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Show UQ . CHANGED FQK, IE SINE CHRIST Rev. Christian R. Garvor of the Methodist Episcopal church preached an Easter sermon on the following theme: "Tho Changed Form, the Same Christ," Tho church was decorated in a very artistic manner with lilacs, Easter lilies, lil-ies, smilax and, for a background, the American flag was displayed. Miss llllll l.ll'IJ IHJ'in IB3QEMBBS53IKJJIJ.lim,J',ll, Florence Bennett arranged tho flowers and the decorations. The program at the Methodist church began with a meeting at 7:30 a. m., in chargo of tho Epworth league. At I'D: 15 tho primary department depart-ment of the Sunday school gave a program, tho little children representing represent-ing the flowers springing out of tho ground They were in costume, representing rep-resenting the crocus, tho dandelion and tho snowdrop. Tho morning congregation completely complete-ly filled tho church. " 'After that He appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked and went into tho country.' Mark 16: 12. "Two of the disciples are walking from Jerusalem to the little village of Emmans, about seven miles out of Jerusalem. Je-rusalem. They are both discouraged and convinced that tho whole propaganda propa-ganda of Christianity is at an end, prepared to renounce its hopes and ready to take up once more tho droary tasks of a commonplace and unillu-mlued unillu-mlued life. "As they walk and are sad they aro overtaken by a stranger, who talks with them in a friendly way, accopts their, hospitality and is finally known to them as Jesus, in the breaking of bread. . I.1J . . -I.. II Jl .IIJTTTm..mj.J Fllill U I l- T "Among the various incidents of the Resurrection this stands alone. Christ nowhere appears so simply human as in this episode of Emmans. He is the friend and comrade He wears no aspect as-pect of awe or of majesty. He speaks no word that thrills the heart with terror, only warm, loving, human words which cause the hearts of these men to burn with affection. "The arresting thought of this passage pas-sage lies in the phrase "another form." Does it not suggest that men see Christ with different eyes and that Christianity itself appears to men in differing forms? Does it not sug gest that religion allows full play for tho varied idiosyncrasies of men? "No two men ever see any feature of tho physical universe about us with idontic vision. For example, two men look upon a sunset, but each differently. differ-ently. Two men look upon a flower, but if one man bo a "Wadsworth he sees in It thought that lie too deep for tears. "Tho tendency of human nature Is always to exalt a partial truth into tho whole truth and to label as falsehood false-hood any form of truth that does not commend itself to us. "In politics, in science, in medicine, all thoughtful men aro willing to admit ad-mit tnat their antagonists have a right to their own opinions, but in theology (the most difficult of all sciences), here, and hero alone, men dare to claim infajllbillty. And, moro than that, they are determined to force their views upon everybody else. They libel, derido and defame and ex-com-municato all who do not agree with them. If this Is tho day of democracy democra-cy In politics, it is also the day of democracy In religion, i i jBH bbbb".' ' i mi w mi i iii 'fry-i .lit 1-Lnaua il "Think of the many forms of reli- JH gion In our midst Because we do see jH truth from different angles of vision, M we must needs have a great variety .H of Christian organizations to express jH these different visions of truth." H |