, 1884-04-15
EASTER
Observance of the Memorable Day
in Cheyenne.
Appropriate Sermons by Different
Pastors--An Address by
0rrin Miller.

NPBASlA ANNNI1
observed in most of the churches in
Cheyenne on Sunday last. And these
services were well attended for nearly all
people who go to church at all land there
are but few in Cheyenne who do not
attend at some time during the Year, went
to one of the churches during the day.
The sermons by the various pastors, which
are always interesting and instructive,
were unusually so on this occasion.
Al ST. MARKS EPISCOPAL.
The morning services at this church
were attended by a very large congrega-
ton and were deeply interesting to all
who had the good fortune to get there in
time to obtain a seat. The special pro-
gramme for the occasion as previously
announced was carried out and the exer-
cises were exceedingly beautiful and i'm
pressive. The Rev. George C. Rafer,
rector of the church, preached one of his
ablest sermons, his topic being the Resur-
rection of Christ. In the evening the
church. which was brilliantly lighted and
the chancel ~profusely decorated and
adorned with flowers, was again filled and
this time there was hardly standing room
left. The choir (Messrs. Haines, Muylle,
1nman and Miss North) surpassed them
selves in the excellent singing
they favored the congregation with and
this was one of the most attractive feat
ures of the occasion. On invitation Mr..
Orrin Miller delivered a very eloquent and
entertaining address on the subject of the
rise, growth and spread of the gospel.
His speech was replete with historical
facts, the statements of which were
clothed in beautiful and well chosen
words. To those who did not already
know that Mr.. Miller is an able speaker
his address was a great surprise. At the
conclusion of the address the skeleton
cross which stood at the foot of the main
aisle was adorned with flowers by the
children of the Sunday school-Mrs,
Kent and Mrs. Baxter assisting them.
While the children were bringing forward
their floral offerings the choir sang Fill
the Cross With Roses" Easter eggs,
etc, were then distributed to the children
and the choir sang the Tenth Day"
after which prayer and benedicti6n fol-
lowed and the congregation dispersed.
AT ST. JOHNS CATHOLIC CHURCH.
The attendance at St. Johns Catholic
Church both morning and evening was
very large. The affairs were very prettily
decorated. At the solemn high mass,
which was celebrated by Father Nugent,
the choir sang Mozart's mass. The
musical programme was elaborate and
ample justice was done to the numbers of
the great composer. A very large num-
Der of people also received Holy Com
munion. The attendance at the Vespers
services at I o'clock was very large and
the music of an unusually high order of
excellence.
AT THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
There were a few beautiful flowers
upon the platform. The anthems BY the
choir and the hymns in which the con-
.gregation Joined were especially appro-
pirate for the day. In the morning the
pastor took for his text these words found
in St. Johns Gospel, II, 25-27: Jesus
said unto her, l am the resurrection and
the life; he that believeth in me, though
he were dead, yet shall he live:
And whosoever liveth and believeth in
me hal never die. Believest thou this?
She saith unto him, yea, Lord; 1 be-
lieve that thou art the Christ, the Son of
God, which should come into the world. "
The points developed were first, the
scene itself, a Swallowed home and a
bleeding heart. Coming to these with
a true consolation was the Christ;
second, as the words of Christ, what
were the truths He intended to convey?
These-Christ the resurrection. Death
was the end of our existence. A blessed
immortality. The condition of this bless
ing, faith in the Son of God. He then
passed to thethird point. The question
asked of Martha by Christ, ''Believest
thou this?" The question had its appli-
cation to US; do we believe Christi Fourth,
was noticed Martha's response, YEA,
Lord" etc. In conclusion, he said:
These Easter Sabbaths are throbbed
with the truest consolation. The dark
grave, SO deep and silent, lies open at the
end of this life's journey. Some see it,
even now, in the dim distance before
them and they tremble as they think
about it. Standing by the graves Of
loved friends who have passed on before,
they shrink back from the chilling
thought, I too must be laid beneath the
sod. Beloved, this grand truth which
Christ enumerated in the text and which
is confirmed by every return of this queen
of festivals brings to light the fact the
power of the grave is overcome, the bolt
of the tomb is broken. In the Language
of another, DO we realize what the Eas
ter Sunday morning signifies? Not dead
but alivel Upon every tombstone evel
set upon the globe, it may be written
Not dead, but alive. So, too, these re
curing Easter Sabbaths can, or SHOULD
be, an inspiration to us. The part, wha
has it been? What Of the present? VIVA
are our purposes and prospects, Are W,
bulbs in the ground when we ought t,
have come forth into the new life of stall
flower, rich in its fragrant beauty? Ar,
we slaves in the shell, when we SHOULD
have burst out from this prison home o
darkness and taking on the wing of tn,
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