The Irish standard., 1896-04-11
AN ABLE EASTER SERMON
The n,scourse ct Rev. j lhzF. Gleason
OF 81. Peter Glavsr's
Church.
@rHRIsT is RISEN" As THE THEnE
hppas of Immortality Told IN Languaus
to Gheer iha Kuman
Nears.

an d comprehensive sermon was preached
on Easter Sunday last BY Rev John r..
Gleason ali St. Peter claFer's church, st.
PaEl;
And He laid Ills right hand upon me,
saying: Fear not; III am the first and the
last, and alive ana was dead, and behold
I ara living forever and ever. and have the
keys of death and Of hell Rev. \; 17-1S.
My Dear Brethren There is no lam
gllage to express the JOY that should take
posseszion of lonr hearts upon this morn
Ing. when tie grave was broken and
Jesus arose. Words, 1 say, are but bar
ron sounds for if we wish to realize and
participate I'LL 'this sanre JOY, we must
stand by theamnFy tomb, and in the hush
Ofi silence feel what speech has never told
True, tha 1Ornnlamgrati0n XII this festival
of festivals diRfusaH again = universal
5ay throlighout The world and causes the
heavens and the earth to resound with
sweet altelaiahs and sacred canticles Of
alteration praise and thanksgiving
WHAT noble, what d happy victory
which thus hrew open the gates Of heav-
VIII fo mankind, Yes, great must have
heen ffe foy to the Eternal Father, great
t3 5ur Blessed Lady, and the angels Of
heaven, and how great indeed was il
aSer ta be rD tha universal Church of
God At Christmas We iov with the nat
aral HHniNHd j0y of children, but at
Easter cur i0y It's highly wrought and
refnsa in its character III I'LL not the
spontaneous and anartiiieial outbreak
#hich the news Wi tho redemption might
occasion but lit is thoughtful, it has a
I0na nis4ary Before 1T, and has run
through Il long course ot feelings before
.it becomes Nhat tits. III is D last feeling
and not first. st. Paul describes lt5
n@ture and its formation when ne says,
t'TFihulation N0rltetA patience and pa
tioIce experience, and experience nope;
atsd hope Maketh not ashamed, because
tHe love of G0d is she'd abroad IL our
Hearts by lha IDLY Ghost which is given
unto us@ Tor us 1t was fulfilled IN the
ras4 0t our Lord himself who, as be-
;ng the captain of our salvation. was
made perfect through sufferirgB. Ac-
cordingly Christmas day IS ushered in
vith tiIae af awful expectation only,
FI8t EastaF day With the long fast of
Lent, ana the rigors 0f the Holy Week
inst past, and it springs ont, and rs it
We're. b0rn#Of Good Friday The day At
the RESURRECTION and compensation.
TncB mE friends. how great how sacred,
how sublime the theme which the
Church places before IT'S for oontenpla-
tfo1. Henea there is only one subject
Ear today #ChIisl' n resurrection, with an
that it meaus for us must claim our
thoughts. sTnstincdveiy the minds of rll
men tntn 4hat way Even those WHO
Y WoaId sGEta t0 bes entirely destitute ot
thai nohler amid inner life of duty and
conviction whose Nh3Ie habit Of THOUGHT
is nlateTial1 and bound up with forces
that the eya ana hand can only measure
-eIan those, I sat feel q certain seHse
wv 5oy ana eAnItatfon when Eastern morn
DDsna un0n tha earth. I ana sure that
many mens .blindIy believing, who. coult
tetl littla of What khe resurrection really
means. have entered inJo the heart OF lti
meaning this morning in' a sense pf treG.
aonl and openness,. Of the largeness q
iife anC tha IiFaaess of Cod which the.
have not felt perhaps, since last East
day. The very children sven have talk
en these .stupendons thoughts into fhei
sirnpt minds far They take great pleas
ure I'LL telling one another that one 4
laast WI .ail tIla billions who have diet
ana been buried has broken through th
t6rnb alE lived upOn the earth again
EASTER ie remarkable for this,-that /
saams tJ take the most stupend0u
thonehts and through the familiar per
sbaaliir cf Jesus bring them to men
a5freHansioh and affection. Just as thes
H6Wers which, ad1rn Gods altar haV
fa.knn the irtni5e ana mysterious .fofee
of Hattlra ana pitt tAem into clear shape
All pisihle beauty. Ia Eastaf, the flower 4
tiia r5ar. takes tha Tmmeasurable truth
6f lira add immortality and holds thaE
tl us in v Beauty that We all can sae an
Al ~ sez4r TlfrYe e4 a. HrN
s3se account which Christ gives OF hin
Htlf.aftar TIIs resurrection and ascension
IB is goa6 fot us to nave this passag
Ifi tha revelation, in which Ghris
elealt8 ana aealares Himself. II am -
llsa4 liE1th. apd was dead and behold
anl alive ib- eyeFm ore. ANA have "a
lAYs uH leli- and Death Let Ills try
VI .saa something of the meaning of ths
3#hinte s4lf description of tha rise
Gksist sae 1i.at y,lsfisf7s pf stlmse
th-l. FiTE ..IAam Ha \Bht liVeth
That word +IiVath, is wpE8 of contin1
a.B perpetual lffe. LII is tRa Hill am
ii tha jehovah WHO spake tx 1tI-es. HI
t5at livathE tsthe hSYnkl One, 4
Whose life is Ille Life 96ynniete in itse
aRd includins ali o5AE4 within itse
5 3nt, ny friends, what a Wonderful thu
DANES nelt III sln IIrThat liveth, aI
- daAtI k4Ee hD Nl0L -pFsill tt3 fAttI
heW Wonaarfuf ehat fe R$member, v
afarna liKinE the var IKE of afi q
lives: and get iilo Chat liff of liv
4dath has GENE Ees dAath Which frQ
llae day ba daylrred AbSl, an3 had co
Ilered namharlass genefNtiots of ne
nbW stretched fis dark Mugs ever y
tdmh af 4he Grucifial Gol and claim
tiBe n0ble prey Btit his victory W
mort tha blessed saal of Christ WE
55Wp ilta the Limbo 9f Tho Patriarcl
there to tell rhani DIG their deiiyerant
Friday ntglt all day Saturday, a
Saturday niEht thR 51ul All Iastts pass
Amidst tbe dead Men before had ris
tT#aal tfla grave KIM tha mower 0f God. h
psas only f0r 4 time. death came aga
l3,tt h0w differeas with nur Lord,
r6se victor over death, and the e.
monster was to have r1 more do1nini
5var Him. And ID. my friends, inste
sF bciag what men have feared Ill VI
Nhat men have hardly dared to hope
r8#s HUI the putting out of ifa,--it y
E sbfn onlv to ba an episode, A enangl
f tits circumstances 0f lie. without q
4tstf power. over the reaf principle Of I
aly more, power than the cloud
oysr lhe sun that 1t 0hscnres, OF tf
,t. ocean has over the bubble of
fE1t Ii buries fathoms deep, but VII
rrayant nature III cannot destroy,
hBnaar ii from struggling towards I