The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1938-04-21
Impressive Services
= At Methodist Church

at the Methodist church last Sun
lday morning were much inspired by
f the lovely Easter services. The choir
sang Christ, Our Passover, by
SehiIline. and Mrs ! A Krall sang E
beautifully The Resurrection Song,
by Luton Wood There was bap-
i tism of infants, children and adults.
The pastor, the Rev Mr.. Woods, gave
+ the following short Easter sermon:
And the angel answered and E
said unto the women, Fear not E
We: for | know that ye seek Jesus,
which was crusified. He is not
here for He is risen, as He said;
Come, see the place where the Lord
Law Matt. %: and 6.
Why seek We the living among
the dead? He is not here, but IS
risen Luke "a. 5 and 6.
A great deal depends upon the
truth or falsity of the above state
ments. Nearly one third of the
earth's present population believe
them TO be true. The Apostle Paul
asid. If Christ be not risen from
the dead, then is our preaching
vain"
The events leading up to what
proved to be the first glad Easter,
had filled the hearts of the follow
ers of the Christ with direst mis-
givings. Gradually, as they watched
the transpiring events of the clos
ing days of their annual Passover
Festival, they had experienced their
most cherished hopes turning to
fear and dismay.
Life is surely great adventure.
Marvellous variety scope,
awesome, and sometimes, even fear
some. One may be hurdled along
: by a blind fate, or drift with a
: haunting fear, or, he may travel
J along with the confident assurance
r of Christian faith.
Thanks to the one who came to
us across the expanse of years and
: brought the assured knowledge of
immortality, but with all--life, is
: still a great adventure.
= We each are launched upon child
e hoods peaceful stream-from which
e we emerge into adolescent's stormy
: current, on into a strong, steady,
/ manhood or Womanhood
e The passing years bring to those
I who thus far have Weathered the
storm, a ripened maturity. Then
we see all about us, those upon
: whose brow is reflected the beauty
{ of the sunset glow.
q Then beyond the sunset, waving
3 its stately palms of victory, the
n reckoning hands of life's greatest
S adventure.
II And Jesus gave to the Christian
Faith, the assurance that all this
is true
History records, that man has al
v ways and everywhere, held some
: form Of belief in Immortality.
: Often it has been somewhat OBJ.
{, Iscure, nevertheless, Though some.
Il times groupingly,1 he has chung tc
! faith, which must always be reck-
II oned with, when friends and lovee
r ones passed on, and to which he
j. could look forward through every
10 trial and struggle of life.
% The Jesus of The Mount, ths
= Teacher of Galilee, who babe mer
n to trust the Father
- The friend of little children, thu
~ chivalrous defender Of the outcast
&c would have been forgotten, lonl
Or since, but for the fact, that we cai
trace the story of His beautiful
is words and deeds, as we see it
to frightening shadows blaze forth
er in the early morning light, Of tia
he first glad Easter morn, WI
q seek the living with the dead?
- Why should you .Wend your wa
- to this rock heWn mausoleum, /
nc search of the giver, and source {
ne all life?
as HE is not here, He is Riser
tie Come see the place where the Lor
lay,
,is | am out in the woods walkin
he around, when / see lying at my fet
80 broken and abandoned shel
% Shall | gather up those physic
o. remains of that little blue egg, an
TX mourn over it? Why should
mt When yonder, swinging on a Leaf
Tor bough, is the living tenant,
up throat fairly bursting as it sint
ne of freedom, and life, and love.
Ill True, the, time was when that Ii
&c tie creature could not have lived {
ha hour, without that physical house
&c But those earth bound days a
~ over 1t has entered upon ne
Is. life, even as God has ordained, mo
1us marvellous THAI llldll Eoulu tFei ~
snt sibly imagine.
,ry But the knowledge of this ia
# had not been established until Il
~. coming of Jesus 1t was for II
IN purpose that He came into t
~ world. The mystery of His Dirt
Tue clothed somewhat in secrecy to
Ms except those who were immediate
ton effected The embodiment of NEE
I'M ness and honesty, of purity a
Itch righteousness, Of truth and ha
wd ness. The great God of the III
sill verse, incarnate, clothed in the /
Ohio biliments of mortality, a hum
body, the same as you and I, file
and blood, yet temple for the spi
of the living God, ruler of heav
49, and earth,
'ew And yet, He, the embodiment
uce the God-Head Incarnated, mi
out fight the battles of the flesh,
tive same as you and /, and every otf
yer mortal being, who has ever open
his eyes to the light of day.
tent When man was created in
rch- image of God, he was given poss
lore sion of certain attributes VIII