The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-04-16

The services opened in a beautiful and i'm
p~ressive manner with the solemn march of
choir and rector from the vestry room,
around the central section of the church
to the chancel. The procession was headed
by a group Of instrumentalists, composed
of Messrs. Joseph p. Cameron, first cor
net; Will S. Mitchell, second cornet; Carl
Cameron, first trombone; Herman A. Goth.
second trombone, and John Hollett. clar-
ionet, whose melodious accompaniment
blended charmingly with the vocal chant
OF the "Te Deum." A delightful feature
of the service which followed was the
soprano solo, SchelIey's Resurrection
an offertorium, by Mrs. Carroll Carr. A
prominent figure in the unusually large
congregation was ex-President Harrison.
The sermon delivered by the rector. Rev.
Lewis Brown, was appropriate to the oc-
casion and conspicuous for its elegant die
ton and hopeful tenor. The text was the
sixth verse of the sixteenth chapter OF
Mark: "Ye seek Jesus Of Nazareth. which
was crucifed; He is risen; He is not here;
behold the place where they laid Him"
Mr.. Brown said in part:
-Four hundred millions of people to-day,
so far as accurate measurement may be
stated, stand honoring the resurrection
truth. Wherever the cause of Jesus Christ
has pressed and where the gospel OF the
lowly Nazarene is being ~exemplified, tenn
pies are open. churches are open, village
shrines are being dedicated and represented
In love and beauty, and mems hearts are
being stirred by the fact that Jesus Christ
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orable as this deserves to make its i'm
preston upon the world, and it might
be said, i'm the words of the old song
sung so beautifully upon this Easter day,
All the world keeps Easter day. That
fact is being more and more commemor-
ated. Even the sceptic has his heart lifted
up to-day by the truth, and even the Jew
who, perhaps, does not recognize Christ as
his Savior. though he may as a good man,
is affected by the message. The whole
world itself is bound in loving chains at
the feet Of a risen Christ and the majesty
and beauty of His presence touches every
life, goes into every cline, belongs to every
agency and touches into power every fact.
Recognizing the fact that IL is the central
doctrine of the Church of God, 1t may De
said that no doctrine is so we'll fortified
as this
The speaker then briefly discussed the
evidences in favor of the truth OF the res
| direction story, dwelling with particular
| emphasis upon the fact that the first testi-
| mony was from the lips of loving friends
of Christ, whose eyes would naturally be
| unusually keen in the search for evidence
of his conquest over death. In closing, Mr..
Brown related the story of a fakir in In
dia who demonstrated to a king that his
| palace was really nothing more than an inn
because of his predecessors had lived In IL
for a time and then gone away, leaving IL
to the next occupant of the throne. This
anecdote served as the basis for the follow
ing glowing peroration:
And so as we build from day to day,
| putting everything beautiful in our homes
and clinging to the idea Of their greatness
| and grandeur for a while. let us never for
get that the idea of an inn is simply there.
| BY and by others will enter upon the labors
which we ourselves have completed; others
shall come into the conditions which we
ourselves have filled for a short time and
| we shall be far away In Gods everlasting
| kingdom of righteousness, awaiting our
final place, if we have lived well. at His
side forever. Oh, the glory of a truth like
this, Time itself is not sufficient to set 1t
| forth I'm all its power and all its majesty.
To feel that We ourselves have the germ
| of eternal life within us as We sit here to-
day.; that we can never die; that. passing
out of life. we simply begin to live and In
| life eternal find the fruition oft denied us
in this life in which we live! And So. men
and women, to-day the resurrection truth
comes down in all its glory and all its
power. Every bell swinging in every
steeple throughout Christendom is simply
telling the story of a risen Christ. he Is
risen. Over land and sea the message
comes. Into every receptacle where the
dust of beloved ones has been placed, there
1t comes, and the angel trumpet tongue,
mfdway between earth and sky. tells us
that by and by time shall cease, eternity
come and we shall be with our loved one
forever"