The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-12
AN EASTER SERMON.
". b. g. Temple on the Res
direction a Christ.
SOME ssILLIAmrwoRO PICTURES
n E,oussot D1v1ae breaches In Fly
mouth church-"Come, So shs
P,ace whsrs ths Lord Lay"


..ro... -. me place where the Lord
TODAY the CHRISTIAN church keeps ~
~raas.~t fesfiyal. bscause today IFS pun
r.gts dccs,rt fts most GLORIOUS notas -
,rbs ~tsdom 81 conmemoratinr holy Gays.
ether than the weekly saopath OF ~
fhrtstendom. hss long been matter VI
discussion among the churches. spne
keeping 30 many thai ors nas 70 - =. -
~ sci,ov them. and others ignoring al
snecsai dava g unworthy the considera-
tion OF Intelligent and devouf minds.
A. 40 - the 6rrt century the festival
~ desfb xas observed on Gods Friday, or
S.<.s,s Erisav ana the feasts Of Easter
and Whits5ntidc were officially ordered
TO be celebrated b. the church IN me
fourth century Christmas and the Epapn-
any were added. snd later Trinity soha1y
and several minor days. saDseasshay
each aportie. and early martyr. and even
che Ma1onns and angels. had their days
ASSIGNED them b the Homish church, I'M
~ through their multiplicity and abuse,
ArcttSshon G1unon Of Canterbury in LIZ.
tho diet Of Nurnberg In 1872 Pope Urban
Is 1sa2. ana Benedict and Clement in E2
ana 177s. respectively. made desperate ef-
forts to reduce their number and restrain
their impious sports and hilariftes.
AF92klnR
non the Methodist church has made
eort OF half remove from eplscopacy. In
ae]cctin1 as her holy days the three d.
pecfIy connected with the history OF our
Iorsi--Christmns the day on which He
v.s horn Good Friday, the day on which
He died, and Easter Sunday. the day on
which He rose again. Other non~ltiurg-
seal churches have made further lmita-
lions. Our CongreBaticnaiIsm leaves II
entirely to The discretion OF the local
church.
These days have no value in themselves.
We cannot even tell whether we are within
reasonable distance Of their anniversa-
r1es, the Eastern and the Western church,
= having. during the first few centuries,
violently disputed with each other over the
proper dates. Following. however. The
now generally recognixed system of COM
putation. IL mEy interes. you TO know that
We are celebrating. this year. the resurrec-
ton u Jesus on the exact anniversary
Of tho orfginal day. April s. Easter. as you
Know. u Z movable feast, and occurs In
any year on tho Sunday following the fun
moon which Immediately succeeds the
spring equinox: Its earliest date being
March y, and Its latest April e. 1t fell
ON March q In ISIS. and will not again
- observed on that day until the twenty
0rst century. Il fell on April % in isSs.
and will not again until 1888.
These anniversaries are nothing In them
selves. but the doctrines which they teach
reach from eternity to eternity, But our
weak humanity has so curtained about
these three glorious truths with its dra-
pery Of ceremonial and fashion. that too
often the eye he's been satisfied with the
mere t.nseled trAppings When the dirge
Or anthem has nnng It's melody upon the
All. the ear has caught the magnificent
chords. and II has been often but mas
terly music. The words had little appar-
ent Significance. And 80 II has come TO
pass among the ignorant and superstitious
nat Joy mas been turned Into joIlify, Sc
piousness into severity. while fashion has
spread its Glalnor over all. Christmas re-
eeives its almost universal Observance In
playroom and nursery: Good Friday
otarves the stomach rather than the sin:
and Easter becomes but a gildcd pageant
Of fiippant and silly display. rather than Q
deep-souled joy over the immortal bloom
ing OF the lily Of the resurrection tina.
0rst Powered In the empty sepulcher Of
Jesus.
We care not how Others may view II,
Or celebrate Il. What is this day: no. not
this day. but this doctrine. 10 us.
We cannot appreciate the joy of the re-
ourrection unless We recall the sadness of
She entombment. so I ask you to look into
the sepulcher Just after Joseph OF Ari-
nathea has completed his sorrowful hut
10ving task. The sweet, sad face looks as
thoush II would be forever still. The
sweet. sad life seems to be forever ended.
me ono who thought no journey too long.
er too ard'ious. for the sake OF stricken
humanity, lies there motlonless The eyes
that wept over our sorrows are closed
% death. and the hands that healed whom
they touched. and were ever open In bless
Snks Tor An unworthy world. are folded
upon his breast in the last sleep. The
brightest light that ever dazxiea the IA
Mons has gone GU. In the darkness of the
9raSe. He whom angels adorod about
wnose brow there shone through the ages
tne majesty divine, now lies PROSTATE
stricken down In the vigor OF His years by
the malignity o, an enraged populare, AID
bearing upon HIS sacred person the marks
q their unut.erable hate. Was II no,
enough that He should have been volnn.
tariiy weary and footsorer Was 1, no,
enough that He should have chosen TO be
often sheiferless. though lie owned all ths
palaces OF Earth. and was the self-exiie.,
kins OF Heaven? Was Il not enough tina,
nc snouid have felt our bangs. and have
"or"c our sorrows. and have suffered our
poverty mat We through His poverty
might be rich. and that touched with m.
teenns " our 'nfirmIties He might SYM
patnise with usf Must lie beside these self,
imposed inhetlons suffer-from His own
1suon. too-reprcaches. lndlgnitles. insults
violence and deathf Yet there are IN.
marks OF it all Could You uncover his
s"ou'oers YOU would see where the smIsars
sou'seu tim, and where the sharp edges
=. sne cross iacerated His tender fiesh. a.
."ssiins toward Golgotha He tainted un.
der It's heavy weight co,,la Won ,rh,,
n" nnen from his side. Won would Ne,
Wnere the Roman spear gashed Him from
rufe spitc'uinesS. for He was already dead
-. "snssed brow was pierced by III,
most poisonous Of palestinian thorns
Those bruised hands and feet. an. how m,
haiis .orr them. And there apon Ills IN
800 ."'sA IS SPOT which the most per.
s',n' e,eshsins Will not wipe out. for 4
kissed Him. pca. Master sIdst Tao,
surrender all the glory of Heaven for mis-
sns ,yihs There so stiii. hast Thoa hese
fouea IN my heroic purnos.. and IL ma,
Yet In bondage to his si,s-
we cover aga!n with the napkfn the onl,
race w all the verdi which never f,r ar
instant bore single trace OF sin ana mass
.hs gu, met the two Marvs Mt the door Of
snu'lnrF Weepsng for Luke SAYS
s e .ne Women also. who came with Hin
,en' os'nee. Followed after and behels
the sepuichcr. and how fI,s hosv u,statt
we go back into the city. ana there an
me d'sep'es IN mourngnl company. pas.
sens,ely hewai'ing their dear lord.
isut WAY this iramoderate xrjefs HAY,
sney toFEottsn His own wor,ss. as quoted
~ rus ehehh $ After three DAYS I vii
rise ssa.h Every prcrhccv IN the an
, Ecu Serlpturos eoneernirs Him haa beer
Nsia,y am mnutelv fulniiod-His line
ace. Ills miraculous hlr-sh via suo'ersf,,r,
His glorious character. his shsmer,,, ,,yu,
cinNlon us en'oaSmert- ami now Nh,
should thew hesitate 10 believe IN VS.
resurrectiens David had sung Of II .
Thousand wears before. ard Isaiah. Ierr