Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-04-12
NEWPORT NEWS VA. TUESDAY; April r. 1898
EASTER SUNDAY
How the Great Church Festival Was OBJ
served III NEWPORT Nova

How the Great Church Festivai Was OBJ
| served In Newport News.
| Sunday was a typical April day. The
| tickle month Sustained its reputa tior
for ticklenesss, but after ALL ut was 8
pretty E;aster. Old Sol unfolded him.
SELF with the radiance OF a bursting
sunitVwer. Them clouds swept across
his beallsillg face and for awhile it look
ed as If they would he marred by the
clements. There was a Iigllt Shove,
about IL O'clock, but after THAT the
curtain THAT hid the sun 1oled aside
and an ideal day was had. las "all the
! worlds q stage" the ladies had the OPP
| iJor'tuaMty Sunday to scrutirize each
Others tinery and criticize the tastes
displayed. M."
| Large congregations attended the ser
wees held ait the churches and i'm song
and carol THE story OF the risen Lord
'va,s heralded. From the pulpit in elo-
au.nt language. the story was alsso
told. The predominant Thought life ter
Death, Was appropriately symbo!ized
| in the flowers which adorned the altar
and the sanctuary lending their pure
fragrance and beauty to make the fes-
;ivsni truly the echo OF the shout OF
victory issuing from the tomb ais the
triumphant Savior, after his agony and
suffering, TO sunder the Veil separating,
man from his maker.
A SINNER AND HTS PRAYER
1sev Thomas J. Mackay. pastor OF
the Second Baptist church. selected his
evening text from Luke lS:l3-"Gol b@.
melNaful to ME a simmer" MIR Macka.y
said. in part:
THE surroundings Of the text were in
the city of Jerusalem. THE scene was
in THE ttsInple. THE pride OF THE Jews.
and the wonder of the world. L have
no doubt that Jesus, when he saw the
throng going into the temple trusting
only in the performance of the act of
sacrifice for their Justification befort.
Cod. that He pictured the two lllen
going into the temple.
The poor publican standing affair off
would not 10 TGuch ais lift his EYES
hetuven'ward, but srlote his breast say
ing: Lord, be mercNful to me a sin
iler L ten You that humble prayer
moved ALL heaven. think l see the
gfses OF heaNen and "a poor simmer
standing l0ylN~clp;ng and crying: God.
be lnercMul to ME a sinner and the
re-eciio of that voice for mercy rings
through the chambers of heaven.
hear voice Within: I came not to call
the righteous but sinners to repentance.
and the redeemed of God tune their
harpS anew. and the gates swing back
mercy pleaded, a simmer saved.
We shall be judged for the sins done
heaven? NO. Then what is the differ
rnce? You spend tMo-ttirds of Your
life doing all the good you can and
orie--third in sim, Will you not need
.the blood Of Christ" See q prison.
AT the washington Avenue Methodist
church. Rev Bernard F. Lipscomb
preached an interesting sermon on the
Resurrection" SPECIAL Easter nUsic
Was rendered by THE wela trained choir
at both services. In the evening the
feature OF the musical program Was q
solo 10y Mrs Wentworth. With violin
c'ol.gato by Professor Anderson
SlHn ->I1.
tor OF st. Vineen't's Catholic church,
preached on the '.Resurrecoion" at 1890
oclock Sunday morning. special music
was rendered.
AT the First baptist church, Rev. c.
c. Cox took as his subject, IF a Man
Die, Shil He Live Again?" and
preached ~ sermon appropriate to THE
occasion
Rev. L. T. Wexford preached on the
subject '4Enster and CaaVan-y' at the
First Prssbyte .san church in the
morning and Shall There Be Resur-
rection'' i'm the the evening. The spe-
,4.al easter program of music will be
repeated next Sunday morning and
evening. ...
The Relation of Chrst's tResurrec-
,pf Rev w r. NIutley's sermon at the
rhirtieNh Street Ehristian church Sun
day morning.
Rev. j. Francis Ribble, pastor of St.
Paul's Episcopal church, preached on
'HR.. u,rrecrior'' in THE morning. In
the evening Rev. Mr.. RibDle conducted
services at N1orrisons. M..
|. REV. NJ. S. Colonna, Jr., preached q
special Easter sermon at the Chestnut
Avenue Methodist church Sunday morn
ing. Prof A w. Hawks conducted the
evening service. delivering a lecture on
'Hs'pp in eSS. .
l:t.v J. L. Shenk, the lutheran di-
vim. ~, Norfolk conducted Easter Ser