National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-03-29
The RESURRECTION,
fCOntinusd from FirSt Psqe.l
At the IL o'clock service, Father HOObIs de-
livered bis a


At the II o'clock service, Father HOObIs de-
liyered bis " .
FASTER sERMoN.
He selected his text from st. John xx:IT: Touch
me not, for am not yet ascended to my Father"
To-day, said the Father, we celebrate victory
Christ conquered death; the sting Of death Is sin.
He related the story OF the resurrection. Mary
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taken away, She informed Peter and . disciple
with him, and they fastened 70 the tomb, and
by divine institution, eomprehended the fact.
Peter and his eqmpanion departed from the place
SpS e he looked Sss I've s9 WsSn ne
tomb. Such Q revelation had never before oc-
Cured TO her, and It was areWArd for her dilIgent
away avs shs SshsId Jssas but knew I him not until
he addressed her, then, when she wished to feel
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loved him a. the son Of man. She would
RETAIN HIN ON EARTH,
as her brother Lazarus had been retained. Her
love was not Of that extreme spiritual nature that
FORE that he might rise TO his iSther unpolluted,
he enjoined her not TO touch him.
gs, Sa ses lew SS that s
INJURED, taking his words In . literal sense, and
asked II they were to have his hesh 70 eat.
the sepulehTe was the same that was born Of the
Virgin May, but Il was bound not By earthly,
Dut Dy bplTiIuhl laws. But the touch OF MARY
Msgdilens was Of the earth, earthly. The ten
dency Of her mind was material. -....-..
lost Thomas he revealed himself differently.
would not believe until be could place zee his hand
upon the wounded side. Jesus commanded
InSp H. tSer acre T 70 TSaeh 10TH Ms hand and
In the evening Of the ZANE day that Mary
Msgdalene had discovered that che stone had been
rolled from the tomb, Christ revealed himself 70
all his disciples who were assembled together.
st. John had not seen him before this. He who
had been in the closest sympathy with him, and
those who FIRST behed him. Thus It is that Christ
reveals himself according to our necessities. His
enemies never looked upon him after they saw
HIS BODY IN THE TOMB.
After this none but his friends and apostles be-
held him. All can partake Of the sacrament,
however sinful they may be, If, like Mary Mag
dalene, they have been forgiven. Christ admitted
the penitent thief before the apostles. Mary
Magdalene was permitted to be the first to see
him after the resurrection. She was the first to
receive q mission from him. She was commanded
to tell his followers Of the joyous event. and be-
came an apostle to apostles. Thus Christ takes
the repentant sinner near to bis heart. The story
triumph over death: that Christ's body now is
the same as that born Of Mary, and that We can
bs UI th S9 n6 Inc ne oody WHEN Sl
by spiritual laws.
Foundry N. E. Church.
The services at this church at II a. m. wore de-
cidedIy interesting and attracted a very large
congregation. The sermon was pre- sehed by Rev.
H. A. Cleaveland, the pastor, the subject being,
1.-THE power Of Christ's resurrection" based on
the text, Philippians, lilo, THAT may know
the power OF his resurrection"
The following is q synopsis of the sermon: The
resurrection Of Christ has power a fact in his
tory. To-day the Christian world with iubilant
confidence celebrates that ancient event. 1t is
| and anthem, song and prayer, the glad insp1ra-
| tion Of ChTstendom. The historic statement OF
his rising accept as q fact verified. 1t is too
well evidenced and too mighty to permit of either
intelligent denial or moral doubt. These gospels
are good history, and should be received as such
81 ,b O@eIn6g TsfSsrs STSns sts sae
ment found here, which, II 1t had been found
elseWhere. be would not hesitate to accept. a..
II there are discrepancies In the account Of this
great rising, they are not such as to inValidste
but rather 70 confirm II. They show the slmpli-
city, Independence and honesty Of the witnesses.
The story is not made up beforehand, by design
and agreement, and paImed of upon an unsus-
pecting world. It bears no trace OF being an
afterthOIght The story has in 4 tns pulnS and
could impRrt. .-...nr
The statement itself cannot be nationally &C.
counted for but by admitting that the event was
actual Is it q mythf It's recent date-everJ-
thing is gainst It. Is II fiction? The character
Of its authors, their sincerity, their subsequent
course and enterprise, their lifelong sacrifice and
final martyrdom; all are against It. Men do not
stake ease, fame, security, happiness, upon con-
scious imposture; perilinE every earthly interest
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which they have neither confidence nor
WORLDLY WELFARE.
