New-York daily tribune., 1866-04-02

:. Christ the Lord i, risen today
Sons OF men and angels cay;
Raise your songs Of triumph high,
Sing. Ne heavens. aud earth reply
The benedicti0n was then pronounced after which
the sacrament Of the Lords supper was administered
which concluded the services
SERVICES AT ST. ALBANs EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
The servlccS at this church. corner Of Lexington
and lorty-Sevcnhst consisted Of the lessons OF the
day aud a sermon by the rector the Rev Mr.. MOTH.
The church was lighted with tapcrs and the altar was
beautifully decorated with flowers The discourse was
principally OF doctrnsl nature, on the subject OF the
reSurrecton The musical part of the services were
very fine and consisted OF the chanting OF an anthem
and responses IN the Litory
" PRACTICAL LESSONS FROM EASTER SERMON BY
THE REV. OCTAvIUs b. FRoTHINGHAM.
The text from Which the Rev. Octayus II. frotmng'
ham drew the practical lessons he taught his bearers
Yesterday morning forms part of tho first verse of the
third chapter OF Pau's Epstle 10 the COlOssans II
then be risen with Christ seek those thugs which
are above The gentleman said.
You perceive by these words that IN the Judgment OF
those old Christians the resurrection was regarded ls
fact in the inward life OF people. Not m their out
ward life fOr these believers 10 WHOM this letter Is ed
dressed supposed tn have risen though they never
had died. The resurrection was not process ny
which one oSccnGod from the grave 70 the heavenly
seats: il was process by which one ascended from
lower stage OF character TO higher 1t was smother
name for the eYrerience e moral Improvement.
This recalls Tue strange abuse Of the Resurrection
Day and tie Resurrection idea that ha been kept np IN
ChTstendOm to this day ard which has been carried so
far as 10 dim the significance OF this most beautiful
of Easter The festival itself has rcoeyod something
less than justice from Christian men and womer.
More circumstance attends The celebration OF Christ
mas. tie festival OF ChHsts birth whole week Is
cloudcd ty the anniversary Of Good Friday. which
commentaries his death The resurrection Is quickly
passed over and the rest OF the Christian year ~ de-
voted 10 the offices Of the Christ ascended and sitting
glorious IN the skies This neglect Of Easter Is shown
most couspicu0usy in art Whils great artists haze
made the birth Of Christ, his TRANSPORTATION. bis
death his ascension. the subject Of their nObest ef
forts they have scarcely touched the theme OF bis rising
ia visible form from the grave. There are world
piot Of the AnnuDciatiOn the Nativity. the
Communion Supper. the Agony the Cross; there ~ no
vofld-lamOus picture Of the Resurrection.
There is q reason for this-a clear one. thnk-anG
il is found far down in The popular Christian sentiment
OF all ages That sentiment hung with interest about
two points The life Of agony IA this world and lie
Of glory IN the next TIE brief interest Of glory in this
world which formed The transition 10 the next was
passed over. The Church made TIE breach between
'he two worlds wide possible. II put ali the glory
above all the shadow beneath. Ii did not wish people
% believe that the Divine OEe. after his agony was
over could remain in thus lower sphere could maintain
bis former relations with his friends could rehGbtate
D., flesh and conditions and do 10 had always done
The humiliation on the earth lasted 30 yearsa mortal
generation The gOr0atlOn IN the heavens lasted an
eternity. The resurrection. by which the crucihed
passed from the dark valley to his throne Of light was
Gated as the fact Of moment 1t lasted long enough
him glance hither and thither TO show himself
OF his friends breathe upon them his spri 20
renew 10 them his promise 10 Jay upon them his
mission. That done, he floats away with the sunbeam.
ana Is 10 DC thought OF bclne the essence
Gat. Ne artist has coors eyanescen enough TO paint
Aln IN this state. To have put the risen in pic
tuIe would have detained bin Gn the regards Of
below, when those regards were bound
10 seek him above Raphaels pigments immortali,'i,
and It would not do TO mmortaze the Christ in that
fitting moment of his experience between his death
and his ascension.
