Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR HOUR
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-Lutz.
For Sunday, April %, 1905.

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Topic: 1.-THE Power of His Resurrection" easter
Meeting) Romans 3-f3; Philippians ) : 10
Romans 6:3 Know ye not, that so many Of
us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into His death?
L. Therefore We are buried with Him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ was
raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so also should walk In
newness of life.
). For If we have been planted together
in the likeness of His DEATH We shall be
also in the likeness of his resurrection.
g. Knowing this, that our old man is cru
Gifted with Him, that the body of sin might
be destroyed, that henceforth we should
not serve sin.
I. For he that is dead is freed from sin.
s. Now If we be dead with Christ. we be-
lieve that We shall also live with Him.
8. Knowing that Christ, being raised from
the dead, dieth no more, death hath no
more dominion over Him.
10. For in that He died, He died unto sin
once; but in that He fiveth, He liveth unto
God
IL. Likewise reckon We also yourselves to
be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
IL. Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body that ye Should obey it i'll the
lusts thereof
13 Neither WELD We your members as in
struments of unrighteousness unto sin, but
yield yourselves unto God those that are
alive from the dead, and your members as
instruments of righteousness unto God.
Philippians, $40. That L may know him
and the power of His resurrection, and the
fellowship of His sufrerings being made
conformable until His death.
The Lesson.
There are many weary souls this Easter
time who, if they knew they We're soon to
be called TO lie down to their last sleep
would be glad if they might but believe
that it would also be an eternal sleep. SO
tired are they of the sin and the suffering
! and the sorrow of this earthly life that no
heaven seems attractive enough to make
them willing to awaken in another world
They do not want to live again. 1t seems
almost incredible to those who have not
Travelled far along the road of life, nor met
with sorrow and suffering yet, that any
should have far died in soul we'll as
body that they do not for Easter and
the resurrection; but it is "A fact that some
have reached that point, or think that they
have
Now one great power of the resurrection
is that it can bring back dead hopes, dead
lodgings, dead ambitions. Christ can make
the weary soul rested, thoroughly rested, SO
that it win be glad to awaken again. Can
anything be sweeter? Come unto Me all
ye that labor and heavy laden, and L
VIII give you rest lhinK OF tnat nrSt
morning of your vacation when you wax
cned late after long nights refreshing
| sleep in the stiffness of the country and
| heard the birds singing. the cattle lowing.
| the pleasant murmur of farm work going
| on. while your body luxur.ated in the sweet
| sheets and soft pillows. and she smell of
| the honeysuckle gave you joy, and you felt
| for the first time in many busy weary
months that you would like TO rise and go
| to work. and really do something. 1t seems
| as though that is what the power of the
| resurrection is meant TO be to such world
weary ones.
| That | may know Him, and the power
of His resurrection" How many of us
| really know Christ in that way? Has the
| resurrection heretofore meant anything
| more to us than Easter bonnets and a pos
sibe looking forward to meeting friends
who have left US? Does 1t really mean