, the sub
stance of them being that the battle which
is expected to be fought at or near Tyran
avos. has already commenced.
The Greek plan of campaign, so far as
it is understood by the Athenians, is
founded on the defense of Larissa in the
first instance, an attack upon that place
having been anticipated and prepared for
by occupying and taking every possible
advantage of all strategic points. The
country there Is adnprably suited'<or de
fense. and, while this defense is under
taken, the Greek fleet is relied on to de
stroy the coast ports of Epirus and Mace
donia. The Greek belief in ultimate suc
cess is based on the expectation of a un
iversal rising of the Macedonias and Epi
rotes, so soon as the Greeks succeed in
winning a brilliant victory, anywhere, over
tae Turks.
DELYANNIS’ DEFIANCE.
Greece’s Acceptance of the War
Gnuge Cheered,
Athens. April 18, Bp. m.—A late special
sitting of the legislative assembly was
held to-day. The public galleries were
crowded. Amid intense excitement M.
Delyannis. the premier, announced that
the Turkish government had to-day noti
fied Greece of the rupture of diplomatic
relations on the ground of the aggressive
attitude of the Greek government. In a
cool, but deliberate speech, he reviewed
the recent events to show, oti the contrary,
that Turkey had been the aggressor; that
Iher troop® had attacked the Greeks, and
attempted to occupy neutral positions, and
SAVANNAH, MONDAY. APRIL 19, 1897.
that the batteries at Pyevessa had sunk the
Greek ship Macedonia.
“Turkey,” said M. Delyannis, "declares
war against us. We accept it.” This
statement whs received with prolonged
cheers from the galleries and the floor of
the chamber.
The premier (hen read dispatches recit
ing the events which had happened on the
frontier, and with reference to the report
ed capture of Menexa, he eaid that the
batteries at that important position had
been brought interaction, but he knew
nothing as to its alleged capture. He
added that tihe Turks, after repeated at
tempts to force a passage at Reveni, which
commands the road to Larissa, had been
driven back.
The leader of the opposition, amid re
newed cheers from all parts of the cham
ber and from the galleries, eloquently in
dorsed the patriotic declarations of M. DOl
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SCREAMING IN AGONY.
Horrible Suffering in the Hospital.
Turkish Fire Terrific.
London, April 18.—The Times’ corre
spondent at Elassano will say to-morrow:
“I visited - the hospital to-day (Sunday)
and found all admirably conducted. But
the scene was most distressing, the wound
ed screaming in their agony and feverish
ly tearing the bedding in their delirium.
“In Saturday’s hill fighting the Turks
had the advantage. They were judiciously
ambushed behind the rocks, and in their
sheltered positions maintained an inces
sant fire.
“To-day’s (Sunday’s) fighting at Mo
louna Pass took place around three out
lying block-houses, which were captured,
then retaken, captured again and again re
taken.
“The Greek positions suffered severely
from the splendid shrapnel practice of the
Turkish batteries at a range of 3,800*
meters. Columns of smoke could be seen
rising in every direction from the Greek
position, caused by the Turkish shell fire.
The Greeks defended with the greatest
courage, but were not able to stand
against the slow, but steady advance of
the Turks. #
“As evening came on, three of the Greek
outworks surrendered and asked the
Turks to cease the shell fire. The latter
now bold the advanced lines, except at
one spot.”
GREECE DENIES THE BLAME.
Surprise Expressed at the Turkish
Allegations.
Athens, April 18, Midnight.—The govern
ment has addressed a note to Asslm Bey,
ex t ?re»ping surprise at the allegations eon
tal ned in his note to <M. Skouzes, and
poLiting ou<t facts proving that Turkey is
th. a; ••
olafi ns all responsibility fair . any events
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the churches oirtbe success 1
of th.y Greek arms.
Ti HIRJELL AS A PROTECrOR.
Grcekn at Constantinople to Be Un
flee the Eagle’s Wing.
London, April 18.—A dispatch to the
Times from Constantinople says that the
Greek subjects there will probably remain
under the protection of Mr. Terrell, the
American minister. \ .
It is believed that the hostilities will
break the deadlock and lead to an ar
rangement between Greece and Turkey.
GUN& AT YILDIZ KIOSK.
