El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-19
At ST. Clements Church.

1t was standing room only in the
| Episcopal church where the musical
| part of the service was of an unusual
| high order, as was expected. and the
| floral decorations within the chancel
and on the Easter hats of the ladies
were otceably fiue. The back of the
chaocel was prOfusely decorated with
Gala and Easter lilies, roses aud other
| flowers, varied with banks of ferns and
ported greens. These with the beauti-
full stained glass windows as a back
ground made lovely ensemble. The
ladies who arranged the decorations
deserve good long credit mark
Chairs were placed in the aisle5, but
these were insufficient to accommodate
the attendance. The choir-that is
the ladies, ''loOked just too lovely for
anything" in their bright new Easter
costumes and bright fresh faces, and
they took hold of the work with earn
estness and vigor. The same thing
was true of the entire choir, and the
addition of Capt. Anger, of the Fifth
cavalry, was a musical gain. The cap
tain has voice of sweet quality very
pleasant to listen to. The musical
part of the service was something of
stupendeous affair for this section of
the country, and considering that this
is the first attempt toward the intro
duct;on of the English cathedral
service in this city, especially
the singing of the entire Psalter,
and the comparatively few rehearsals
due to PrOfes. or Smiths necessary
absence from the city nearly all the
week, the choir did remark ably well.
There were occasional ragged edges. it
is true, and one case of forgetfulness in
the otfertOry sc stenceS that came near
upsetting things. But then that must
be overlooked in the general excellence
and the admiration of the congregation
at the high and most pleasing standard
of music towards which ST Clements
choir under the direction of so able
man musician as Prof Smith is aim
ing, was fully called for. The TIE Deum
of Dykes was rendered with spirit
and achievement in successful melody
that very greatly pleased all listen
ers, and was appreciated even so far off
as the federal building where the post
Office clerks stood in the wagon porch
and took it all in"
The sermon was by Rev. George NJ.
Dubois of Canyon City, Coo His
text was u am the resurrection and
the life:" John XI:25. The speaker
said in part: The gospel of our bless
ed Lord makes its strongest appeal to
us at those points wherein it satisfies
the deepest longings of the soul for rest
and peace. Given a world of loss and
pain, sin and suffering. poverty. lnneli-
ness and grief-wnat do we q | ask in
stinctively as satisfactory recon-
peuse? Not the philosophy of him who
ignores pain and forces the tears back:
not the folly of him who would bury
the misery under a round of make-be-
lieve pleasure, but the coming of some
infinite power from without. great
enough and good enough u food the
soul with peace. as the sunrise rolls
back the night.
Can he complete US? Can he be all
this to you and to me? Can he be
fatherhoOd, motherhood, love, rest.
home, where these are now denied?
Can he turn bitter into sweet, want
into wealth, loss into gain? Can he
provide a field somewhere for every
talent, for every good impulse that
now asks in vain to be set to work?
Can he out of this patch work of human
lives, broken, enSlaved, victims of evil
habits, evil customs, wrong social con
ditiOns, make Il redeemed race of men.
now, here? Can he bring kingdom
! of God on earth: Oh. Yes, He is the
very resurrection and the life. and
they who will do his will may dwell in
| Hin and He in them, and this is rest.
peace and life. And then beyond,
/ Words can not picture that. Then the
human plant which has grown here in
beauty, through the indwelling OF
Jesus, will finally bloom il all its
| heavenly sweetness in the kingdom of
our father.
OH we could only realize by some
effort of the imagination, how much
Jesus by his resurrection has become a
part of our world today. Were we to
wake tomorrow morning, face to face
with the grim Intelligence there is no