The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-17

the congregation sang the hymn, "Ansel, Roll the
Rock Away" Prayer was then offered by the PASTOR
the Rev. II. w Bellows in which he invoked tho d.
vine blessing the children OF the Sabbath school and
iahcrly Of the spirits Of those whom Death had
called away since the last Easter sunday The Easter
anthem then sung sChrist the Lord, is Risen To-
day The venerable pastor then read from Paus
Episte 10 the Romans, vi, 5-sFor If VIC have
been planted together in the likeness OF his death,
shall be also in tho likeness of his resurrection" In
the course Of his remarks the preacher said:--
Death and the resurrection too often quoted as
anaeonistic Nature passes through continuous
series Of death and nc~ c Philosophers hold that
nothing ever utterly pcrishes, but in Ms atoms
and everything Is indessructibe and comes
again In form. The death Of the year Is only to
let the vegetable kingdom put forth more vigor In
leaves and beauty. 80 the animals die philosophers
have no, been bound wanting who maintain that the
essence III their lille preserved The American Indian
has his faithful dog buried with HIM, hoping that he
may Join him the hunting grounds OF the brighter
based their hopes of joy IN the bclicf that
they VIII at last be merged in the great
OCEAN of the spirit Of God very part OF the
supreme whole, and this h their substitute for our
present belief personal consciousness oi the spirit
We have sacred precious belief that IN the spirit
world shall have personal identity after death II
~ The anchor which holds us TO Christ III we had no
evidence Of except IN the resurrection OF Christ we
should left IA awful doubt But apart IRON revela
ton 10 seesns that man Is noble creation, DIS
tinguishcd by his personality. Man Is graded BY the
SPECIAL force OF his personality, his power and achieve
menlA There Is no human race except III the per-
Sonallts Of the men and women And Is IL possible
that all this work OF hs further liicy The
personality OF man what gives Tho image Of tho
Father. and ~ what rases above the level OF the
brute T. there IL anything which must be guarded by
nature than anything csa II is The personality
81 man. n that is 10 perish then must believe that
there can be no personality OF God. VIII God, who
planted this spirit OF man. allow IL to die with the
boayf. The faith OF the personality OF man and the
numerically OF the soul have ever been In
Eeparabie Bruics never court death with
Of Immortality. but man ofcntimcs yearns
~ go away 10 God Can the Idea oil living God DO
nothing but the effect Of Imagination dream, mere
meckery 1--we doubt these need not question lur
Their the personality OF man, tor they stand fail TO-
gcshcr thrlst -ai, II am the resurrection and the
hen lie knew that He was immortal lie had come
hack the ie n himself We accept the OF the
personal resurrection OF the body Of Jesus but VIC put
FAITH Ia the mcalcuale hope ana comfort ana JOY
which HIS lie IA this world atcsted that death was
Mt a hnals-a faith founded IN spiritual hope, rest
Ina upon what y host IN lite upon those best Of souls,
the conssmnase flower Of humanity, OF whom Jesus
the bead. He the Son OF God, and IL know
that INV Redccmer iycth" HIS resurrection and His
victory over death tell us that we arc immortal.