American Machine Weapon* to Pro
to et the Sultan.
London, April 18.—A dispatch to the
Standard front Constantinople says that
a battery of machine guns of
the latest pattern arrived there recently,
and were secret ly conveyed to the Yiidiz
kio?k> where it has been placed in posi
tion.
GERMAN AID TO THE SULTAN.
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An Officer Glvinj ; the Turks the Ben
efit of >’lle Advice.
Constantinople, April 18.—The German
general sent by Emperor William to in
spect the armies on the frontier has re
turned to Elassona. He reports favora
bly as to the Turkish army except in the
matter of transport service. The Greeks
he considers inferior ita armament and
less capable of standing fatigue and ex
posure.
In the event of complication* in the,
Balkans, he advises thet Turkey should
act on the defensive against Servia, Bul
garia and Monetenegro, but on the offens
ive against Greece.
An trade has been issued authorizing him
to continue his inspection, particularly in
the commissary departmeir.t of the Turk
ish department.
RIVERA IN HIS tI’ELL.
The Captive General b ooking for
Pardon From Spain.
Havana, April 18.—The correspondent of
the Associated Press went to Cabana
fortress to-day and saw Gen. Rius Rivera
and Col. Eacallao. He found Rivera in
a dry, large well-ventilated ct 11. At tne
moment of the visit the general was lying
down, but he had been able to leave the
bed the day before. He woundu are heal
ing rapidly, and he is hoping vo bf par
doned as a special favor of the crown.
Col. Bacallao is similarly situated, and
the two officers have a servant who at
tends upon them. They have comforta
ble beds and good meals sent in dally from
a restaurant nearby.
Neither Gen. Rivera nor Col. Bacallao
have any special complaint to make. The
latter is also hopeful of a special par
don.
The correspondent of the Associated
Press to-day raw Ona Melton and Alfred
Laborde of the Competitor’s crew. They
are all doing well.
Brigadier General Moncada has been pro
moted to second in command under the
chief of staff of Captain General Weyler
and Brigadier General Maroto has been
appointed chief of the Re mediae brigade
Both will serve with the Reyor Gaeco <j|l
vision under the immediate orders of the
captain general.
Ilohunn Better.
Washington. April 18.—The condition of
Representative Holman of Indian* to
night shows some .mprovvqient. His phy
sician believes the alurmjfcg features of
the case have passed, though he fa still
quite weak, i
STORY OF THE RESURRECTION.
TALMAGE POINTS OUT SOME OF THE
WORLD’S MISTAKES. \
An Every-day Christ for Every-day
Work la Every-day Appeal—The
Thrill of Christly Brotherhood in
the Hem of the Risen Savior's Coat.
The Woman to Whom he Made His
First Appearance at the Resurrec
tion.
Washington, April 18, 1887.—This sermon
of Dr. Talmage Avill set its readers to
thinking on new lines, and will make this
season of Easter more inspiring than ever.
The text is, John 20:15: “She, supposing
him to be the gardener.”
Here are Mary Magdalen and Christ,
just after his resurrection. For four
thousand years a grim and ghastly tyrant
had been killing people and dragging them
into his cold palace. He had a passion
for human skulls. For forty centuries he
had been unhindered in his work. He had
taken down kings and queens and con
querors, and those without fame. In that
cold palace there were shelves of skulls,
and pillars of skulls, and altars of skulls,
and even the chalices at the table were
made of bleached skulls. To the skeleton
of Abel he had added the skeleton of all
the ages, and no one had disputed his
right until one Good Friday about eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven years ago, as
near as I can calculate it, a mighty
stranger came to the door of that awful
palace, rolled back the door, and went in,
and seizing the tyrant, threw him to the
pavement and put upon the tyrant’s neck
the heel of triumph.
Then the mighty stranger, exploring all
the ghastly furniture of the place, and
walking through the labyrinths, and open
ing the dark cellars of mystery, and tarry
ing under a roof the ribs of which were
made of human bones—tarrying for two
nights and a day, the nights very dark and
the day very dismal, he seized the two
chief pillars of that awful palace and
rocked them until it began to fall, and
then laying hold of the ponderous front
gate, ho:sted it from its hinges, and maten
ed forth crying, "I am the Resurrection!”
