Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-04-11

white emblemaiie lilies, and delicate pot.
flowers elung to pulpit, choir and nave like
their sr.sisiers the flowers Of earth best tell
Of heaven and MI the hrmamen, with holiest
incense Stately boquets fanked the plat.
form over which. along the front Of the organ
loft, ran that suggestive inscription typical Of
the Christians faith, "Chrisi the Lord is
Risen To-day
The singing was exceedingly fine and appro-
pirate. and walked sleeping memories of the
past, dead days which arose like herads pro-
claiming the hope Of the future. The stiffness
Of the morning, the solemn quietude of the
chapel, the marked devotion Of the audience,
the calm, innocent faces Of the children turned
altarwards, the sudden peaing Of the organ in
burst Of divine harmony" the grandeur Of
the Christ and the dignity OF the preacher
combined to make the service most solemn
and impressive
Z" But now is Christ risen from the dead and
become the first fruits of them that slept"
The story Of the first Easter, Of the resuuec
ton ofChrist and Of heincarnationa and redemp.
ton, were drawn from this beautiful text
which contains in three lines the Christians
shout Of victory echoed from the tomb. Like
a costly picture sci in a rich frame, said the
minister is this divine religion Of God, Our
Easter service is but beautiful frame in
which we have placed Christ to bring out in
clear perspective the redemption of man. But
confuse not the outward form OF religion with
the divine promises of Christ, or the church
service with the resurrection Of the Lord %
Glory. Although we canno, know the infinite
ye, the sphere OF our belief exceeds that OF our
knowledge, and we can believe in the resur.
rection Of Christ without being able TO account
for it with our finite reason. The truth Of
the resurrection was not taugh, in the Bible
alone by the analogy Of nature beginning with
man at his second step in life--life and its
complement of death the present, the here
after the revelation of God 10 man through
consciousness; the personal identity Of man
throughout his earthly period Of existence
all these prehgure the future and give us hope
Of immortality through the resurrection
At the evening praise e-servce the church was
again crowded and the choir under the direc.
ton Of Professor Yarndley rendered the
musical programme, with the assistance Of the
congregation, tfat it became one of the fea-
lures OF the evening.
Rev. Mr. Cruzan continued the subject Of
Resurrection and brought out in argument
those facts which cluster around the first Easter
and become inexplicable unless the resurrection
of our Lord was an actual fact which really oc.
Cured at the time history places it, The
changes which took place in the moral and
spiritual nature of the disciples of Christ and
made them uncompromising champions ior
the cause: the confusion and embarrassment oi
Christ's enemies at His resurrection the insti.
tuition of the holy Sabbath in commemoration
OF the new life; and the history, the struggles the
growth and the continual success Of the Chris
tan church afford rrefragable proof of di'
vine accomplishment in Christ Jesus. To hold
that those poor, ignorant fishermen Of Galilee,
who knelt at the grave of the Savior, went
forth preaching lie would be to declare for
greater miracle, enacted by human agency,
than that of the resurrection Of the divine
Christ .
AT ST. ANDREWS PRo-cATHRDRAL.
Easter festival at the English church was
celebrated as ii always is in an imposing man
ner The chapel was most handsomely de-
corated. The pulpit was covered with white
flowers -s,ephanotis, white roses and maidens
hair; red roses and vari-colored flowers crossed
and recrossed the church; on the altar was a
large cross of white flowers; and the font near
the entrance was wreathed with blossoms and
gTeenery. Many communicants attended the
early service and by eleven O'Clock the chapel
was filled TO the doors. The "sceptre and
the spindle worshiped side by side. At the
first service Rev. Mr.. Macintosh preached on
the resurrection, and at eleven o'clock after
prayers, which were intoned by Rev. Mr..
Macintosh and Rev. Mr.. Wallace, short
but appropriate sermon was delivered by the
Bishop The chants and Easter hymns were
sung with fine effect, and the surpliced choir
deserves especial mention. In the afternoon
the Rev. G.- b. Simeon conducted service
for the children after which the evensong was
sung in the Hawaiian. In the evening the
Rev. George Wallace preached on The Resur'
recton of the Body. During the. afternoon
service eleven infants were baptized by the
Rev, Mr.. Macintosh.
Al THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Commencing at an early hour in the morn
ing continual stream Of native and foreign
olsorshipers came and went until the vesper
services were ended. At times the church was
so crowded that many were forced to kneel in
the aisles during prayers. The Hawaiian
children as usual took prominent part in the
religious exercises. During the regular morn
ing service the band was in attendance. 1t
was an impressive thing to see the natives in
the ardor Of their worship cndeavoring to over
come the frailtics Of the flesh and follow in the
footsteps Of Him who offers consolation to
p ishing nations.
The night descended at last on day well
closed, and myriad Of eyes that had seen the
Lord in His works and worshiPped Him in the
spiri, Of truth fell into peaceful slumber