The New York Herald Newspaper, March 29, 1875, Page 5

BASTER. Services and Sermons on the| Anniversary of the Resurrection. “CHRIST IS RISEN!” Sanctuaries of Every Creed Radiant with Flowers and Vocal with Joyous Music, | | IMPRESSIVE RELIGIOUS RITES. Thronging Thousands Join in Echoing Hal- lelujahs and in Thankful Prayer. THE TRIUMPH OVER DEATH. Christendom Rejoicing Over the Miracle Which Prefigures the Life Beyond the Grave, | PLYMOUTH CHURCH. MB, BEECHER ON OBEDIENCE TO CHBIST AS A NECESSITY TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF RE- LIGIOUS TRUTH. Plymouth church was crowded with people yes. terday morning even earlier than it usually is, And those strangers who sought to enter it late | Were disappointed. Every avatiable seat and | ‘very position in the aisles were occupied belore she opening anthem was sung. ‘The appearance bf the interior of the church was very striking. In | the upper gallery people’s heads rose in tiers un- | til almost at the ceiling. The floral decorations of the platform whereon Mr, Beecuer stood may be termed magnificent, and they were the more at- tractive as they were not projuse. ‘The flowers were sympathetically arranged, 40 that while the the gorgeous crimson of some pf them aitracted the eye quickly tt | gid uot glare upon the “visual orb,” being toned down by the white, blue-and green of lilies, vi0- lets, and ferns and trailing vines,’ At the right side pf the platiorm was @ bouquet of orchids, Japanese tunes, ferns and smilax rising out of a tall colum- nar vase o1 glass, Whose base was set in Jerns. it bad not the wealth of color which shone from the | owers on the other sige of the platform—some | large and gorgeous tropical plants and passion | flowers in combination with white-breasted calla lites and green clematis, It was more modest, and exhaled humility, grace, peace. The bouquets expressed tne differences ol artistic feeling. There Was between them the same difference that ex- lats between a genre picture, a study of some cool mossy dell, into which the supligit breaks unrough tree brancbes, and whose sward the wild Violet and small white flowers dot tmidly with solor and light, and a bold painting of a wide tropical scene, in which tere is continual bla- sonry. Looking at the modester bouquet, held in the long-stemmed glass vase, one could easily be- Weve that the “silent irost’’ had tried last week To mock, in stem and spray, and leaf and flower, | tbo growths of summer; tat it had essayed 10 produce a crystal palm tree, | but had been checked by spring when it had only | wrought the stem, aod that some artistic soul, | finding this, had completed the tree witn “a sheaf of plumes, like leaves,” but, forgetting the origi. | Mal totention, had afterward placed among the leaves some beantiiul but irreievant flowers. The anthem with which the services were | opened was an Easter composition, the retrain of which was Halielujah, There were four solo parts im it, and they were ali rendered finely by Miss | Lasar, soprano; Miss Dunphy, contralto; Mr. Bill, tenor, and Mr. Camp, baritone, Mr. Beecher prayed fervently for long time, ana then gave out a bymon, which being sung, he announced that the annaal collection would ve made ior the bene- fit of the American Missionary Association. In speaking o! this institution he said that it 18 DOL the same as the American Boerd, | though, like the latter, it makes some mis- sionary etforts in foreign countries. He then adverted to the cause ior the organization of the American Missiouary Association beiore the war, Then none of the organizations ior missionary effort dared to aid the slaves with religious kuowledge; they cared not distribute Bibles among the 3,000,000 men aud women ensiaved be- cause Of the Opposition of the Southern people, woo jeared the dissemination of any jearuing | among tieir siaves. Tue association how minis- ters to the spiritual needs of all tue pariaus of this Continent—3,000,000 emancipated men and women, Chinese and others. Coutinuing his re- marks, Mr. Beecuer said:—It 18 impossivie to equalize men without educating their minds tqually and their hearts. One school Louse in tne South is better than five iorts. Woen you shall dave given the negroes knowledge and moray fou Will bave done away With Une uced of armies in the South, Legisiation caunot do good tor the people if it is Dot supplemented Wita' learning and | uorality. Mr. Beecher selected his text irom the four- teenth chapter of Jona, from the niteeuth to the seventeenth verse lnciusive—“ll ye love me keep my commanaments, abd tl will pray the Father, and He souil give you another Comiurter, that de May aoide with jou iorever, even the spirit of truth, whom ihe world cannot receive; because 1b feety Mim not nor knowech him; but you shall know him, because he shall abiae with you aud shail be tn you.” He said:—for a long period in the Church the question of the mature and rela- tions 0: Christ has beeu a subject of investiyation ; aud there is a coniroversy sull gomg ou as to Whether Christ was divine or not. The question has aucther phase, which 18, “Is Christianity, a3 the outcome ol Christ, true?” Now tsuomit to you that wille there is much room ior historical inquiry into the occur- Tences of the time of tue tie oi Curist, the iact of His sie can only be determined vy adbderence to His commands and by observation of the efects of Buch uahereuce. 1t18 lor wis purpose that I buve seiccied my text—"Keep my command. ments,” sald the Saviour; the mind shail then become luminous, Morality wiil then throw Jignt into toe durkest corners, Jt is by the tuition of the soul, in keeping the commandments of Christ, $hat man atiains to @ mastery over tie lower Bliributes Oo) Luman nature, 11s thus that Curist is proven tu be divine and aiso historicai Atier lustrating the rejations of Carist to the soul, Mr. Beecher Said:—1 never believed that Crist should come with under and lightning, With dabners and with loud sounds of mu- Hical instruments, He came im ovscurity and He went through His lie witnout wsecretary, with: outa reporter— (iaughter)—wituout any scribe to bake down His ulterauces, He never wrote Him- sell, eXcept the words on tne sand, and every thing relating to His acis and iile was held in so- | lution by memory unul ater He was gone trom | tue earth, He seems to have floated trough the | world, He never appedicd to & class tor popu. larity, At Do lime vid He say to the wretcaed, “1 buve been hungry like you,’ in order to evoKxe tueir good wil, He never Geciared His pairionsm, nor avowed HMimsell to be tue CHAMPION OF THE WORKINGMEN, Be commenced Himsel, but asked that all snould put hip Him and do as He vade, It was the harmony and periect congruity of everytuing in Him with wuich He appewed to the people. He bud no school oF puilosoply, Himsell masing is centre. Yet ie, with His example aud commanus, WIth be puWer OL periect ith 10 Lim, aud result. ug irom obedience to Lim that Me overs turned schovis = ofS morality and pull Osephy, aud wrought such Changes in tue World as are evinceu by the eXistepce of Chris. bi@uity. Christ aid not bring morality into the World, There Was & moral sense amung peope belore He came. Mr. Beecher now went ou to explain morality, irom WHicn expianation Le con- Unued to discuss hut Upon the iatier topic he said:—ine common Mea o. jusuce is to intict peuaity jor wrong. ‘There never will be true hice uutil this dew i Dt ted. ‘Ihere was never & great moral lutelie@® wade vy hatred of stu. Lt is by love OL good LL suci Au inteilect 1s made, We get the present common idea of justice from tue Romans, who considered the State oi more Imporiance than the peopie wuo composed it. They used the state to crush individuals, a6 tue people OF India use the car of Juggernaut, 1 be eve in the State, butt deneve in souls. 