Were the witnesses OF Christ's resurrection, and
Of its Immediately succeeding events, all alike de-
ceiVed2 To affirm this is to impeach the testi-
mony on which all history rests. Whence the
phenomena of early Christianity as recorded In
secular pages? All phenomena must have sutti-
cient cause. Whence originated the splendid i'm
pulse that has continued undiminished through
twenty centuries, and that to-day bears blossom
and fruit in the 10y and hope Of EssterH Whence
this fellowship Of souls; this common faith In
Immortality; this Improvement in general
morals this costly strife for reform and progress;
this new and splendid civilization Is 1t all the
outgroWth Of falsehood and impoSture2 Has It
trickled down from the icy SUBMITS OF specula-
tionR Impossible. God has raised up Jesus
life to the world. Living and imperishsDle truth
| is the cornerstone Of our greatness AID at the
The fsSt Of Sbrsts SesuIrectioD has had and
SSeptiCsi criticism, heated seven times hotter
thrust. in every age, but It viii not away. It
amid
THE TOSSING SEAS
| Of doubt and controversy; Q fact formative and
potent in the thought and practice Of all best and
WIsest peoples. Every TACT endures. All truths
are sacred. Every event has power. Conmonest
and knows no chronology. The mystery OF d.
| yineness Is in least things, and presses upon Us
| from all sides and at all times. But this won
ness and time-serVing dullness; unfolds spirit
world to our young vision, and presses into our
We know that II man die he shall live again
that God reiKns over the grave and preserves nj:
for MS alter death and Of the immortality Of good
| the invisible.
Mere Immortality is no blessing. That alone
| might be to our thought perpetual terror. II
the tyranny OF eTip Is not broken; If our sins are
to pursue US as eternal avengers; If a sense o.
| nd nrTNh aurai "a n
| as q chastity spectre; better than Immortality
| with this would be an everlasting and dresmlest
and we need this as much for the present world
| as for any other.
GOD IS EVERYWHERE.
and equally; our need is for clear vision, purel
tastes. truer principles, better affections and lives
| because submitting to better promptings within
| 1t is not other bodies and conditions we so much
Iced as that our present and actual powers should
tIvity And deveIonment This Is the sternest ne.
cessfty OF the individual and Of society.
| We need to he raised from our unrtghteousness
yonder. With meanness and guilt on our spirit.
we should blush IN the presence Of the angels and
turn away with lOathing from Heaven OF holl,
ness, though II were jasper and gold. Let no enc
| slack bis efforts to subdue evil and to grow In
goodness, for We have Rt the central court Of the
universe q risen and almighty friend and helper,
| even Jesus. Evil may attack and let out its pow
| ers against goodness, but good is stronger than
evil in our universe, and overcomes and surviVest
|
with Christ, and he will, here and now, transform
| your souls and ennoble your lives, and you shall
| rise, even to day, into the essential power and
| greatness of Christian resurrection o touch
and trust the beating heart that this very morn
| ing sends its pulsations Of Rladness round the
| great world, and your sorroBs and sins will dis
| Solve; your dead souls live. and have abiding
within them the throbbing prophecy Of an end
| less rising. Thus, resurrection will become to
| you rot merely an Easter Sunday theme, but an
| everlasting experience. The audience was large,
| and the sermon Was followed BY administration Of
the Lords Supper.
St. Dominic's Church.
| Solemn High Mass was celebrated at 1880
| O'Clock by Rev. Thomas L. Power, assisted BY
Fathers Rotchford and Sheridan. Very Rev.
| J. A. Rotchford, o. p. Provincial Of the Order Of
st. Dominic, delivered an eloquent and instrue-
! tive discourse on the resurrection, taking his
text from the lO7th Psalm, oath verse: "Ths is
| the day which the Lord hath made; etus be glad
| and rejoice therein" MoEart's Twelfth Mass
| was rendered by the following ehoif, under the
| direction Of Prof Missbaeh; Sopranos, Mrs. Rem
| shaw Mrs Browne and Miss Sienna Mattingly;
\ altos Miss Lena Preuss and Miss L. Browne;
| tenor, John H. Mattingly; bass, Magnus Koch
| ling. The hymn, "Regina Coeli," by Rossini,
| was sung at the ofertory.
At the Vesper service the "Tantum Ergo" by
| Franz Abt duet for baritone and alto, was sung
| -. NJ and Mas PrauEg This tha