That event we celebrate this Easter morn,
Handelian and Beethoven miracles of
sound added to this floral decoration
has set the place abloom.
There are three or four things which
the world and the church has not noticed
in regard to the resurrection of Christ.
First, i'lt- gardener’s attire. Mary
-’T’lYtiii■ * • t r uelif— stryif** —
rifled: of Christ, and
around, can find the track of the
sacrilegious resurrectionist who has de
spoiled the grave, and she finds some one
in working apparel come forth as if to
water the flowers, or uproot the weeds
from the garden, or set to recllmbing the
fallen vine—some one in working apparel,
his garments perhaps having the sign of
the dust and the dirt of the occupation.
Mary Magdalen, on her face the rain of
a fsiesh shower of weeping, turns to this
workman, and charges him with the des
ecration of the tomb, when lo! the strang
er responds, flinging his whole soul into
one word which trembles with all the
sweetest rhythm of earth and heaven say
ing, “Mary!” In that peculiarity of ac
centuation all the incognito fell off, and
she found that instead of talking with an
humble gardener of Asia Minor, she was
talking with Him who owns all the hang
ing gardens of heaven. Constellations the
clusters of forget-me-nots, the sunflower
the chief of all, the morning sky and mid
night aurora, flaring terraces of beauty,
blazing like a summer wall with corona
tion rosea and giants of battle. Blessed
and glorious mistake of Mary Magdalen.
“She supposing Him to be the gardener.”
What does that mean? It means that we
have an everyday Christ for everyday
work in everyday apparel. Not on Sab
bath morning in our most seemly apparel
are we more attractive to Christ, than we
are in our everyday work-dress, managing
our merchandise, smiling our anvil*
ploughing our field, tending the flying
shuttles, mending the garments for our
household, providing food for our families,
or toiling with weary pen, or weary pen
cil, or weary chisel. A working-day Christ
in working-day apparel for us in our every
day toll. Put it into the highest strain of
this Easter anthem, “Supposing him to be
the gardener.’*'
If Christ had appeared at daybreak with
a crown upon his head, that would have
seemed to suggest especial sympathy for
monarchs; if Christ had appeared in chain
of gold and with robe diamonded, that
would have seemed to be especial sym
pathy for the affluent; if Christ had ap
peared with soldier’s sash and sword dang
ling at his side, that would have seemed
to Imply especial sympathy for warriors;
but when I And Christ in gardener’s habit,
with perhaps the flakes of the earth and
of the upturned soil upon his garments,
then I spell it out that he has hearty and
pathetic understanding with everyday
work, and everyday anxiety, and everyday
fatigue.
Roll it down in comfort all through these
aisles. A working-day Christ in work
ing-day apparel. Test it In the darkest cor
ridor of the mountain to the poor miner.
Tell it to the factory maid in most unven.
tllated establishment at Lowell or Lan
caster. Tell it to the clearer of roughest
new ground in western wilderness. Tell
It to the sewing woman, a stitch in the
side for every stitleh in the garment, some
of their cruel employers having no right to
think that they will get through the door
of heaven any more than they could
throught the eye of a broken needle which
has just dropped on the bare floor from
the pricked and bleeding fingers of the
consumptive sewing girl. Away with
your talk about hypostatic union, and so
teriology of che council of Trent, and the
metaphysics of religion which would
freeze practical Christianity out of the
world; but pass along this gardener’s coat
to all nations that they may touch the
h m of it and feel the thrill of the Christly
brotherhood. Not supposing the man to
be Caesar, not supposing him to be Soc
rates, but “supposing him to be the gard
ner.”
Oh, that is what helped Joseph Wedg
wood. toiling amid the heat and the dust of
the potteries, until he could make for
Queen Charlotte the first royal table ser
vice of English manufacture. That was
what helped James Watt, scoffed at and
caricatured, until hd could put on wheels
the thunderbolt of power which roars by
day and by night in every furnace of the
locomotive engines of America. That is
what he.ped Hugh Miller, toiling amid the
quarries of Cromarty, until every rock
became to him a volume of the world’s
biography, and he found the footsteps of
the Creator in the old red sandstone. Ob,
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the world wants a Christ for the office, a
Christ for the kitchen, a Christ for the
shop, a Christ for the banking house, a
Christ for the garden, while spading and
planting and irrigating the territory. Oh,
of course, we want to see Crist at last
in royal robe and bediamoned, a celestial
equestrian mounting the white horse, but
from this Easter of 1897 to our last Easter
on earth we most need to see Christ as
Mary Magdalen 'saw him at the daybreak,
“supposing him to be gardener.”