1 believe du just Qt Hob in leonine justice. .1 beieve in the justice vk the heart, not in twat ol tne paw. Sul, d woud HOt reject irom the Word Lis j Present idea oi justice, rudimeufary though 16 Going OM Lo iilustrate how adierence tO COYISUS Cull Gandmenis sevelop the trae tuea OL justl wi t acter, Mr consid Ve an wethetic ch Beecher educeu the proposition that Christianity devewops iwsthetic reeling in every degree—in’ the big degree in communities Whicu jollow ChiisGan precepts most devoutly. in the course OF Ms remarks oa this topic ne sald there ts no p Where Coristianity is wore ult Ul ol p yes the arustic eas uot ver “in New Bugian¢ ays vere reigion OF the Puritun type 1s. lighly developed, one fiuus HO evidence oF wsinelic | thus | but it still hved. | be a visible sign of resuriection, | these things what does it include? | tue basis O1 investigation Irom tue standpoint of | and blessed it aud brake and gave to them, aud | shippers. | Was uo need 0: a soul. feeling.” I beg your pardon, “You haven’t got me,” | the offertory Mme. Bredeilli sang exquisitely and | said Mr, Beectier. There tga deep sensioility to beauty of all kinds, but it is quiet, and it Dnds ex- pression tn beautiiying home and the associations ol everyday lile, ‘There bas been a democratic de- — velopment of everything in this country of an esthetic Sense amos Other things and attributes, Mr. Beecher gave several very apt iilustra‘lons of how a person may have the eschetic sense with- | out being au artist, the aristocrat of wsthetics, | und diew his subjects from tne several classes, wt the same tine illustrating pis assertion that @stuenc leeling having had a democratic de- | velopment in this country is possessed in some | degree by almost all Ol our citizens, Proceeding trom this line of argument, or ra‘ber tliustration, Mr. Beecher said that sympathy with and trusting Jaith 1p Curist SOOTHES ALL THE ANXIETIES OF LIFE. In eviaence of this remark he sketched a thor ough Christian as hopeful and caim iu all vicissl- tudes, and Contrasted Lim with a man of the world Who bas lost money In speculation, He assumed that the unchristiah speculator had lost $500,000 and had but $60,000 remuining, and aepicted the ei- fect oi reverses upon lim. ‘The speculator looks at | bis $50,000, thinks Of Its Smaliness aud bewails his losses. As i! he were addressing the be ray Man, the preacher said, “Only $60,000 leit. how much is thatsum! There are a million of poor Toen Who would compromise With yon lor $25, (Laugater.) You want God to comiort you by give ing you back your $500,000.” The security result- ing Irom faith and hope and trust in Christ, Mr. Beecher paraileled with the feeling he would have if ve had drawn from the treasury $1,000,000 in bonds, and, having ovserved two thieviso men Watching bim When he took the bonds, had, alter first visiting bis home, gone to the safe deposit vaults with his weaitn, When tne burgtars | entered is home that night he would hear them | ransucking the dwelling and would chuckle over | their discomfiture. “if you want the bonus you must go to the strong piace of their deposit,” he would say, and a Curistian can say to the devil, | ‘Devil, 1i you Want me you must go to God,” And he won’ go, asserted Mr. Beecher. He will let | you alone. “Now, that enemy of mine, the clock, says I have preached long, and so I cannot say @ number of things I want to say.’?? Mr. Beecher conc:uded his sermon with an elo- quent reference to Easter Sunday. LYRIC HALL THE GREAT HOPE OF IMMORTALITY—sSERMON BY REY. 0. B, FROTHINGHAM. Rev. 0. B. Frothingham’s theme yesterday morning was “The Great Hope, the Rope ot Another Lite.’ an old pagan custom like Cnristmas, not the season of fruition, but only of nope, The spring may linger in the Jap of sammer and a thousand blights and disappointments may de- stroy the biessings of the coming months, and yet, despite these irequent disappointments, hope springs eternally in the human breast when the Mowers begin to bloom and the earth puts on its verdant garment. And what 1s Easter but the jJesttval of hope? Paul was tne apostle of resur- Tection and yet Paul spoke hardly ever of resur- rection in any language stronger than that of hope. Knowledge passes away, assurance leaves us, but hope always remains. etn patience, patience experience, experience hope, aud hope shall not be put to shame.” Jeeling of hope is almost equally great with Peter and the other aposties, THE HOPE OF THE APOSTLES, No doubt Christ had risen, but there was still some doubt as to whether they would rise, were certain conditions the noun-inifilment of which would render all their pope idle. And Paui’s hope disappeared. He hoped that the Lord would come in the cl uds to the sound of trumpets, He hoped that the dead would be raised irom their graves, Ail those hopes were doomed to disap- Pointment., As we think of these battled hopes we cauuot but pity the apostles. The successurs of the apostles still believed in the coming ol the Lord, but at a distant perioa, when the end of all time had come. when all human beings were in | their graves. The hope was much more remote, How anxiously the Jast aay or lite was waitea Jor If there by some chance shouid All Christianit; bas cherished the hope of a resurrecuon, altaoug! it O48 no knowledge, DO assurance to base it upon. IMMORTALITY LIMITED, It must be remembered that this nope is lim. ited to those who believe im the Lord Jesus Carist. Throughout tue New Lestament no deti- nite promises are held out to any one, the individual solicitude for our true faith, Christianity never taught that the soul was nat- uraliy immortal; no, i only taught that those Who truly believed in the ‘Lord were crowned with immortality. It 18 for that reason that Christians can disregard the attacks 01 scien. Usts lor they say “God can do everything,” and thus maintain their jaith in immortality. THE DENIAL OF SCIENCE, The reverend speaker then alluded to the efforts 1o make this nope of immortality universal througdoat the world. the soul immortal because immaterial? Whatsort of immortality could that be, an mortality o1 dust, of the desert Of Sabara? Doves the soul iuciude intelligence so | thatevery hunger aiter trutu shall be reauzed? | Does it include conscience, so that my sense of Jf 1t does not include | ‘These were rectitude suail be satistied ¢ science, IL was attempted tu prove that ail the emvutions and mental conditions were the out | come 01 Lhe physical vrgauizauion, so that there | ‘Thus, within the iast cen- | tury and a bail the beilef in immorially nas been | greatly shattered, Theo came Spiritualism, waich promises much, butcau it say it hopes? No, it cannot. Idou’t care to live again lor the mere matter of living; what | want to know is what this life 1s to be, how 1am to live again. A life of in. anity, of nothingness, is worthies: | HOPE BETTER THAN KNOWLEDGE. | Hope of immortality 18 the vest thing we have. | Hope 1s better tuan knowledge or conviction. Hope 1s the quickever o1 energy, but conviction 18 not. 1t 1s because we cannot tell wnat the next day may vring forth, 1t1s because we must lore: | cast, investivate, that we advance. Wuat great batuier of reiorm Would strugule if be kuew bow ever) thing Was to eventuate? it 1s because we must make our future successiul that we progress, Then again, ho,e 18 clase; but KnoWieage 18 Stavie. The orthodox doctrine was that we one day should ali sit in white robes un goiden stools play- lug the harpsichord—tbus not leaving us even a choice of lustruments, (Laugater.) ‘Loen there is Spirituulism, which says the suture lie will be all summer, Now, tuere are gieat many people Who don’t like summer—who preter the rigors o1 winter, (Lauguter.) Then there 1s rationalisin, | which Says tbat iuture ile wil ve « consiant progress, an everlasting paiue. wut there area great many people woo don’t want to fight all the time—(laughter)—wno want to rest. ‘thus any definite doctrine beyond the mere hope only con- tracts the horizon of immortality. I don’t define its character. 