The Washington times., 1894-03-25

words-The Significance Of the Rs-birth.
Rev. T. G. Addison, rector OF Trinity Epls-
copal churchill the dead rise not. we, of
all men, are most miserable. In that case
misery is the real heritage OF moral and intel
iectual ability, development. and all that is
noble is a curse. and ascent in mental great
ness or goodness is only an ascent to heavier
expressions OF woe. Take st. Paul in his best
days, with his great heart of love
for God and sympathy with man;
with his boundless hopes, spiritual
aspirations, with his high. comforting
philosophy of life. and his mind trained to
glorious thought, and his mind disciplined to
heavenly morality, and suppose it revealed
to him his precious doctrine of Immortality
was u baseless and silly dreanA Syha tongue
could describe the anguish of that soul its
bitter disappointment and anguish, its revul-
sion against Godl His reason would have
been dethroned and his heart crushed. If the
dead rise not, would it not have been better
for him had he never risen above the degra-
dation of mere animal existence"
Rev. DR.. Easton. Eastern Presbyterian
church-In the full flush of our Easter glad
ness over the central fact of our holy Chris
tianity, no one is in the humor to hear dry
exegetics. Great practical facts bearing on
life are in demand. What message, then, has
the church this Easter to the great masses,
the burdened, the weary and disconsolate?
1t is a source of great Joy to all evangelical
believers in the doctrine of a risen Redeemer
that His risen life is being manifested more
and more every day.
To preach glad Easter gospel let there be
severe arraignment of such gigantic evils as
the saloon, that feeds and fattens on the toll
OF wage earners. Brand the sweating sys-
tenn" as a device of hell. and our modern
tenement house. system as the caterer Of
disease and feeder of the Unsuitable devourer-
the grave. Mems greed and lust of gold
leads them to wink at these iniquities. Soul
less syndicates will gladly support a pulpit
where only dogma is preached; but if the
modern church would not recrucify her Lord,
then, flied with His resurrection. life, and
with the power of the Holy Ghost, let it
preach flaming evangelism against these
proud buttressed wrongs of modern life.
Rev. A. @. Rogers, Church Of Our Father
The whole question of the person and
authority of the Lord turns upon the resur-
rection. To give up that is to give up every
thing. Jesus. indeed, is left, but robbed of
everything that invested Him with the attrac
ton which is TO draw all meu to Him. We
may still feel the charm of His personal char
acter. venerate His moral beauty. drink in in
spiration from His words, be impressed by
the ideal presented in His teaching and char
acter; but He is TO us only man, and a man
that has passed away for ever. How it Is
that He, dead for more than eighteen centu-
ries, exerts such wondrous influence to-day
is a problem left unsolved 1t is to this we
have come: we have lost the living Christ
and have only the dead Jesus
Rev. ]. J. Muir, E-street Baptist church,
hope the day will cheer and comfort to all
the wounded, tempted, and tried souls
Rev. DR.. werner-Those who believe the
gospel cannot doubt the resurrection of
Christ. On this doctrine the Christian bases
his hope of present salvation and final resur-
rection. And II Christ be not risen your
faith is vain; We are yet in your SINS" In the
fifteenth chapter of Corinthians st. Paul meets
objections TO the doctrine of the resurrection
and clearly explains it. Satisfied of its GER
tainty the Christian lives and dies in full hope
that he will rise again. Now is Christ risen
from the dead aud become the first fruits of
them that slept" This fact, together with
the assurance that his people at his coming
shall rise to dwell and reign with him forever,
should lead all to accept Christ as their pres
ent Saviour and devote their life to His
service
Rev. Tennis Hamlin, Church Of the Cove
nant-The purest Easter Joy can come only to
those that are risen with Christ and are seek
ing those things that are above.
Rev. DR.. Gilbert F. Williams. Christ church.
The apostles, like their divine Master before
them, in the most positive and explicit terms
taught the resurrection of the dead as the
central sun in the whole system of truth Of
the religion of the divine Christ. All else
turned upon the acceptance Of this truth.
Hence the church has celebrated Easter as
the queen of all her festival days. II was st.
Paulfs constant yearning ''to know the power
Of His resurrection" And this is the saving
we must seek till we find. By
Iaith and by submission to the leading of the |
Holy Spirit it will come to US. Then with
only an historic Christ. but Christ of |
power, to impart new nature. fresh energy
In the battle of life, and the immortal crown |
which will be bestowed in the resurrection |
morn, will be the Christ that will fill and |
satisfy every thought and longing of the
soul.
Rev. Chas. L. Pate, North Capital street
,hurch-The resurrection of Christ was not |
'nly wonderful event in Itself. but was Gods |
answer to great necessity. For four thousand
7ears history had been working toward |
,risis. The crucial hour was when the Son |
,f God lay dead within the tomb. 1t was an |
lour when the master hand of the universe |
must display its power. The awful power of |
leath must be set aside. The resurrection |
norm brought the glad tidings to u trembling |
nd sin-cursed race of finished work. Sal |