The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-16
POWER OF THE ALMIGHTY.
Rev. DIR. ID. j. stafford breaches OF
the Resurrection.

the Resurrection.
At St Pstricks Church high mass was
held at II O'Clock yesterday morning, with
most impressive Easter ceremonies. The
altar was covered with palm branches.
Easter lilies, and azaleas; the chancel
was brilliant with the light Of many hun
dred candles. and the priests were robed
in their most splendid vestments of white
and gold.
Long before services began the church
was filled and the aisles were so crowded
that it was all but impossible for the
ushers to make way through them for
pew holders.
The elaborate musical programme, which
was arranged by Mariana Mama, was rem
dered with splendid effect by a we'll
trained choir OF selected male and female
voices Solo and duet numbers were sung
5y Mrs Blanche Mattingly- Roger. so
prano: Mrs. Paulina MunegriIo- Mama,
alto: Edward p. Schwartz tenor, and B.
o. Ryan. basso. The organizt was Almond
Gumprecht who played the oJiglto for
the Professional as well as the choir
music.
Rev. DR.. D. J. Stafford preached the
Easter sermon. His subject was The
Resurrection"
The eternal end of sin" he said,
was preached during the Holy Week.
The eternal triumph OF good Is now
TO be elevated. The eternal triumph
of good is heavens to see God. The
human mind is incapable Of comprehending
what the happiness OF seeing God will
mean. But who has made it possible for
human eye to see the blue vault Of heaven
will make il possible for the human soul
to see and understand the greatness OF
God Were the Creator, after death, merely
TO advance us to u higher plane Of eX-
istence. still yelling himself from kno|l-
edge. the soul Of man would not be salts
fed nor happy. while II could conceive OF
a something beyond and higher. II must
see God face to face and know fH in
hnity This does not mean monotonous
alteration through eternity, as the iniidel
has charged.
TO know God will be to supply the
requisites Of eternal happiness. possession,
and progress. No day OF eternity Will be
like another day. But each day will bring
a new happiness in seeing God. which will
not be exhausted through all eternity.
We shall know all things in that heaven
which Christ has promised And it is the
resurrection that seals the promise OF
Christ that we shall see God. face TO face.
Had IL not been for tine resurrection
the gospel would never have been preached.
The most distinguished OF the disciples
denied Christ at the cruciiiyion, yet within
forty days he was preaching the resurrec-
tion of the Christ to Jerusalem and Judea,
and to all the world There were five
hundred men who saw and talked with
Christ after the resurrection, and at the
time Of St Paul, two hundred and fifty
were still living. 1t was this proof Of his
power, sealing his promises Of life ever
lasting. that produced the ineffaceable
conviction in the hearts of his disciples
that he was the Christ, and sent them
abroad to preach the salvation he had
promised. and shown that he had power
to effect by his resurrection. Heaven was
moved by the resurrection. the edrtn
shook and trembled. hell was agitated.
Il was the manifestation Of almighty
power"