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Evening star., 1909-04-11
THE RISEN cHRlsT's EASTER MESSAGE.
BIT REV. HUGH T. STEVENSON,
Pastor Bethany Baptist Church.

The message Of Easter is identical with
the truth that each Lords day proclains
to men the resurrection OF Jesus Christ
The central thought Of the apostles min
istry was the resurrection of their Lord
and Savior. IT has been the dominant
theme OF every gospel message. The
risen Christs first communication was
sent to his discouraged disciples that they
might rejoice because He was risen from
the dead.
Does Easter find you discouraged? Have
you made bad investment Of your life
and labor? Are you disturbed as to the
future? Has death terror for you: Then
let US rejoice, for Christ has won VIC
tory for us. Let us give thanks because
he Is risen. His resurrection contains the
promise OF our endless life. It is also
pfophetic Of the Christians resurrection
when Jesus shall come again. The hopes
OF eternal life should inspire us with q
dynamic force by which We can, through
the presence and power of our risen
sgements and defeats of this present age.
His resurrection has solved our problem,
removed sin and burdens that have filled
us with despair. and turned our appar-
ent defeats tnto one glorious triumph
The gospel Of the resurrection proclains
a victory OF regeneration over dsgenera-
ticn. Of construction over destruction ana M
over death. that Christ has secured for
every creature that will believe on Him
as their risep Savior.
To the disciple that denied Him early on
Easter morn Christ sent message that
recalled Peter to his service. Have you
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been following Christ afar off? Hes your
life been maFred by sin? Have you de.
MED your Lord? If SO, Easter has mes,
sage for you. Repent, return to your
Lord and then you will rejoice that he Il
risen and he will restore unto you this
JOY Of your salvation.
The last message that the Master gave
to His disciples was delivered near Beth
any. while they were still in sight Of the
capital city Of Jerusalem. On this Easter
morn from Bethanys study overlooking
the Capital city OF our nation I would
call upon all the followers Of the Christ
to obey Him and enter into the Masters
work Of winning the world for their
Lord. AS He commanded, 50 would
the world with the gospel. enlist disei,
pies for His service and educate all be-
lievers to be obedient to whatsoev4r our
Lord has commended. The Christian
conquests Of the centuries. the marvellous
missionary awakening of Christendon,
preparing to conquer the world for the
glory OF Christ by the conservation ol
men and means and by the co-epASatiop
Of the Christian forces under the leader,
modern testimonies OF the power Of the
risen Lord that is leading the hosts. al
God on to complete the triumph Of Christ
when He revealed on resurrection morn
His power over life and death.
The religion of Jesus contains the only
hope for the world. His Is the only reli:
gion that meets the needs of all men. He
risen from the dead and offers everlaSt-
ing life to all. Let us eonsecrate our
selves around His empty tomb this Easter
morn to help Him save the world by car
rying the gospel Of His resurrection to oil
that are lost.
Evening star., 1909-04-11
A THOUGHT FOR easter.
BY Rev. DIR. JOHN REID SHANNON.
Pastor Metropolitan Memorial y. =. Church.

This life is as highway leading cut
into the citizenship OF Immortality. ANY
human being who has placed his feet
upon this royal highway of life. even
though his existence be the poorest. the
conarnonest, the most restricted sort of
an existence possible, has received . gift
past all computation. beyond all ima9i-
He has before him all that eternity
means to q child of the Infinite God; and
this Infinite God Ia under infinite respon-
sibility to do all He can to make this
mysterious sift Of life to His child an
The msgnidcspt fact Of another life sets
a rslnbow Of hope against all the ad-
verse conditions OF this life The ques-
tion ss to whether or not Gods govern
n3ent IL good becomes as nothing in the
face Of the certainty Of another life and
the chance of an immortal evolution.
In the fact OF another Life is found the
solution Of all moral problems. an ex-
planatiop in consistency with the good
verse. OF the ten thousand things that
puzzle W. that confoqnd US as we sur
.vey this mysterious heid Of human life
Blossoms may seem to fade here. but
they will come TO fruitags In the other
NE Ideals may seem to be shattered
aslow with q new spleudor. Every
dfssm, every hope. every purpose--all
shall ind realization at last. Every
shsAev shall grow light; al lonsliness
psny and Joy. The bud which is now
nippsd by the frost shall yet bloom in
Beauty and sweetness. The fruit which
does not get ripe IN this climate shall
yet ripen under the summer skies OF
Immortality
Somewhere. sometime. somehow. We
shall all attain to all that God ever gives
US OF sweet and true and beautiful.
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q1o local Gburcbe@