1 merely give you the promise of the great hope which will illuminate all your life Wil 1t3 radiance, THE JUSTICE OF IMMORTALITY, 1 admit that hope must have sume justification, | and tt has tuis justificaion :—It is justiued, for in- stance, by the natural demand tor jastice, We all | feci tiat the giory of God's truth must be re- vealed to all men; We icei that the injustice of tis lile must be remedied in another; we eel that tiese poor sufferers 01 the earth must nave tneir day. We are privlieged to hope ior imumor- tailty in order that We may Witness the reveiation of God’s justice. How many men’s aspirations, spiritual yearnings, artistic ‘struggles are nipped im their Very buds, and it would ve hard to think that these men should not ieach the:r iuil scature, ‘Toe heart's propnecy, the prophecy of love, 18 lustinct with the promise oj immortality. Woen the iron has gone into the soul vy the loss of loved ones 18 it not hard to think that there 18 no nope ol & reunion? ST. PATRICK’S CATHEDRAL. | A SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS CELEBRATED Br | CARDINAL M'CLOSKEY. The services at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, corner of Prince and Mulberry streets, were of tbe grand- | est description, The xrand aitar and the side | altars were beautiiuily decorated anu illuminated, and the sanctuary itself presented @ must impose ing appearance. Over the chancel there was a Jong row of gas jets on either side of the large | crucifix which is erected above the main altar, the row extenaing Irom tue foot of the cross tu | the tops Of the great tapers on tue altar, and on | both sides of the sanctuary as weil as above the | side aitars gas jets were ingeniously arranged so as tu present tue appearance of a series of wreaihs, ihere Was 4 prolusion 01 dowers on all | the altars, lilies predominating. Tue CardivarArcuvisvop Was the celebrant of | the mass, ussisted by Vicar General Quinn, F.thers Do; Kane, Farley, Hvgan and Kearney, the lat- | ter acting a3 Master Of Ceremonies, ‘The Cardinal as Weil us (be priests were attired {i rich vest ments, aad during the ceremonies when, ior iL slunce, at the offertury the Cardinal stood oilict- aling at the aitar, With tue priests in tueir respect= ive positions ac either side oO: him and on Whe altar steps, Wile the groups of altar boys um there red Aud White robes Were grouped to tic ryghi of Lhe itar; (he rich vestments o: the Cardinal and Ws assistants retlecunye a (ousand ligucs under the aiare of the tapers and gas Jets ibat eucicied tae Sanctuary, tie scene Was Teaily an enciant ove, Lie Church Was ero Wued to repietion, eveu the aisies, main aud side, beng filed with Cue ruthial, ihe musical part of the services was very grand. Mr. Gustavus Schmitz presiaed at tue orguu and Mr. Leary Scumiué wits the couauotor. ‘Lhe cuolt humbered jorty votes, the bemg Mine, Bredeit and Mr sopruno; Mrs, kijenrich, aivo and oir. Lreus, basso Tue 3 Haydn's second. It wus renue y the chor in masterly giyle. | Mry. Bbilenrich sing the Creator” aiter the Gospei bad been read, singers Gre priueipat ng The Christian festival of the | resurrection of Christ is simply another edition of | Spring ts | “Tribulation work- | ‘This | There } ‘The | | wuwety caused by tis lact produces much of | to open the Seriptur | His wisdom, but the love of its neart. | with breathless attention, with great expression Mercadante’s ‘Quam 4 lecta.”” At the elevation Mrs, Grosz sang the “Boece Panis,” by Proch, deine accompanied by Mr. Henry Schmi'z on tue French horn. This was the most delectable piece in the musical service d was rendered with splendid effect. ‘The sermon was Gelivered by Vicar General Quinn, Who took the Gospel of tne day for his text. The reverend gentiewen delivered a most eloquent discourse on the teachings of Christ and the crowning proof of His divinity —His resurrec- tion from the dead, At the close of the mass Cardina) McCloskey gave the Papal benediction. CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES. MB. VARLEY ON THE VARIOUS OPENINGS MADE BY THE RISEN CHRIST. The Church of the Disciples held a congregation yesterday morning very much larger than has lately assembled there, many being unable to find seats, even in chairs. Baptism was administered to several infants, and after the sermon thirty- three new members were received into the sacrament of the Lora’s Supper. The floral deco- Tations were proiuse and exceedingly beautilul. Mr. Henry Varley occupied Mr, Hepworth’s pul- pit. He took for his text St. Luke, xxtv., 33, 34— “And they rose up at the same hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered to- gether, and them that were with them, saying, ol the Lord Jesus Christ. Those of you who have studied the testimony concerning the dis- ciples aiter Christ’s resurrection cannot fail to be struck with the remarkable obtuseness of their minds on this subject. When the Lord Jesus told Peter that he would go up to Jerusalem and tall into the bands of stpfui men and be crucified and be raisea, Peter turned and rebuked him, and said, “It shall not be 80; inducing Christ to say, “Get thee benind me, adversary!” And this is not con- fined to the apostolic minds, for even in our aay Tesurreotion o1 Christ, and I think our weakness in the cause of Christ 1s because we do not, per- sistently and with clear intelligence, preach the DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION, No student can lollow the lise of the early preachers without seeing that it was the doctrine of the resurrection they preached; for, clearly apprehended, every man who is not alive to tne resurrection of Jesus Christ is dead in trespasses | and sin, Notice that for every address or sermon | that you hearon tne subject of the resurrection you wil hear ten that have to do with the iile and character and works of Christ this side of | deuth, Doyou understand me? I think you do, | Now I do not say we have bad too muco | Preaching of the beauty and sublimity o! the | character of Cartst. Ido not affirm that too much | promimence has deen given to the doctrine of atonement, but 1 say we have had too lite | preaching concerning the resurrection of Christ, | aud 1 Wish those Who are preaching the Gospel It would add to tneir | Would study this subject. | power immensely. Men are imcapavie ot their | own strength; in grasping the truth they need God's aid to teach the glortous testimony. The world differs irom tue living God in no respect more essentially tnan tis: that woe the world believes in that Which is opvious the living God appeals to the unseen and cnalienges our faith in taings unseen and eternal, come With me to that sweet interview waich the disciples had with the Lord Jesus Christ, and let | me remind you that though it is more than eighteen hundred years saxo when Cnrist was with the discipies, it 18 not loog, ior Christ says a thousand years are as oue day. Lue question of time is not difficult, Let us reckon | as God reckons, (hat brings us to the day be.ore yesterday, since Caorist Was julsating Witn nis Tich and loving heart in the plains o! Judea. Ob- | | serve those two discipies wao had gone to | Emmaus. Jesus drew near and went with them, JESUS IS PRESENT WITH US | this moment in the same way. Notice nexs, he | satu, “what manver of communications are these that ye have ope to another as ye Walk and are saa? Observe His interest, observe His inlooking into their countenunces, are wont to Suppose there 13 a vast distance be- | tween the Cnuren on earth and tne Cuureh in | heaven. 