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A PROGB^IVE REPUBLICAA! NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OK AMERICAN HOMES A.ND AMEBICAW IN1>UST«IES.
BUBUNGTON. ALAMANCE COUNTY, NORTH CAB0LIN.4, Tl' S;>AY, MARCH 30, 1915.
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Symbolizing the Day of Light and Joy
posed t.v i!;-- ehcrcU. dii;-!;!:; v.iix^! ::o
meat wbati v.r was eaten and cn Coo-J
Friday no fr ;J at r.H v>as perniiutd
upcu tb“ tr l: u. Even the most tie-
rout Chrfsr:. ■. ci:is: haie been raven
ously huiiL'ry ; ritj rs^oitcil in tlie pros*
pect of tlie i:liter feast. The tcb!c?
'vpre. COV-"!-.. i I'itii ratals anil pasi-
intsnEi Fervjr an:
Siloivn. :i
r:i:s of pi!-
gri.;‘ass i^J'Ovra:;^.
;jdo:£- ccyut:
DsvDtbn
IJ'U'.i ii \
nrnt of uickij r
Stc.hoUi'^ I
;h;? lii.-i
mci.u'
tat ion.
oir^y t:
cd
aox
ixi till? iiuJv
\ii\ her
LCIl'iOlU of iJj
i!i>t vTily hy r.:
iia;!:n;‘':''.’Tii hi;'?
buL -..w !••>.
;iil ■ ai i:
.u.M rvo the
a fr,,iiti Ijolit
i.'.vs. f’i
' .\vr.K.ihniis),.
Prolostant r» ;u-t3v:ir iu .To-
lurtiiu m, w'jvu !i fj.L (. no wa:; 1
ly lijiri of Ial'.‘ y» .i,: s 1^.. u
inu(Jh streuj’.UtiTicd by 1Ik> inili'.N »:i'
CU^niiun co^oUisls, ci-:puciaily Suitb:iii;o.
W
Ortjc.’-: C
ii). -Lv'Oci
.! of |yte years ti:
tbo CbT’
/;t ]:j vn
,...c .. -,.-J
ti'
fhurt
inu- 7v.'-.tp
tvv( .'n Ui\l:
v.'i flrr'-f.nau
Maso of Conaccpati-jn In TyroJ for
clotVzs, etc. Mcatic'v# where the Vlr«
crn c“p;.-;rcd b^f::rc Po^S:-;:;rj TflC:
tia. n Lhccf'.crd
U'h li;;;l j
M nil.; O'!
n III ?i'
r 10 the c-(,!
.linii
lIJJIK)
r::ni
.>ot s
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^ PiiCTi
Mi'll in'o
v't r(i
[iitxicru
enphei.
In cosmopolitan charm faster in
Cohstoiitiiiopla timost equals that in .
Jerusalem. Tie capital c£ lie Turlc-
ieh empire is, pr.courBe, in itseiriiigbiJy
cosmoiffliitan, and- there Is no other
city ia the world where so many iaa-
guaji-3 are .heard ia the Btreets, not
3/ ioreighen but by the vaxis^ated
natiri population. The baclcgi'ouuil
here is not Jewish and aIohamn;ei!an.
as id Jerusalem) but M^ohammcdan and
Christian, with a strong tinge of Span-
ieh Jewry.'
Ot the natlTB Christians the Creei.3
[('2—I predominate, but‘ there has always
i.r::L, ! iJC-eii a very mimercus ArmeDia!' ele-
; . I rr.rnt ia Constantinople.. The magnifi-
..■. —, ;a c-:...• I cent Greek Orthodox ceremonial well
L ; ^or Cl,;! il.'vclic;:.. . reilects the towering strength ol that
i? :i -A .lI-Ls'j Ai;. i j church In the Levant, which forceniu-
A ; rioS: under the absolute rule ^. f the
. Otlomt,a sultaaB, acted ia tLe I’rinaclt?
. of imperial oTflrseer of the Chni- ian
' peoples uuder Tiirliish sway. Until
the CfiuiparativBly recent rise of the
.Balkan natioar.litios—Roumanian, Sor
: vian. Bulgarian, Montenegrin—Greeli
: v.as tlis language of all cultured peopla
' of orthodox faith outside of i?ussia and
: Austria-Hungary. And Greek inteller-
tual, social and iiolitioal contro!
