New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-06
FAITH IN THE RESURRECTION.
AN INSPIRING SERMON BY THE REV. DR.. DOW
LING IN HOLY TRINITY.


LING IN HOLY TRINITY.
The Rev DR.. George Thomas Downing delivered
an Easter sermon N the Church OF the Holy Trinity
yesterday, taking for his text. Luke XIV .: " ny
seek We the living among the dead lie IS not mere
but is risen" In part. he said:
Il want 10 tell YOU this morning why Christianity
takes the Inverted torch from the hand OF Paganism
and turns it upright why believe that If the pill
lar seems broken. it s only broken by the CLOUDS
why we repeat together so earnestly l look ior tue
resurrection Of the dead. I'D the life of the world
10 come
DR. Downing then proceeded TO unfold the thought
Of the resurrection sh )wing the first place that
II was possible as studied N the light OF nature.
II do not say" nc continued. that in the hght OF
nature alone IL is certain. but think shail nave
cleared away he mist from many eyes y can
show that nature has nothing 10 say against IL
Sometimes, s, seems though she had. and stand
ing bv the newly made grave. when the hope mas
gone out Of our lives. W. are ike
n MAN, ling ling n l- The the ' ish;
And VIII no language hu' cry
Pm, the more We study his Old word, The more
convinced We become that our first impressions OF
natural phenomena are moro likely TO be wrong than
right; Nature is constantly warning us not 20 JUDGE
bv appearances The earth seems iat. In the city
Of Jerusalem they showed a spot when they
declared was he exact centre. Shall We then deny
that II i rounde The Sun seems % 20 round our
planet Wrong again. CIR plane goes round the
san FaM and winter seem 70 be The beginning OF
all things Suppose this had been The nrst winter
YOU had ever known. what would have been your
creed about the possibility Of springtiTne'
The only reason that we DO r)t believe that these
old eaaess trees are dead Is because We have a.
ready come through ana seen many a Nay morning
resurrection on the other SIDE But IN the death OF
the body Ne are passing through our hTst r'inier
Wait I'LL ne springt.aie. Judge not by appear
arce. Judge righteous judgment
We believe u moreover because II Is probable IN
re light u hIiaa nature Are not our Aspirations
Il prophecy OF ther funimeai2 our hearts ie.l Us
that we were made 10 satisfied ana this life never
quite satisfies us. Ever feature except me hu-
nan creature. seems 20 meet the full limit Of us
growth here Compare 1Cr tevereI lCnsings with
he st.f rent y he * and he difference
is tha' he is al home here and W. are not.
The one lrsaiisted being On The earth - man be-
cause he belongs 20 anOtfei WORLD. rJ@es nave
hcl-s and The birds of the air have nests, out ne
son D.! Nan hath whore 70 lay His head IL tA.s
10 lee 81 4tways7 Then my dog is more blessed than
! for ms ca pa cities fed, And know that mine
are not ~. An Immortality ere these poor
landscape and ! hear 1t under the silent stars.
4 solemn muFmur Z the soll
Tolls 2 'hc world 10 DO
: travellers hear th- hil1ws roll
BET ore thcs reach the sea.
Finally Or Downing. after showing ina; personal
continuity was possible as seen in me light ~
nature and probable in the light If human nature
showed thar IL positive n the revelation OF the
Divine nature.