The herald., 1897-04-19
SELECTIONS OF SERMONS
ELABORATE SERVICES AT ST.
PAUL,s AND ST. vINCENT'S
The Sacred Edifices Garlanded With
Wreath Of Flowers and Foli-
age-At the Cathedral.
Other Services


church yesterday morning were very
impressive. The music was elaborate
and the interior Of the church presented
a picture of peculiar beauty. In the
decorations, thousands of Gala lilies
were used, forming banks of bloom on
chancel, nave, arch and pillar.
The sermon was preached by the right
reverend, the Bishop Joseph II. john
son. the theme being the resurrection
The text was taken from st. John xi-26-
27-"Jesus said unto her, I am the resur-
rection and the life; he that believeth in
Me, though he were dead. yet shall he
i've"
The speaker said when these words
were spoken by Jesus. the miracle was
about to take place which restored
Lazarus to- those who thought him
dead, and that the miracle suggested
two thoughts:
First-That this which we call life
/, temporary existence, and the real life
Is a gift of God.
Second-The voice OF Christ brought
back the spirit into that which was
seemingly dead.
Christ said This is not death; he
sleepeth." Death is paralysis of hu-
man energy in man. But Christ does
not want his people to look at death as
the end; the time when man ceaseth to
live Is when the soul Is destroyed. What
is commonly called life is but a tenn
porary condition. Death Is liberation
of the soul into higher life, unfettered
by the body. Christ realized the physi-
cal actualities, for he. too, passed
through these temporary conditions.
The resurrection was not miracle; Ii
was but type Of the wonderful birth
that we all possess. We must go through
q certain phase of existence here, but he
that possesses the spirit of Christ will
live again. Christ grasped the meaning
of the present. and he looked forward to
the fullness of the life that was to come
to those who were conscious OF what
was in this life for them.
Christ is the pervading life of all
things 1t Is difficult to think of life diff
ferent from this form of matter, to know
the abiding element in man is the soul.
The visible and the invisible universe
were created by God, and by him all
things exist. Nature in him coheres and
holds together. The aspirations for good
we find in this life today are those of the
soul. The hope of the whole world lies
in the consciousness that God himself
10 dwelling in the human race. Human
ity must see this divine life incarnate,
the life that will remain when this day
is past. We now "see through a glaes
darkly," but then it will be face to face.
Christ will enter into the soul of each
one on earth and give in himself new
life to all, an eternal life with the
Father.
At the afternoon service the Coeur de
Lion commandery, No. 3, was present
They were escorted to their places by the
vested choir and the prelate, Sir Arthur
Rrookman opened the services. The rec
tor, Rev. John Gray, preached, the SER
mon from the text, 1.-THE Sword of the
Lord and of Gideon"
The thought of the sermon lay in the
dignity of mans calling to labor with
God. That the knights of God were the
true knights, who defended the rights of
man as we'll as confessed the faith of
the son of God. Gideon's band of 100
men were the royal knights of Gods
service in the olden time, and the sword
os the Lord is all we put into the hands
OF men, not perhaps so many in num-
ber, but the few who act with the spirit
of the truest knight.
The music at the afternoon service was
especially fine, and the evening service
was devoted entirely to music. Mines.
]. B. Scarborough and Martinez, Mr..
Zinck and the Catalina band all contrib
uted to the most notable Easter day st.
ho in,