. l!i.>-ou.'5h Liio unifying nov.-Gr of the
Greek church was more complete un
der Ottoman rula than it had been un
der the l?yzantlne emperor.i.
Hcoewt eveiita have once mor»
showu the force of the people of Greek
speech. Through the breaking away
of tha Bulgarian church and the erec
tion oh a Bulgarian exarchate, Greelt
iu roiiffion. but Buisariaa In speoek
and no'itis’at Rims, it had been tcmvo-
rari!y «!?a!:cne?d.
BEST THOUGHTS FOR EASTER
This is that morn.~-th.e resurraction hour
Of all the good that has within us died.
The hour to throvv’^ aside witti passionate force.
The cruel bonds of wrong, and blindness—pride—
And rise into a level high of power.
Of strength-~of purity—while those we love rejoice
With “clouds of ang'el witnesses’” above
And all the dear ones who before have gone.
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Easter Dawii
Saxon Festival of Easter Was
Regarded by Them as the
‘ Quea.n of Ali.
I\- AXCIKNT timrs the Sr.xons vere
worshipers of th« heothon goddess
Eostn-, v'hose fe&tiva? fell in the
spriui;. The feast t^f the Resurrection
faliirisr in tht? spting; aho, the a.iroc
'•%as tranyferrcd to the CbristSan
feast Avhicb, in fJie Saxon cliurch, was
regnrdod s)s tho fiuoon of fe&tivals. It
was lornic*J tho (iay of h'glit, and from
midnight of Ei'Ster eve imlii daylight
ilie churches were brniiantly lllunii-
aated fc’id decoratcd. On Easier
mornini? tha people flocked to the elab
orate Ht\'vice, and especially to wit
ness thf .-."PiboUc resurrection from
the r. Th!3 was represented
by tlio prif.-s - Icvating in full view
oE tho poc>pU^ tViv siipposi-''i liody of tho
risen Christ.
In connection with tha celebfatlOD
in the churches the people ir..lulged In
j Teastin^ and rejoicing In their own
! homes. This was but a natfiral roac-
■ tion from tliJ^ ri2:oroiis fast of Lent tm-
rui.o iissr'crijjtions. WhiU* in«
old I l. ljornto (iisp!::y^ lutv‘* .
tl*o *MiT i^cuio fo:
mains a f*aturo cf K.^n. r i
tiriK-^. j'n Virnna'ihi- \a
madi‘ of Bilver, niollx r of prurl and
bronz**, iillcd wjr.h all ;5orla of kniclr-
knucrtK and Quaint ({t*vk'''L^.
Tl'.ii Tyrolese iK'sisant.*; rct-iUii a
very pretty custcMn of celebratinji
Eastt'r. ill whkli the lifiUros prom-
inenfly. On > “vo. ba^di; of mu
sicians traverse evrry vuiloy. eujging
holiihiy hymns. Thflr nicturc^«iun
hats are. adctned \vitli Oowrrs. Ourwtla
of cniidren ib in nis.l at
uight carry icrcUf's of li.Khi.d pina
wood. As tu.-y paijso- lit't'oi:* oath
Uout-e the people couie n» thit doors
and pour cg'ss into the buskt'ts of iho
singers, while tltey thcnif;’.voii in
the ciinrus.
In olden times the. l‘o)ith .oiideav-
ored if» surpass one anoihor in elabo
rate Easter dl.'play and sunintuous
Witliout End
tin- itil-rrir* 1n K-.i-jJ-'-r
thf‘ p5i*ccs our
Lord spent, hit; lays and nipUi'?. i
Ot those Gethsc-muiKf ia tho princip.O }
goal, and here the differoiice in crvcd •
among tiu« many vssilor.s is obiiu-rated i
by an earncKi and qiuet devoiioii '
which is -»>exjjccted!y fro»' from the
emotinunl.
Another .i»jure bar a prominent
pl'dca !« Eiister celebnx.ioas in Jeru
salem: that of Moses, i^hose liber?i-
tior* of the Jewish people from the
yoke of Egypt is commemorated in the
ancient Hebrew paschal fea«t. IJut it
is not the Passover celebrated by the
various Jewish colonies of Palestine—
rhe older Spanfshspeaking, the TurU-
apeaking people from lloVhara an!
other central As?atic regions. tl:e
Arabic-speaking Jews from Yemen, and
the PoHsh, linssian and Oermaii Jevs
of .Yiddish tonpi:e. It is not the .Tew-
ish Passover that is the most reniaik-
nclebrat'on in h^tior nf thp nreat
Jeader anr? t!io Exodus.