Riley: prayer, Waldro Clark; trio, "Tha
Lord Is Risen Iynesl. Misses N,
Frazier. NJ. Issn. E. Gottwals: scriptural
lesson. John, xx:11-31. Fl. p. Illman
hymn. lie. congregation; talk, Com
torted by q Risen Savior" Miss Harriet
Cavender: solo. open the Gates Of the
Temple lknapp}. Mrs. j. Stimson: an
Easter reading. Miss Ada Williams; an.
nouncements. Easter Offering. The Love
OF Christ" (fowner).. Hamline male
serger and Riley. Accempanists, Misses
White and Athey.
Mission Closed.
| The mission for the Holy Name Society
OF st. Anthonys Church. Brookland
closed Good Friday evening. The sery.
ices were conducted by DR.. Fenlon of st.
Austin's College. High mass will be sung
today at II an. by the pastor. Rev.
Father Southgate. This evening at 7:3n
o'clock there viii be meeting of the
Holy Name Society at the church
bishop o'conaell tn New Field.
Rt Rev. Dennis J. o'connell, Bishop
Of sebsste and auxiliary bishop Of San
Francisco, and until recently rector OF
the Catholic University. has taken up his
work In San Francisco. participating for
the first time there In public religious
function at the services OF Holy Thurs
day. On his arrival he was met by a
delegation of priests aud escorted to the
archiepiscppai residence, which was taste.
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Faith In Immortality affects vitaliy the
quality Of life We live here and now.
Argue as we may about duty being
the same in any event, the fact remains
that with the masses the consciousness OF
immortality impels to virtue and restraints
from vice. The converse Of the state
ment, however. also embodies an I'M
portant truth. The quality of life We
live here and now vitality affects our
faith in immortality.
THE most convincing proof Of im-
mortality" it has been said, is to see
q life which has about 1t this quality Of
immortality Better than all the argu-
Ments of the men Of science and the
men Of religion TO prove life after death
Is 1t to teel the power Of human life
for which death seems impossible; when
We are In contact with self-sscrthce.
patience which reaches through the
years, love. which never fails" immor-
talitv seems natural and near. When we
think cf brave fathers, devoted mothers
or faithful friends life after death seems
Inevitable. About some lives there is
what has been called the quality Of
timeIessnesS."
The so-called atheism Of the world has
done little to shake faith In immortality.
II is when We sin that we doubt.
What Obstructs our faith is the smoke
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Mems Society Meeting

The Mems Society of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Episcopal Church South
will hold d special open meeting in the
lecture room OF the church. 9th aud *
streets northwest, Tuesday evening at s
o'cleck. The address OF the evening will
be by W. r. Stafford. formerly q lieu
tenant in the United States Navy and later
lieutenant governor OF Guam. He Is now
a botanist In the Department OF Agri-
culture. He will speak on "A Visit TO
the Home Of Robers Louis Stevenson. or
sketches Of Cnwrittsn History of Samoa
and the Samoans" There will be q mu-
sicaI program.
1.-The Risen Christ"
Rev L. z. B. Rosscr Of Miles Me-
n,erial Church viii preach on The Risen
Christ" 1T the morning service today.
Al the evening service the choir will
furnish music program. under the d.
rectien OF Prof. o. p. Gasavey. who has
his choir in excellent condition for the
service.
Easter Song Service.
The Epvorth League Of Hamline Church
will hold an Easter song service this
evening ct o'clock. The. program Is
as Follows: Anthem. Hopes Day
Dawn" lehman. Choir Club. Miss
Ida r. ONeal. director; solo. Tell Me
1ss Old. old story Doane), J. \. b.
Evening star., 1909-04-11
A MESSAGE OF THE EASTERTIDE
WILLIAM T. RUSSELL,
Rector