We or the other hand wish TO do precisely this For
the chief beauty of the resurrection lies precisely in
the feature which the old Church anxious 20
ceal take that narrative as being symboca-.sa.
win rasfva firm
It's historical yalCe leave out Of view entirely neither
questioning II nor assuming II. neither subJeetDg II 20
criticism nor accepting 1t on faith making no attempt
TO show nov much II proves or how little neither com
batting the views of others nor putting forth
my owD. though the temptation 10 do that is very
strong take the narrative suggesting ideas rather
than facts ardi find IN 1t two very clear snd strong
thoughts First that the spiritual principle. the Idea
the Soul. will cling TO It's form. Second, tast the
is process, not fact.
The speaker here went to show the full meaning OF
these two thoughts. He spoke OF the different mar
ratves of the resurrection. wherever they agreed and
disa creed; how while Matthew would have think
apparently that Jesus reappear9d precisely the same
flesh John wanted 70 convey the idea that The hrbh
was exceedingly aitenUsted il not wholly burned away
and purified but all insist the identity Of form
e The risen Christ he said has not left humanity
has not abandoned the earth. This is the brs lesson o
the resurrecton; II Is one that goes deep aud l1 OF
grea, practical moment. Vital principles cling to their
forms Forms may be suOlimated. they caunO, be
killed Principles cannot be driven out OF the world or
out Of their natural relations by force"
The story Of the resurrection supposing II u be 1T
e. ally true could not prove immortality. for no ma
teria fact can prove spiritual fact III Christ were
than man. his resurrection would be no pledge Of
ours; for simply men, nothing more II be were
an exception all the rest OF his resurrection
would be pledge Of ours; for we followed the rule OF
mankind. nos the exception and his exceptional resur
rectiOn would prove the rule that we did not rise III
bis resurrection were miraculous II vorld not be
pledge Of ours unless we're 10 be miraculous also
In saying that the spiritual principle cannot be de
ached from ts FORM wish 10 be understood az saying
L.sI Iar. ltunv .i.ta. VA
ual life keeps Itself vital by clngDg closer hsn ever
10 the forms under which common mortality exists and
works. According TO the new theory. the fIsen man
accepts fundamentally fixed and ordained the social
forms customs usagcs pgrsuits relationships which
he had always recognized. The new church adopts
the resurrection Of the body blends flesh and spirit to-
getbeT Joins the two worlds. unes the two lives. rem
defs il inposs BILE 20 tell from loour at whether
be Is priest aymsn; finds no evidence In his clothes
IN the food he eats IN the calling he follows % show
whether be IS Tegenerse or unregenerate guesses the
uursen man from the rsen 10. by the forms OF hs life
but bv tie spirit OF Lis Ife decides that The man II
risen who gives most vitality TO the old forus decides
that the man is unrisen who 10 the old forms gives ths
least vitality This then is the first lesson OF practical
nature that draw from the resurrection
The second U.s. IL possible, more pertinent and pract
cal still The resurrection OF an individual person
rccton from intellectual aud moral death from stupidity
nertness ignorance, meanness vice, Desfiinty lying
there is but a sentiment feeling. emotion hardly
palpabie TO the consciousness then II ~ thought
haunting the mind in quiet secluded hours troubling
L. saddening E yexing It, having no effect on the lite
whatever but floating like low, sad strain OF music
through life melody strayiug from some higher realm
In the stage it has become steady conviction.
continuous persistent earnest thought But 1t Is long
interval from this 10 change OF habit or even 70
a fixed purpose tending TO effect change OF habit
All advance is succession OF appearances and dis
appearances Of despars and hopes OF ups and downs
There general impression on the close OF the war
that OF the vast bloody grave 1t dug the genius OF
Republican Insttutons-the genius Of Republicanism--
the genius of Liberty-strong, radiant its animal part
all stripped off by the terrible cruciixon OF four years
and new spiritual form put on. would rise. call It's
friends about it, be recognized by all throughout the