Cañon City record., 1905-04-27

reached by organizations of it's charac
ter and its singing is inspiring to an
unusual degree.
Aside from the solo and duet singing
of Mr.. Fischer and such members of
the choir as Mrs. Eichhorn, Mrs.
White, Mrs. W. G. Thomas, Mrs Krue-
ger, Mrs. Clark, Prof. Eichhorn and
Messrs. Mcdonald, VanPatton, Tru-
man, and others the audiences have
been exalted, intellectually and spirit
ually, during the last two weeks by the
superb vocalism of Mrs. Connect of
Cheyenne, Wyoming. Her singing
willlbe remembered as one of the dis
tinctive features of the great religious
meetings in Canon City, and, doubt
less has been the means of many peo-
pie turning from sin unto righteous
ness.
Before entering upon his discourse
Thursday night Rev. Sunday briefly
adverted to the matter of fasting as
religious observance. He said that
there was no virtue in fasting in itself.
1t was in the spirit in which it was
done. The people of Canon City had
been asked to set apart Good Friday as
day of fasting and prayer in order
that they might honor the Savior
whose crucifixion took place on that
day. l shall lay down no infiexible
rule for It's observance. said Rev. Sun
day, leaving that matter for your own
determination. / only ask you to fast,
continued the evangelist, in order that
God may use your mind and thoughts
for his service.
The Sermon.
In view of the fact that the incarna-
tion of Christ is stumbling block to
many people seeking faith in the Bible
and its revelations, Rev. Sunday said
that he had given it deeper study
than any other subject he had present
ed in Canon City, and if there was any
body present who was plagued with
doubt in relation to the incarnation he
hoped he would be the instrument in
Gods hands of moveing the clouds
which obscured their understanding.
The text was from the first chapter
of John and fourteenth verse. 1.-The
word was made flesh and dwelt among
u.s." In Jesus Christ are vast subjects
which have never been fathomed his
deity, his incarnation, his death and
resurrection. Those who have at
tempted to fathom them have failed.
In Christ there are vast continents of
thought that have never been explored.
In His wondrous life there are mys-
teries which no finite mind can COM
prehend, These mysteries stretch ont
to illimitable distances and are OF
measureless depths.
The incarnation was considered by
the evangelist, first as mystery, sec
ond as propecy and third as revela-
ton. The simplest and best account
incarnaotin, he said, was found in the
book of John and in the Epistles of the
Apostle Paul.
Mysterious, ,-everything is mys-
terry that you do not fully understand.
Who knows all about God? We know
something, but not all The Bible does
not explain all. II you only believe
that which you know you do not be-
lieve much, as there are are very few
things that you thoroughly compre-
hend. Many a man disbelieves in God
because he cannot understand the in
finite mind. Almost everything about
you is to some extent obscured by the
limitations of your intellect and your
understanding. Reason itself is mys-
terry and cannot open up all the secrets
of this life nor the one to come to your
comprehension. Every effect must
have a cause, although you may not be
able to understand them all. II you
think some things come by chance /
cannot do much for you.
There are spots on the sun, but you
are chump TO pay attention to the
mystery. Get your team and get busy.
Plow the ground and plant the seeds
and the sun will do the business for