The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-03-30

Resurrection the rock fact which Cnrlst-
IHU anitv built eff Christ be your faith is
| vain" dead Christ cannot help any more than al
dead Budda But Christ 'alive forevermore
and retaining his sympathetic relation with will In
evsbly draw US up from the grave too Because his
Resurrection is
Pehaps we better saw discovery Chrs resurrection
makes known a lying its heart All Jesus revela
tons facts hidden deep in nature rather than
from his divine HIS LIE ana
ngs emphasis old but neglected truths, and
showed them in 1t not different with
Jesus did not reveal the doctrine OF lmmor
taty that They have unlearn if they dis
Neither did Jesus teach that should rise from the
dead brought dead child to life The significance
of the Resurrection who The apostles did
make their central theme the fact that rose from
dead that Jesus Who then, Jesus And why
have such preemnent significance?
Heavens representative here with mission to the world
of this duty and vantage ground
carrying completion he voluntarily himself o
death
Death An Incident
Death then, incdentpainul indeed and involving
radical changes breaking the continuity of life That
say but life stretching from births that the
beginning ITO long, indefinite future Likewise there only
world with phasesa spiritual and material analogous to
the human constitution While Jesus work lay in the realm of
had body but when the sphere of action
spirit discarded the esh foreign
white duck the and easkln Alaska The
point be noted that there break either i'll his life or
his work He lives today and directs the forces the world with
view the completion of his divine commission of saving the
human
he Resurrection, A Practical Doctrine
Our constitution and life like his he human
Our life is therefore unbreakabe What its future be Its
present will tell We do put farm hand ocean
liner blockhead teach school, thief manage
bank Law and rule the other side of the
the this side Each his place-the place
fitting ourselves for The doctrine full of comfort and hope
for and souls 1t just full warning the
nsincere, careless, and vicious.
Let look deeply first I'm
poance Let keep Easter with and song after have
adjusted our life to it.
The editor of the ISLANDER to express
dial commentator of the by contemporary
the work and character the Presbyterian minister here
Rev Rob Irwin 1t is indeed that "it often broad
minded minister Mr. Irwin finds his way into small al
field this He and his talented and noble wife have spent
of their lives the Orient mnstering the spirit
ua and bodily needs of the but their missionary
experience far from having given them views of life
made them norant the beliefs and shortcomings others
seems to have enlarged the spirit Christian charity which
must have been born them. 1t the pulpit alone that
the work of capable done. good that pas
tor aceomshes cannot be measured merely by the number
converts that he makes the creed that he processes Beech
Sturgeon Phillips Brooks could build up large
ehurch here IN year. or two and perhaps not IN
Never before have had ministers here who have work
ed harmony labored zeaousy earnestly
hcenty for the good of the and people than Mr.
and Mr. Pratt The editor is member of the church of
either OF them but he something of the good work that
both doing and would rejoice if found keep
both OF them and their families here
If Friday Harbor to be incorporated might
phonous and desirable be chosen for the The
AMBER will be pleased receive publish
ION from its readers on this question.
When evnces inclination make mountain out
OF mole hill he seldom experiences any difficulty in finding the
material close at hand
In the building of rural life it much question
VINO can 90 uncommon things as it is who do
things uncommonly well-W NJ Munson