The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-01
SERM0NTOKNICHTs
SERVICES HELD AT CENTENARY
CHURCH YESTERDAY.
Easter Ceremonies Were Beautiful and
Discourse By the Pastor, Rev w.
N. Jameson Was in Keeping With
the Occasion and the Day; the
Song Program Nicely Rendered BY
the Choir.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Rev w. " JAMESON delivered the
following sermon TO the Knights Temp,
lar at the Methodist church yesterday
afternoon:
TeNt-Matu. 22-29-3l: ".lcsl,s an,
swcrcd and said unto them, We Go err,
not knowing the scriptures, nor the
power of God. For in the resurrection
they neither marry. nor are given in
marriage, but are as the angels of
God in haven. But as touching the
resurrection of the dead. have We not
read that which was spoken urto you
by God, saying, | am the God Oh Abra-
ham. and the God of Isaac. and the
dead, but of the living"
Permit me in Opening this address 10
vou my brothers 10 say that ! am sin
cerc when / say that YOU are very vel
c0a3e to this house Of worship. and
>anctuar.g of peace In the, now more
tlan quarter of thousand years Of
Your history, YOU have not failed to set
before the world Your confidence in
and adhe ,ion 10 one Of the choicest,
doctrines of the New Testament -'T,c
resurrection of Jesus Christ on that
first Easter Day Morning. So it is
fitting then that | shall bring tc youT
attention as clearly rs | may what
we in this age hold 10 as sacred ana
iuyiolatc in this great Christian Fact
In doing 50 | turn very rightly 10 the
saying, of Jesus the author aid finish
er of the faith Of all Christian bclicv.
cre.
These words of the Nazarinc must
naturally take precedence over thu
statements of ak others whether an
Gent or modern. Many have Il trick
OF putting off the tirobbiu. question
of this day with few clittcrng gen
craljtics. What pledge have YOU that
shall not do as many Il one has done.
lis cannot be. when W. remember the
hosts who have crossed the flood and
are now the hope and solacc of the
Gays and hours of ansuisl, in this mum.
dane world.
For many of you Yesterday was n
day never to be forgotten. How the
chambers OF the dead opened and you
were so surrounded that YOU could not
il you turn your face away from the
lovcd Of other days. You did not want
any other society. What. vou forgot,
what YOU remembered. what you tried
t. discern, what hope, what fears. what
lcr2ings, what memories risen from
the grave OF 4 buried past. How Tie
Invisible ones made YOU feel their
prs sence and you caught yourself listen
ing for their footballs as the day closed
round and when the morning sun woke
the life of the world how eagerly yOu
E.icncd for Aramethean visitors. bark
ening for the glad message He is risen
IEdeed' and the STORED hosts of all
the past have hope that is firm and
abiding. In cell and cloister. in castle
Eall and poor mans cot this eXpec
tatiOn has chased the shadow prescrip-
ton of death i'm TO the cave OF Oblivion
guest of any really intelligent nan or
woman calling themselves BY the name
OF Christian.
The mighty waters of death are roll
Ing steadily on and with them the
word of Christ and the objection of the
Sadducces who said there is 10 rcsur
rectiOn.
Does it not seem strange to us who
crave immortality that any one should
try to prove that the Sadduccean posi-
ton is the correct one. Is il uoubt or
dread that makes them wish for an un-
broken and eternal sleep! If any it
must be dread rather than any other
force. And this dread is very logical
i'll the ease of the Sadduccoans. Let us
look at their case as it looked to them.
They say, eve are here but whence we
came or whittier we go we cannot say"
May not the same fate that gave us Il
place in this age watt us else whittier
without consultation.
Is this present life such boon that
we should desire II hereaftery Are We
right sure an existence after this one
would be so desirable after all? Would
it be SO much better that we would de-
sire d continuance of these forces we
are already acquainted with? Have you
dwclled long enough OH the prcChris
ton view 10 get into the feeling of
their age. Has its real horror laid lo!J
of YOU?
1t does the careless and thou.htlcss
obiector no real injury to be reminded
that he cannot prove Il negative. TO
any one who takes the time to think
Tins HE presents IN awful mystery
WHAT if this be only one of series?
This Sadduceean complacency of denial
is as shallow as it is arrogant. Who
is to tell whether or 10 when we are
set ailloat on the sea of conscious be
ing. if there be any power that. can
release us! It may be that once out Oh