The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-17
A Terrestrial Resurrection.

Easter was celebrated in Emmanuel
church in a very appropriate and effec-
tive name The altar was handsomely
decorated with palms, asparagus ferns,
blooming lilies and handsome cut flow
ers, very ~tastefully arranged and reflected
| great credit on the ladies Committee on
decoration. A large congregation was
present and listened TO some excellent
music by our efficient choir, among the
selections being the "Old Easter An
them" which was rendered in soul stir
ring strains.
Rev. J. ii. Boyd, our new and popular
| pastor, gave the children an interesting
| and instructive ive-minute object on the
Lily. He first showed them the bulb in
| it's dark round form without attraction or
beauty; then telling them this bulb was
placed in the dark earth, explaining how
the sun warming the ground and pene-
| trating the soil, at last found it and by
its heat and influence caused it to enlarge
| and swell until it finally broke it's bonds
and sent up through the soil a tiny shoot
| which the sun quickly developed into a
| growing plant, putting out its green leaves
| and growing taller and more graceful ev-
cry day under the gentle rays of the stn
and the i~nvigorating showers it at last ar
| rived at perfection and burst into a beau
tiful blooming fragrant lily, a joy and de-
| light to its possessOr. He told the child
| rem all of this beauty came from the UNI
| slightly bulb because God willed it SO. He
| explained to them, if the spirit of Christ
was in the heart and they obeyed Gods
| will, their lives would grow more beauti-
| full, fragrant and helpful every day until
| they became similar to the lily, a beauti-
| full flower in Gods Kingdom.
He took for his text Psalm 81 10;
ttCreate in me a clean heart, O God, and
renew a right spirit within me-" subject,
a Terrestrial Resurrection. He demon
strated with earnestness and logic the alb
| solute necessity of every Christian having
a clean heart if they would live a good
life, a useful and Christ-like life, and
stated that although a man might begin
with a right spirit, he must, from the very
natural order of things that come to him
every day-trials, temptations, disap-
pointments and friction of daily life with
the world-renew that spirit; a new in
stallment, a fresh supply, a renewal day
by day for the conflict of life, if he would
prove a faithful Soldier of the cross. He
informed us in q forceful and convincing
manner how important it was that the
better elements of our nature and heart
should be resurrected to a holy and useful
life in. Christ. He dwelt with great force
and power on the forgiving heart, and
showed by illustration how fatal to all
our interests was selfshness and eyenae:
how blessed it was to forgive and love
each other. Love leads to Heaven, re-
venge to the cemetery.
Resurrection in the home, kindness to
one another was dwelt on and strongly
brought out on practical lines of every
day living. He told us not to wait until
mother, father, or wife laid cold in the
casket before we thought of a lily to
place on the dead body, but while they
lived and were with US, to scatter kind.
ness and sunshine all along their path
way, Frightening their eyes and making
glad their hearts by a beautiful bouquet
Of little acts of kindness and love. The
discourse was forceful and eloquent; full
of the spirit of the Master and pointing
us to the true Terrestrial Resurrection. II
In the evening an entertaining program
of songs and Rotations was given to q
large audience by the choir and children,
Those who recited were Lora Kidd. Han.
nah Wentzell, Ada Dolbow, Alvah Dol,
bow. Emma Simkins, Sarah Wentzell,
Beatrice Randolph, Lizzie Diver. Nettie
Sparks, Rena Smith, Fred Sumnerill
Warren Smith, James 7. Smith, Willie
Summerill, George Baily, Elwo3d Braker
Thomas Cook.