Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-04-21

Woodward, host OF Angels speed lheA
Shed T goid lights Of the throne which radiance
TbroI nip51 the sunrise. And that mountains
Which Rst Swallowed, in deep hush, the Chrisfi
Z III with glory: while 8 seraph sings
! The Song OF silence TO the King OF Kings
whose desthless death is triumph Of Loves
might.
Each love within us is a Christ newborn
/ And each in time our brothers cruelty
| with heavy crOSses-Weary crowns OF tho'n-
/ With stripes and wOunds-untll they purify
The mighty Lord within; ana JustlIy
The glorious radiance Of our resurrection moru
The Church Universal pats on her royal
robes to-day. She celebrates with pcmp
and ceremonial the most startling and i'm
pressive event of human history. With
triumphal procession, with vocal and in
strumenial music, with such elcquenCe a.
no other theme could inspire, she empha-
sizes The Resurrection rs che radiant csDtre
Of Christian dogma and the corner stone OF
an institution which has had controlling
influence over the minds and motives Of
men for nearly TWO thousand years. With
ont the miracle which Easter symbolizes
tbgre could have been no Church, and the
hone ard faith which penetrate the future
would have been releg4ted 10 the domain OF
mere probability.
No vent siuce the dawn Of creation has
excited so much comment, stirred so much
doubt or reused so much sturdy criticism
AZ the Resurrection. The apparently i'm
possible has besn proclaimed a fact snd
accepted as such b. the well trained and
best equipped scholarship of ages. II
does not rest on the blind and hungry
credulity of the ignorant and thoughtless,
but on the strong foundation Of athletic
research. which seeks the truth whether
il leads to the heaven of belief or the pan
demonium of doubt. The sharpest
skepficism has measured and
weighed the evidence, end
with an open field and the right of way
has not disturbed the general acceptance
of this trsnscendent truth. The profound
est students who would neither allow
themselves to be deceived or deceive
others. have pledged the honor of their
scholarship to the historic and unasssil-
sble statement Of fact made by the sacred
writers.
While the period of Lent lasted the
Church Penjtent called upon its great
constituency to mediate on the uDcer-
tainty Of human life AID prepare for that
| inevitable fate which sooner or latsr over
takes us ala fate from which neither
poverty or wealth is exempt, and to which
king and beggar must alike submit.
DujiDg the past weak the Church D.
spondent has impressed on the community
the details of that tragedy which culmi-
mated in the CrucfXOn-namely, the en-
try TITO Jerusalem, peopied by the most
remarkable and gifted race, race endow-
ed with a genius which The oppression OF
centuries has not subdued; the Garden of
| &c. hsemane, with its darkness, It's torch
lliyhts, its betrayal and its arrest; Che court
scene and trial, in which the life of the
\ 4 rene was lmparilled by judge who
was little better than politician snd b
witnesses whose perjury was paid for; the
( gloomy Friday afternoon when The cross OF
Calvary stood out against the sunset sky
and the prisoner paid the penslty Of law
administered in the interest OF a mob, and
finally the entombment and It's guard of
| Roman soldiers.
Bat this morning, tbs Resurrection an
accomplished fact, the Church Triumph
ant. with scsptred hand, enthroned in the
hearts of three hundred million people,
calls into requisitio1 the utmost resources
of music. art, ceremonial and speech.
From ST.. Petersburg and Moscow the
Greek Church addresses its members in
Russis, Turkey, Asia Minor and the Far
East; from Rome the Catholic Church
speaks to q constituency scattered over the
globe from China to the islands of the Pa
cifc; in London, Westminster and st.
PAUL.; in Paris, NOrte-Dame and the
Madelsine; in New York, the Cathedral
and old Trinity, and, in word, in every
nook an corner Of the civil zed world ihe
various and cor hcti0g Christian demon
nations, forgetful of ali minor differences,
concentrate public attention on the fact, OF
man immortality, thereby increasing the
hope and diminishing the fear with which
we face thai mystery which envelopes all
in It's mighty shadow.
Easter Sunday, with its warm spring
sunshine and it's flowers, throws its serene
aud soothing influence over the rugged
lives of men whose eager search for fame or
fortune has dulled the conscience and made
this life seem wider than it is. We need
its banedictiOn, its radiant hope, its IN
questioning faith, for tomorrow We re-
enter the arena of hard work-the wage
esrner to support his family, and the bust
ness man to endure the grind OF comp IT,
ton and come out at the end as best he can.
The churches will be crowded to-day
with the largest number Of worshippeIs
and communicates that visit them on any
single Sunday in the year. The music
will have its merriest peals, and even secu-
lar ioyfulness will find it's way into the
anthems of praise. 1t is the day when the
highest enthusiasm of the Christian Church
is reached The spiritual note of the day
ard season is that Astounding hope and the
larger life. For Gods household of faith,
for the Christian family, for the social
circle, for the companies of children, for
even the lone hearts, there is that IN the
notes of Easter music, in the decorations
of flowers, in the joyous sermon, in the
/ r tslcI ChIulb, III lu6 HLOlo Oubub Vi luC
day, which draws people together along the
lines of their hopes till they seem as one
family of the great God in the known
world. There is boundless possibility in
the full meaning of the day and the hour,
which is not participated in by the faith
full only, but by all who have a claim on
the help of the Father of earth and heaven.
Flowers in the greatest profusion will
greet the worshippers at every city church,
this morning. For several days past or
ders have fairly poured in upon the for
lists, until they have been pushed to the
utmost to supply the unusual demand.
One florist alone had orders up to last
night for fifteen hundred roses, and the
total number to be seen in the
churches to-day will mount up into the
thousands In some instances the floral
decorations will be of an elaborate charsc-
ter, especially about the affairs, and from
these harbingers OF spring there will ascend
a rich perfume, uniting with the words of
the pastors and the music of the cboirs,
| N land solemnitv and imDressivanass IN