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THE RISEN CHRIST ? Easter Always Anniversary of De liverance of Wonderful Message of Hope. THE Joy of the Christian soul Is expressed at Easter In svch a volume of song as rises upon no other day of the year. In the wealth of flowers that adorn altars. In the music of choirs and the praise of the children In their exercises are found the manifestation of the Joy of hearts overflowing with the happiness of a renewed hope of life. It Is the anniversary of the de liverance of the greatest message of hope the world has ever received, summed up In the three little words: "He Is Risen." It Is the Christian "victory -day"?Easter. Most men everywhere at all times have had some sort of Idea of Immor tality. It seems to be an inherent quality In humankind. The doctrine at the resurrection is not an entirely new one. Even the pagan before us had a glimpse of the truth and was moved to recognize It In his own way. Nature herself proclaims the doctrine and In every bursting bud of spring time and the new songs of the birds we read a confirmation of our belief tn a future life. Nature rejoices along ?with men In n realization of the glory I of life, for that which was dead Is alive again. Brought Light to World. But while we see In nnture the sym bols of the great truth of the resur rection and delight In the pleasing processes of the breaking forth of new life In the natural world, the Christian has something deeper and more firm than nature upon which to base his belief of Immortality. The materialist may seek to read his fu ture in the natural world, but the Christian derives his chief hope from a different source, a source no less than the message from God himself. When Jesus broke the bonds of death and became "the first fruits of them that slept" He at the same time be came the hope of all humanity. Be fore Him, the way was dark and shrouded in mystery, but on that first ?aster morning He threw a flood of Hght upon the gates of etemjty, whfch Illumined the way for all and settled the question of Immortality forever. It Is but natural that the anniver sary of such a day should be celebrat ed with various manifestations of joy, but amid the songs and the flowers and the pageantry of our celebrations the great motive of the day should not he lost sight of. Things that min ister to the esthetic sense should not h" pUnwed to overshadow the appeal 1 "v'r?t. if Kaster brings no heartening message to a soul wearied with worldly rare*, no new Inspiration to take hold of th* things worth while with a firmer grip, no new reeling of citizenship In the eternal, our songs and flowers and pomp and pageantry, however beautiful. are of momentary value. Divine Easter Message. The message that Easter brings tc the individual has a very'direct bear lng upon his life, for what one be llcves about the future life "ma? largely determine bis character, ant even his eternal destiny. One may even go further uud say what a na tion believes about the hereafter de termines the characteK of Its govern ment In its practical dealing at home and abroad, and the character of the national life. The inan or nation that is not restrained by the feeling that there Is another world in which there will be a higher Justice and a con tinued llfe#of some sort. Is dangerous. Passing over the strictly religious element Ip the resurrection of Christ, momentarily, let us remember that history was made on that first Easter morning. When the devoted women went down to the tomb of the Lord upon flieir mission of love. It was given to them to hear the announcement from an angel that was to turn the tide of history and to give Impetus to the movement of uplifting men that is still gathering force today. Jesus was a gret^t teacher and He gave to the world its best principles and pre cepts. But there have been other good teachers of morals and religion, and who knows but that His teachings would not have perished wltfc Him If He had not risen from the dead and become the living Inspiration for the millions who were to come after him. Herein lies the distinctive difference between Christ and other teachers and between Christianity and other codes of morals anfl religion. Chris tian worship Is directed toward a per son and does not consist In veneration of a dead leader and slavish adher ence to a rule o? life or set of regu lations. Above all Christianity Is not Eggs at Easter. The use of Easter eggs Is common to all Christendom, and seems to be a symbolic tradition of the primitive church. It is explained in various ways. The most probable theory is thot because of the phenomenon of hatehine. It was chosen as a symbol of the resurrection. At first I lie Eas ter eg/rs were taken to the temple and bfer.8ed bv the priest, ami thrn P-'trMi utetl to one's friends and family. I'.ui after :'\viiile thev < '"!i" f<1 st:ii ll mere ly for a festival, wlr'-n ttev e.Vild t-M the eerrs that had been flen'M their derm* 1,-iit. It Is t? s?x ??}i#n 'le ti?*sf mention teiute fv"5irp?* #??"?