The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1924-04-18
EASTER SERVICE
HERE SUNDAY
Rev. Paul II. Felten VIII Prove
Resurrection. Fact mt Morning
and Evening Service

Easter services will be held the
country over Sunday. According to
the faith of the church, or its pastor,
Easter sermons will be preached in
metropolis and hamlet. Modernist
and Liberal will observe Easter with
decorated churches, special music,
and holiday features. Tho these peo-
pie believe and declare that Jesus
never rose from the dead, they will
nevertheless, observe the day.
What does denial of the resurrect-
ion of Christ, the truth of Easter,
involve? First of all, It is a denial
of the divinity of Jesus, that He is
God. But Christ, corrupting in the
grave, would bea dead hero, could
not be that living God. He might be
a man whom We would respect and
whose memory we would honor, but
He could not be the everlasting Lord
lof Life. That is What Modernism
denies.
But this denial involves more. All
four Gospels tell the victory the
grave. More than 100 passages of
the Old and the New Testament men,
ton the resurrection in direct and
open manner So. when the modern
list denies the resurrection, he calls
each of the evangelists a liar and
claims that there are more than 100
lies in the Bible. just in this con-
nection. This simply means that the
whole truth of the Bible is question
ed and denied
Modernism strikes from the Christ
ian creed this statement: "On the
third day He rose again from the
dead" and thereby sweeps away the
hope for the here and the hereafter.
which Easter alone can bring A
prominent Modernist leader recently
made the statement, THE resurrect-
ion of Jesus is mere detail" To
this every real Christian, no matter
to what denomination he belongs,
answers with the words of the
greatest of all apostles. st. Paul:
IF Christ be not risen, your faith is
vain. Ye are yet in your sins"
The Lutheran Church lines up
with socalled Fundamentalism and
that to the last ditch. The Lutheran
Church holds the Bible to be Gods
inspired Word and Christ the very
center of the Word. Together with
all Christendom the Lutheran Church
halls the risen Christ as it's founder,
and cornerstone. Upon His resur-
rection the Christian Church is built
and only to 1t does ii owe its exist
ence That is the teaching of the
Lutheran Church. To deny Christ's
resurrection is to deny His very ex-
istence. Not even the most liberal
Modernist has yentured that yet.
Trinity Lutheran church of this
place will also have special holiday
services, special flowers, and special
music this Easter Sunday. But they
message of the angels. the women
atthe tomb. the risen Lord Himself
and of the apostles will be proclaim
ed from its pulpit. Rev. Felten will
take for his theme. "The Proofs and
the Meaning of the Resurrection"
The morning service will begin at
10;30 o'clock and will be German, 1t
being the third Sunday of the month,
the regular German Sunday. English
resurrection services will be held at
s P. NJ. The church choir will sing
the triumphant anthem, "He is Risen"
The members of Trinity Lutheran
church extend a cordial invitation to-
all to enjoy with them Easter light,
Easter power. and Easter Hope Of
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