Another thing which the church and the
world have not noticed in regard to the
resurrection of Christ is that he made his
first post-mortem appearance to one who
had been the seven-deviled Mary Magda
len. One would have supposed he would
/have made his first posthumous appear
' ance to a woman who had always been
Illustrious for goodness. There are saintly
women who have always been saintly,
salqtly in girlhood, saintly in infancy, al
ways saintly. In nearly all our families
there have been saintly aunts. In try
family circle it was saintly Aunt Phebe;
in yours saintly Aunt Martha or saintly
Aunt Ruth. One always saintly. But not
so was the one spoken of in the text.
While you are not to confound her with
the repentant courtesan who had made
her long locks do the work of towel at
Christ’s footwashing, you are not to for
get that she was exorcised of seven devjjs.
What a capital of demonology she must
have been. What a chorus of all diabol
ism. Seven devils—two for the eyes, and
two for the hands, and two for the feet,
and one for the tongue. Seven devils. Yet
all these are extirpated, and now she is as
good as once she was bad, and Christ
honors her with the first posthumous ap
pearance. What does that mean?
Why, it means for worst sinner greatest
grace; it means those lowest down shall
come, perhaps, highest up; it means that
the clock that strikes 12 at midnight may
strike 12 at midnoon; it means that the
grace of God is seven times stronger than
sin. Mary Magdalen, the seven deviled,
became Mary Magdalen, the seven angel
ed. It means that when the Lord meets
us at last he will not throw up to us
what we have been. All he said to her
was “Mary!" Many people having met
her under such circumstances would have
said: "Let rpe see, how many devils did
you have ? one, two, three, four, five, six,
seven. What a terrible piece you were
when I first met you.” The most of the
Christian women in our day would have
nothing to do with Mary Magdalen, even
after her conversion, lest somehow they
be compromised. The only thing I have
to say against women is that they have
not enough mercy for Mary Margalen.
Christ put all pathos, and all reminis
cence, and all anticipation, and all par
don, and all comfort, and all heaven into
one word of four letters, “Mary!” Mark
you, Christ dffi not appear to some Bible
Elizabeth, or Bible Hannah, or Bible
Esther, or Bible Deborah, or Bible Vashtl,
but to Mary; not to a Mary against whom
nothing was said, not to Mary, the mother'
of Jesus, not to Mary, the mother of
James, not to Mary. the sister of Lazarus,
but to a ae Mary.
■'■'-.ere-j? WSKta sev.n-devilftd—devil of
pwa. .de. -1 ’ ”
of nf falsehood, devil,.bi.-
strong dmiF 'oWn of-impurity. GWrWft
take them all away, seven or seventy. I
rode over the hew cantilever bridge that
spans Niagara—a bridge 900 feet Jong, 869
feet of chasm from bluff to bluff. 1 pass
ed over it without any anxiety. Why?
Because twenty-tw’o locomotives and
twenty-two cars laden with gravel had
tested the bridge, thousands of people
standing on the Canadian side, thousands
standing on the American side to applaud
the achievement. And, however long the
train of our immortal interests may be,
we are to remember that God’A bridge of
mercy spanning the chasm of sin has been
fully tested by the awful tonnage of all
pardoned sin of all the ages, church
militant standing on one bank, church tri
umphant standing on the other bankl Oh,
it was to the seven-deviled Mary ' that
Christ made his first post-mortem appear
ance.
, There is another thing that the world
and the church have not observed in re
gard to this resurrection, and that is, it
was the morning twilight.
If the chronometer had been invented
and Mary had as good a watch as some of
the Marys of our time have, she would
have found it was about half past 5
o'clock a. m. Matthew says it was in the
dawn; Mark says it was ait the sunrising;
Luke says it was very early in the morn
ing; John says it was while it >was yet
dark. In ether words, it was twilight.
