The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-22
THE LIVING CHRIST,

THE LIVING CHRIST.
More wondrous fair than earth's
bright, virgin morn,
| When DER the great abyss Jehovah
made
| His voice the law of all, and dark
ness stayed
It's agelong course, while light OF day
was born;
More wondrous fair that bright
And joyous morn whereon, with sin
subdued,
With shackles shattered from death S
servitude,
Rose Christ, the Lord of Light.
In agony and anguish, Natures face
| Was yelled with darkness, earth re
spending rent
| It's mighty rocks asunder, angels
bent
In bitter wailing, when, through prom
Used grace,
Christ Jesus, free from dross
i OF all transgression, bore mans bur-
den, trod
Sins winepress, suffered death, and
wrought with God
Mans ransom through the cross.
Draw near, o Risen Christ, and in
each heart,
Today, enthrone thyself, thy life
project
In us until completely lived, direct
| Jur paths, o Lord, to us thy love
! impart
| That we earth's lost may bring
From darkness dense to breaking
light of day.
And ever upward, by the blood-bought
way,
To thee, life-giving King.
When all the kingdoms of the world
are made
Thy kingdom, Lord, and earth's re-
fected light
Returns to thee, when shadows of
the night
In fleeing change to day, and sorrow
fade
! Away, mighty throng,
o Living Christ, all earth's redeemed,
shall see
Thy face, and walking in Gods love
with thee
Rejoice in living song.
Sing, now, o Powers of light, glad
news proclaim,
Give ear, o earth, rejoice in peace
and grace:
Christ crucified for ev'ry age and
race,
Has vanquished sin, despoiled it's
death and shame;
o hosts angelic, sing
Triumphant paens, for the Saviour
Has risen, he has risen now to reign,
AS Victor, Lord and King.
William Mefford Fouts.
IThe author of this poem is Keo-
kuk man, graduate Of Keokok high
school of the class of 1907. He is
studying in the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary at Louisville at
present. He is the son Of Mrs. Mar
garet R. Fouts of 1909 Concert street,
Thursday Morning Study Hour.
There is much interest shown in
the Thursday morning, study hour
which continues to meet each week
with Miss Hughes. Last Thursdays
program was most interesting, with
the topic, 1.-The Classical and Roman
tic in Music for study. Miss Wiley
gave a most instructive review of the
classical period and of the composers
who developed music to it's highest
perfection on its formal side, speak
ing particularly of the form Of the
Fugue and giving as piano illustra-
ton, Bache's Prelude and Fugue in
A fat. Mrs. Hugh J. Robertson spoke
of the romantic as opposed to the
classical in music and explained the
distinction between the two, the mark
of the classical school being perfec-
ton of FORM while the characteristic
mark of the romantic school is the
supremacy of content over form, illus
trating her talk very beautifully at
the piano.
Miss Hughes called the attention of
the class to Bach's Passion music, as
being of special interest at this sea-
son, having been written for tue Good
Friday service of the year 1923 when
Bach was cantor at Leipsic-
Mrs H. Boyden Blood and Mrs.
John R. Irwin gave musical numbers
in keeping with the subject of the
morning.
Woman's Whist League.
The Woman's Whist league will be
entertained at two o'clock ON Monday
afternoon by Mrs. H. Boyden Blood.
Nhe members are asked to note the
change in the day and hour of meet
ing