lew-man, springs ana flows from this
perfect adjustment of our will with
the will of our Lord and Savior. this
entire accord OF our desires and inten-
| tons with those held for us from ali
eternity In the heart of God, our Gre
| ator.
| Life may be one long. unceasina
struggle. call to battle every waking
hour; days alled with misery. heart
fering and sorrew--we may never look
upon the sun except through mists OF
tears, but. nevertheless. may we at
tain and hold for our very own this
priceless treasure Of g perfect peace
in iS Jesus % christ. '0' A''s @'a sous
The mortal l'fe Of our Lord and sa-
| vior was one lenE trial from the rude
manser-cradle. whore: God omnipotent,
He was held hslpless babe against
woman's heart-to those last awful
hours Of dereliction, when, love sac
rificed. He hung a bleeding, thorn-
crowned victim upon Calvaryis height.
e4ar msa s Unto slsn is a@sas pss. sn wss sssn to
coming, was that by the great atone
mant the kingdom Of peace might he
set Up forever among the creatures of
| peace heralded Els coming in the
songs Of the angelic choirs Of Bethlehem.
peace was His salutation throughout the
years Of His soiourn here ON earth, peace
was His Anal word to those who loved and
followed Him. when amid the lengthening
| shadows Of His coming death. He said to
them. Peace leave with you. my peace
I give you, not as the world gsreth
do I give unto YOU" and Peace be un-
to you was the first greeting of the
risen Christ to His disciples on the
! resurrection morn. Dying with Him to
sin. may we rise with Him gloriAed.
aud. learning of Him, may we find peace
| For our souls.
Evening star., 1909-04-11
THE SWAY OF THE SUPERNATURAL.
b REV !. P. DOYLE,
Rector Of the Apostolic Mission House.

Easter is the springtime Of the religious
soul. Everything about one speaks oi
the new life. the verdant sward, the
growing grass. the budding trees. That
which has been dead has come to life
again. The resurrection OF nature is q
most eloquent treatise on not only the
possibility Of the life beyond the grave
5ut 1t is most positive proof OF its proba.
hility. When everything else In nature
comes to life again is the only good
hing that man possesses-his soul--des-
tined to eternal oblivion?
He who casts the seed into the cold
sarth and watches over 1t during the win
ter months. enshrouds it with the i'm
macniata snow, and then in due time. and
at His own pleasure. warns it again into
life; surely He can fnd ways to stop the
rayages Of the tomb and touch again
with an everlasting life that which Ia laid
therein. One may be inclined to think
that when the eyes are closed in death
they never open again, that when the
grave has been filled In there is no resur.
rection except In the flowers that grow
thereon. But the blooming roses on the
Evening star., 1909-04-11
By REV. DIR. WILLIAM T. RussE11

..Reaee be unto you.' This is the mes
sage Of the Paschaltide. the first saluta-
tien Of the risen God. His first greeting to
those Whose faith had made them follow
Him through the years Of His ministry
up and down the rough ways Of Judea,
and whose hope and faith had made them
the last at His cross and the first at His
tomb.
And still these sacred words roll down
to us through the long ages. finding today
the same echo in our hearts as they did in
those to. whom they were addressed upon
that Eastsr morning nearly two thousand
sesrs ago. 'iPeace be unto you.' And
what is peace: This question. this
strong cry Of the soul torn by doubts
aud despair. wrapped in darkness.
crushed by misery and pierced by sor-
row. rjxen by lifes long agony. is asked
now as it has hsen from the beginning.
with q hope intensified, which we
sometimes mistake for despair. We are
ever seekipx for peace. from birth to
death we are pursuing it, looking, for
it now under one xuise and now under
anethsr, fealawine llittinS forms. clasp
ing shsdowy semblances. lifting veil
after veil with the ardent burning cx-
pectatien that we may. at last, have at
tainAd the object ot our quest. that we
map. at last. md ourselves gazing into
the eyes OF peace.
we {6ok' upon the face Of happiness,
Of content, Of repose. OF safety. of the
fulAItment OF every mortal wish and
every deep desire, but their eyes are
not the eyes of peace. All things else
the werld may give us. but God alone
of our souls. Peace, he STILL" Peace
Is the condition Of the spirit that fol-
lows upon the true relations being 'es
Evening star., 1909-04-11
FLOWERS IN THE EASTER GARDEN
By REV. NJ. ROSS F1sHBuRN,
Pastor Mount Pleasant Congregational Church.

