Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-30

Chsist il fissa, Int the fscs 81 his fssuEIse-
uons hxs fevolufienixed th<se men Al
khses vmiSly ambitions ass sxchsnesd fee
spisisuAI aina rh4y sought and goi -
good By telling this ssofy bss backs bleed-
iag with he scosRSe nnd dasths OF snft1rs
They believed il % fhat for gospel II
proved to them they abandoned al ohef
hopes ard gave the If Hires 70 trsyefsing The
eafth add telling il. wslcsDing all su&ef-
isg for its sake. net one Of then sysr
took it back Net only did tbey believe It
bat their co7ntyymsn-thcusands In Jeru-
sale N its~Is, IN the very presence Of Al
the facts In spite Of interests prejaiice and
the confsssit Il reqsired that they had
murdered their Messiah. could oct bot be-
reye il too. Tbs priests brought DO dis
proof. The meet bigotea sud shfswdsse OF
them al, 81 Paul declares ire truth. Nor
I'D the apostles imagine What they told.
No ioBg period Of breeding iatefvened
Three days from his death his resurrection
~ declared Net BY man in A ecssAcy OF
exai;ant faith Who may have imagtned II
/ ut uus Of cold despair are convinced that
il 10 srue. Not . few half imbeciles,
but I've hu sdred Witnesses, Of every tenn
persuen:, declaring few specific appear
saess, that soon ceased. And these were
men Of sobefaess and practical clean
hesdedness The supreme supernatural
manifestation Is beyond discussion. We
know i. Is with Cad We have to do Lat
rs tske 10 the fspturous cry OF Mary
Rsboni, MY Master" After forty days
be vent sssy. but saying Il viii come
unso you "sup with you.' 'dsen with
you,r sbe With you always He willingly
entered the gloom. shall We in our gloom
complain. He 10 the leader who turns
deepest biackness into brightest glsdness
Our glory ard our glscness are in some sense
proporiioped 10 what we suhsf and how
submi.ssvely. Human life il 3 success,
though there 10 hardship in it. His vas
60. Yet His went ont before justice bad
been done Him. The good may suffer
here, and mics their due. IL is but Waiting
for them - was His. Il 10 thin film be-
tween the here and the hereafter, all one
life. continuous. Let Us set our ec,ions
things above. not On things on the esrta
Til. vas our faster, Jesus, who rose from
the dead. This is the power with which
we are ia lssgue. Thea let US say, The
Lord 10 the strength Of my life;" ard with
Him We plrpose to subdue the world to
righteousnsss.
UrivsssaIiss Church.
At the Universali.t church the decofa-
tons were very fire. They consisted OF
posted plants, cut flowers and EATER lilies
and were exceedingly attractive. The
music vas very fine. A large attendance
vas present. Rev. J. F. Leland, pastor,
preached s.sefmon appropriate to the day
Of which the felo~ing is an abstract:
The though. vas that each act in the life
Of Christ Vas Q physical manifestation Of
spiritual rutr-ss Jesus by touch restored
sight to those who we're ply sically blind,
i. vas to manifest the spiritual
truth that God will restore sight to the
spiritually blind. That as he by . word
gave speech to the dumb, il was to mani
fest the spirisusl truth that God will un-
loose the fettered spiritual powers and men
.ill rel ice and sing praise to his name.
The Efficiency Of the resurrection 10 found
in the perpetnity Of the Christian church
An organization among men can continue
to exist only when it supplies some neces
sity which men feel. What is the neces-
city which men feel snd which the Christian
church suppies and for which it must coz
iinue to exit? There is only ore answer
The necessity is the demand for faith
established On some God given faith. thai
there 10 life beyo nd the deah Of the body
This fact the resurrection Of our Lord Jesus
supplies. Take away the fact of the resur-
rec,on and you have robbed man Of the
four alton OF his faith 10 the future exis-
teuce. IL would then be only theory with
to base il. SO when you ask me, on what
| Nrl c;v f.n han fa;t hat thav
is an existence beyond the dea'h Of the
body, and that I shall again meet those
from whom have been sci o. ated by des'b,
l answer, SIT is a re-appe ararce of our
Lord after his death upon The cross"
the earth | will draw all men unto me-"
We know that He wa, lifted up on the
cross, lifted up from the tomb, lifted up
from the Mount Of Ascension, lifted up
from earth to Heaven. hence our belief in
his promise that he will draw all men unto
Him. People sometimes appropriate Jesus
to themselves, thinking that be is buried in
thei r creed or in their peculiar doctrines,
ard can be found nowhere else. They then
make bold to say this man i, not Chri.-
tiAn. that religion is Goddess, y onder church
is without Christ. therefore we will not
commune with them. What i. the trouble
with these people? They are on the road
to Emmsus, but like the two disciples that
first Easter afternoon who did not re coRn re
the Christ until they had reached Emmaus
and bad invited Jesus to commune with
them at their own table. So these people
r, d to be so imbued with the Christian
irit and proceed on their journey to
Emmaus and invite t, their commuaion
those whom they say are Chris;less. and
like the disciples they would be surprised
10 find that Jesus is with these to whom
thew thought him . stranger.
This is to US the day of life. Jesu, has
risen indeed into the upper and better life.
TO which He invites Us, We lay the bodies
of our friends in yonder hillsides, blu. we
think Of their spirits as having risen with
Him who hath said, Twill draw all men
unto me-"
The Easter concert in the evening, under
direction Of Mr.. Leland, was we'll attended
st Augustins's.
At st, Aususiine's church high mass was
celebrated by the pastor, Rev. Father
Hamil, who also delivered most interest
ing discourse from the gospel Of the day.
Stalks mass was finely rendered by male
choir, Mr.. Dustin ard M. Bilodeau soloists
The Easter hymn, "Reeinx Coel" by a
male quartet being espe cislly worthy of
mention At P. M. vespers in Gre gori.n
chant. with 80 SAlutaris.' and TAN
tum Ergo" by La Belle. Miss Lucie II
LIE Prohon. organist.
ct Mays
At st. Mays church the chancel pre-
sented q brilliant spectacle Masses Of Gu,
flowers and evergreen, Illuminated By =
hundred or more wax candles, which, With
| the altar trimmings Of white and gold, pro-
duced . most striking effect. Easter
ceremonies we're con Quoted by Rev. Charles
| Doberty, who at the close of the serv. .
spoke in an impressive mann er Of the great
| festival day, taking his tx from Marx.
xvi: "Ye seek Jesus Of Nszsreth; He 10
| not here-He 10 risen" Reminding bis
glory Of the Christian belief, which brings
to all professors Of Christianity an intimate
conviction Of his heritage Of = similar
| full mass was finely rendered by the usual
Suoh, Wies oheeuhh PEseiuHtS ~ we organ
| the soloists being Misses Lizzie and Mamie
Shsehan, Miss Eva Mathews and Mr.
Thomas Fox. The Duet, "Et incarnatus
est Mr.. Fox aud Mics Lizzie Shee han,
| was sung With sweetness and expression, a.
we're also the solos by Miss Mathews and
Miss Mamie Sheehan
Services at the Hospital.
Easter services at the Maine Insane