There is a very iittle knov.-n Mohcim-
nieuau celebrniion whic'i. no
loii:^er so genoral as ronuerlv. is
.1 wi'st interesting one. To tho Mo-
hannnedari, it must be reii'om'>i-5 ;?d.
Jorusnlem is a holy city, }Ik.' •. ;■ ■
iUid Medmn, and then? Ls a >
amcnm Arabs. *':>yna is tiu- i.-'-- .
C'j'u‘My. Vaies’itne the holy
-j'crusnleiii. the hoiy city, is ihe holy
of holie?.’*
'Uie tr'.u*uoii is that Oir,i:ii Sc-lm;>.
wife of the piophet. heard the.^c v/cnJ?^
one day from Mo’.iammed. ‘’He \sho
makes ihc piJgrimase from J( usaleia
to Mecca will ohiain lorgivo*.'■ss o£ ;
sina, past a?}*! and wi)l (•.'irnl
paradit^e ” |
Tl^tre 13 a riisrima.-.: at ITn^ter lir.k ;
. ..^ I I which QCfs not go quite as far tvom 1
? Jerusalem as Mecea. but gc;il i
is the burial plL’-,ce of Moses—Nobi
Musa— between the city and the Dc'ao'
sea. Although, accnrdi:;? to Christian
and Hebrew belief, ih-. Lord buried
^)cses. and his grave is hiud« n from
posterity, the Mohaiirnodans regard a
certain mined sancLunry, some three
or fcur liours’ distance from Jerusa
lem, ns covorlng the rciiiai*’i of the
Meant for Those Who Hav.*» a Real
Appreciation of the Significum''e
of the Season.
On i>‘i.‘!lt3r Sunday let us think—nOf
Wro iti honor of whose perfect
eond and fiowf>rs hr:'alh^ forth thrtir
0! the God who sent him to cot
Arm tJif* hopes of the human race l.n
the reality of the life beyond death.
Of risen Chri>.rs «''oa(intn-d nia?:
ifestation of hiuisi-’f ir.so'!;:h the par
!cn of peace, {»., ’ die pov-
«r which be bestow., nnon h disci-
pies.
Of the Divine re.\ervci’ yet Ic l>e
released to comp.Ioie, vvf:h mairg as-
sishiut*.. the work Chriiii began.
Of iiA'od frii'mls gone into th«
UDseeii world, still rte:ir us. still lov
ing and needing us. b«i rejoicing in
the rielKir, ruller Hio of ih»^ reaTn into
Which t!**v have cnierotl.
Of homes and h^’arts ‘his last win
ter bereft of ihcir u riro.r onr.-.
Of these hoveriii:: h^uvrcn Hfe and
dea;)i. and triese ”h:') v/arch auKious-
ly hy their lx‘d:ii;-*‘'j.
Of a]I who win .’.-^icr Sun
:n -rUcn:: her;.;::;:;
great army of ih^;sv: hha; a' .o. h>
age nrd Inoniiity. fnitu ih.t'- world’s^
bii^y lifrt.
Of \iv.rim.'? of '-rftni di^.isiers on
tand :;nd nnd of all in atiy w’oy
aj'rctet! by c*a'ava;M‘^s.
Of hii'-'an in'v;;i an>l loneliness in
a iy p: of fh- which wo ear.
je'
lb*' '
li Th-' C
and 1
1-; >.;!
iTi ii
ev.
or
;nllioTJS of
Chrii?i
;i u iurcph ot good
r v\rr>r-g. life over
rvMzationalist.
Belongs to All the World.
It ia Ea:uer the wr-rld over. Tt S3 &
part of r,i:r nnturo to bo joyous, and
I'.as b 'Ti the bloiM? barbarians
.'icki c.T.:. » cf iho Tojjj.'jnio
":o:iu'35 ro.-tr-->. who was tho goddess
of t-hc? fC;:st and of. the
• !-rinjr. Many hnck cn the
r.r.;I to yrt;tr.rday t.'iv eaily Chris-
>.■^,5 rr®t-te'vl earli othcT witli ih.e for.
\:U, ‘'Christ ts rif'cn.” To whif]’ the
o-jpoufte ^'as: ia visen iadee.i.
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