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Show THE OBSERVANCE OF EASTER VERY GENERAL A special Easter service in the basement base-ment of the Tabernacle Sunday evening even-ing was exceptionally tine and largel) attended, the loom being ciowdcd to suffocation. The music was the exceptional ex-ceptional featuie, and this In charge of Mr. G. W. Thatcher could not be other than satisfactory The choli for this occasion was composed of MadamesG. W. and II. G. Thatchci, Budge, Preston, Keeler, Thomas, Far-rell, Far-rell, Linart7, Misses Cardon, Ainus-sen, Ainus-sen, Knowles, Martlneau and Mc-Alister, Mc-Alister, and Messis. Thatcher, Far-i Far-i ell, Baugh and Bailey. The service opened with "The Pia)ei"from Frelschut by Webber, done splendidly by the choir, followed by piaver from Elder D. C. Jensen. The choir again sang, the "Trio of Angels" from Mendelssohn's "Elijah". KMIKK IAM.VX MAIITIN'KAU was the speaker of the evening and at this point occupied tho platform. Mr. Martlneau read the story of the crucifixion cruci-fixion as found in Maik, and lira thirty minutes disseitatiou on the subject held the rapt attention of his lathei uncomfortable audience (uncomfortable (un-comfortable on account of the Clouded Cloud-ed condition and lack of ventilation). Mr. Martlneau's icmarks were largel) gcnerallations and with slight exceptions ex-ceptions In harmony with the genei-laly genei-laly accepteJ Idea of tho lesutrectlon. In phraseology that nppioachcd elo-qiieucc, elo-qiieucc, he picsented the scene at Calvari and the conditions that led to the ciuelllxlou, and paid a most glowing tiibute to the women who alone weie faithful in that hour of trial for tho Lord Jesus Clnlst. He condemned the cowardice of the apostles at that time, and character-led character-led the weakness of Petei, James and John as the greatest exhibition of moral cowardice before orsluco that time. He told hi a touching wa) of the love of Nlcodenius, the itch man, not an apostle, who came and carried away tho body and laid it in the tomb prepared for himself, and in the heail-breakingaiu'ulsh heail-breakingaiu'ulsh of the women who loved their Lord and master he found a lesson which he presented nicely. The bin den of the speaker's icmarks, howcvci. were laid upon fie idea that all Christ's teachings and his life and death would have counted for little 01 nothing had It not been for his resurrection, and from this lesurrec- tlon, Mr. Maillneau drew three conclusions: con-clusions: Flist, that It proves death Is not the end, that It is meicly a transition; second, that Cluist's mis. siou was divine; third, that there is progression bejond the giave. Mr. Martlneau also gave it as his opinion and the belief of the Latter-day Latter-day Saints that It is the literal body that Is resurrected and not merely the spiritual body, and dwelt at some 'ength on eternal progression. At the conclusion of the sermon the choir rendered two more selections "Spring Song" by Handel, and an anthem by Green, the latter striking the popular chord. All the music was of a superior grade and rendeicd In a superior manner, Miss Mamie Moucll pionounced the benediction. |
