The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-04-15
Easter at the Methodist Church.

The services at the Methodist Epis-
copal church yesterday were well at
tended The morning service was
typical Easter presentation OF lem
mime taste in the matter OF floral dis
play. The service itself was one OF
cheerfulness and hope. The music
under the direction of the choir mas
ter, Eldridg Thompson was unusu-
ally good The large choir OF twenty
two voices never sang better. Miss
Carrie Boss sang the offertory with a
splendid rendition OF All to Easter
The pastor preached on the theme
"The Irrepressible Question" His
theme was taken from Job 14-14, III
man die shall he live again." The
pastor called this question the ire
pressible question, because it has
been asked over and over again by
every generation since man began to
be conscious OF himself. 1t is the
open question OF the ages. Why man
will not close it with an answer and
settle it for all time is one OF the
mysteries OF human life. He might
answer it negatively saying, No, man
does not live again, and find sufficient
acts TO support his conclusion. But
though he sees the facts such as
those presented in the weakness and
decay OF man still he will not accept
the facts and with their constant
pressing upon his mind he persists in
saying:
Thou will not erase Ills in the dust,
Thou madest man he knows not why,
He thinks he was not made to die,
And thou hast made him, Thou arr
just"
The great minded and great heart
ed and great souled among men can
not bring themselves to believe that
we nourish blind life within the
brain as the sheep and goat They
feel that man was not made to die.
As they place themselves broad
shouldered and full-breasted against
the questions and problems OF hut
man destiny their verdict is that we
shall not be left in the dust, that we
do not die but live on beyond the
vale OF the shadow OF death. Shall
we listen to them and hearken unto
their version as they appeal 10 the
intuition within us which hungers for
a future boundless career with God
in the spirit forever?
His conclusion was the presenting
of Christ's solution to the problem
and the satisfactio he gives TO the
soul and the blessed witness to inn
mortality he gives the human spirit.
The Sunday School was at high
tide PTS being present with a joyful
spirit OF Easter pervading ALL The
one sad feeling was felt by all on ac-
count of the sickness OF the superin-
tendent John w Parks whose alb
sence was so conspicuous.
The evening service was the Gull
m:nation of the day. The choir sur
passed itself with an elaborate an
them we'll executed and admirably
Interpreted The pastor spoke on the
theme 1.-The Resurrection Power.
Nearly three hundred heard the SER
mon and the young men who did tn :
ushering mere kept busy until the
service openeo The sermon was a
statement OF the power OF Christ's
resurrection over the disciples by
which after the cruciixion they were
| given the power OF new faith and
a new life. These two forces sent
them forth 10 spread christianity un-
til after three hundred years Their
Christ and his teaching was accepte
by the Roman Emperor and declare
the national religion. This was the
miracle OF the power OF the resur-
rection.