Evening journal., 1891-03-30
REV. J. Y. .DOBBINS, D. D.
FIRST SERMON IN GRACE CHURCH
ByslTS NEW PASTOR.

He Hopes I'll at the People win Give Him
Their support-His. sermon ON TIE
Text "Hs Is Rifen" Is Powerful and
Deeply Interesting Discourse.
Grace M E Church was packed to the
doors at yesterday mornings servics. IL
was not only Easter tide at the church
but 1t was the advent of that learned and
eloquent minister, DR.. John Y. Dobbins
The handsome church was in beautiful
Easter attire solid bank Of Easter
lilies aud hydrapgess each flower i'm
bedded in rich foliage. covered the rear
Of the pulpit. On the left stood high
monument of variegated plants, with
smilax festooned all around It, A choir
Of forty voices, under the leadership of
| H. A. Bradfed, and with George N
Msris as organist, rendered the program
that was published in Saturdays EVEN
ING JOURNAL.
A Model Easter Sermon.
Dr. Dobbins before reading the psalm
stated that he was possessed Of feeling
Of lonliness on this occasion. The fami
| liar faces that he had been accustomed
to looking at for the past few years were
nowhere to be seen and ell before him
we're strangers He asked them to receive
him on his first Sabbath among them
with open hearts, making him their
Quest II will then not only endeavor to
streng hen you. but try to be as good
com pany as possible
His text was ". Luke xiv, 0: he is
rot here. but risen "The memory Of
the Easter festival, he said, ''is impoa-
sible for US to exhaust. IL cannot be for
gotten II is an occasion that will always
be laid by TO honor that glorious event
the resurrection Of our Lord Jesus
Christ That was OF all miracles the
| crowning one. II was but the illustra ?
tlon Of The imm Mortality OF men
Philosophers. poets and orators would
have 70 close their storiel when IL came
TO the grave Beyond that they could see
or describe nothing. Even IN the old
testament, when God himself opens the
sky ard comes down among men, the
illustrations of future life are but
fragmentary But In the new testament,
which opens with the sublime day on
which Christ was born, ushegs In the
new being Of Saviour Of men, describing
the glorious tidings when heard by the
shepherds, in this there is full dis
closure OF the final change
An Ocular Demonstration.
Jesus Christ, by dying, being buried.
and rising from the dead Afforded us an
ocular demonstration, so clear and indis
pntAhle that every heart bows before IL
Hearts are stirred, as well they may be
at the thought Of this ordeal through
which we all must pass. that Of the
grave The thought Of such an affection
that prompted one OF our brothers, yea.
one Of us, TO die that He might demon
strAts the resurrection TO dis people ;
causes hopes to. bo born in our nature
that are 60 grow in stature to ths final
accomplishment of that world that Is
| beyond us.
And when He arose from the dead
and again went emong His decipleg. He
showed them. TO their entire satisfaction.
His own mortal frasAe; the Identical
sounds that had been placed there by
/ Roman strength and Jewish cruelty
/ Not doubt remained that He was their
own Lord and Master who had been
nailed to the tree, killed, and buried. he
I cav ried those hands, that head, and that
side as examples OF morality for the en-
richment of The minds and lives pf mem
Man,s Immorsality.
"And to day we realize what this ser
vice brings to us. IL is the truth. the
/ GREAT fact of mans Immortality. Death
is but the incident that falls midway, for
/ it falls more on this side than the other.
bet Reen this life and everlasting lite
/ Christ's resurrection is the attestation
Of the end Of good mans earthly life
/ His example while among us, yea, one Of
us, tells how st the great end We cen
pass from the deae to the living again.
| The human frame that hewore was never
sniled but was spotlessly pure Had
/ not the grave opened aud had not BE
come forth aud returned TO His disciples,
/ hls divine life among us would have
uvailsd bus little BE dieAthis, however.
| hus forever giving an illustration that a
/ good man does not die in spirit
Christ surrendered his, life that We
might be led into the light and brought
cut Of sinfulness and guilt into purity
aud sainiliness. such thing as livlne
again was not known among men bstors
this The prevailing idea was Les ~
eat. drink aud be merry, for to morrow
we die But Jesus. risen, stands befon
ns 20 dav, to tell ne that this life can b
finally crowned with Gods riohess bless
ings When the end comes we can fms
our way to Heaven, bus. TO reach IL, w
must come from the grave.
Note the language Of the apostle
Paul, when he says 'If IN this life only
We have hepe In Christ, we are. amonl
all men, he most miserable; but be
having risen from the dead, was givel
toe power to redeem tho whole world
just Cause for Thanksgiving
"rhis morning in that temple abov
there stands one who wears our ow
nature about Him He's there to ptea
f,r fallen mar. for his. brothers Thel
tasy shall see Him face to face, who loy
aao do the will Of God. When we zs
member this how glad, yea thankful "
A.,. How blessed, sublime, TO kao
that we sre made a. part Of His fan1il,
tnet We shall ell meet Him. Wo havi
indeed. just cause for thanksgiving al
praise
"By His resurrection new motives bA'
7 bsen furnished men and their thoUgh
have been changed and made highe
When we remember this, how glad y
are. Il creates in us longing desire
r rush to,our Master and lay our praises
= his feet.
Z Let us 60 to that sspulchss where
< He was placed, like those We have read
a Let rs look into the empty grave. BE
T. ,,t fb.ra Has oOua Twas only thr