Telegram-herald., 1886-04-26
'BHuEs fHUM EASTER
Appropriate Services Held N
the Churches Yesterday.
THEORY Or lsGtRs0tL DISCUSSED.
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Res4rssctfon Discussed Or the
Ssssral Disinss- CAiiarsos
Services.
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Yesterday The Dssi-ioa-ss Asskosiisl |
church presented an unusually attractive
appearance. iasiiss having arraaged the
Fragile blossoms Eilh excellent saeeess.
Aboss The organ keyboard sas a cluster II
dalfsilis. ~ith <eranlams tAstils PLACED on
either SIDE. and large bunch u hO~ering
ger lhsams. hegou-As aud einarsries 0rna
nenled tae elboE of TIE choir railing On
either side II the pulpit jardi-
nlers we're arranged. the one containing
fAe other cut salia hlliss and eis= OF Ivs.
Ia tbe foreground were pretty foliage
plants sad Easter lilies, while upon the
paipil proper ~as nassed bank VI dafi0
dills candy suns. hyaelnths, tulips, paBsies,
cherry blossoms. pinks. rose buds and the
uke. The various eolors blended pleasinSly
and a delicate perfume stealing from the
flowers. pervaded the air. A special Easter
hymn ~as sung by the chorus choir under
the dirsetioB Of Prof. Geo. ID. Hsrrick, in
which duett by Mrs. Way and Miss
I AtxateT and a bass solo by the leader stood
out prominently. Rev John Graham. the
| pastor. preached an earliest sermOn appro-
/ pirate 30 the occasion. choosing as bis texts
/ the following passages Of Scripture.
saying Tue Lord IS risen indeed. aud hath
| appeared So -ilaou Luke xiv.
EsI soaie man wil say. How are the dead
raised up aud via what body DO they come
Cor ~ "a
tie said The resurrection OF Christ IS
the foundation and the pillar upon which
/ Christian hose rests, that Of necessity in
| wolves be death Of Christ Ia ancient times
| men never doubted the fact that Christ actu-
ally died aua il remained for the skeptics
| of our day 90 doubt the truth Of the
| statement. The Roman soldiers pronounced
| him % be dead They pierced his heart
aud water. with blood came from the
wound IL : a strange fact that Christ was
buried az all, for il vas not the custom OF
that time 10 bury malefactors. but he was
placed ia a tomb, from which there was
40 exit, save through the open entrance
and that was closed with a boulder and
sealed A guard was set over H. On the
| third day the body was no longer there
How was the tomb opened Two theories
are advanced Those who disbelieve in the
resurrection say that the disciples stole the
body away. and the disciples say that Christ
| Is risen. Whether enemies or friends of Chist
/
astounding felony, even If there was no
particular motive. Ii the enemies of Christ
took the body Why did they not produce il,
when be vas proclaimed risen; and refute
the truth OF the resurrection Did the
friends take the body? They might have
done 50, II they bad been brave men, but
the Apostles were cowardly. Peter the
bravest of them all, denied his Lord. All
of them left him in the trying hour, and
they had no faith in his resurrection. Then,
too. the stone was clumsy, and the night
was illuminated by bright moon. TIL
| whole city was IN a state of excite
ment, and many pedestrians were
about. How coulG the soldiers tell
who rolled the stone away if they were
asleep But Christ was seen eleven times
| subsequently,. once BY five hundred persons,
and the disciples declared the tact OF the
resurrection. nO matter what the cost, even
Ii the price was q human life All history
| combines IN stating that this truth was
taught from the beginning. The Christian
religion in It's ineipiency was founded on
facts that would bear investigation, and all
the truths would have been of no avail II
Christ had not risen and become the first
fruits OF them that slept. There are many
differences Ot opinion about our own resur-
rection.
There Is now q theory known amOnE
theoiOxians as the germ theory, which in
effect supp0ses that God will preserve a
germ from our bodies and by development
viii unfold il into body united 10 our
future home. but We must remember that
the resurrection was miracle. Jesus rose
in the slime oOdv and that Is set up a. a
model fer is But who shall change our
bodies God. who is all powerful. will
reconstruct them after some pattern known
to him. But. saws one. 'cnr bodies are
constantly changing. prominent writer
declares that Of some parts of the body this
cannot be affirmed. But what is the differ
enCe 30 long as the scriptures say
that the body which dies, that
But some bodies 20 u the grave immatured
or very old Whag about such bodies IN
heaven We cannot give any argument %
couuteract that statement only thar God
has the power 60 make all human discrep-
auCies disappear. RE stands on the plane
of the miraculous. Bat our bodies decom-
pose and become dissipated i'm their original
gases and one thousand years hence We
may be parts Of trees. flowers or even
human oodies, this Is all the narrow phil
osophv Of man. Gods infinite pledge viii
be falned
"A silver cup dropped into acid viii dis
solve bar the disirtegrated particles can
b. prscepitsssd and moulded into
a cup sgSin n man can do such wonder
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hosvf Atoms are understandable. Cant
they he reconstructed 90 form an identity
az atoms. and an arrangement like
chat. formerly existing God is building
men materially every dsv Can he recon
stracf them One beautiful theory Is that
Cod vii make souls nnssnates. 50 that by
the action of lsw they viii attract
1ie particles necessary for the construc-
fion of q celestial bpuy. There viii b
some changes necessary in the trans
ixian. Heavenly bodies vii need nC
: SoUi er rest. The alimentary and
I Sssimilafive organs vill b eliminated ".
/ shall have the freedom 0f the sniverse. ths
feeetiom to loak into the mysteries Of God
providence. shere Uill oe no sccidents. nc
human woes viii be tbere. - hos gor.
iUns ff.sf ffe when compared with this
Yes Christ has risen and hecoule the ins
tfuifs IF them shat slept
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