Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-04-07
The Easter Services.


many churches in this city, and II
all the congregations could have
been massed together, it would be
seen that at least two-thirds of all
the men and women in Salem are
church attendants. The influence
of this mighty throng of Christian
people in moIding the character of
the community must be felt by
everyone whether they I've believers
or not.
The ladies of Salem showed their
usual taste and enterprise by ap.
pearing in new and stylish Easter
head dresses.
AT THE CoNGREGATIONAL CHURCH
the Easter decorations were profuse,
and Rev. Corwin read the 18th
chapter Corinthians, covering the
general topic of the resurrection of
the dead.
The choir with cOrnet, violin and
organ accompaniment sang "Thanks
be to God, who giveth US the vic
tory" in a manner that is not sur
passed in any church Ia the city.
After prayer, Mr.. j. Benson Starr
sang "Consider the Lilies" noble
and appropriate chant, to the spirit
Of which his trained voice seemed
responsive, and was well sustained
by the choir, Miss Edith Farrar car
rying the obligato solo.
The ladies are entitled to some
considerable credit for collecting SO
many flowers in this remarkably
backward season, at least Inonth n
late. There were some beautiful
roses, and callas In resplendent
whiteness and magnificent size.
Over thirty new members were
taken into this church aud the at
tendance at Sunday school reached
nearly two hundred.
The text was taken from i Cor,
XIV chapter, verse. The bible was
rs strange hook to many as work
on botany or geology. Many texts
are misleading, and this Is one OF
them. Some claim that the old
testament does not teach the resur-
rection of the dead. The speaker
cited passages from Ezekiel, job,
and the Psalms to contradict this,
and showed that John and Christ
took the teachings of the ancient
Hebrews to prove the truth of "a
spiritual resurrection. John taught
in Revelations u first resurrection.
Christ so used words that his COM
mon hearers could grasp the out
ward meaning and at the same time
by analogy teach deeper, hidden
meaning aud lessons of spiritual
truth. The second resurrection was
for those who sleep in the earth.
But how are the dead raised up and
with what body do they come? Our
faith must rise above demanding all
the why's and wherefores and
reasons. About a thousand things
we know the facts but not the
chow" This is the experience of
our every day life. Because we can
not grasp the door-knobs OF heaven
and see the color of the carpets there,
does not affect our faith In that
house Of many mansions. Life
comes out Of a grain of
wheat by its death, and yet there
are men who say that II higher life
cannot come out of our death. Scien-
lists tell us that upon mans death,
Il certain part goes off In gases,
certain part is water, other parts
were resolved into ashes, etc,
and that IL is To exist no more. The
chemist could take "a silver cup, drop
II into acid. dissolve IL. BY simply
adding n salt he could precipitate
that metal and the silversnliIh would
restore the new cup without the loss
of particle of silver Out of the
ugly crawling worm could come the
beautiful winged butterfly. When
these transformations can take place
before our eyes why cannot the
great chemist of the universe restore
our mortal bodies In the life here
after? He can aud viii. In the life
TO come we shall have essentially
the same body but immaterial, the
spirit within giving shape 20 the
new body, making II as beautiful as
an angel or hideous as devil.
Physiogmony was not farce. Men
carry their souls In their face and
features. Some men carry the marks
OF beast on their f0reheads. On
every feature you might read, beast, |
When they opened their fool mouths /
they said beast in every breath.
He had seen other men who had |
the peace of god ON their braws,
men who walked with Jesus, with 1
goodness, love aud patience written .
ON their faces. You could see In /
their faces that they were the elect .
Of God. They had leaned ON