Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1903-04-15
EASTER SUNDAY IN RITZvILLE
A Sunny Day With Bright Regalia-
Churches and Pastors Have
Special Programs.

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over Christendom as day of religious
importance. 1t is generally the advent
of the season of butterfly neckties and
vegetable garden hats. Sunday was a
beautiful day with warm sun mellow
ing the zephyrs from the west, merry
throated birds gladdening the air with
their music and poisoning flowers and
verdure expanding in the light and
warmth Children with bright faces dis
played collections of sugar coated bun
nies and rainbow hued eggs. Older ones
remembered their own experiences as
children and greeted everyone with glad
good will and the day ended with the
pastors Of the various churches using the
emblematic "Christ is risen" that hearers
would out of the integrity of That life
live an example of moral. spiritual and
intellectual uplifting.
At The nethodist
The large Sunday school after an
Easter Lesson gave as special collection
for foreign missions. s23.
AtII a. m. Rev. Fer,ig delivered
discourse upon the subject, "Christ's
Kingdom Assured" Isaiah IS. Upon
the text he said in part: at is interesting
to think Of Christ as the friend of sinful
men, teacher of the learned and un-
learned, and the healer. And so it shall
come to pass in the last days*The noun
tain of the Lords house shall be estah-
lished and all nations shall flow unto
it, We are living in wonderful age.
Strange things are taking place. Christs
Kingdom is fast extending over the earth.
| The ruins of China, India and Corea are
| fast crumbling and the new life of the
Christian civilization is taking possess ion.
| The thoughts of the nations are fast
turning to agriculture and commerce.
Armies and navies are maintained. not
to make conquest but to promote peace.
Our own president, wonderful man in
a wonderful age, has been a leader in
great accomplishments. The Monroe
doctrine has been enforced in peaceful
manner, yet with strength. Venzuela
has been given to know she must pay
her honest debts while all Europe has
learned that no extortion can be prac-
ticed. The treaty for the lnteroceanic
canal has been accomplished by the
most friendly consideration. The An
thracite Coal Strike Commission has &C
complished its work on the high plains
of liberty and justice, recognizing the
rights of capital and labor and yet point
ing out better road for each. Let the
nations learn the science and art of agri.
culture and not that of war. O house OF
Jacob, come We, and let us walk in the
light Of the Lord. Churches are fast
learning to respect the rights OF each
other. Let US learn lesson from the
parable of the Mustard seed. The King
dom OF Christ is one body with many
branches"
Rev. Lyon at the First Baptist.
Rev. Lyon at the First Baptist deliver
ed his morning Easter sermon from the
text, "He is not here, for he is risen; as
he said. Come see the place where the
Lord lay" The pastor briefly reviewed
the stirring events that crowded the clos
ing days of our Lords earthly life. ex-
thibiting large pictures, recently taken
and but lately received from a Jewish
Missionary in Jerusalem. of the Garden
of Gethsemane" where Jesus was be-
trayed. and Calvary" with the garden
of the tomb nearby.
"rhe death of their Master was sad
blow to the eager expectations of the
disciples. In dismay they scattered about
the city TO elude their enemies. But the
women, tender and true, were the last 10
leave the place of burial as the shadows
of night can e creeping about them.
They were the first to reach the tomb
there to be greeted by the Angel of the
Lord who gave the astonished women
the message Of the text. To satisfy them
they could see the place where the Lord
lay. He had been there. but the Place
no longer held him. This, the time of
great sorrow and weakness, was the time
for God 10 manifest His comfort and
strength by the wonderful resurrection
of Christ. The apparent grave of our
hopes is oftimes the source Of our great
est blessings. Ever associated with this
occasion and day is the fact that Christ
died for our sins"
Mrs. L. M. Newell. general missionary
of the Baptist Woman's Home Mission
Society of Chicago. ILL.,, gave most in
teresting and helpful address in the
morning at the First Baptist church. The
lady is a talented speaker and widely
experienced traveller.
Praise Service At Congregational Church
The Congregational church was filled
to its utmost capacity at the Sabbath
morning Easter service. The decora.
tons were beautiful and artistica'ly ar
ranged. Easter lilies. callas. carnations
and palms covered the front of the plat
torn. The whole service was a fitting
tribute of praise in commemoration of
the Easter 10Y. The several anthems
rendered by the choir were excellent.
H. ID. Bell sang The Palms" impressive
ly. The pastor. Rev. F. Vernon Jones,
delivered short address on THE Value
of the Easter Truth as an Inspiration to
Strong and Earnest Living and the Com
fort and Peace Of the Dying Hour" At
the close an offering was taken for the
Sabbath school work of the state. The
little ones were made happy by gifts Of
Easter eggs from their teacher, Mrs.
Adams. In the evening the pastor
preached on the subject. "He could not
be hid" showing how Christ has outlived
all the future. For much as the world
has grown, in the lapse of time and
| the march of civilization, vet Christ is