El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-04-11
The Power If the World to Come.


Rev. 81. w. Moore, of the Presby-
terrain church, preached an sster SER
mo Su 1day from the following text,
1.-THE power of the world to cOne,'
Hebrew Vl:5.
This Eastt morning, Russian meet
ing Russia An on the streets OF st. Peter
sburg halls him with the greeting,
"Christ is kisen" and is answered by
his friend, lie is risen, indeed" A
the world Io1ay. Death is conquered.
The grave is no longer pr con for its
doors haze been broken oper. Easter
means more than flowers and music.
1t is the greatest day OF all christen-
dom. 1t speaks of my resurrection,
your resurrection; my immortal ~
your immo t,lity. The old philosophy
represe nted death bv the manages OF
the .scythe, the skull and eros bones
and taught men to fear death But
Easter sets ringing all over the world
today that 10 those to whom it has
been Christ to live, to die is gain.
Blessed be death. 1t is the clearing
up shower. Blessed be death. 1t is
eoteriog the banquet hall and sitting
with kings aud queens and conquerors
This Christian doctrine was a sunrise
to the world. Heads up! Dry your
tears Look beyond the casket and
the grave. Whstsif the vio'ets have
faded the hand that plucked them
waves to you this NOR ming from out of
the land where they are clothed in
white ra'ment. They are singing their
Eastern song and shout to us "slls
well up here"
to come. Psychologists tell US that in
every seven years we have an entirely
new body. So if you be TIVE nty-ooe
years OF age, you have had three
brains, three pairs of lungs, three re-
placements OF every bone in your body,
etc. If the soul survives these physics.
changes, why will 7 not survive the
body at last, when we cast 1t OIL at
death? And then did you ever think
nothing is really lost The tree falls
in the forrest but it Is not perishe d.
1t is changed into boards, tables,
houses, and even II the house should
be burned, the ashes and smoke st'll
exist in snothers form. And oh my
brother would God care for the tree
aud not for this heart, these souls Of
ours that aspire and weep-and re-
joice and pray. What will you do with
the instinct in man which tells b N he
is immortal. The instinct 10 every bird
and beast says science, never Ia false.
The bird seeks other warm climates;
the beast following its instinct finds 1t
answered. And will God care for
tie bird and animal and will be
not satisfy mans instinct for an i'm
mortal life. No we are immortal. Jesus
ia risen. The grave is conquered
Dewette the great German who was
called the universal doubter said be-
fore he died. 1.-The Resurrection of
Christ can no more be called unto
doubt than the ssssssi nstion Of Caesar"
Lyman Abbott says it is the b. st att
ested fact in all history. Yes death is
conquered!
When Rufus Choste took ship for
that port where he died a friend said
"you? I hope will be here year
hence" Eyes said the great lawyer 1
shall be here 100 year hence thous-
and years hence" Daniel Webster
died saying sit is God in Christ Jesus
who brought life and Immortality to
light" .. -...
Without future life, life is huge
riddle. How many suffer. die toll
here in rags and misery. While Nero
and other tyrants die rs they have
lived in luxury. God says there is an
evening up day coming. There Is no
other explanation to early death ex-
cept that there is an immortal life
work again. The other life must be
to complete this one. Humboldt dying
at 80 said ooh for another 100 years"
This doctrine of Immortality has Oh aug
ed the ages. 1t has taught the w rid
the value of human life and the in
dividual worth,of every man.
81 question, 'says one of lyour great
est statesmen, whether our free in
situations could survive two centuries
without . personal belief in immortal
ty." This hope of heaven hes made
men aud women brave in all their tears
and struggles. How many labor on,
take up the broken threads of life
again, sing through sorrows, tears and
many misfortuues, I'VE shall meet be-
yond the river, SEINE sweet day, by and
by"
Blessed hope! Let it sweep over the
world today. The reunion day is COM
ing. Heads up! The grave in the
grass does not end all. Heaven is a
bome-a fathers house. This means
compsnionship and pure love "They
hunger no more; they thirst no more,
and God shall wipe away all tears from
their eyes" How sweet that music!
away for their health. Cough all gone
Pneumonis all gone. And the little
children they are just over there. See
them with their arms full of flowers
and faces full of light. What q reli-
zion. How besutifuE Hope giving.
heart soothing, WAIT it in song! Sound
it from the organ. Speak out sweet
flowers, He Is risen!"
The decorations were very elaborate,
and the auditorium was filled with
the aroma of flowers. The work was
done under the direction OF Mrs. J. h.
Comstock and the flower committee of
the Eudeavor society. The evening
service OF cong was largely attended,
and enjoyed. The musical interests of
this church are we'll conducted under
the management of Mr.. Crawford.
SO that the Presby terisn choir and ex-
cellence in church singing are come to
be synonymous expressions.
Trinity's Easter Sermon.
Rev. j. T. French preached yes
terday morning to large easter con-
greRation, from the text" now before
The feast of the passover, when Jesus
knew that his hour was come, that
he should depart out of this world I'M
to the father, having loved them unto
the end" John XIIII. The speaker
said: This text may not have any
direct bearing on the great theme OF
which this day is commemorative but