1 don’t chink 60;1 think the sime Jesus | who said “Litt up, ye gates,” 1s the same tender, | loving Saviour as He was opearth, And when He had observed their sadness one named Cleophas Suld, “Art thou a strauger in Jerusalem and hast not known the thilgs which are come to pass ) there in these days?” And He sald unto tuem, “What things i” He allowed them to tc.l Him of Himself ana He ustened to the unburdenlug of their nearts, Many try to get out o! spiritual | dificulues by reason and discussion, but it 18 only God Almighty tuatcan sectie their dimeculiies | |‘ for'them. I rejoice that He hath said it, “tia man | thirst 1et him ome, not to the cnurch, not to the | preacher, but to me.’ Emphasize that glorious word “ti me,” for tne resoiving of doubt is there, O God, our Father, save us irom the heritage of unbeulei! The darkened eye Knows Him not. and Bow notice what followed:—‘And they drew nigh unto a village wiither they went, and he mnade as thouga ue would have wone turther, but they coustraived him, saying, Abide witn us, lor 1018 towards evening, aud the day isspent. And he went in to tarry with them, and it came to pass their eyes were opened and they knew him, and he Vanished out of their sight?” Whenever you Tead tis chapter think of this word ‘‘opened.”? Wout for did Cirist open their eyes? No power but Curist’s can do that. O men and women, | chaige you, rememoer tue ete:nal God alone can give eternal live, and Christ alone can itt you into the jamily of God, jor it 18 written, And now not only does He op notice, in the forty-flita verse: neu opened he their understanding, tuat they migit understand the Scriptures.’? Tuere is ANOTHER OPENING, The reason men do not understand the truth of Christ 18 that wey do not Lend the kuee in prayer and say, “Lord, teach me.” Sirs, beac with me if Asay 1 come in contact witn thousands of men Whose 1Geas are barrowed down ioucentre of | sensuality, Imagiue tue iorces ol a man’s being gravitaling toward that unclean centre, and tue darkeued und has @ Irightial eventuation in this scale—eartuly, Sensual, devilish. Tnank God, there 18 aD apposite; eartuly, spiritual, heaveuiy is the outlet, Once more in the thirty-second verse:—“And they said one to anotuer, Did not our veart burn Within us, While ue talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the Scrivtares?”” ANOIHER OPENING. The chapter begins with tue opening of the tomb, goes ou with the risen Cirist aud makes known His power to open unseeing eyes, to open ine Scriptures. God grant we may reverently ask Him bow (0 Open tie scriptures to us. 1tis bign time that many Of us got our theology [rom the Book of God. Tue reiiyion of tue present is the Bibie, the Whole Bible and nothiny vut the Bible. ‘Vhs power taat Christ possesses, be ME aS RISEN FROM THE 1 to every one, for He has Said, All my culldren shall b@ taught of me,” L commend it to you. itis a book uot aiticuit to understand; Jor it 18 tie mind of Jesus, and, while We caunot see With human eyes the blessed jace of Christ pending that ume, He has sent us these love-ietiers, this wigaty mind oi His own, | and He will open to you the Seriptures wll they shall bear colupany with youin a@ life of imm_te tality, You wili not hold ihe trutn taen, but we trath will bold you. Remember this. ‘They Know Waat it is to have open hearts aud testiy to wuab they say. They rose up and went to Jerusalem and said, “Did got our hearts bura within us, wien he vaikea to us by te Way, and opened to us ihe ripture 1’am bouud to say—f 1 am to ackuowledge What 1s the best phase of biessed- ness to me—I am bound to say, not the riches of 1 would rather bave the heritage of the iove oi Christ than tue Worlu besides, destitute of the love or Christ! O the poverty O1 Lat soul! Vosses-or of it, U the | richness aud beauty Ol tat lite! MR, VAKLEY AT THE RINK. Mr. Varley preacued last eveniug in tne Rink, Thud avenue aud Ssixty-toird street, to over 6,v00 Well dressed and most attentive ilsteners, from the iourteenth chapter o: Luke, which ne coms mented on With great earnestness, urging nis hearers to assist at ihe Weadiuog lease of saivation, His surring appeals evidently produced strong Jeelings In Many Of His listeners, aud wu heard him FIFTH AVENU BAPTIST CHURCH. | SERMON ON THE RESURRECTION BY DR. AR- MITAGE. f An immense audience gathered im the Filth avenue Baptist church yesterday @orfng to wit- ness the Easter services and listen ¢® the sermon ol the pastor on the resurrection, The pulpit and altar were beautiiuily degorated with a proiusion of flowe.s, The services were Openea by the chant, “Christ, our Passover,” by the quartet choir, consisting of Miss Adams, soprano; Miss Crane, alto; Mr. G, B, Eddy, tenor, and Mr, &. Gil- vert, bass, under the direction of the organist and director, Mr. T. Maun, Aiter the prayer and the hymn, Yes, the Redeomer rose, the “Gioria,’’ Wever’s mass, in G, Was sung. At the termination vf the second prayer the Lord’s Prayer was cuanted, followed oy the hymn, How bright and beautitul the morn. with the closing hymn, “Mary at the Tomb,” conpieied the musical pros This, Saviour’s 4ramme. MON. Dr. Armitage se as te course Matthew Xxvill, 6—“He 1s not ners, tor He has risen as he said. Come; the place where tue Lord lay.” The reverend gentie- church, and the sermon was followed by the | The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to | Simon.” I suppose that there is no thought more diMicuit of human comprehension | than the great fact of the resurrection people are amazingly slow to apprehend the | I want you now to | T sometimes think we | as he sat at meat with tuem ue took bread | their eyes, but | basis of his dis. man first proceeded to consider the absurdity of the statement made by the Roman soldiers that the cae es Of Jesus came and stole away His body while they siept, Wurle it was yet dark tee Tock beneath their feet began 10° heavy N Tumbling sounds, as if the air around we: charged witn death were beard; the shee ed popu- lation of adjacent tombs vegan to stalk torih; the ponderous Stone at the mou'h of the sepuictre is rolled away, an ange! takes lus seat thereon and the empty tomo opened wide its mouth oelore them, No Wonder they shook and became as dead men. When they recover their consciousness they hasten to headquarters and report ali tnat Nad occurred. There their dismay was silenced by 4 bribe, and the whole matter hushed up on the contemptible pretext that the guard had slept. There were five