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At the Christian Church.

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At the Christian Church.
Rev G.. II. Morrison preached to
good congregation yesterday morning
from the topic,' "what if Christ b.:
he not rlsen?" the speaker said in
part: We assume That Goa exists. L
do this, lest haply be found in the
condition of the young preacher OF
whom Beecher tells. The young man
labored hard for an hour proving the
existence of God. An Old member
came up aud said it was the first time
he had ever had the least shadow of
doubt about there being God. Those
who doubt the existence of God are
| fe " ia mum Der and we suppose not one
| is here this morning. That Jesus lived
| was crucitied, buried, ard arose we as
sumo to be established. We will not
| linger so much at the tomb this morn
ing, as to use it for starting point
| from which we travel certain roads
down the ages. No more beautiful
place could be found this S de OF the
pa radise of God.
The stone that had been rolled away
when the women arrived, was furn1sh-
ing a seat for one Of Gods messengers.
He will cause the wrath of man to
praise him. He uses the Christ, the
stone disallowed ard rejected of men,
as his means of saw ng the wOF d. The
apostle in pet. 81, says: In the latter
times scctfers shall say, where Is the
promise of his coming. for since toe
fathers fell asleep all things cOntinr e
as BEFORE Without tn resurrection
of Jesus We cannot answer the scoffer
With that fact believed we can say
with Paul. He hath given assurance
unto all men in that be hath ra sed
Jesus from the dead That is our
assurance that he will raise u is be-
cause he raised Jesus. We are By
nature gentiles and Paul said OF US,
you had no hope, and were without
God 10 the world. Eph. PIP. The
Jews had hope in the law; we had none
until Jesus rose from the dead.
Taking away the resurr ction-and
we would not have that beautiful or
dinance of baptism. Rom. sVI:3-4.
Know We not ths 50 many OF us "a were
baptized into Jesus Christ were baptiz-
ed into his death. There we are buried
with him by baptism into death: that
like as Christ was raised up from the
dead by the glory Of the father even SO
we should walk in newness Of life.
Without the resurrection there would
be nothing to Inspire to a higher life.
"If We then be risen with Chrl-t seek
those things which are above" Col |
I'LL. few of the ancieu. pbiloso-
piers were good, but the gre 1t mass OF
l.
sonable when he said, ''if there be no |
resurrection, let Ia eat and drink, for |
tomorrow we die" Denying the re-
surrection OF Christ leave one without |
any fixed idea of the future state. We
might today bs beni2hted by some OF
the vagaries of beathe nism. Brahman-
ism tie 'ches no personal exiatence after
death We might have such for our
faith Then the fires. of the suffice
would be burning throughout our land
and the groans of widows would be
heard. Jesus was woman's great
emancipation from her iercer and
stronger brother. Thank God she has
not been Indifferent to her oppOrtunl-
ties, nor ungrateful to her benefactor.
The music was extra good with solo
by Miss Owen, which was favorably
received by all present.
st Clements
ST. Clements church was crowded
yesterday morning by an audience In
attendance on the special easter serv-
Ice This wss carrie out rs given in
Saturdays HERALD, and the fine
musical efforts of Prof. Smith and his
choir we're hit hly appreciated. 1t is
great thing for Ell Paso to have q
musician in town like Prof. Smith. The
TIE Deum by Hopkins, an English or
eanist, was a devotional-musical
gem.
The sermon was by Rev.G. H Du-
bois, formerly of Canyon city, Colo,
but now locate in this city. He spoke
from the text, "behold I make all
things new," Rev. XXI:5, The speak
er said in part, this word NEW" is one
of the greatest words in our language:
1t is manifest in every great spiritual
work. Its spirit is also manifest in
literature which is the reflex of the age
of the time in which it ex SIS. The
age is embalmed in its literature
This is new era dawuing for all man
kind. The religions of Asia and lud1a
do no good. The christian faith grows.
it is ever looking towards the future
The bible says we are ever new: the
new man, the new creature of ST. Paul
the new name that is written on the
stone. For this reason the religion OF
Christ must be dominant In the future
This religion of ours is full OF new
growth: it IS free from ultra conser-
vatism. Our religion teaches the com
mon rights OF all mankind. The chris
tian religion ia one That will live.
Easter is typical of the new life. it is
the religion of christianity. 1t is a
claim that the perfect lies ahead. 1t
gives new motives to life. Now is