The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1873-04-19

! 'AAo WV AeosoAS appOlnbeu 1Or tho Qay.
! The music was effectively rendered
by the amateur choir. The rendition
OF Lloyd's TIE Deum Iaudamus would
have done credit to choir OF longer
formation. Indeed, many were the en-
coniums passed upon the musical exer-
cfses Of this occasion.
The sermon was preached by the Off
Chatting minister, who selected the text
from Saint Paul's second Epistle to
Saint Timothy, 2nd chap, sth verse :
l"Remember that Jesus Christ OF the seed
OF David was raised from the dead. !"
The speaker entered into q metaphysical
idisqufsi;ion on the word remember. -
which was followed by a comparison of
the church in her Easter services to the
primitive Christians in the salutation.
''The Lord is risen." After the intro
ductton the speaker proceeded at once
to the subject OF Christ's humanity, in
elucldation OF the words, "The seed Of
| David" The doctrine Of tho incarna-
ton was briefly dwelt upon, and then
succeeded the consideration Of the
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that the fact of tho resurrection had
| always been held and believed by the
Christian Church in all ages OF her ex-
lstence. After alluding to heretical
doctrines on the subject came the true
idea Of Christ's resurrection proved
nom the statement Of the Gospel nara
tive and the testimony Of Saint Paul.
The doctzinal Importance Of the resur-
rection was fully brought out, the argu-
ment being fully substantiated by many
texts Of scripture. The remaining por-
ton OF the body Of the sermon compris.
ed tho following points That Jesus
was raised by Divine power; that the
resurrection is q cardinal truth; and
that the apostles based everything in
religion upon this fact, declaring, "If
Christ be not risen then is our preach
ing vain, and your faith is also vain"
The conclusion Of the sermon was emf
nently practical, and consisted Of two
prominent ideas, First, that the be-
lever is one with Christ and, secondly,
that because Jesus lives, his saints live
also. The peroration was delivered
extemporaneously, and contained an
allusion to the Southern Cross" in
Illustration Of the subject.
Motley CHAPEL.
The services at Motley Chapel (Ndeth-
odist) consisted Of the usual exercises.
of singing, prayer, and reading Of the
scriptures. The discourse, delivered
by the Rev. J. E. Cobb, Pastor, was on
the necessity Of Christ's ascension in
order to the descent Of the Holy Ghost.
The services concluded with the adj
ministration OF the Sacrament of the
Lords Supper.
"Nevertholess, 1 tell you the truth !:
1t is expedient for you that go away
for if go not away, the Comforter will
not come unto you but if depart
will send him unto you."-John, c.
xvi; W. Such was the text selected,
in calculating which tho reverend
speaker said that God cannot never fully
inform us Of the reason Of our bcreayc-
nents. Yet they nss4st be: there is a
mast. Jesus must go to do work in
Heaven demanding His presence there.
We need the Paraclete, but He cannot
come, unless Jesus appear in the Holy
Presence, with His body, to plead for
tho Paraclete. Why, we may not
know; but we know the fact. Saliva
ton is a process, controlled by laws too
high for our comprehension, but Just rs
much Imperative rs any law. Of the
visible universe. Explain the need Of
the conflict of the clouds to produce the
lightning, of the ascent of the dew to
produce vegetable life, Of the operation
Of light OH the eye to produce vision,
| and we will explain tho necessity of
| the laws of spiritual entity and opera
| ton. We can only say such is the law
1T is-it must be. So Jesus must 90
| away. Can we submit to his departure ?
| Yes! II the Paraclete can only thus
come. But who is the Paraclcte? The
! Holy Ghost. He is Divine, for COM
pare Isaiah vi, SO, Acts xviii, Is, and
John xii, 37-i1, showing the substantial
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