geveral apparitions of vur Lord on this day of His resurrection, elore considering these the | speaker referred to the fact that such resurrec- Won Was Dot expected by His disciples on that | morning. They all had fed from Him aud the women had made preparations ior completing the processs of embaiming the body, The first per- sous who fixed eyes on the risen body of Jesus were the companions oj Mary Mugdalene. Luke makes these companions Joanna, Mary, tne | mother of James, and others. They had rested NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH ‘29, 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET, on the Sabbath and then prepared otntments and | spices to take with tiem to the tomb. * Anxious to erform the remaining duties they took up their urdens and started as the day was dawning. Ar- rived at the sepulcnre Mary Magdalene casta giance into the palace of death, and, discovering that THE BODY WAS GONE, she flew back to the city to tell Peter aod John. Who go runuing to the tomb. The companions of | Mary Magdalene had bent their way back toward | the city. They meet @ staiely iorm, who, with outstretched hands, said, “All hau!” [na mo- | ment they read the tones of ilove in His voice; they trace the lamular lines on His face; they fall and bold Him by the feet anu worship Him. Joun and Peter arrive und examine the tomb and go away again, Scarcely had they done so when Mary Magdalene ‘returns. “She hears a | Jootstep bebind, and, turning, secs one | whom she mistakes tor oseph’s — gar- | dener, fe says to per, ‘Mary!’ and she cries “Rapponi!?? On! my Master! and falls speech- less at His feet. Now Jesus said to her, “Touch | me not; for lam not yet ascended to my lather, and your father and my God and your God.” Why should we be perplexed, my hearers, at these | words under the iovlish supposition that her hands were not to be brought into contact witn | His .eet, when not an hour belore this her sisters Him! and your perplexity willcease. He said in effect to her, “Mary, do not detain me. Until ido as- cend to my Father J must be about my work. ‘Then I have work for thee also. Go quicaly to my bretaren who need to be comiorted as Well as thou and tel! them,”’. She iovingly acquiesced, and going to His disciples said, “I HAVE SEEN THE LORD." The third appearance of Jesus that day was toward noop, when He appeared to Peter. When He’ woke to pewnhess Of lie in the tomb the | Very first person He seems to nave thought of | Was Peter, for He seems to have leit & message with the angel for the poor fisnerman, I feel un- | uttergoly tnankinl that the first imterview be- tween them is nut recorded. | and Peter ielt it to be intensely personal, So that | Cepbas. Thus the great morning closes, | never be repeated. Ir you could go to Jerusaiem | to-day you Would fond thousands shedding their | tears at the supposed boly sepuicnre. see the place where the Lora lay, but He is not | there. The beavens have received Him tiil the time of the restitution of all things. His roves this morning are whiter than the driven suow, aud He patiently Waits to be our resurrection aud jie, | THE EVENING DISCOURSE | of Dr. Armitage Was devoted to the remaining tivo | appearances or our Lora, as recorded in Mark. TRINITY CHURCH. It can | THE SERVIOES IN COMMEMORATION OF THE RES- URRECTION. | Yesterday Trinity was thronged with worshippers | at each of the religious services. | and alternoon the number of peopie who entered the sacred edifice was greater than has been fora long time past. The bright sunsnine of Easter morning no doubt had tts imfluence in inducing many visitors trom a distance Lo visit the grand i old church, aud long before the hour announced | Jor the commencement O/ the balf-past ten o'clock | service the building was filled, every seat occupied | and hundreds were unable to gain admittauce. | So great was the crowd which filled the space in- | side of the iron railings and lined the sidewalk Both morning | | Father Dealy, 8. J., | cus had actually held Him by the feet and worspipped | ‘Take thew in their simple sense as she did, | 1 toink both gesus | it 1s enough lor us to know that He was seen by | They go to | | Yatton of the world. ®renor solo anda chorus at the close, Inthe afternoon, vegiuning at tive o'clock, Vespers were sung be.ore a large congregation, be") usic was the “Oratorio of the Resurrection,” by Fatuer Lam- bilotre, this being the only choir im the e:ty that arcem tits music. Gastipelii’s “Magnificat”? and Gwuck’s “Ave Verum" were also sung. The other especial piece at the vespers was Ur. Berge “Regina Copii,” for eught voices, Beiore the ben @iction Barbiert’s “iantum Ergo prano solo, | with cuorus, Was rendered’ impressivery. Tae Dames Of the sineers are:—First soprano, Miss ‘beresa Werneke ; second sopra Mrs, Dr. Berg first airo, Miss Mary Werueke ond aito, Mi Houstin (Substituted yesterday tor Mrs, scaustz) 5 first tenor, Signor Tamario; secoud tenor. Mr. dtaus; first bass, Signor Baceiil; second, Mr. D, Stautun, The cuorus yesterday namoered thirty voices, being an addition of iourteen to tae regu- lar choir, CEREMONIES AND SERMON. The ceremonies the Digh mass were carried out With great precision and With imposing eftect. On the altars the most beautitul ciotas aud most | precious vessels were in use. The vestwents of Lhe priests woie OL the very richest description. Some thirty boys, Wearing red berretas aad diac cassocks, With red sasies, occupied chairs ipsiae the sanctuary, Aiter the first guspel tne Rev, preached au eloguent dis: course on the Vhuren of God, He tracea the es- | tablishment of the Catholic Church, and then pro- ceeded in a pronounced way to’ speak of the vole Church as It 18 to-day. Beginning, in regard tothe latter poimi, Witu ao explanation | Of (se meaning of charity, he showed the impress of the Almighty upon His Cburenon earth, A d, mocked, slandered, tureatened or reviled, | her response was ever a wenderinl mauttestation | 0: charity, To-day the world saw the Cauren | more grand tn tts Wty than it had ever been, ‘yrants had persecuted tt. empires had sougnt its downfall, kingdoms had been envious and tried to harm it; but to-day 1/8 worst enemies must admit that the Catholle Church would last to the end. God had fulfilled Ifis promise :—‘fnou art Peter, and upon this rock f will build my couren, aud tne | gutes of neil shai not prevall against GRACE CHURCH. ‘The services at Grace church yesterday attracted an enormous congregation. As old Brown, the sexton, said “he nad been there twenty-five years, but had never seen anything like it,” which 18 good evidence that, spite of being down town, | for a fashionable church Grace is losing none of | its popularity. | The decorations yesterday were tasteful, but not abundant, Some beautiful bunches of calla lilies decorated the sides of the altar, and rosettes 01 flowers had been placed in the paneis at the head of the chancel, enciosing the motto in scariet letiers, “Christ is Risen.’ On the pedestal of the pulpit had been also placed a large bunch of rare exotics. The Rev. Dr. Henry ©. Potter conducted the morning service. Possibly what drew the extra large crowd of worshippers—or, rather, hearers— was the excessively floria character of the music, which is known to be peculiar to this church on festival days of the Christian dispensation. None ol these 18 observed more than Eastertide, ana | yesterday there was no disappointment as to the Music whicn was given, Lue following is the pro- gramm Hymn 99. Instead of Venit hrist our Massover 13, p the feas:."