Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-01
DELIVERS FINAL
SERMON OF SERIES
Rev. William Horace Day Draws Last
Lesson from Marks Mosaies of
the Master to Prove
Resurrection

First Congregational church yesterday
morning was the equal of any ever
given in the church. The decorations,
under the direction of Mrs Caroline
Wood, were in green and white. Ten
voices, under the direction of W. II.
Lott, rendered Stewards Easter cam
tata victory" Harry Lott sang "The
Trumpet Shall Sound" from the Mes
slah.
The pastor, William Horace Day,
preached on the text "Who Shall Roll
us Away the Stone?' completing his
course of sermons on Marks Mosaics
of the Master. He said lin part:
This morning INshall depart from my
usual custom of presenting some one
of the great arguments for the belief
in Immortality, or for the credibility
of Jesus resurrection and lead you to
Marks vivid mosaic of the resurrec-
tion, that we may seek in 1t our Easter
message. Here we will find: Hindrances
to faith, ways Of winning faith and the
use we make Of faith,
Hindrances to Faith
"Who shall roll us away the stone"
| said the women as they started for the
tomb at sunrise. The Sabbath just
ended had been a day of despair, be-
cause of disappointed love, of grief be-
cause of dethroned faith. Between
them and a glorified grave was an ex
ceeding great stone. Many a man to-
day has been asking the question, Does
death end all?' Is Easter anything.
more than a beautiful tradition? He
is asking "Who shall roll us away the
stone?" Like Arnold, the poet of un-
certainty, the sea of faith Is nothing
but "a long withdrawing melancholy
roar"
In this mosaic we find suggested the
ways of winning our lost faith. "And
looking up they see that the stone is
rolled back" AS they went in the
shadowed way they questioned, with
eyes upon the little stones and obsta-
cles in the path they see no hope. The
condition of faith depends upon our
looking, not down but up. They looked
| UP and saw. In the moral life about us
today we see. that which attests the
| power of "his resurrection" for which
| Paul prayed. Our meeting here today
| depends upon the power of the Easter
Sunday. These men were Jews who for
thirty generations had held sacred the
seventh day commemorative of the
creation. Suddenly they began to hal.
low the first day, calling it the Lords
day, commemorative of the victory OF
Jesus over death. Eye seek Jesus" was
said of them. They were not looking
| lOT ill dDSITdCI luedl, LOT Il D6rIeCL
ethic, a satisfactory philosophy; they
were seeking for the Jesus, they had
come to love. Education has never
| been an effective force unless it has
been through the medium of truth in
carnate in men. You and I are in
debted more largely to those whom we
have learned of in proportion as we
have felt the sense of personal con-
tact. The highest life today is there
! fore aXnrnSSnd In terms Of 1nUnltN n
Jesus.
The way of faith is the search for
the risen one. "They bought spices and
came to anoint him." The way of faith
is also illustrated in this mosaic as
through the spirit of service. They
felt the stone could not be rolled away
and yet the impulse to service drove
them out to the tomb. AS we learn to
burn sorrow in service we come to the
glorious light of Immortality. Because
they wanted to serve him whom they
love, to seek him, looking up, not down,
they came to the tomb which they
| thought had swallowed their faith and
love to discover that God rolls away the
stones of uncertainty and doubt when
men comply with the conditions for
winning faith.
Uses of Faith
go tell his disciples" They had
seen a great light. Their sorrow was
overwhelmed in the new tide of glori-
Gus faith. Yet they did what so many
of us do they at first hid their knowl-
edge. "They said nothing, for they were
afraid" No man should have his faith
to himself. The poor sorrowing ones
needed the faith that they had.
Salome, why not go tell them?
cannot it is all too sacred, too beau
tiful to share with anybody else. oh,
selfish love, "go tell his disciples and
Peter" Yes, even Peter, poor, con-
Peter. AS the dying mother leaves a
social message for the prodigal boy who
is not one of the loyal children who
come to say good by "and Peter" said
the angel
Magdalene, why not go and tell
Peter? After bit she did. and Peter
and John came running. This picture
on the calendar is Bernard's interpre-
tation of Peter before he has seen,
while he is only hearing what Mary
told them. Look at his face, scanned
with care and woe, the days of terri
BILE heartache have written their record
on this face and yet in this man we
have the moral attestation of the fact
of the Lords resurrection. He who
saw the sunlight dawn without faith
in his heart becomes the great hearted
faith must be in the spirit of steward
ship, to hold and to develop. They
were not to see II all In Jerusalem. Not
at the temple amid the throng, the joy
of the Passover there they gained the
first new CLEANS of faith but they were
to see Jesus face to face In complete
ness of fellowship only in Galilee. HE
goeth before you into Galilee, and there
ye shall see him." Back TO our Galilee,
Galilee of the daily task, fishing,
yoke-making in the shop, plowing the
fields, sweeping. baking bread, serv-
ing the tables-in the humdrum of life
they were to find even higher visions of
the risen one.
Rights in Combat
Only as the faith which begun at
Easter develops in business. i'm school
and hOme-in Galilee can righteousness. !
Today we hold our breath while prop |
erty rights and human rights seem TO
be opposed. In Chicago yonder 1.-THE |
outcome win be selfish, brutal and bad |
unless the spirit of the Christ who rose
modify the selfish interests OF money /
or men, For you go back TO work To- |
morrow seeking 10 make your new