National Republican., 1883-03-26

and to forsake the earthly tendencies of this
corruptibe nature, is the bent and aspiration
of Cbrists church, publication of tho church,
by suffering, by persecution, through cruci-
fxion and death is the service allotted The
church must be as her Master aud adorable
head. She must journey through time as
lie did through Syria, with His holy stead
fast face ever fixed on Jerusalem. She must
work out tho Easter glory through the pro-
cesses of discipline and pain, until she is
finally victorious,a bride adorned, not having
spot or wrinkle, or any such thing. So, too, is
IL with our personal and individual ex-
peri0nces. The life in as must expel
the doathly part, the Christianity of us
must struggle away from the confirm
ing, crampiug, unpoisoning elements that
are entirely mortal. There is nothing
dead or dying in our gospel. No cor
ruption, no dissolution, no decay.
IL is all life, all hope, all promise, all
Christ. The very shadows of Lent are
illumined, like the far northern midnight Of
Scotland, which is not inky and murky as in
our more southern latitudes but whose deeper
shadings are fickering and pulsing with the
sunlight that will not be expelled The very
sorrows of our life, if we be saints with as
sured anticipations, are sanctifed and blessed
by divine beauty, q Christly love- an Easter
hope, which illumes and vitalizes, and buoys
us up, and though the billows be dark and
deep, yet out of them one can and do cry,
and lift up our voices to Gne mighty to save.
The truth is that God and Easter are divine
facts. God is In and back of the feast and
the great mystery, "God raised Christ from
the dead" The divine in the humanity was
inseparable from it, and the body of Jesus
dccarnalized glorifed, etherialized, so TO
speak The same human frame that lay in
the tomb and hung on the cross and walked
about Palestine now freed from the weight
ing down of the mere earthly and ileshly,
that body was lifted after death by divinity,
and so God and Easter are inseparable virtues
And so think we may SEQ the divine life,
the undying, and always aspiring principle in
each human creature, and you can see this
principle cropping forth in all creation, bo-
cause, without being Panthoistic in an inn
proper sense, Gods handiwork, receives
somewhat Of His life in the bounding, up
growing nature all about us. The risen
Christ is in the human race, in
our very make up, in the Easter
fact is an unanswerabe and overwhelming
postuate, and you might as well deny exist.
ence as oppose the undying and immortal inn
pulse Of the better nature of mankind. 1t is
the real operating factor in life; it is our
dogma and our practice; it is the force back
of every good resolve and noble impulse and
generous inclination; 1t works in all men,
whether Pagan or Christian, because il is the
light that was announced by an angel to the
at the opened door of the sepulchre binding
and bewildering the Roman guard; it is the
light which has illumined every soul since born
Of human mother, the universal world light
that lighteneth every man coming into this
world of ours II operates, say, in all man
kind, whether they know OF believe it or not,
and is the real handspring of all good deeds,
and leads TO noblcr and higher undertakings.
But oh how potent IL is when men accept and
recognize and welcome its service and its bless
ing; when you feel it moving within you, work
ing by divine process in your soul, drawing
you out of the grave Of Il past sinfulness, out
Of the gloom and deadnoss of inaction and
Ignorance and pride and hardncss when you
recognize its drawing light, its spreading
warmth, its viviiying and impelling power
leading you to grandor and more glorious
service; to higher and purer and more un-
selfish life; to a disciplcship with Him who
is the victor, and the first fruits and the
head, then the real resurrection becomes, not
merely doctrine, not page of history not a
blessed story from the gospel, not beautiful
poesy, and living custom, but q new life, q
personal and actual experience, q moving,
pushing drawing winning privilege, because
man finds himself walking with Jesus, as
those wondering disciples did on the road to
Emmans. This helpful, strengthening re.
joicing aid that sustains us in our better life,
that glorifes and sanctifies our Christian tolls
and rals, that vobs death of terror and opens
for the soul the gate of everlasting life-this
Easter fact to-day the church commentaries
and rejoices in, because He is risen indeed
from the dead.
ST. ALoYsIUs'.
AT st. Aloysius' church the attendance al
IL o'clock was very great hundreds being un.
able to gain admttance. special interest
was felt in the musical exercises of this church
L.. tI,.N lst.-
for so many years directed the choir here, but
for a few years past has presided at the organ
of All Souls church, has returned and inaugu
rated his first Sunday by an exceptionally
fine rendition of Haydns Sixteenth Mass
with full orchestral aud organ accompaniment
and an augmented choir. The soloists, Mis-
Clara Baker, Mrs Sherman, Zessrs John o
Pugh and Emil Holer ably sustained theil
several parts, and the grand Choruses of tn,
mass were given with excellent effect.
The altar was beautifully decorated will
flowers while Il myriad o. lights and the wore
"ResurreXit" in flaming gas jets added bril-
liancy to the impressive celesS2tion of tn,
mass.
Rev. Father Murphy preached on the Joy
fulness and the encouragement which TIN
feast inspires into all who desire to aris
from the death ofsn and to walk in the new
ness of life This, he said, is the spiri
breathcd by the sweet beauty of flowers an,
the great, glad strains of the festive musi
that add to the Easter solemnity. 1t is trul,
the day which the Lord hath made-the da,
of His triumph over the powers of sin an,
darkness and death and tho tomb. In in
fancy, in youth in manhood, in teaching, il
suffering, lie is the master. But to-day II
stands in the magnetic beauty of His risel
Splcndor us the king and the conqueroi
bidding all to have courage, to follow him, t
fear not, because He has overcome the world
The miracle proves His power; the newncs
OF life is the model for His followers. An
Mary the Magdaleno shares in the glory O
His resurrection, Just AS she had bravc
shared in the anguish and disgrace of Iii
death. So with all be partakcrs now in Iii
patient suffering and you shall bG sharers /
the immortal glory of the great hereafter.
In the afternoon at the yespers the congrc
CATION was fully as large rs in the morning
aud the vcsper music was equally as attraC
tive. The main feature was Milliard's 81
Sautari,," sung by Mr.. Warren $. Young, an
tho celebrated siXtellc from Lucia" al
ranged as Tantum Ergo, and excellcntl
sung by Miss Clara Baker, Mrs, Harr
Sherman, Messrs. John o. Pugh, $. Ii. With
erson, W. A.Wedney and !. H. Hickox.
The subject of the scrmon was the appar
tion of Christ to his apostles in the eycnin
OF his resurrection. There is no sin withou
blo0dshed, This is eNcmplifed in the patr
archal aud Mosaic dispensatiOn, but with th
difference from the new law. In the old la
the blood which was shed was but q figure
the Lamb who was to shed the last drop
His blood for the remission Of sins q
Easter evening Christ came to His apostle
and instituted the sacrament of penance, an
gives them tho power of Temitting sin, Th
sacrament CmbOdics tho strength of Christ
blood, because by IL are repaid sin and I'll