The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1889-04-27
Religious.

There will be no preaching at Prairie
Church Tomorrow, Mr.. Banks being absent
at Presbvtery. Usual services second SUM-
day In May.
Rev. Z. C. Gordon, d d., Prof. j. D..
Blanton and MIR. VIM. G. McCsuland. are in
attendance at the meeting of Presbvtery at
Lamar, which commenced Its work Thursday
evening.
Christ church services tomorrow an II q.
M, and 7:45 p. m. Sunday school $3.50 a. m.
Subject in the morning, THE Perfect Peace
Of God Given to the Believer" Subject for
evening, 1.-THE Result Of Peace Accepted"
On Tuesday morning April 30. at 0 o'clock,
there will be a special service In Christ
church in commemoration OF the tooth ami
Versary of the inauguration of Gen George
Washington as first president of the United
States.
Rev. T. NJ. Cobb, presiding elder of this
district, left last Thursday for Nashville,
Tenn, where he goes to attend q meeting of
the book committee Of the NJ. 4. Church,
South. He will be absent until about the 10th
of May,
ho'S 81 81 W t<aotC u
flooding the earth was a happy index of the
inward Joy at this queen of festivals. So let
all Thy works praise Thee, o God; all sweet
music hail Thee Thou Risen Lord! All
fragrant flowers bloom to make the day beau.
| tiful when we celebrate Thy resurrection.
All hearts bring their hottest gifts pnd lay
them at Thy feet. And in the church fra
grant flowers whispered Of the resurrection .
and far out might be heard the strains Of
melody to the Risen Jesus. The sermon told
Of the resurrection Of the Just. as being dis
tinct from that of the other dead. The
preacher read from Rev. Xxx. Of the resur-
rection and judgment OF the dead who were
judged according to their works.'God's people
are not to be found there; neither are they
mentioned in Matt. XIV, where all the ma
ions are gathered before the Son of Man,
for He tells those on His right hand they
shall inherit the kingdom prepared for them
from The foundation OF the world, while to
His own disciples He says in Jno. XIV, L &C
o prepare a place for you" The apostle In
frst Cor. XIV, says not u word of any resur-
rection save Of "Christ the first fr aits, after
ward they that are Christ's at His coming -
and on this he basis his shout OF victory over
death, and exhortatiOn to holiness. The holy
communion was administered to a large mum.
Der and with the words of blessing IN their
soul they passed out. The afternoon service
for the children was attended by "a large
congregation who listened to the Easter
carrots and witnessed the mission offerings o
The little ones, the fruit of loving work and
self-denial. A notable feature TOO, W Is the
distribution Of beautifully painted egg
among the Sunday school children. At thu
evening service the same spirit of Easter Joy
was manifest, though the evening prayer |.
brief. The delicate blending of color IN thu
growing HES and fuchias was sven NOR,
beautiful under the gas light. Again tn,
pulpit theme was the resurrection. thu
time treated to meet the caviling questions
How are the dead raised up, and with VIVA
body do they ome." first Cor. XIV. How? b.
the same Almighty power that created them
In what body? Not in the identical body tina
was buried. God Is too merciful TO give bacl
our loved ones In the weakness Of disease O
Of deformiIy. What we shall he we know
not. only that our bodies shall he fashioned
, like unto His own glorious body,