Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-04-25

III lHeiu Victory over SIN anu
death. Victory over death is the
message of this day. He is
not here, for He is risen Come
see the place where the Lord lay Let
us then look upon the empty tomb and
regard its meaning Its meaning
points you to your conquering and as
cended Saviour and Lord, whom the
grave could not hold in its unwelcome
embrace. This empty tomb tells us
that the grave does not mark the end
OF our existence. The earth may be
called the great tomb of man, where
the bodies of countless multitudes are
lying. but this one tomb, this empty
tomb in the garden Of Joseph Arima-
! thea, tells you that it will not always
be so.
Resurrection Of Jesus,
II ask you this morning to think of
the encouraging and constructive mes
| sage OF the resurrection Of Jesus from
the dead-of the thing it seals and
pledges. Firstly, this historic reality
presents to us living Lord and Sa-
vior as the object of our faith. The
object of our faith is not dead Jesus
An unusual man, the greatest of all
men, but a living Being whose body
even could not be held under the
power of death. Behold, therefore, the
object of our faith, a Being adequately,
convfncingly marked out to be the son
OF God and possessing an eternal vic
tory over death and the grave.
Now will you look once more at the
empty tomb and hear for yourself the
words, He is not here, for He is risen
Come, see the place where the Lord
lay Let the precious truth bear It's
message Of gladness to your heart this
day. There is light for your darkness,
comfort for your sorrow, rest for your
WEAKNESS. This tomb is empty for
you. He is not here The night of
death was nowhere found when Christ
again was risen.'
In the second place. the historical
reality Of the resurrection of Jesus
from the dead begets in Delivers gliv
Ing hope. That is to say His resurrec-
ton convinces of the worth
of such a hope and is it's
ground. Observe 1t Is a perennial
abiding hope, as the hopes which cen
ter In this world are not.
I'm the third place, the resurrection
OF Jesus seals and pledges some very
precious things. It seals the truthful
ness of the religion. The two SUI
preme miracles are the begetting of
Jesus and His resurrection. The res
direction Of Jesus pledges the resurrec-
ton of mankind, both of the lust and
the unjust
Again the resurrection of Jesus
pledges an abiding triumphant joy.
Oh, the joy Of this. No wonder they
have the brightest and best music.
They have this joy for two reasons !:
First-Sin is taken away, and SO the
sting of death. Sin is the sting of
death. The sweet word sleeps with its
hope OF morning slips into the place
of death. Secondly-The outlook is
bright. Jesus has vanquished His
enemies and ours, and He takes His
disciples into an eternal companion
ship with Himself. He is able to dc
for them and He will do for them, ex
ceedingly above al THAT they can ask
or think. With right relations to God
and His universe. eternity will never
be too long to measure all their posi-
bic growths in knowledge and service
Is not the outlook indeed bright?
My brother, my sister, what does
the empty tomb mean to you this Eas
ter morning? What sort of hope have
you? What do the love Of God, the
birth in Bethlehem, the three wonder
full years, the cross on Calvary, the
empty tomb in the garden. the riser
Lord, the assembled Lord, mean tt
you? They ought to mean much. The,
were and are for you.
ct q ,1o oi1yo Ioc,,e fda T ox5 rys.
in our lives. If we do, the deep Eastel
JOY and hope will flow through thu
year and the years until the stream O
time shall lose itself in the shoreles
sea-"
T German Lutheran Church.
/ Services appropriate to Easter Sun
/ day were held yesterday at the Ger
: man Lutheran church. The pastor
{ Rev. J. Haefner delivered sermon
2 at the 10:45 service in the morning
: At this service, the confirmation elias
: received first communion. The even
r ing services were in charge of tn
) sunday school children and the choir
!. an excellent Easter program bein,
. rendered
: Davis Street Church.
The Davis Street Christian churcl
3 observed the festival of Easter witt
l appropriate services. "The Illumina
!. ton of Death, tie Hope of Resurrec
I tion," was the subject of the pastor
) Rev. S. Isaac Elder at the mornin,
: service. A splendid Easter program
9 was rendered by the Sunday school a
:, 10 o'clock.
j Dr.. Youngert Talks.
|, DR.. S. G.. Youngert, of Augustan
e Theological seminary, of Rock Island
e ILL.,, who was formerly pastor of tn
3 church, occupied the pulpit yesterda
). at the Swedish Lutheran church. d.
n Youngert delivered two sermons, on
e in the morning and the other in tn
q evening. The evening services wer
9 especially for children, the member
0 OF the Sunday school having assiste
r in the program. Excellant music wa
v rendered by the choir at both service,