The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-03-29
A BEAUTIFUL SERVICE.
The Sacred Orotorio "Christ And His
Soldiers" At the Lutheran
Church.

Lutheran Church ut the Redecnlcr on
Friday evening to hear the render
ing OF John Farmers oratorio,
"Christ and His Soldiers" The SER
vice throughout was devotional and
uplifting.
Tie first part OF the oratorio is the
gospel OF the life. death. rcSurrcc-
ton and ascension OF our Lord. 1t
is introduced by 4 rccitativc chorus.
Suffer little children to come unto
me and forbid them not Tor such is
the kingdom OF heaven. Mrs. J. 5.
Wheeler. OF Prosperity. sang the solo
in the chorus. "Hark!! the glad sound.
the Saviour comes Then Miss Car
rie Maycs sang the sweet old casol,
In the fields with their flocks abid-
ing" followed by the chorus, %
come. all ye faithful" Mr.. F. NJ.
Boyd sang the solo, And did the Son
OF God appear" followed by the in
spring chorus, Ride on. ride on in
majesty" The chorale. The night
OF agony hath passed" followed by
the chorus. Cleft are the rocks, the
earth doth quake" was then sung.
The Rev. G. \. Wright sang, When
survey the wondrous Cross" and
Mrs. w. K. Sigh. by Jesus grave
on either hand" Miss Genevieve
Evans sang the SOLO in the grand,
triumphal chorus, Jesus Christ is
risen today, hallelujah!" Miss Susie
Z. Summer sang of the promise Of
the Comforter, "Our blest Redeemer,
ere he breathed," and the chorale,
The Lord ascended up on high"
closed the first part of the service.
The Rev. W. L. Seabrook. the pas
tor. made a short and appropriate ad-
dress in which he said that the great
est fact in the history of the universe
is the fact of the Incarnation. The
most important element in the his
tory OF every person born into the
world is his relation to the 1ncarna-
ton. He spoke OF the marked days
in the life OF OUR Lord, observed from
the days OF the early church until the
Reformation by the whole church OF
Jesus Christ. and since the Retorma-
ton by the Lutheran and other litur-
cical branches OF the church. and
more and more in this generation by
all parts OF the church: or the ap-
propriatenesS OF the services OF tha
evening. on the Threshold OF the
Holy week. with its solemn and JOY
ful assemblies OF the people.
He INTRODUCED the second part OF
the service by calling attention to the
fact that faith in Jesus must lead to
service for Jesus and quoted Luthers 5
well-known words: Il believe that
Jesus Christ. true God. begotten Of
the Father from eternity, and also
true man. born OF the Virgin Mary,
is my Lord: who hath redeemed me,
lost and condemned creature, Sc
cured and delivered me from all sins,
from death. and from the power OF
the devil. not with silver and gold,
but with his holy and precious blood,
and with his innocent suferings and
death: in order that l might be his,
live under him in his kingdom, and
serve him in everlasting righteous
ness innocence and bleSsedness: even
as he is risen from the dead. md lives
and reigns to all eternity. This IS
most certainly true"
The motif of the second part Of
the chroal service was, The Life Of
the Christian" and was introduced
with a recitative chorus, BE thou
faithful unto death, and l will give
thee crown of life," Mrs. Theodore
Johnstone sang the solo in the chorus,
"Hark! thrilling voice IS sounding;
Christ is nigh it seems to say" Mr..
S. B. Jones sang sang the solo in the
chorus.
In token that thou shalt not fear
TLr:e+ cr,c;6e6 to ou-1,
We print the cross upon thee here
And stamp thee his alone