The times., 1901-04-08
BROKE THE BONDAGE OF DEATH.
DIR. McKim ON the Resurrection and
the Souls Immortality.

At the Church of the Epiphany the
morning services were impressive and
beautiful and were attended by large
congregations. The attendance at the II
clock service was, perhaps the largest
which ever Worshipped at the church. The
auditorium and the three galleries We're
filled to their greatest seating capacity,
while hundreds stood in the aisies and
in the rear portion of the church through
out the service. The Sunday school room
on the right OF the altar was also crowd
ed.
At both morning services Holy Com
munion was administered and the rector,
the Rev. DR.. Randolph H. McKim,
preached. The sanctuary within the
chanceI railing was beautifully decorat-
ed with Easter lilies, palms, and potted
plants. The music during the II o'clock
service was rendered by a quartette, as
sisted by chorus of thirty voices. The
quartette included Miss Haley. soprano;
Miss Simmons, alto; Mr.. Caulfield, tenor.
and Mr.. Luebkert, bass. The selections
were rendered under the direction of
Herndon Morsell, with John Theophle as
organist. During the service the choir
sang the second, fifty-seventh, and one
hundred and eleventh psalms.
The general subject of the discourse of
pr. McKim was in explanation of the
reason why mankind celebrates the feast
day of the resurrection of Christ from
the dead. The sermon was beautiful in
it's simplicity of outline and eloquent in
thought and diction. DR.. McKim took
his text from Paufs Epistles. | Corin-
thians xvi: u, %: For since by man
came death. by man came also the res
direction of the dead. For as in Adam
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made
alive" IN developing his text, DR.. Nc
Kim said:
Christ submitted to death upon the
cross, not because he was compelled to
do so. but to fulfill his promise When
he arose from the dead he brought light
and Immortality to the world. His resur-
rectiOn is an evidence that we are re-
deemed and that he aid not suffer on
the cross in vain; ii was the revelation
of our victory over death. Christs tri-
umph over death as a man means that
man has broken the awful bondage OF
death and is proof that the dead shall
| rise again.
The question of the immortality of the
| soul has long agitated the greatest minds.
| but Christianity came and solved it; not
with argument or theory. but with plain,
| immutable, indisputable fact-the resur-
! rection of Christ. There Is not a single
| historical statement so well supported as
the resurrection of Christ Death was
| our heritage from Adam ard everlasting
| life our heritage from Christ in his res
direction. Since the resurrection the
world is Gods; everywhere his voice is
| heard and his power felt and death is
swallowed up in the victory of the resur-
| rection."
| The Easter festival of the Sunday
| school of the parish of the church Of the
| Epiphany was held at o'clock in the
| afternoon. The auditorium of the church
| was reserved for the children of the three
| Sunday schools. who took part in the eX-
ercises The children of the two schools
| Of the Church of the Epiphany and
Epiphany Chapel numbered about thou
/ sand. During the singing OF the carol,
| Bring I lilies 4" each of the children as
| they marched to the altar placed a lily
or some other flower within the chancel
| rail as an Offering. Nearly hundfed
| prizes were awarded to as many chiidren
for prompt and regular attendance during
| the past year.