The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-04-19
EASTER SERVICES IN DENIsoN.
Various Religious Denominations OBJ
serve the Day With Fitting Serv-
ices and Programs.

ministers of the city. We give an ac.
count below of the services which
took place in the different churches:
Episcopal Church.
| Easter services were held at the
Episcopal church on last Sunday
morning at 1920. Communion service
was given and large congregation
was present. The Rev. Corbett, of
Sioux City, had charge of the services.
The choir rendered fitting music for
the occasion. Miss Edna Wright
sang beautiful solo. Services
will not be held at that church next
Sunday, but the regular services will
be held on April Goth.
German Lutheran.
Confirmation services were held at
the German Lutheran church Easter
Sunday. A class of twenty-one stud
ents were confirmed The choir rem
dered some beautiful music on this
occasion.
Methodist Church.
The services at the Methodist Epis-
copal church on Sunday were Of an
interesting character; there being a
large and appreciative audience. The
church was beautifully decorated with
cut flowers and potted plants. The
choir had spent some time in prepar-
ing for the Easter service and the
music rendered by them was eXcep-
tionally beautiful, being made more
impressive by the pipe organ. The
sermon by Rev. DR.. Senseney was a
strong one and thoroughly appreciat-
ed by those who heard it. After the
regular services the annual benevo-
lent collection was taken up, with the
result that in few minutes something
over $500 had been raised.
First Baptist Church..
Splendid audiences greeted the
pastor both morning and evening. At
the evening service the pastor, ably
assisted by the choir. told the story
of the death, resurrection and coming
glory OF the victorious Christ in a
special program of sermon and song,
each point of the sermon being es-
pecially emphasized by carefully
selected solo, duet or hymn.
At the morning service special
music was rendered by the choir and
also by two of the girls Of the bible
Fschool. In reading the scripture les
son and referring to the typical sig
nificance of the ancient Jewish feasts,
the pastor especially emphasized the
fact that the crucifiXion could not
possibly have taken place on the at
ternoon of Friday. Speaking from the
text, "Now is Christ risen from the
dead and become the first fruits OF
them that slept" he said in part that
the theme of Jesus and the resurrec-
ton was the one article of faith in the
Apostolic church. 1t summed up their
creed. Paul, Gil Mars Hill, was lis
tened to with much interest by the
cultured Greeks until he spoke of
Jesus and the resurrection. But with
the mention of the resurrection he is
ridiculed-the thing is incredible-im-
possible of belief. Nevertheless it is
a thing credible. A thing not impos-
sible with God. Early apostles did not
refer simply to the Immortality of the
spirit-Jews and Greeks believed that
but to Paul and others of the New
Testament writer's, the resurrection
meant the actual coming forth again
from the grave Of the bodies OF the be
levers in Christ. The resurrection of
Jesus is the divine seal OF approval
upon His person and work. So far
as man is concerned it reveals some
very startling facts. BY the resur-
rection of Jesus, God declares the
fact that lie is the standard OF hui
man life. This means the rejection
of all human imperfectiOn. 1t also
declares against all other methods OF
salvation. Every attempt of man to
save himself must therefore end in
failure. At the crucifixion man turned
his back to God-in the resurrection
God turned His back on man, and up
n all mans efforts to redeem him.
self
The church was beautifully decorat-
ed with vines, potted plants and cut
Catholic Church.
At the Catholic church the Easter
services were of striking brilliancy
and grandeur. The first mass was
celebrated at 500 a. m, at which
time a couple of hundred people went
to holy communion. The music for
this service was in charge of the pupils
of the sisters schools and was pro-