The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-29
GRACE CHURCH.

The services at Grace church yesterday al tracted
an enormous congregation. AS old Brown, the
sexton, said she mad been there twenty five
years, but had never seen anything like it," which
Is good evidence that, spite OF being down town,
for lasnionable church Grace is losing none OF
its popularity
The decorations yesterday were tasteful, but
not abundant some beautiful punches Of Gala
lilies decorated the sides of the altar, and
rosetles oil flowers had been placed in the panels
at the head Of the chance, enclosing the motto In
scarlet letters, "Christ Is Rlsen" On the pedestal
OF the pulpit had been also placed large bunch
OF rare eXotlcs.
The Rev. DR.. Henry Q. Potter conducted the
morning service. Possibly what drew the extra
large crowd Of worshippers-or. rather, hearers
was the excessively noria character OF the music,
which is known to be peculiar to this church on
festival days Of the Christian dlspensation. None
OF these is observed more than Eastertlde, ana
yesterday there was no appointment as to the
music wnicn was gwen. The following is the pro-
| gramme:-
I nymn 20 81 vcne .Worgan
Christ our Passover Is sacrced for u.s. es
Psalms 2, 81, ILL.,
G e nenm in &C Jr
Jubiate Dec, in F.....................J r. Thomas
Gloria fibL ''''Au'
From Psalm the day which the IorI
otertory. Isaiah Il, verso ll-"Hc shall feed His
| flock like a shepherd"
Communion Hymn 2o7 80: sibeboths
After the anthem Dr.. Potter delivered one of his
brlel, argumentatve addresses. full OF sound
sense aud practical teaching. lie took as the
central idea OF his sermon, II it may be called
such, the resurrection OF our Lord He SAID this
was day hallowed ABOVE all others by Christians
as the one which stamped the nna fact OF the sal
walton oil the world. Inrist mad been dead and
! lie was now risen. HIS entire Work had been
done and the prophecies accomplished. There
were many, but He trusted none present
resurrection OF Christ They argued it
to be impossible. They said That IN the ma tural
course OF events sucn thing was impossible
Christians agreed oil course. tnat 1t was not &C
compnshed by natural means, but that IT was one
reasoning OF unoeliet when once commenced,
there was no point at which one could conven
/ OF our Lord doubted the Bible, ana those wno
! doubted the Bible doubted the immortality of the
these that no one could prove that there was an
! other world where we should one day be trans.
lated THIS was IN one sense true, but If we only
! believed what could be clearly demonstrated to
us, then we should nave TO doubt great DEAL
I We know the Drain 10 be the seat of intelligence !;
but ali the efforts OF science IN thousands years
had been unable to demonstrate how the brain
produced thought, or tnat. indeed, the brain was
the visible organ Of thought, We Know It u.s. but
cannot prove It, There is, then, sometning we
cannot account Tor except ON the ground OF the
the sous uture state was at best but an uncoH
Portable belief. 1t could lead 10 nothing
cOnsoilng. On the otner hand, we have
the Word of God Himself transmitted to us
by men whose writings 1T would DE Jolly to
doubt. Even the enemies OF biblical lore do not
go so far as TO Deny the good !atn OF those men
who wrote the Bible All effects tend to snow
that they we're Mistaken not that they willully Ia
slded Renan attempts to explain away the see.
Ing OF Christ by the gardener as an illusion. Even
granting this Was the actual insertion OF the hands
OF Thomas in Chrtsts wounds an Illusion? Was
the meeting of the apostles with Christ an Illusion?
No. we cannot but eel that all this Is true, that
Christ did arise and that one day we shall be lace
to face with HIM when lie sits on the right hand
oil Goo the Father. This was not a day OF doubt
Ing, OF argument, 1t was one OF JOY for the whole
Christian world.
Before leaving the pulpit, DR.. Potter solicited
contribution Tor the conversion OF the people OF
what he Cal ed 'those Jewel ISLANDS OF the Allan.
tic" me sandwich group. Much We might
need Christian help in city like this, where there
was badness enough, the crime OF canlbasm still
existed there, and the whole Christian world
should unite to stamp IL out, This could only be
accomplished BY introducing the lights OF religion