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Show URGE COBEGATION AT METHODIST GURU A large crowd ntteudcel the Easter services at the First Methodist church yesterday morning and evening. Owing to the illness of Rev. Rassweiler In Ihe morning, the sermon was preached by Rev. F. G. Brainerd, the program having been adjusted so that Rev. Brainerd could occupy the pulpit o Rev. Rassweiler and also his own at the Congregational church. In addition to Rev. Brainerd's sermon, ser-mon, which was lull of the Easter thought and tho regular Easter exercises, exer-cises, the following musical program was rendered: - Adagia Haydn L - , Pawn Nevln Vera Frey , . Solo Rosamond Laird Anthem. "Light of Easter Morning" jrf Choii Anthem. "Lift Your Glad Voices".. Choir Song, "Easter is Here" Primary Department Spng, "Lillies of the, Field". , Junior League Hymn Congregation Organ PosHud.o. : Vera Frej A pleasing featuro of tho service was the reading of "Tho Vision of Sir Launfal," by Mrs. Gertrude Carr. At the evening service. Rev. Rass-wciler Rass-wciler had sufficiently recovered from his indisposition as to give the scr mon and he used as his theme the speech of the disciples of Christ, after af-ter they had walked with him, "Did not our hearts, burn within us as we talked with him on the way?" Thi? was evidence, he said, that the Christian Christ-ian religion is a religion of the burn ing heart and not one of cold morality. mo-rality. Tho Saviour did not baptize bap-tize with Ice water to kill the passions, pas-sions, but he purified men by kindling the passions with finer emotions. Religion, lie continued, is devotion and that signifies lovo and loyally.. The religion of Christ is diffcren'' from others, in that It inflame-? the heart with' holy passion and does not kill it with cold stoicism, -as other religions halve done. Only a living God, he said, In closing, could thus arouse life within the heart and therefore Christianity has a living God. At the evening session the following musical numbers were pleasingly given: giv-en: "Le Secret L Guitar" and "Evening Song" Vera Frey Solo, "The Shepherd King" lllll W. Sterling Price jH Anthem, "Praise to Our Risen King" jH Choir flH Duet. "Awake, Glad Soul" Choir MM Hymn Congregation KH Organ Postlude ...Miss Frey WM nn - illllllH |