The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-10-30
Rev. ThoElas Corwin Tiff breaches the Morn
ing Sermon to Large Congregation.
MANY ASSEMBLE TO HEAR FORMER M|SSOULA MAN
Eloquent Talk Is Given by the Speaker and the Close
the Meeting Liberal Donation Is Given to the
~ Building Fund of the New Church.

Promptly at 9:45 yesterday morning
chord on the new organ In the new
Methodist church and thereby formally
opened the dedicatory services of the
stay. For half an hour the artist played
and for that length OF time the large
congregation sat spellbound under the
charm of tho instrument and the
man, whose mastery of the instrument
became ipore and more apparent as the
organ boomed and rolled its solemn
notes through the church. The men
who had been accorded the honor of
sitting on the platform with the
speaker appeared and the congrega- =
won and choir arose and sang "A,l
Hail the Power of Jesus Name" II
was fitting Introduction to the
mornings services and was sung I'm n
manner that better than anything else
expressed the feelings of the large as
sembly. After the large and perfectly
drilled choir had sung two anthems,
Rev. w. W. VanOrsde led In prayer.
>. X. lnch sang the offcrtory solo with
exceptional effect. Rev. Mr.. VanOrs-
del Then introduced Rev Thomas Corr
win Iliff to the congregation. The
Rev. Mr. Tiff chose for the text. Job
"a: verse IA: "If man die; shall he
live again" and Pauls second letter
In Timothy. Chapter /; verse 10: But
II Is now manifest by the appearing
of our Savior. Jesus Christ who hath
abolished death. and hath brought life
and Immortality to light through the
gospel" Rev. Mr.. Tiff said:
This question and the answer Is
suggestive of the theme. Immortality
l lave often thought that the greatest
bour in the intellectual world was
when Gallileo turned his rude tele-
scope to the heavens. and, discovering
the satellites OF Jupiter. exclaimed:
The world moves At that time II
flashed upon his mind that this was
not the only world, but was the com
panion of other and still greater
worlds Immortality! We bow before
the very term. Before II reason stag
gers and calculation drops it's mighty
head Immortality! who can meas
ure the magnitude of that one word?
oh. angel Christianity for which this
church stands! What Is your great
mission? 1t Is to give to everyone
the knowledge that there Is light and
life fovever more. will raise that
old question and try to answer Il!
Does death end alp Let me put 1t
"a little differently What are the rca-
sons that death does not end all?
There Is n worldwide law running
through all nature, all science and all
Kingdoms. vegetable. mineral, moral
and spiritual. II death Is of a provI-
dental order, 1t will never result In
loss. When we turn back we find
prophecies of future development. Our
houses. our places of worship are So
lidlfied fragments OF other things.
There are flowers blooming in stone.
They are lacking In fragrance. hut
they are peerless in color. Examine
the grain of wheat. The mountains,
the earth. the oceans. none could pro-
duce the germ that lives I'm that little
grain Sown In the fall, II lives through
the entire winter. It rises gradually
under the April snow. survives all the
storms and natures under the spring
warmth. and. as 1t dies 1t produces its
fruit. Had 1t been kept In the granary
1t would have died. but produced
nothing.
I'm the animal kingdom the same
condition exists The OK lives on the
Yield OF the land, Man slays the OK