Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-03-30
Easter Sermons
Proclaim Hope
OF Resurrection
BY CASPAR NAMES
star Stan Writer


The ever inspiring Easter
message Of hope in the resur-
rection Of Christ was pro-
claimed yesterday by clergymen
at sunrise and other services
in the Washington area.
Despite the cold. sunrise
services were fairly well at
tended. Later services in
churches attracted thousands
Of worshipers who came to pay
tribute to the risen Christ.
DR.. Edward Hughes Pruden,
pastor Of First Baptist Church,
told $500 persons at the WAL
ter Reed Medical Center out
door dawn service: I'VE come
on this Easter Sunday morning
to what we believe to be the
ultimate result Of all our ex-
periences with the risen Lord,
namely. a newness Of life in
Christ"
Observing many came for
different reasons to worship,
DR.. Pruden said, II am per-
suaded that most Of us are here
today because we realize that
in the midst Of a fateful lour
of history there is only one
hope for mankind, and that
hope is in Christ and in the
Christian gospel"
Need for Courage
DR.. Phil Porter Of Gambler.
Ohio. told a crowded amphi-
theater at Arlington National
Cemetery the great need today
is -four courageous thinking
and doing" The traditional
service was sponsored by the
Grand Encampment of knights
Templar.
He asserted there is "a great
call for decision" but too many
back away from hard choices.
And our lives are so colorleSs
and drab, so dull and boring
even to ourselves. 1t may be
because we have substituted
for our Christian principles
that smooth fallacy. "A man
must live"
The Right Rev. Msgr. John
K. Cartwright, rector of st.
Matthew's Cathedral, told wor-
shippers at a solemn pontifical
mass that Christ foresaw his
suffering and death and pre-
dicted His resurrection. Jesus
by this sacrifice gave mankind
the privilege Of rebirth into
everlasting life, he said.
His greatest identity with
us is that He endured that very
strange, universal, human mys-
terry of suffering and DEATH"
Msgr. Cartwright said.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington, celebrated the mass.
Refugees Remembered
At Washington Cathedral,
the Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre,
jr., dean of the cathedral,
called on worshiperS to re-
member the plight of the ref
ugee and orphan.
Pointing out there are today
1875 million refugees in the
world. Dean Sayre reminded
the congregation that the
United Nations World Refugee
Year will begin in July. The
world can then show its char
lily and humility through the
hidden springs of human
faith" he said.
The Right Rev. Angus Dun,
Bishop of Washington, was
celebrant at the holy COM
munion service.
1.-THE resurrection is final
proof that we, too, can rise
beyond the moon and the stars
if we are determined to con-
quer ourselves, submit our will
to Gods, and seek the peace of
a good conscience" the Right
Rev. MSgr. George L. GingraS
told worshipers at st. Angus
tines Catholic Church.
DR.. Lawrence D. Folkemer,
pastor of Reformation Luther
an Church, declared the victory
won by the open tomb of
Christ strengthened the faith
of Christians then and for all
generations to come. He spoke
at the annual Organized Bible
Glass Association sunrise serv-
ice in Carter Barron Memorial
IAmphitheater.