Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-06

AT the Fourth street u. n Cnurcn, heV.
DR.. Smith preached from the text Il am
the resurrection and the hfe"-John x., %.
There was q large congregation, and those
present listened to the eloquent and i'm
pressiye discourse with mnch interest.
FIRST ENGLISH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN
CHURCH.
As is the custom Of this congregation on
Easter Sundays, the Lords Supper was adj
ministered, which was yesterday morning
preceded By the reception Of FIVE new nsm'
bers, all heads Of families, and the baptism
of six children.
The pulpit was made beautiful with
blooming plants, whose fragrance hlled the
church. The communion was a large and
deeply interesting n
In the evening the pastor, Rev. Z. d.
D~crnblaser, preached an appropriate Easter
sermon from Isaiah 63, l.: "Who is this
that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments
from Bozrah? This thsti is glorious in apparel
travelling in the greatness Of His strength
l that speak in Righteousness mighty to
save"
Just sixty-one years ago, said the speaker
an event took place which thrilled every
loyal, grateful, heart of America with
rapturous delight. 1t was the great ovation
given to La Fayette on the occasion of his
last visit TO the land for which he had in his
Young manhood expended his fortune and
imperiled his life leaving native land, home
ties, and home honors, to help free US from
the CALLING yoke OF oppression. His visit
offered the opportunity to a grateful people
to show their gratitude; and many tributes
of praise were given to the ~"conquerlng
hero" The annual occurrence Of Easter.
tide gives the occasion to recall the acts oil
a Greater Conquering Hero-Jesus Christ
who delivered US from the CALLING yoke OF
sin and made Us spiritual freemen.
Edom was the great enemy OF Gods
people and Bozrah probably n OF the
strongest castles in the country. For
its depressing the people of God and for
its great sin against Jehovah
God often sent upon Edom His divine chas
tisement. To each coDquerer of the Israel,
ties enemy they would give Inscriptions Of
highest praise, especially when he returned
with garments stained with the blood Of
victory. So Christ comes from the hottest
of the battle, vanquishing the great king. o
evil, having broken up the much-dreaded
prison. house of death.
He is described il the text as coming
with dyed garments.
1.-THE friend OF sinners-yes, tits he,
With garments dyed on Calvary"
Over wonder in the State House are care
fully stored away, as sacred relics, the en-
signs under which your fathers, husbands
and brothers fought. Those OF which old
soldiers are proudest and which are of most
interest to you are the ragged, faded regi
mental flags, riddled by the shot and
shall ,of e score of battles, stained
oy the warm blood gushed upon them from
he fresh wound OF the bearer, Just befor
hey were planted on the ramparts capture
rom the enemy. So is Christ's garment o
Greatest interest to US because stained wit
he blood of victory. His apparel thu
crimson stained is all the more glorious,
because it possesses the ground of perfec
purity. 1t was never soiled by any stain
II selfshuess nor polluted with an persona
sin in himself; it was the blood. stained ap
p rel of perfect righteousness, holiness, un'
selfshness and charity. This is the object
of greatest interest to us. Let Us ever look
upon our C~onquering Hero, glorious in
His apparel" with truest faith and
warmest love.
But there is another characteristic of our
conquering Christ, mentioned in this Ian
guage, viz: Travelling in the greatness Of
His strength" This dignity and grace Of
movement, this powerful tread OF
the O~mnipotent is not only a thing
of the past, but is a continuous
travelling ofthe mighty one conquering and
TO conquer all the enemies Of himself and
His people. Tie p5w.r that removed tn
stone from the sepulchre still removes the
obstacles in the way Of the moral elevation
Of the nations Of the earth. And the stately
strength that marked His moving from the
tomb marks the progress Of Christianity in
its mission Of mercy and good will among
the children OF men.
Christianity had much TO contend with,
but it still advanced notwithstanding all its
foes.
And BY whom was this done? aud how?
1t was BY the preachiny of the cross. By
the power of Him VINO said, 81 that speak
in righteousness" The preaching of Christ
and His cruci6al though it was TO the Jews
a stumbling block cam to the Greeks fool
ishness' yet it is the wisdom Of God and
the power of God"
But the conqueror also answers the in.
quiry, calling himself the mighty to save"
| cannot demonstrate to you the mighty.
ness of the Son of God to save. This must
be o matter Of experience to you sealed by
the Holy Ghost, for whose re1enerating
you must pray. Oh friend, so live by
faith in the Son of God that you may have
part in the first resurrection, that you have
part with those who co ne from every land
and silent city Of tn, dead on the whole
Earth and from the wat ~ graves of those
gone down in the bose n OF the ocean. In
singing the glad anthe II of thanksgiving
% Him who shall have power aud dominion
glory and honor for ever and ever; to HIM
Who speaks in righteous mighty to ave
To this end, Oh God, h!lp Us to love and
obey the Savior now, eX J~erience His fore
giving mercy now, supplicate and receiv
His sustaining grace now, for His names
sake, Amen.
ST. johns CHURCH, BELLAIRE.
In St. Johns Church, yesterday, at the 8
o'clock a. m. mass, the sacred edifce was
packed, and almost 800 persons
received Holy Communion. An equally
congregation assembled at the High
Mass at 10 a. m. The Rev. Father Gull
the celtbrant on each occasion. The
choir rendered Farmers Mass in fine style,
and Father Gull preached a dogmatic ser
mon on the Resurrection Of Christ and the
consequent results of this last and mightiest
that He was God and all His works
and His prophecies unerring. There
fore, that His church was divine and infal.
ible.
TEMPERANCE.
Yesterday Afternoons Meeting at the