The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-26

hides the loved ones.
II am justified BY the example Of St.
Paul in directing your thought to the
resurrection body. He bases his discus
sion on the sub ect on the resurrection Of
FL Jesus. There is a resurrection Of the
body. We pOnfess this in our apostles
creed. Jesus appeared in a body and is
the type OF the risen. Paul ass rEes and
discusses il. 1t is natural TO look for
bodies IN the new state They are the
machines of the spirit. They are the
pressure Of the spirit on surrounding
matter.
There are difficulties connected with a
resurrection of the body This is to be
expected. Only very small matters are
thoroughly understood, and a new life is
great matter. We do not reject doc
trInes simply because they have
difficulties surrounding them. Paul
handles this ob ectiOn by showing
the dlmculties connected with ordinary
material life. The acorn and oak
are so different from each other that
an aEnostlc would not allow any relation
between them if they were in spiritual
realms of thought. The scientist has
what he calls prOX plasm. 1t is visible
only under the microscope. He discovers
no differences in il. Yet it works in one
case into man, in another into beast,
IN another into a bird. in another into a
fish. Difficulties enough there. but our
philosopher puts on his spectacles and
/ believes il all. Yet he cannot see how the
germ OF new body may be let loose from
the old that will reproduce itself under
It's new environment and become body
/ celestial "a spiritual bodY.n There is
20 absurdity in believing if here we have
worn the image of the earthly, there we
shall wear the image Of the heavenly.
The bodies we wear in the resurrec-
ton will be new bodies. There will be
lnVlUnlbia vifalitx TIasa ot4e Ot,r
ward man perishes, there he renews his
. youth. The immOrtals grow younger
( with the lapse of time. There is no death
to that body. 1t viii have a new and
I wider activity. Now we weary and need
a night to rest The new body needs no
night 1t will excel in strength like the
angels. Ii will have a larger number of
/ senses. Here five are all we need. There
every atom will be instinct with life and
/ every faculty full of enjoyment There
/ VIII be transcendent beauty in the new
body. Not Egyptian, not Greek, not
Partisan, but the beauty of a holy spirit.
This new body will retain its identity
with the old. The infant an d the veteran
! are the same-sO the heavenly and the
earthly will be the same. We win know
! each other and enjoy each other there.
/ Therefore honor the body; educate it in
virtue make it temple of the Holy
/ Ghost"
The night service was largely attended,
and Rev A. NJ. Williams preached an in
teresting and instructive sermon on
/ witnessing the Resurrection The
music was rendered by the same choir
that sang at the morning service. The
/ odertory was beautifully rendered by
Miss Marie Lesesne
The music at the Independent Presby-
terrain church was excellent, both in
| quality and rendering The opening an
them at the morning SERVICE Why Seek
He the Living. Among the Dead, " com
| posed by John Hopkins, an English
writer of church music, is a scholarly
composition, and one that none but the
better class of Cnoirs would care to under
take Christ is Risen" by Elvey.
/ another English composer, and Thanks
be TO God Who Giveth Us the Victory"
| by Sudds, were the other anthems in the
morning, the last of which would please
most audiences, because of its brightness
and the manner in which it was sung.
In the evening the music was specially
interesting; Mozart's Immortal Gloria,
an Easter anthem by Roeckel for both male
| and mixed chorus, and last but not least
Handel's great Avia, Il Know That NV
Redeemer Liveth," exquisitely sung by
Mrs. I. p Wickenberg, were the special
| selections The hymns in both services
heartily supported by the congregation
which, considering the inclemency of the
| weather, was large and seemed to heartily
enjoy the services. The choir of
this church is composed of good voices.
the tenors ana altos, voices very difficult
to obtain and deficient IN many choirs are
strong, and balance the sopranos and
basses, which are unusually powerful in
this choir. Mrs w. S. Harrison, organ
list, is thorough musician, conscientious
and painstaking, who loves her instru-
ment, which is said to be one of the best
organs in the south. The choir is under
the direction of Mr.. w. n. Smith, who
devotes much time to the work and thor
Oughly en- Oys it. The roster of the choir
is as follows: Mrs T. p. Wickenberg,
Georgia Howard, sopranos; Mrs. Dupont,
Mrs Williams, altos; Mr.. p. NJ. Dor yan,
DR.. W. +. May, teuors A. +. King and
w. n. Smith, basses. The services were
ably conducted by Rev. DR. Taylor in the
absence of Rev. DR.. Dripps.
Rev DR.. Vass delivered an interesting
Easter sermon at the First Presbyterian
church yesterday morning, his subject
being the "Valne of the Soul in View of
the Resurrection of Christ" Dr. Vass'
discourse was based upon two portions of
scripture, Romans 4 25, WHO was de-
Hvered for our offences, and who was
raised Tor our Justification" and Psalm
1915, For the redemption of their soul is
precious anu ceaseth forever"
DR.. Vass discussed the value of the soul
under four heads, as follows: The value
of the soul is shown % from its terrible
ruin, GU from its possibilities of glory
(S) by the estimate put upon it by Jesus,
a. by the glory of the gospel of saliva
ton
These points were argued by DIR. Vass
in the light of the resurrection.
table in front of the pulpit was taste
fully decorated with roses, wisteria
woods. balsam and fern. surmounted by a
vase of beautiful escuscholtias.
A fine musical programme was rendered
by the choir.
AT nearly every church in the city
there was some appearance of the great
Easter festival There was not pulpit
that was not decked with flowers and
the sermons and music were in keeping
with Easter. AT Trinity Methodist.
the First Baptist and Duffy street
Baptist and at Grace Methodist
ana the second Presbyterian churches,
and at nearly all OF the colored churches
the services were in observance of the
festival. Had it not ueen for the rain the
day would have been more generally OBJ
served than was ever known in savannah.