In HIS fragrant story Of the Easter
dawn st. John informs US that the sepul-
cher in which the Savior slept and from
which He arose was in a garden.
II is q law OF life that folks md what
they seek, see what they look for. And
true it is that It one trains his eye to
discover the graves along life's high
Way he will And them In countless num-
bers. but ii he looks for flowers he will
see that almost without exception the
graves have q garden setting
Without overlooking the. tombs Of our
dear departed. we should cultivate =
through the lenses Of our tears. the
Howers that bloom at the graye-side.
Close beside the sepulcher blossoms the
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THE MESSAGE OF EASTER

There is variety in truth. There is
truth primary and truth secondary; truth
fundamental and truth SUPERFICIAL; truth
trivial and truth vital. Much Of con.
fusion, contention and catastrophe arise
from mistal<ing the trivial. secondary and
superficial for the primary. fundamental
and vital. What win So the appeal OF
Easter to US? Shall we approach 1t upon
the plain Of the trivial and superficial, or
shall 1t unfold to us the fundamental and
eternal? Priceless sacrihee In treasure
and life has heen laid upon the altar OF
the possession OF the stage upon which
the first Easter drama was enacted.
This was the insp.fation OF the .crusades
among the most costly and spectacular
military campaiens OF history. The cru
sader spirit still lives. ! saw pilgrims
from f9r-o3 Russia and other distant
lands who crossed mountain and plain
in weary, painful marches. at urspeak.
able sacrifice. In order to fall down ana
cover with tears and kisses the traditional
holy sepulcher and other trad.tie nal spots
Of sacred relation to the passion OF our
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!, tallest In the garden that surrounds the
sepulcher. A Christian philosopher. asked
to give conclusive argument for i'm
mortality: replied: "A mother on the
other side dear one with Christ
does more to illuminate the unseen world
than all the logic of the wisest seers.
It was BESIDE the grave Of his choicest
friend that Tennyson wrote his most tri-
the funeral Of one whom he thought of
as Just away" that James Whltcomb
Riley inscribed his tender lines that have
cheered countless shadowed hearts And
at the touch Of q vanished hand many
an unbelieving man has set his face
toward God for the hope Of seeing again
some dear one whem he had loved long
since and lost while
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uuforgotten grave are natures words that
there is energy beneath and that some
day this energy will burst into life.
The risen Christ Of Easter mora has
taken from death its sting. ana from the
grave its victory. He becomes the first
fruit Of them who sleep.
There can be no more positive and en-
phatic evidence Of the reality Of the su-
pernatural than tho living Christ. II u
no dead Christ that holds US. He whom
We worship is alive. 10 with up now In
influence. Id sacrament In the daily break
ing Of bread as at En,maus. He Il .
constant strength. an hourly Inspiration
ar rebuke. q stan Ter eur comfort over
the dusty roads OF this life.
He Is still more. The vision Of the
promised land. He 10 the psrsonif-
cation Of our eternal hope in the life b.
yond the grave. The uplifting wings as
hope carry us into the atmosphere at the
supernatural, and from these heights We
see men ana things in their proper per-
spective. and our giance IL through the
veil into the Beyond.
Thou showest me SorsSisam Of the day
To cheer my dropping heart aud light my way:
Through the drear wilderness follow Thee.
Thou every erring step wilt guide Alright
TIL night Is gone aud behold the Light.
Evening star., 1909-04-11
BIZ REV. DIR. DONALD G. MCLEOD.
Pastor First Presbyterian Church.

Lord. In the strange irony Of fate all
these holy places are guarded by the
scimiter Of the Saracen inf1del. But to
the Christian heart this Is no occasion Of
despair. For after all, is not the tomb Of
Joseph Of Arimathea trivial element In
the Easter message? The vital idea is the
fact Of resurrection.
Easter has answered the great burning
question OF the ages: IF a man de. shalt
70 fsIs eo
anxious cry: But now hath Chr st been
raised from the dead. the first fruits OF
them that are asleep: Even so. them
also that are fallen asleep in Jesus VIII
God bring with Him Again. Easter has
been the occasion OF much speculation
and controversy concerning the circum-
stances and character Of the resurrection.
Shall resurrection Immediately accompany
death: or shall 1t be future and universal?
Shall this body be actually raised? Shall
a cell OF 1t be preserved from which will
be developed the body Of the resurrection?
Shall God provide body entirely differ
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ent in substance but similar in form and
expression?
However much we speculate about these
ana numerous other kindred questions.
the way OF human thought will always
lose itself in mystery; but these are only
secondary problems; the vital fact IL that
as true believers We are now heirs OF
christ's resurrection. God. being rich Ia
mercy made us alive together with Christ,
and raised us up with Him and made us
to sit with Him In the heavenly places"
This uaatchlese inheritance Of grace has
its supreme obligation.
We must live the exalted and glorious
resurrection life. VT ye then were raised
together with Christ. seek the things that
are above" Christ's urgent message
through Easter Is that We respond not to
the worlds gross. selfish, matsrialistic
appeal. but that we ascend to the high.
spiritual planes Of the resurrection life.
Set your mind upon the things that are
above, not on the things that are upon
the earth" "For ye died. and your life
lis hid with Christ in Cod
Evening star., 1909-04-11
The Need Of Religion.

