The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-04-16

Easter lilies, plants and cut
flowers, and there was a special
musical program. The house
was packed, especially in the
evening.
Rev. Thos. Broomfeld preached
in the evening on 1.-THE Greatest
Miracle, 2 treating the subject
in an original way. His chief
thought was that with Christ's
resurrection our resurrection is
guaranteed, so that when he
arose we all arose. This makes
it the greatest miracle.
In the Catholic church services
were held at $50 a. NJ, when low
mass was conducted, and at 1920
when high mass was held. The
crowds were SO great that only
half of the worshipers could be
admitted. - =
The music had been especially
prepared and was exceptionally
well rendered by the choir.
Children to the mum Der of forty.
four received holy communion
for the first time. ..
The girls we're dressed in white
frocks and the dresses we're in
beautiful harmony with the
church decorations of lilies and
other flowers. The arrangement
Of flowers about the altar was
the work of Mesdames Charles
Nangle, E. Gould and Otto John
son and deserves special mention.
The sermon by Rev. John
O'Dwyer was on the subject,
"Sorrows of Life Shall Be
Changed Into Joy if Borne With
Christian Resignation. y He
pointed out the fckleness of
humanity as illustrated by
Christ's triumphal entry into
Jerusalem one day, and the
clamor Of the same multitude for
his blood but three days later.
He then drew a word picture of
Good Friday when Christ"
abandoned by friends, stands
alone on the Pretorium and asks
us to "Come and see if there be
woe like unto this woe Then
the preacher described the woes
of Christ consumated on Calvary
with the final words "Mother
behold thy Son." GAS he uttered
those Words" declared the
speaker, "the earth shook to it's
very socket, the rocks were rent
asunder, darkness reigned over
the face of the earth, the dead
arose. All, it was nature pro.
claiming the death Of the God
man! Christ is dead but He has
forewarned us to wait a little and
and our sorrow shall be changed
into JOY" n
Rev. O'Dwyer contrasted
human sorrow with those Christ.
'Trials and sorrows, disappoint-
ments of life, bodily harm, men
tai anguish we all wish to escape.
All our natural instincts lead us
to desire that our journey
through this life may be smooth,
that it may run through pleasant
places and be shared by pleasant
companions.
Yet the burden of trials at times
is so heavy that the resolute and
strong quail before them. st.
Paul, strong and resoIute though
he was, prayed with all the
earnestness of his strong nature
that his trials might pass from
him. And our Lord when face
to face with suffering, showed the
reality of His human nature by
praying for deliver. MY Father
if it be possible let this chalice
pass from me. But we should
fail to understand scripture
Alright we're we to rivet our whole
attention on one portion of that
picture; we must study it's lights
as Welllas it's shadows.
'.Our Lord faced human sor-
rows, the. sorrows which come
from poverty, the sorrows which
come from false friends, the
sorrow which come from the
spitfuluse ofauthority com mitted
to those in power, the sorrow
which comes from being misun-I
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