Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1920-04-09
EASTER SERVICES
OF HIGH ORDER
The Methodist and Presbyterian
Churches Celebrate the Event
by Special Music. Local
Singers Make Fine Choir.


The Methodist and Presbyterian
churches celebrated Easter by extro
me music and Appropriate sermons in
eacn church. Sunday morning the
Methodist held forth. The church. ms
,, well as large number of the female
worshippers, was decorated with
flowers, sweet scented and varied in
color, and gave the appearance of n
Hover garden on spring morning in
June. ''"s III
A brief epitome of the sermons of
the pastors, Rev. Mr.. Arrowood and
Dr. Grove is given below.
DIR. Groves Sermon.
The text was taken from Acts 26th
chapter, Sth verse. "Why should Il
thought incredible with YOU that Cod
should raise the dead?" He said in
part, "our faith rests upon historical
facts as recorded in the Book of Cod
centering in divine-human person,
ailty. Jesus is more n fact in HISTORY
than julius Caesar or anv other b;.,
torlc personage." There was no fault
round IN Him." He claimed, and
allowed others tc claim for him, the
prerogatives of the Godhead.
Four. Great Truths Form the Basic
Principles Of the Christian Faith.
First, An inspired revelation. Sec
ond, A supernatural Incarnation
Third, A spirit-begotten regeneration.
Fourth, A universal Resurrection. The
wh0ln Of n,,,,,.,
at its center its risen and rcigning
Lord.
Paul is prisoner at the bar of the
worlds reigning powers, brought
there to be heard in his own defence
against the charge of heresy and
sedition. On certain historic facts st.
Paul made his apology in the court
of earthly kingship.
Three great facts claim the revc-
rent attention of the Christian world.
First, the confirmation of the Chris
tians faith for the Christ is declared
to be the Son of God with power by
his resurrection from the dead.
secondly, the pledge of our own res
direction, and third, the symbol if
our own resurrection.
We are hidden not to seek the liv-
ing among the dead in the Garden
Of Joseph of Armithea. ale is not
ing in the empty tomb in the garden
here, he is risen" said the Angel of
hope at the dawn of day. The proof
of this-the greatest fact in human
history, is cumulative, convincing and
conclusive.
The disciples could not have stolen
the body, as the Jews alleged, even
had they wished to do so. They did
not want the body. They did not be-
lieve he was divine. The soldiers were
bribed to tell the unreasonable story,
of the theft of the body. Would men
who fearfully forsoole him in life.
fearlessly steal his body in death?
The disciples proclaimed the fact
that he had risen-right on the spot,
and at the time of the event. Thou
sands were converted to the doctrine
TO the risen Lord Immediately after
the event. The Christian church was
organized around this doctrine, long
before single word of the New Tes
lament was written. h
Reasoning from these and other
facts given by DR.. Grove, he asked in
the language of the text, "Why should
it be thought thing incredible with
you that God should raise the dead ?"
This bare outline gives very in
adequate idea of this most interesting
and instructive sermon of DR.. Grove.
The attention of the large audience
was breathless during the entire de-
livery.
At The Presbyterian Church.
Interesting and instructive Easter
service was held in the Presbyterian
church on last Sunday evening. The
church was tastefully decorated with
flowers. The crowd in attendance
was large and attentive, and the
music furnished by the choir, COM
posed of members of the different
churches was impressive and approp-
riate.
The Sermon.
The pastor, Rev. w. w. Arrowood,
chose as his text: "If man die shall
he live again? 2"
The question may be considered
from two standpoints. First. The I'm
mortality of the soul. Second, The
Resurrection of the body.
From Adam down the world has
believed in the Immortality Of the
soul, and also in the resurrection. The
Bible teaches plainly the resurrection
of the body made new--"This NOR
tai shall put on Immortality" at the
final resurrection. At the open grave
write not "the end" but "To be con-
| tinued,"