? Psalms 2, 57, 111, : Hopxins heretore iet Glorias.. a ‘Te Deum, in BD... Jubilate eo, in ¥. Introit Hymn, 104 SF. Jr. Millard J. R. Thomas +St Albinas .T. J. Wallace Gloria Tibh Anthem. . seenee From Psalm cxv “ibis is the day waoich the Lora ea made, ae 1 iced a: feed omertory.—1sa ‘xl, verso —"He shall fee ae flock lke’ shepherd.” Sanctus. Communion Hymn, 207.... Sibeboths Gloria in Exceisis. After the anthem Dr, Putter delivered one of his brie, argumentative addresses, full of sound sense aud pracucal teacuing. He took as the central idea of his sermon, it it may be calied such, the resurrection of our Lord. He said this Was a day hallowed avove all others by Christians as the one which stampea the final fact o1 the sal- cnrist had been dead, aud His entire work had been | He was now riseu. done and the prophecies accompushed, There | Were many, but He trusted none present who prolessed not to believe in the resurrection of Christ. Toey argued it that the services of the police were called into re- | quisition to prevent excessive crowding witha the church. Inside tne scene presented was grand, | The gloomy grandeur of the place, lightened up in places with sunshine streaming througit the ricniy stained glass 01 the Windows: the air iaden with periume Oi the Iresh spring flowers wnicu aeco- rated the font, communion tables and tue altar; tne lighted canales on the two immense cun- delabra; the grand swell of the music irom the orgau, augmented by a well arranged brass band; the melodious straius of the choir as their voices | rose in bymns of praise to Him who on the day commemorated rose irom the dead alfier having suffered death lor the redemption of mankind, and the eloquent Words of the preacher, all served to impress tue numerous Worshippers who bent | their knees and vowed their heads within the | holy temple with the solemnity o! the occasion. Seidom Goes old ‘trinity present so grand an ap- | Pearance as at Easter. It 1g a weicome day in- | deed, and the presence of the magnincent spring | flowers iu all the projusion ot their delicate beauty as they ornamented the spaces inside o! the com- | munion railing, attracted the attention of the wor- The order of services coiumenced with the Processional Hymn, 110. The anthem, “sing, O Ye Heavens!’ Tue offertory psalm, “Ou! be ye joytui in the Lord, all ye lands;’ Sanctus; Agnus bei, “O, Lamb of God” and “Gloria in Excelsis’? | were grandly rendered, Tne sermon was preached by the Rey. Dr. Dix, on the resurrection of the | Saviour. | ST. FRANCIS “XAVIER'S CHURCH. BEAUTIFUL ALTAB DECORATIONS—A NEW MASS | | Christ did arise and that one day we shall be tace BY DR. BERGE—SPLENDID CEREMONIES AND SINGING—SEBMON BY THE REY. DEALY, 8. J. The half-past ten o’clock service at St. Francis Xavier’s church, West Sixteenth street, yesterday morning, was unusually impressive, The sacred edifice was filled by a large congregation. The | altar decorations were superb. Clusters of lights were formed immediately arouna the tabernacle, which nad in front o{1ta richly gilded satin screen, drawn apart tn folds. Numbers of lights were ar- | ranged iu groups on both sides of the altar. Im- Mediately above the tabernacle two semi-circles of jets, with flowers intervening, were in good contrast with the mellower light of thé wax tapers, and above all these arch stretching across the entire altar, mounting being a plain crucifix. the sur- On either side the statue of the Biessed Virgin aud a statue of to be impossible, They said that tn the natural course of events sucn a thing was impossible, Christians agreed, ol course, tuat it was not ac- complished by natural means, but that it was one of God’s miracles, The trouble was that in this Teasouing of uudeliel, when once commenced, there was Ro point at which one could conven- jentiy stop. Those wno doubted the resurrection o1 our Lord doubted the Bivle, and those wao doubted the Bible doubted the immortaitty of the soul, One simply led to another. It was held by these that no one couid prove tnat there was an- other world where we should one day be trans- lated, This was in one sense true, but if we only believed what could ve Clearly demonstrated to us, then we should have to doubt a great deal, | We Know the brain to be the seat of intelligence; but ali tne efforts of science 1n thousands o1 years had been unable to demonstrate how the brain produced thought, or that, indeed, the brain was the visivie orgun of thougat, cannot prove it. There is, then, sometning we cannot account lor except un the ground of the existence of the soul. To doubt the existence of | the soul's 1uture state was at best but au uucom- Fa’ | eer | ing, Ol arguinent, 1t Was one of joy for the whole was a lighted | of the sanctuary was a small altar dedicated to | St. Joseph, around both of which were candies | burning. On these, as well agon the high altar, flowers were placed with judicious taste. DR. BERGE’S NEW Mass. The music at the mass was of the very finest character, a military band having been added to the organ and regular quartet choir. For this Special occasion, the organist, Dr. Berge, had written @ grand “Messe Pascale,’ which was per- formed with exceptional success ior a first render- ing. As the procession of priests and acolytes filed out Of the sacristy a slow march was played by the organisi, and when the priests had be- gun the mass at the foot of the allar the “Kyrie? was opened with a@ 1uil cherus, the accompaniment being bells, which were admir- ably tumed by the organist’s sou, Master Eddy Berge. The “Christe bleison’”? was a soprano solo, which Was most effectively rendered, and tuen came a rare performance, the second Kyrie” be- ing @ Movement In siX-eighth time by the singers, tue accompaniment by the bells and organ being in two-lourta time, The “Giorla in bxcelsts’? opened With irumpets (Ianfare and tympani), the swell mergiug inty a judilant choras by eurnt Voices. This was followed by the “bt ii Terra Pax,” by ail the iemale voices aud in the very soltesttones, The “Laudamus Te” was a giorious | duet bPthe soprano aud alco, and tue “Grauas | Agamus,”? a tegor solo, Was a passage nut less Meritvrious, A wost siriking part ol tue hymn was the rendering of the ‘jut Tolls’? by the baritone and basso, botn singers being at their best. ‘Lhe close was a grand burst under the ‘Cum Sancto Spirita,” io woich tne chorus, organ and @renestra par icipated. Tus “Credo” openea witha canon jor lour solo voices, which the chorus took up at the Close, and this led to tue spiriied suprano solo “Kt tn Una?! A solemh passage Was (he “Genitum non Pactum,” Which Was sung by Jour male voices Without auy accompaniment, By far the vest solo or che do’? was the #incaraatus,” watch was ren- atred by the supraho with a marked appreciation of the sentiment, A maguificent swell ushered in the “Et Resurrexit,”’ chorus, orchestra and organ being included. ‘fms Was ‘the testival thougat ot the Hour, and due expression was given to tt both by the composer ana (ie siuge the “Sede ad Dexteram,” a quartet ior mixed voices, wus jolowed by a cuorus for the “ke lierum,” and me an admirable organ solo, the 01, 10 Wale a the singers seciied rater as an ac be ner Solo, (he “bb Unam sane. osbeilectively given by the vari the cluse ot the pecta,’? in vue, relieved vy a chorus, and prayer, emvodied ‘In the “ist which solo, duet and chorus suce ceeued each