"Smail. narrow, ope-sided men. no mat
ter how earnest, cannot supply leadership
for the moral and religious forces. which
alone can redeem nations says former
President Roosevelt. They can do good
in their own way, but the strongest are
needed--men Of marked personality. who
to tenderness add fierce and grasp. Ev-
cry great city calls with ipsistsnt longing
for leaders able and willing to suffer and
dsht. to show fcrtitude and daring. to
grapple with iron will and undaunted
front the terrible evils that grow UP
where men are crowded together. where
life is led under constant and feverish
strain. and where great wealth and bit.
ing poverty jostie one another The serr-
Ice can be rendered Ia the ministry. as
1 have known II to be rendered by Prot
estant clergymen and Catholic priests.
aye. and by Jewish rabbis.'
Evening star., 1909-04-11
Rector st. Patrick's Catholic Church.

flower Of character. Many youth has
matured into manhood the hour he stood
beside his fathers uew-made grave. and
turned away to lend his shoulder to
household responsibilities. The opening
and closing of grave is often the mak-
Ing OF the life on which the bereave-
Inent falls.
Another flower that blooms luxuriant
som of helpful sympathy. Sorrow often
develops rare and beautiful kindness.
Love is never at its best till it is nlingl Sd
with pity. The power to enter heIpfully
| Ing is acquired onIy at the cost of heart
ache. @
Faith in the continuance OF life beyond
the grave is another flower that grows
Evening star., 1909-04-11

Every season Of the year has its les
sons There is no time that does not teach
US. The universe 10 full Of wisdom as it is
full Of God. 4 thousand objects speak to
us, . thousand voices call. a thousand
thousand influences breathe out the varied
and ceaseIess revelation Of nature.
Every reanina ton OF a dead world is a
resurrection wrought by divine power.
Spring breaks forth upon the branches
Evening star., 1909-04-11

An Easter service Of musical charac-
ter will be rendered by the Sunday scheol
and Epwcrth League chcirs Of Trinity
NJ. e. Church this evening. An orches.
ira of twelve pieces. under the direction
OF Prof. Henry e. Stopsack, will play sew
eral selections, prepared especially for the
occasion. and will assist in the choral
work. Special music will be sung by the
choir and several solos will be rendered.
Evening star., 1909-04-11
A VISION OF EASTER.
Ell REV. JOHN VAN sCHAICk. Jr.s
Pastor Church Of Our Father, Universalist.

of our own ignorance and folly.
When we live as IL we were going to
live forever We believe 1t.
He that doeth the will shall know
of the doctrine" The pure In heart shall
see God And whoever sees God sees i'm
mortality.
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Church Buys Adjoining Property.

The Vermont Avenue Christian Church
congregation has just purchased the resi-
dence property Immediately adjoining the
church edificc at the north. 1t has been
the home for many years of Frank A!
Richardson The house has eleven rooms
and width of twenty -three feet, extend
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At Tripity u. 2. Church,

sung by Pref. Frederick Griggs, assisted
BY the chorus. Miss Charlesn Brown viii
bA at the pfan6
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Ing back to an alley. A special object Of
the purchase by the congregation is to
increase the accommodations of the Sun
day school.
Chorus Will Sing.
The Takoma Chorus, under the direction
of ]. w. pyre, Will sing at the Takcma
Park Presbyterian Church this evening
the following numbers: AS 1t Began to
Dawn" Bochau; He Arose" Judscn,
and seek Not the Living stephens. a
New Heaven aud New Earth bass
solo aud choral sanetus, by Gaul~ will be
Evening star., 1909-04-11

Srai .:Welcome Was suspended over the
hallway, While clusters Of white and pur-
Sle iilacs gave an apprcpriate tone color
Is the occasion. A reception was rendered
In honor of the bishop.
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