Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1885 — Religious Matters. [ARTICLE]

Religious Matters.

By REV. T. C. WERSTER.

There have been, recently, quite a number of accessions to the Presbyterian church. J Prayer meetings , at the Methodist and Baptist churches are well attended. Tne number of bright conversions from sin unto righteousness, in our town during the past winter, is proof that our labor is not in vain in the Eord. Do not allow little, trivial things, keep you from the house of the Lord. God’s way is in the sanctuary. There you are quieted with the voice of prttyer, the sweet songs of Zion, and the message of redeeming love; all of which will make you wiser and better. The Cross of Calvary is the attraction of the ages. The eyes of all the nations of earth are turned toward its tragic scones, and while they look, their judgments are convinced, their wills are subdued, their hearts are broken, and they cry out wtyh the •’‘Centurion:”— “Truly this was the son of God”. When the world’s Redeemer yielded up his and lay in the embrace of death and the sepulchre, his disciples were sadly disappointed, for a time. Their faith and hope were crushed beneath the iron heel of death. They said: “We trusted this was he who would redeem Israel.” They had forgotten his wonderful saying: “I have power to lay down my life, and I have power to take it again.” On the morning of the third day, Mary hastens to her Savior's tomb Imagine her disappointment when she found his body was gone. She stood there weeping. While she stood there, talking to the angels that were sitting in Christ's empty sepulchre, she tured away, and, lo! she looked through falling tears, upon her risen Lord. The shadows passed from her face, sorrow and sighing took their flight from her heart. “Christ is risen,” passed from lip to lip; the news took the wings of the wind, and flew to the uttermost parts'"of the earth. The glad tidings have come down to us, enabling us to rejoice with “Joy that is unspeakable and full of glory.” Let the tidings sweep on and on; it will lose none of its interest and thrilling power, through the cycles of,eternity. No wonder We celebrate Easter day—brightest and best of days —let us over remem her its true import. t '

Remember the words of Paul: “Ye are not your own, ye are bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your bodies, and in your spirits which are his.” How often do we hear people say: “1 aai under no obligations to be a Christian; I have no tiipe to give to religion.” When, really, they haye been redeemed from the greatest bondage ever known to the human minds, and, toe, by that God whom they reject, an.l spurn from their hearts. All the real, true liberty, in this life, is that which comes to us through a life of complete devotion to God. The most abject slave on earth is that one who is under the blighting influence and control of sin. The free man or woman is that one who, by divine grace, has broken off the shackles of sin, walks cut in the broad domain of God's light and love, and as he looks out over land and sea, And then up to the starry heavens, he exclaims: “AUthese are my Father's, and as such, are mine: and from henceforth and forever, he shall have my heart's purest devotion, and my life’s noblest work.”

Mixed paints at F. B. Meyer’s. Good Prints, at 5 cents per yd., at Trade Palace. Fresh roasted coffees aie guaranteed at Laßue Bros. New designs in wall paper at F. B. Myer’s. At the Trade Palace, calico 5 cents per yd. 4 The largest stock of wall paper in Rensselaer is at F. B. Meyer’s. Study your own interest, give our place a c all before buying elsewhere. Hemphill & Honan. Try our roasted coffee, every pound guaranteed or money refunded, at Laßue Bros. Millinery and Dress-making as low as the’ lowest. Hemphill A Hunan. Willey & Sigler have just secured 3000 yards of good Print, which they are going to sell at 5 cents per yd, - + .... A Leopold, at the Bazar, is selling his entire stock of Boots and shoes at cost, to close. If you are needing anything in the Grocery line, call on Laßue Bros., as they have a complete assortment at bottom prices.