That was the o'clock at which Mary Mag
dalen mistook Christ for the gardener.
What does that mean? It means there
are shadows over the grave unlisted, shad
ows of mystery that are hovering. Mary
stooped down and tried to look to the
other end of the crypt. She gave hys
teric outcry. She could not see to the
other end of the crypt. Neither can you
see to the other end of the grave of your
dead. Neither can we see to the other
end of our. own grave. Oh, if there were
shadows over the family plot belonging
to Joseph of Arimathea, is it strange that
there should be some shadows over our
family lot? Easter dawn, not Easter noon.
Shadow of unanswered question! Why*
W'ere they taken away from us? Why were
they ever given to us if they were to be
taken so soon? why were they taken so
suddenly? why could they not have uttered
some farewell words? why? A short ques
tion, but a whole crucifixion of agony in
it. Why? Shadow on the graves of good
men and women who seemed to die before
their work was done. Shadow on all the
graves of children because we ask our
selves why so beautiful a craft launched
at all if it was to lie wrecked one mile
outside of the harbor? But what did Mary
Magdalen have to do in order to get more
light on that grave. She had only to wait.
After a while the Easter sun rolled up, and
the whole place was flooded with light.
What have you and I to do in order to get
more light on our own graves and light
upon the graves of our dear loved ones?
Only to wait.
Charles Fifth of Spain with his servan:s
and torches went down into the vault of
the necropolis where his ancestors were
buried, and went deeper, further on until
he came to a cross around which were ar
ranged the caskets of his ancestors. He al
so found a easket containing the body of
one of his own family. He had that casket
opened, and there by embalmer’s art he
found that the body was &s perfect as
eighteen years before when it was entomb
ed. But under the exploration his body
and mind perished. Oh, my friends, do not
let us morbidly struggle with the shadows
of the sepulchre. What are we to do?
Walt. It ie not the evening twilight that
gets darker and darker. It is the morning
twilight that gets brighter and brighter
into the perfect day. I preach it to-day.
Sunrise over Pere le Chaise, sunrise over
Greyfriars churchyard, sunrise over
Greenwood, over Woodlawn, over Laurel
HUI, over Mount Auburn, over congres
sional burying ground, sunrise over every
country graveyard, sunrise over the cata
combs. sunrise over the sarcophagi where
the ships lie buried. Half past 5 o’clock
among the tombs now, but soon to be the
noonday of explanation and beautitude. It
was in the morning twilight that Mary
Magdalen mistook Christ for a gardener.
Another thing the world and the church
MONDAYS!
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have not observed: that is, Christs’ pa
thetic credentials. How do you Know it
was not a gardener? His garments satdl
he was a gardener. The. flakes of the up
turned earth scattered upon his garments
said he was a gardener. How fib foil
know he was not a gardener? in! Before
Easter had gone by he gave to some of
his disciples his three credentials. He
showed them his hands and his side.
Three written in rigid or de
pressed letters. A scar in the right palm,
a scar in the left palm, a scar amid the
ribs—scars, scars. That is the way they
knew him. That is the way you and I
will know him.
Ay, am I saying this morning too mfichi
when 1 say- that will be one of >he ways
in which you and I will know each other
by the scars of earth; scars of accident,
scars of sickness, scars of persecution,
scars of hard work, scars of battle, scars
of old age. When I see Christ’s resur
rected body having scars, it makes me
think that our remodelled and resurrected
bodies will have scars. Why, before we
get out of this world some of us will be
covered with scars all over. Heaven will
not be a bay into which float summer
yachts after a pleasuring, with the gay
bunting and with the embroidered sails as
fair as when they were first unfurled.
Heaven will be more like a navy yard
where men-of-war come in from Trafalgar
and Lepanto, men-of-war with masts
twisted by a cyclone, men-of-war struck
on all sides by seventy-four pounders,
men-of-war with decks scorched of the
ShcU. Did Constitutions, old Constella
tions, floating in discharged from service
to rest forever. In the resurrection Christ
credentialed by scars. You and I will be
credentialed, and will recognize each other
by scars. Do you think them now a dis
figurement? Do you think them now a
badge of endurance? I tell you the glo
rious thought this morning, they are going
to be the means of heavenly recognition.
