The Irish standard., 1896-04-11
Easter sun day at corcoran
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Easter Sunday was fitt:ngly celebrated
at Corcoran. Father Coyle, the worthy
pastor, in his earnest solicitude for the
welfare of his flock, procured q strange
priest to assist him in hearing conies-
sions, and carrying out the ceremonies.
Father Coyle cannot be sufficiently
praised for the great work he has accom-
plished since his arrival amongst us.
Within one year he has erected church
and parocbial residence; and during the
past month has had his church frescoed.
An excellent choir. conducted by Miss Fo-
garty, gave beautiful rendition of Stock
Inns mass in fiat
The sermon preached yesterday was APP
propriate to the occasion. Amongst
other things the preacher said:
The resurrection of Christ is the one
great fact on which all other arguments
for his Godhead depend, All-eyidence for
his divinity stands or<falls with the fact
of the resurrection. Christ himself as
we see from Holy Scripture, constantly
appeals to this one miracle, leaving all
his other numerous miracles out OF queS-
lfion. After stating that the resurrect,oD is
the most manifest and best established Of
all the miracles worked by our divine
Lerd the preacher concluded this part Of
his discourse by saying Why 60 to such
trouble to prove the divinity of our
blessed Lord, which we all believe? am
well aware that you all firmly believe in
the divinity of Jesus Christ; but what is
an incomprehensible mystery to me Is the
| life which, despite their belief IL Jesus
Christ, SO many Christians lead. For II
we believe in the Godhead of Jesus Christ,
we believe also that God died for us on the
cross; we believe tina. it was sin that
mailed him to the cross, and consequently
that sin is the greatest evil. decide, the
! taking Of the life of God. How can the
/ conviction be reconciled with the lives OF
! many amongst us, who have little or no
detestation of sin, who seek the occasion
OF sin daily, offend God grievouslv. and
| live ia the state of sin from year to year
Ia developing the second part Of his
discourse the preacher said " The resnr-
raction of Christ is for us pledge Of q
| general resurrection, the enlivening prss..
ciple of Christianity. But our resurrec
ton may be to honor or to dishonor. L
to honor, our bodies will beNlike Christ,s
having all the qualities cf glorified body
We who are now so tender and fragile
viii then be impossible, agile, and i'm
mortal. The wicked also shall rise, tt
hear the melancholy and solemn decret
Of their reprobation. Ard with theil
souls united to their bodies go forth from
the shades of death t5 the dark abyss 0
hell--of which kind then shall our resur
rection be; whether shall it be to incom
prehensiDle joy or eternal woe. For
glorious resurrection of oar bodies, W
must put off f~the darkness of sin, and pu
On the armor CT light; for resurrection
) must be true; our ways of sin must b
abandoned; we must show by orr good ex
ample, that we have risen with Christ
and not only for a moment. bat we lnus
continue risen, for as Christ risen from
the dead dieth now no more, so we, risel
from sin, should no more become slave
of our passions