Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-04-06

tomb are broken, 1.-THE grave has los
Its victory. death its sting" That il
dead and buried. In Christian land
and hearts the song should be "Ther,
is no death. what seems so is transi
tion." Resurrection llfe-immortalit,
brought to light.
gladness.
This Queen of Days that bitter hopeless.
sadness
Forever drives away:
The night is past its sleep and its for
getting,
Our risen Sun no more forever setting
Pours everlasting day:
Let us not bring upon this gayful morn
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Dead myrrh and spices for our Lords
adjoining
Not any lifeless thing
Our gifts shall be the fragrance and the
splendOr
OF living flowers, in breathing beaut,
tender
The glory of our spring."
Thus will we keep our Easter and
strive to rise with Jesus to newncss OF
life and thought, making our present
| life a foretaste of the eternal, until we
hail Heavens Easter day.
The following musical programme
was given by the church choir, Mrs
w. S. Hill soprano; Miss George
Clark, contralto: Mr.. c. L. johnson
tenor: Mr.. j. II. Chandler, basso. Miss
| Bertha NJ. McClench was organist, CIV
ing several beautiful selections, with
much expression.
The following was the programme:
| Organ Professional March.
Gloria" c. II. Reed
Haydns Sd Mass
Anthem-"He Liveth Forever Marsh
Anthem" Resurrection Morn Rodney
Easter Bells Are Ginning
Lout
Anthem Not Ye, O Israel" Buck
First Baptist Church.
At the First Baptist church, the SER
vices were conducted by the pastor.
Rev. J. NJ. Wyman. He gave no Easter
sermon. selections from the Bible being
given. instead, on the death burial aud
resurrection of Jesus Christ by the fol-
lowing young ladies': Miss Mabel f..
Lovejoy. Miss Nora Penney Miss
Edith Bicknel and Miss Alice Rack
lift. The selections were given with
appropriate music by the church quar-
tet Miss Nellie Racklin Miss Alice
Weston and Miss Eva Wyman recitcd
Easter poems, making very pretty
service. Bouquets of flowers adorned
the pulpit.
The following programme of the mu-
sic. was very successfully carried out
by the choir. in charge of +. +. Pur
ington. and the organist. Miss Annie
T. Chase:
Organ voluntary. Miss Chase
Sineing-'Praise God. choir
Selection-''Pray for the Peace of Jerusa-
lem choir
Organ responsive.
Hymn-'Ten Thousand Times Ten
Thousand choir
Response--"1'i Midnight"
Selection-"They Crucifed Him. choir
Choir response with Calvary.
Selection-'I Am He That Liveth.'
Sclection-"Now Is Christ Risen
organ Prelude, Miss Chase
Methodist Church.
The following is an abstract of the
Easter sermon given by Rev. c. S.
Cummings. the pastor. taken from the
text. John 12:24: Except corn of
wheat fall into the ground and die, it
abideth alone: but If it die, it bringeth
forth much fruit"
This was Christ's answer to the re-
quest of certain Greeks. He informs
them that they do not comprehend his
mission. The principles upon which
the civilization and greatness of Greece
were founded. were fundamentally
wrong. He had no mission as a wise
teacher Of Greeks: but his face was set
toward the cross. He came to die. and
to do by death what could not be done
by life.
BY death. he accomplished the eter-
nal atonement. The world needed
teaching. but it needed something else
more. 1t was not only ignorant but
consciously guilty. as the religious
rites of every age and nation witness.
Ethical teaching is Insufficient: punish
ment a failure: and unconditional rar-
don. demoralizing. The cross is the
only efficient way. To the Greeks it
still is foolishness. No man knows just
what the atonement is. Great is the
mystery of Goodness" All theories of
Christ's death have some truth in them.
No theory has all truth. We accept the
fact which is greater than any theory.
His death was not violent break in
the order of nature. but in harmony
with it, as the text witnesses.
Again. there is a moral influence
from Christ's death that could never
come from his life alone. The graves
Of our patriotic dead are more power
full for good than We're the living men.
Christ's words had little power until he
ceased to be seen among men. Memory
is often more potent than presence.
Many wife and mother has had to die
before being appreciated. Stephen ac
complished more by dying than by liv-
ing. or rather. his death gave his words
power. The 900 Spartans who persisted
are still living factors in the worlds
patriotism. more than all the Spartans
who survived the invasion. Zaccheus
was not known until he began to give
his riches to the poor; and Paul began
to influence the worlds life when he
ceased to persecute and died daily"
for Christ's sake.
The death Of Christ made it possible