ocher, was a triumph, At the oNer- sory the “Hwe Dies Fecti,”” by Patier LumbiLotte, was given with « grand cuorus and accompan nent, ‘The “Sanccus’ was a chorus, ‘The “ier dictus*—a spiendid composition by the organist— Was u Soprano Solo, With chorus accumpaninent Without (ve orgau, An interesting piece in the mass was the “Agnus vei,” which, alter a joyous | | burst, introauced @ duel by the soprano aud alto, | hiwsell God and vy his resurrectiog gaye idis- fJortable belie, it could lead to nothing consoiing. Un the otner hand, we have the Word of God Himself, transmitted to us by meno whose writings it would be joliy to doubt. Even the enemies of biblical lore do not 0 so far as to Geny the good faith of those men Who wrote the Bible. All effects tend to snow | that they were mistaken, not that they wiliully Jal- sified. Renan attempts to explain away the see- lng of Christ by the gardener 4s an jilusion, Even ranting this, Was the actual insertion of the hands | of Thomas iy Christ's wounds an iliuston? Was the meeting of the apostles with Christ an illusion? No, we cannot but seel that all this ts trae, thas to face with iim when te sits on the right nand of Goa the Father, Tois was not a day ol doubt Curistian Worid. | Betore ieaving the pulpit, Dr. Potter solicited a contribution jor the conversion of the peupie of what he caled “those jewel islanas of the Atlan. | tic,” the Sandwich group. Much as we inight need Christian help in 2 city like this, Where there was badness enough, the crime of canibatism still existed there, and the whole Christian world should unite to stamp it out, This could only be accomplished by introducing the lights of reiigion, ST. STEPHEN'S CHURCH. REY. DE. M'GLYNN BIDS HIS FLOCK BE GLAD | AND REJOICE. Worgan | | Ing harps, crosses and hearts. Dutadle proof tha: He spoke traly when He safd, “fhe Father and Tare one." We, who are bro: ers of such a man una children uch ® Ratner, bave @ right to be giad. Let us, join im swelling the triumph of our Saviour DO 1s no lonver Death's captive, but bis «aquerer. The Doctor concluded by making an eloquent ap- peal in bevall of the orphans, ior whose beneds & collecuon Was taken up. ST. ANN’s CHURCH, SERMON BY REY. FATHER PRESTON. ‘The great (estival of Easter, which, with Onrist- mas, ranks first in tne Christian calendar, was fittingly celebrated at St, Ann’s church, on Tweilth street, yesterday. The church was decked in its gayest attire to represent the joy of the Christian world over the great mystery of the resurrection, the triumph of the Redeemer over sin ana death. Floral decorations made the beau- tiiul aitar more attractive than ever, and myriad lights shed an effulgence on the scene, The choir, consisting of Mile. Henrietta Corradi, soprano; Mus. Octavie Gomien, contralto; Herr Pdueger, tenor, and Herr Bium, basso, with @ select chorus. rendered Rossini’s “Messe solennelle” under the die | rection of the eminent organist, M. Louis Dachauer, | Before the sermon an ubaccompanied quarcet, “Veul Creator,” composed by the organs ist, « charming work, Was sung, and atthe oftertory a “Regina Cali” by the same composer gave Mile, Corradi an opportunity te display to the est agvantage one of the most mgely cultivated and most brilliant sopran¢ voices among the many excellent arctisies who may be found in our chureh choirs, At (ne eleva tion the pure, Sympathetic contralto Voice of Mile, Gomien gave’ effect to an “0 Salutaris’? by Liszt. | At vespers selections from the works of Liszt and Verdi Weregiven. Rev. Father Pooie oMctated at igh mass as celebrant, Rev. Father Lynch acting us deacon. .At the gospel tne pastor of the enuret, Rev. Father Preston delivered one of his charac- teristic, eloquent sermons on the great subject of tne day, the mystery of the resurrection. He ex horted the couzregution to take deeply to heart the lessons to be derived irom this iestival, and to rise irom the bondage o: sin to a new anid better lie. ‘Loe congregation was the largest tnat prob- ably ever Was assembled within the walls of St. Aun’s, aud the ceremonies, music and sermon were ib Keeping wita the fame of the church aad the importance of the occaston. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH. SERMON BY REY. 8. H. TYNG, JR. Atthe Churep of the Holy Trinity, Madison ave- nue and Forty-tnird street, an unusually !arge con- gregation was assembled at the morning services, Not alone was every stationary seat in the edifice occupied, but camp chairs and stools were brougnt in and placed along the numerous aisles for the accommodation of tue visitors, The floral decora- tions in honor of the day were most profuse, and were very artistically arranged. In tne froat ot the platiorm and table from which the sermon is delivered was a huge cross wrought in witte tuberoses and liles, irom which were pendant festoons of evergreens, terminating at botn ends with pyramids of huge white lilies, In front of the reading desk was @ rustic cross entwined about with white tuberoses and itlies of the valley, while on either side of this again were bouque:s of choice exotic Ou the space | ing to the ai 3 io were placed two tales on which were cup lilles and paskets of cut flowers, The bapusmai iont was beautiiuily draped with evergreens and lies, white on (ue top was a huge pyramid of variegated flowers several lectin height. Ou two small tables 1acing the side aisles were also floral embiems represent. ‘The whole com. Dised Had the MmOst pleasing effect and spoke well for \ae taste of the lady members of the congrega- lon, oy Whom the tribute oad been offered and arranged. Kev, stepuen H. Tyng Jr., preached the sermon, choosing tor ls text Hebrews Xil., 20—“Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lora Jesus, that great shepherd ol the sheep, through tue biood of the everlasting covenaut.? ‘vols 18 the grand doxology ou: Easter Day, All saints may sing it; ali theloogies converge in it; ail hopes and ai comsorts flow Irom it. Like spriug tume Easter comes with gladness to all, for it conveys to us the mercy which God bas wrought througa the raising irom the dead or His Son Jesus Onrist, Who ts at once our Saviour and cur surety. te died for our satvation, When He died we died with Him; but when He ress irom the dead we also rose With Hiai, Great promises were made to Jesus vo be carried out to their fullest | extent upon the observing by Him of certain cun- We Know it is, bus | The celebration of the Pasch of the New Lawin | St. Stephen's yesterday was a magnificent profes- sion of Christian faith in the great mystery of the resurrection. At the high mass every available foot of space was occupied, and thousands had to be refused admission, The sanctuary was bril- hantly illumined, and the beautiful Gothic marble altars were tastefully decorated with the choicest flowers, contributed by the ladies of the parish | and artistically wrought into devices emblematic of Christ's triumph over death. At hall-past ten o’clock @ processional march was periormed by the orenestra and organ, and a little later the sacred ministers, preceded vy @ large corps of altar boys, entered the sanciuiry. Tae solemn bigh mass was sung by the Re assisted vy the Kev. Father Costigan as deacon and tae Rey. rather Carroll as sub-deacon, The music of the Mass was Mozart's No. 12, and the singing evidenced frequent rehearsal and careiut traming, The ‘Quoniam,’’ a quartet, was given Wilh thriing edect by Mme. Brigooll, , Mile. Munier, Sig. Boungiorno and Mr, Romeyn, The choruses were praiseworthy, especially the “Cum sancto,” a fugue, Which so oiten proves a | Jauure in jess carelully dritied choirs, Ia the “Veut Creator,” Sig. Buongiorno’s sweet and sonorous basso told well in every part of ine | Spacious building, At the offertory Mme. Brignolt sung tue solo, “ecce Panis,” with exquisite taste and teeing. Alter the first gospel vne Rev. Dr. McGlynn ascended the pulpit and bade | HIS AUDIENCE OF FIVE THOUSAND SOULS rejoice with him and be glad tnat the Saviour of mankiod had triumphed over death and “led cap. UViLY captive.’ Having read the gospel of the day—Mattnew, x the vootor satd:— You seek J wio was cruct- fled. He is ris he is not here.” During the past week the Churcu of God put away her orna- ments, Velled her works of art ana hushed the song of the “Glorla’; while ber priesis, adopting tug language of J miah, sung in plamtive sirains tue dirge of the Sou of God, But to-day the #pouse of Christ puts on her best and invites be hature and are to vie iM decorating her temples lor tue Worthy celebration of the great Inystery Ol the resurrection, “He is risen; he 1s hot here.’ Let us seek Him no longer in the charuet house of mere human intelligence; but jet us rejoice as, With tae eye of fairh, we benoid Him ia al the giory of His deed humanity seated ‘at the rigut nan of the Father’? At the sepulchre n che tWo sarys arrived rrowiuliy asked, “Who shail roll a3 back stone Irom we door of the sepuchre We might, 1 lke terms, ask, whd siall roi bs the stone which keeps us irom tne hight and blocks our way \o heaveny Whose 1s the arm So strong, Whose the power so omuipo- tent, Wiose the Jove so ail-surpassing? We tiud he auswer in tue Mystery We Lo-day celeorate, Chast prociaimed Himseli “tae way, (ie tutu the iile,? and Lie established His tiie vo div.ve altrioutes by raising ilimseli from th ud. Weil, then, may We rejoice over toe ‘riumph ol our Lord, © ho Ras, in His sacred humanity, wed the heavens TO THE BARTH, and by the unton ¢ vat huinanity with His own (UVLNG person raised the earin ty the embrace of heaven. Let us be glad aud rejoice that our faith 18 DULL On such a foundation, A maa proclaimed -Pather McCready, | inthe pody will lorce itseil Upon ms mind, and, | composed of | Agnus Det... | “But the Lord is’ Siinutul | ditions, which, as we are told, He accepted and carried turough to His tinal suffering, 10 order wat He might become the dispenser of the cove- nant made with the Father. It was said, “His flesh shail not suffer corruption; and we are old now, ip the ages gone by, Wien His sepulcnre was visited alter His entombment by Mary Magdalen and otners with the:r unguents and spices lor tne Purpose of embalming His body, how nothing was sound but certain of His garments, wnich cieariy deinonstrates the 1uifiment oi the promise cone tained in the prophecy. He had no sell-will, no Sell-reliance, no seif-suticiency, We are ricu jast so long as cur Skepherd cares forus., Let your raise, therelore, be intelligent by trusting in the God oi Peace through the covenant made to dim who has now become the Svepherd of lgve through fis tender care. CHRIST CHURCH SERMON OF DR. H. M. THOMPSON—“‘THE LIFE THAT I8 ETERNAL.” Christ church was filled to its utmost capacity | yesterday bya fashionable audience to listen to the Easter service. The cuurco was handsomely decorated with flowers and the pulpit looked like one vast flower bed, The decorations were large globe o! varigated flowers, surmounted by a cross of red flowers; a beautiful harp of variegated flowers, a large cross of red flowers, a beautuiul shield-shaped bouquet, a large basket of the rarest flowers to be procured and many small though pretty and appropriate devices, while pendent irym the ceiling was @ large Star of Bethlehem, gas jets, The churen was dimly lighted and the reflection from the beautiful colored windows added its silent and solema effect to the scene. The minister took jor bis text the fourteenth verse oi: the fourteenth chap. ter of Joo—‘if a men die shall be live again?’ The Book of Job, said the dt vine, was the oldest we know of and {ts perusal ied men to ponder more than ali the rest o1 tue scrip. tures, Job Wien he Was ailicted had asked him. seli the questivu, “It @ man die snail ue live again?” aud it was a question that had been asked by all men siace nis time. We may live in utier Curclessness of the fact that we must one day die. Yet when that hour comes we Will ali usk the question, a8 did Job. When we see our dear chit dren, our parents and iriends upon tieir death beds, We are prone to ask Ourseives, Is this to ba the last, sail my child BO more be Known alter be is consigued to the cold grave ? Doubdt im most men’s minds vanisii then; there 1s a longing tor something hereaiter, we know not what, but itis Tealiy or that lhe that ts eternal; 113 tor the til consummation of the blessed promise that Christ made to us when He Was on earth, and how we Joug and pray tuat our loved Geau may be abie ta weicome us when we are called upon to lolluw them through the dark valley of the shadow of death. Lite would be worth title to a man did be not treasure up in his heart the truth that he had @ soul to save, avd though he may reason with himself and asked the question that Jo» asked, “if a man die shall he five again?” the conviction that he will be held accountaple lor the deeds dong pondering 50, he will, sooner or later, peuitentiy bow down and ask that woen he is called hence he may be fitted to inherit “the life that 1s eternal.” The music lor the Occasion was most appropris ate, and consisied of the tollowing selections :— Easter Anthem (learce’s Psalter), chant No. 3, Proper Psalms, 1. ‘ve Deum Laucamu: Jupilate Deo. Litany Hymn (French melody). Tutroit .Stainer, Mus. Doo., Oxen Kyrie Gounod S. B. 74) Gloria Tibt Domini (S. B. Si). Jeison ( Carol="Christ Our Lord and God is Risen.” Pearce, Mus. Doe,, ‘Hail, Lord Almighty” (during the Offertory) Sanctum. haat ‘He Counteth Ali Your Sorrows Gloria in bxcelsis. Toe organ was presided at by Mr. James Pearce, the soloists being Mr. Giles, Mr. Wood, Mr. Hu ries, Mr. Metcali and Miss Kertlo, bestd and West Cuolrs, numbering Jorty-four ladies an@ gentiemen, OUR LADY OF MERCY (BROOKLYN). There were grand services at this church yester- day. The sanctuary wore its most joyous appear- ance, blazed with light and the sheen of gold and silver ornamentation, and the ciurch was attena- ed by an immense congregation. ‘Tae musical por- tion of the services was oi the most pleasing character, though the regniar quartet @jd cgorus Was not assisted as upon former bal days by singers specially eagaged for the ot S100, Nor by & band Of instramentulists. rendered was Haydn's Sixtecubu. ‘The ma: ‘Lae s0.08 Were rendered by Miss Dela Barnacle, supFiwo; Misa Monica Newman, contratcoo; Mr oN. Doyle, teuor, and Mr’ Wm. Young, bass ‘Tiese singers form tue very fine quartet ol the cavir Aji toe choruses Were sung with fine evect, es pectuily Gorza’s “Regina Caen,” at toe ofertory, ‘The musical services were conducied oy Mr. Augusiiu Costada the organist ol the caureh, Wuo bas been Craming M8 Chor lor several years, Unb GOW IL Is the best Voluntary musical associa OM OF US KING I BEOOKIY a. the ser nu during cue Mass Was preached by the Rey, Fatuer keardon. Lt was & Very earnest aud strong depiction of the events reiated in Holy Writ as having occurred between Holy Thurs and the time O/ tue resurrecwon Ol Wue Saviour