There is one more thing that the world
and the church have not noticed in this
resurrection of Christ, and that is that
Christ from Friday to Sabbath was life
less in a hot climate where sanitary pru
dence demanded that burial take place
the same day as death, and where there
was no ice to retard dissolution. Yet, af
ter three days he comes up so healthful,
so robust, and so rubicund Mary Magda
len takes him for a gardener. Not sup
posing him to be an invalid from a hospi
tal, not supposing him to be a corpse from
the tomb, but supposing him to be the
gardener. Healthful by the breath of
the upturned sod, and by a perpetual life
in the sunshine.
After Christ's interment every cellular
tissue broke down, and nerve, and artery,
and brain, were a physiological wreck, and
yet he comes up swarthy, rubicund, and
well. When I see after such mortuary si
lence such radiant appearance, that set
tles it that whatever should become of
the bodies of our Christian dbad, they
are going to come up, the nerves restfnng,
the optic nerve reillumined, the ear drum
a-vibrate, the whole b.ody lifted up, with
out its weaknesses and worldly uses for
OKthe glorious thought, the glorious
consolation of this subject when I find
Christ coming up without any of the lac
erations, for you must remember he was
lacerated and wounded fearfully in the
crucifixion-scorning up Without one. What
does that make me think? That the grave
will get nothing of us except our wound
and imperfections. Christ went into the
grave exhausted and\ bloodless. All the
currents of his life had poured from
his wounds. He had lived a life of
trouble, sorrow’, and privation, and then
he died a lingering death. His entire
body hung on four spikes.' No invalid of
twenty years' "suffering ever went into the
grave so white and ghastly and broken
down as Christ, and yet here he comes up
so rubicund and robust she supposed him
to be the gardener.
Ah! all the side-aches, and the head
aches, and the back-aches, and the leg
acies, and the heart-aches we will leave
where Christ left his. The ear Will come
up without its heaviness, the eye will coma
up without its dimness, the lungs will coma
up without oppressed respiration. Ob,
what races we will run when we become
immortal athletes! Oh, what circuits we
will take when all earthly imperfections
subtracted and all celestial velocities add
ed we shall set up our residence in that
city which, though vaster than all the
cities of this world, shall never have one
obsequy!
Standing this morning round the shat
tered masonry of our Lord's tomb, I point
you to a world without hearse, without
muffled drum, without tumulus, without
catafalque, and without a tear. Amid all
the cathedrals of the blessed no longer the
Dead March in Saul, but whole libretti of
Hallelujah Chorus. Oh, put trumpet to
lip and finger to key, and loving forehead
against the bosom of a risen Christ. Hal
lelujah, Amen. Hallelujah, Amen!
A FOREST OF ICEBERGS.
Steamer Barcelona Narrowly
eapes Fonmlering in a Storm.
St. Johns, N. 8., April 18.—The steamer
Barcelona, from Glasgow, arrived hero
last night, fourteen days out from that
port. She had a very stormy passage
and almost foundered in a heavy sea,
which stove in the starboard lifeboat and
tore away the deck fittings.
The weather was the worst the Barce
lona ever experienced on the Atlantia.
She went iouth 400 miles in order to get
around the southern edge of the ice floe,
but nevertheless ran into heavy masses
of Arctic ice. with countless bergs, 200
miles south of Bt. Johns.
She saw no ocean steamers. They
must have gone further south, as the ice
extended farther than the eye could see.
The seal fishery 'season ends to-morrow,
and the remainder of the fleet is expect
ed during the week. \
VEMEZI ELAM ARBITRATORS.
French Jurist to Be the Fifth Mem
her of the Court.
Washington, April IB.— name cf
Baron Counsel!, the eminent French jurist
and diplomat, at present French ambas
sador to Great Britain, probably will bo
suggested as the .fifth or final arbitrator
on the court of arbitration between Vene
zuela and Great Britain.
PERI’S SISPEXDEO COIMAGE.
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Exchange Expeeted to Rise Another
Full Point.
Lima, April 18.—In consequence of the
decree suspending the coinage of sols, ex
change is now at 23. It will rise, it is be
lieved, to 24.
The proposition of the Pacific Hualgayoc
Company to lease the Paeasmaco Moi*
has been accepted.
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