The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-11

which G.. T.. Lawlor sang a tenor solo.
Hear Us. o Father" After the norm
ing prayer the choir sang a response.
HE Has Risen" by Verdi.
Mrs. F1avin next sang a soprano solo,
There's a Green Hill Far Away" Dur
ing the collection Mrs. Thomas played
"A violin solo, which was much appre-
ciated. The singing Of the hallelujah
by the choir and a hymn by the con-
%gregation was followed by "A brief SER
mon on The Resurrection" by Pastor
Gr~oeneveld.
A solo by John Wright. "The Lord Is
Risen" followed. after which the rendl-
ton Of the hymn. Christ Our Pass
over" by the choir. and "All Hail the
Power OF Jesus Name by the congre-
cation closed the morning services.
The evening service opened with an
organ voluntary, followed by the dox-
ology and the invocation. Next the
choir sang a response, "Alleluia," by
jerks. which was followed by the sing
ing of "a hymn by the congregation. a
psalm responsive by the choir and glory
by the congregation. The scriptural
reading was followed by prayer and 4
hymn by the choir, He Is Not Here.
but Risen" After the announcements
and collection came the singing Of the
anthem. "Te Deum. which was follow
ed by the evening sermon. Mrs. Fiaym
sang a soprano solo. and the services
closed with the sinsins of a hynn.
In his evening sermon Rev. Mr..
Groeneveld took for his subject, 1.-THE
Resurrection Of Christ" He said: THE
resurrection OF Christ - substantiated
by incontestible proof which comes to
us from eye-witnesses who knew Him
and could not be deceived. III we be-
lieve I'm historical facts, such as the
landing of Julius Caesar on the shores
of Great Britain or the declaration OF
independence. we should also believe the
facts concerning the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. The one is well establish
ci as the other. If we can believe any
company of men, IL seems that we
should believe the witnesses to the res
direction of Christ. The existence Ct
this church. which dates back to the
time Of Christ and which breaches a liv-
ing Savior. is proof that Christ rose. III
the Christian rest day we have a chain
of time made up of the links of weeks
which IL fastened to an eternal reality
which happened at the beginning of the
Christian year. We should as soon
doubt the fact commemorated by the
Fourth of July as TO doubt the fact
concentrated by Easter day"
The witnesses and their testimony
were then discussed and IL was claimed
they were as competent to establish a
fact by their testimony as any wit
nesses could possibly he.
THE New Testament" he continued.
Introduces us to the living Christ. and
says very little about the details of the
resurrection. 1t hides the non-essen-
tails"
The record was then discussed. and
II was claimed to be genuine and au-
thentic. I'm Christ's resurrection is the
hope of Christians" he said In conclu-
sion. 1T is the ground of our conf
dence. We praise God for the irrepressi-
BILE, irresistible life of Jesus Christ"
The Baptist Church.
The Baptist church on Easter morn
ing was crowded. The church was
prettily decorated with lilies and other
flowers. mostly white. while here and
there was a dash of color. The music
consisted chiefly of Easter hymns. to-
gether with an anthem by the choir
and a solo by Miss Meiklejohn. The
subject for the morning sermon was "A
Sorrowing Woman Comforted. h
sorrow and subsequent joy of Mary
Magdalen being touchingly brought out.
At the evening services the Rev. Mr..
Noftsinger took his text from Judges,
1921, And He did grind in the prison
house" and And the veil of the tenn
pie was rent i'm twain from top to bot
tom" The Grinding Power of Sin"
was the subject, and Samson was
used as an illustration. Mr.. Noftsinger
began by saying:
Samson. the once upright. moral
man, who. over-presumptous in his
strength. thinking he stood. fell. n
the consequence followed as a matter
of course the natural penalty of sin.
There Is no natural law i'm the universe
so true as the reaction of sin. The man
Of to-day is morally bound to be a NOR
al character IL he has at heart the in
terests of his people. for the iniquities
of the father are visited on the chill
dren.
"A "A minutes walk in this city will
convince any soul here of the grinding
power of sin. The man who once lived
i'm "A palace and now lives in a hut,
nine times out of ten is but reaping
what he has sown. grinding as Sanp-
son i'm the mill, paying for his sin. Let
the young men beware and the old men
also, thai they seek to crafty their
curiosity as to what is going on in this
world. soon shall they find themselves.
with their curiosity gratified, their
hands and feet bound, struggling.
grinding i'm the mill of sin. utterly UNI
able to free themselves. 1t does not
take "A long walk on the streets OF this
city to see an Did gray-haired man.
blind. staggering in the depths of sin,
and II you say this is but one in a hun
dred. there are hundreds, however,
treading where that man trod % years
ago. and what will be the result? 1t Is
"A mailman driving at "a adman gait
with a madman's reward in view.
There is something in standing. II
you stand alone there IL something
somewhere that compels respect. Stay
out of the path that leads To the mill
and you will never be grinding In the
mill. There is but one q that does
not lead to sin: but one road out of sin.
we love to think of Jesus i'm His
tan, A... uS VIA .aStG in the o. tnan
as He goes from one place to another
proving His life. as He goes to the cross
and Is crucihed. and then of the resur-
~rection. of the rending of the veil, and
whe we need no longer TO grind. Jesus
will take us from the mill and set our