The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-08

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ing very elaborate and exceeded per-
haps any former effort to do honor |
to the most notable event recorded |
in the annals OF christian history.
Congregational Church.
The services at the congregational
church yesterday were of high or
der The church was filled both morn
ing and evening, and the congrega-
lions were pleased and helped both
by the inspiring music and the help
full sermons. In the morning the
Damascus Commandery OF the knights
Templar attended the service, oc-
cupying the seats directly in front of
the pulpit. The choir sang with ex-
cellent effect two anthems, while the
solo Of Mr.. Risberg showed great
taste and skill. The sermon was on
the Inscreasing scope of the Resurrec-
ton, and suggested that the resurrec-
tion stood at a point where general
and misty idea of the resurrection and
the future life needed some concrete
expression. The ancient religions
were not destitute of belief in i'm
mortality, and the fact that the Egyp-
tians embalmed their dead, burying
them in sepulchres that were destined
to infinite duration was type of
their idea of the resurrection of the
body. Inscriptions found upon some
of the tablets suggested that the idea
of identity and the Immortality how
ever was greater than mere belief
in a bodily resurrection. Hence in
our day men who We're not special
| lists in theology. and who had little
interest in current theological specula-
tions and discussions We're giving
time and patient thought to the in
Ivestigation of theories and beliefs
about Immortality and the future life.
Men like Hyslop, James, Hudson, and
those who were interested In PSYCHE
cal investigation, men who We're MAX
( ing speciality of psychology were be-
ginning to advance theories which had
the sanction of the most difficult and
elusive sciences. In the realm OF
exact research and thinking men like
Sir Oliver Lodge are saying that there
may come time when there will be
| a scientific proof which will COM
mend itself to the popular mind. We
have ceased to be skeptical when We
/ hear of possibilities along these lines.
because science has demonstrated so
frequently the power which seemed to
border upon impossible demonstra-
lions. The power of surprise has been
exhausted, and men no longer marvel
at any achievement which is handeu
on to the human race. The same test
may be applied to the teaching OF
Jesus. Where we have made His
teaching the ruling force in life, we
have seen results that justify us in
believing that all his hints and sug-
gestions will yet prove to have been
sane and worthy of belief.
In the evening there was special
musical service. Maunder's cantata
Pardon, Penitence, and Peace, which
was rendered few weeks ago was
repeated by request, and larger
crowd gathered to hear 1t than upon
the former occasion The choir die
excellent work The solo parts by
Mrs. r. r. Majors and Mr.. Risbere
were of high order and the chorus
work of the choir was up to the stand
ard which has become known as the
standard of the music in this church
The pastor gave short address
founded upon the poem of Van Dyke
l"Another Chance" 1t suggested q
man who had spent his whole life
dreaming, and when death came tc
him, he awoke to the fact. AS he saw
all that he had dreamed of as a sub
stitute for accomplishment slipping
away from him. he begged for an
other chance. He promised to show
the world what true heroism, religion
and love would mean. And he sug
gested that IL the chance should be
Il given him, he would astonish the
world with the life which he would
live He had the chance, and wher
death came again, it was to find the
, same dreamer with the same dreams
He died begging for another chance
The lesson drawn from the poem wa.
that the other chance is given ever,
Iday. Easter is related to the old Gus
tom of celebrating the return o
lspring. The older races stretched ou
their hands to God, and turned from
themselves to the order of nature. I
was an easy transition to the hope o
personal opportunity. AS the Eastel
time came when the flowers wer,
lopening and spring was making it,
lpower known as IT ended the dealt