* I * ? . RABBIT AS EASTER SYMBOL With the Egg, It Has Alawys Been Associated aa Appropriate to the Season. i ? Easter originally was an oriental feast In honor of the coming spring, or the rebfrth of the year. The rab bit Is noted for Its prolific offspring, and that animal was chosen as an Eas ter symbol herauw It typified tbe friiltfulness of nature. The egg was stlected as an emblem of Easter cele bration bivauKi' It i-outaina the germ of life and In therefore typical of the wvlvtil of life at the beginning of the growing sen son. The Illy bulb, like the egg. contains the germ of life and means of growing within Itself, and accordingly Is appropriate, carrying a* it does the additional symbol of purity. a philosophy, but a life, drawing Its Inspiration from a living Christ, and having a universal appeal becauae It speaks the language of love. Religion Imperishable. Such a religion can not be "beaten." | It has all the qualities of tbe imper ishable, and so long as the church maintains steadfast Its belief In the resurrection It can not be conquered by all the hosts of evil. Tbe resurrection of Christ was the supreme victory of the ages, and not even was the overwhelming defeat of the Hun hosts battling on the western front a greater one. For we may say that If Jesus Christ had not lived and died as He did and had not risen from the deed and had not Inspired the men of *he great free nations of the world with the love of humanity, of human brotherhood and justice, there would be none to sac rifice themselves ' today against tbe most powerfully organized system of greed and Inhumanity the world has known. The hop* lntplred by the resurrec Moo of Christ has lifted the nations gradually but rarely out of the wai ter of selflahneaa. If there were do future we might as well not make the sacrifice*. and the strongest might go his way a* in the brute world. Not since the early days of the church has the jloctrine of the resur rection and the future life been so strongly vindicated as In the present time when millions of free men vol untarily gave up their Uvea for the great Christian principles underlying the establishment of free nations. Rushing In to do their duty, they calmly trusted the future to Qod. Fatalism could never make the fight for liberty and Justice that civilisa tion Is making today. Only the Chris tianity of the resurrected Christ Is capable of Inspiring the effort. It was a great day for the world when the nnKPllr choir nnnounced to shepherds the birth of the Bailor, but It was a greater day when this same Savior rose victorious over the grave and gave to mankind the hope that ha* carried them onward and upward und will continue to hear them as they approach to the perfection of their Master. Only One Posaibls Life Giver. It tx certain that n strong belief 111 the resurrection w*k the chief strength ?f the early church and It* preachlni enconrnged the early converts to en dure alt things. "A dead Christ mlghi liave been a teacher nnd wonder work i-r. ami remembered and loved as such lint only a Klsen and Living <"hri?' nmlil lie the Savior, the Life and (lit I Life Giver to all umo." THE SEPULCHRE Br Am JoIuum Flint "Tkm third dm? hm *kmtl rimm maaii... Sm tk*y . mmdm tkm utaMra tura. mmmlima tkm m? ... Hm is mmt kmrm I fmr hm 14 rimmtt, mm hi mmtd. ' -Ml>m ?9t It, ?Tt *41 MSt S. The Man had died on the cross, . And they laid him in th? tomb; ' The Living Stone in the stone. The Rock in the rock-hewn room; They left him alone with Death, And sealed the stone at the door; They made the sepulchre sure, And set their watch before. "Lost his friends should steal him away. And ssy that he rose," they said. But Life escaped from Death, And the God-man rose from the desd. The skeptical minds of men Still think the sepulchre sure, But Christ had said, "I will srise," And the counsels of Qod endure. Still his disciples go To carry the wondrous word: "The Lord is risen indeed! We know, we have seen and heard." And the tomb men think so sure, With the seal of their scorn on the door,? The place where the Lord one* lay,? Is empty forevennore. ?Sunday School Times. Personsl Esster Gift. The giving of photographs at the Eastertide Is a custom that is becom ing established In Alnt-rir:i, although the Idea seems to have come from abroad. The idea Is to "go and got took," tten send the photograph to your friends with t little not* of I Banter greeting. " Victory Liberty Loan Medal Thla IB an onlcicl pnotoRTapnic reprooueiion 01 ine victory UMrf uar. medal which will be given by the United State* Treasury Departmeat to all members of local connrfttees who reader conspicuous eerrtee in the loan campaign which will be launched April U. The medals wUl be aboat the siv oJ a Half-dollar. They are made from Oeman caanoa captoped by American troops nt Chateau Thierry. On one aide of the medal la a IHH Li quet ion of tUf United States Treasury baUdlng \rtth the inacriptioo. "Ttatory I.iberty Loan." On fie <?lher side, wKk a apace left blank ft* the uauii'e name. 1* the cert 3rftt;cn of participation la tka bond campaign. . Pretty Custom of Giving Easter Eggs Is Centuries Old THF. CUSTOM of giving eggs ma > Easter presents, though rery ancient and widely popular In Europe, la comparatively new in thla country. It haa bad remarkable devel opments within the laat few year*. Thua, an American millionaire gave bia small sou a pony-carriage made in the shape of vi egg, on wheela, cov ered on the outside with white lacquer and lined on the lnaide 'th white satin. A South African diamond king not long ago had an Bluster egg inade to bold the trousseau of hi* bride. It was nine feet long. Not less extraordinary was an Easter egg made by a Paris establish ment for 11 .Spanish infanta. Though of n<> great size. It cost (4,000, being of white enamel and containing ? me chanical btftl that sang a dozen song* from popular operas. Confectioners In American cities at Easter time sell Immense numbers of candy eggs, as well as egg-shaped boxes, satin-covered or otherwise d? t signed, for holding bonbons. Eggs of silver and gold are made to contain gifts; and the Jewelers offer beautiful jewel boxes shaped like eggs, for Easter presents, some of them ornnmented with precious stones. - The ornamentation of Easter eggs with elaborate designs and figures ol saints was an Important branch of art In the monasteries of the middle ages. These were real eggs, ami after being ? blessed, were eaten on Easter Sunday. The undent Egyptian looked upon the egg as a symbol of the creation. Among the Iraelltes of old It was re garded us emblematic of their emer gence from bondage. The Christiana adopted It was symbolic of the Res urrection. || Our Motto: A SQUARE DEAL TO ALL 11 I'! 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