The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-04-28
EASTER IN HISTORY.

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10 trace tne Easter Iestivai 10 its or
igin we shall have to go back in Jewish
history to that night when the chosen
race. To save their little ones from the
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al VI 'ne o'"es' sohs III che houses oi
the Egyptians, sprinkled the door posts
of their houses with the blood of lamt
and sat down to a supper of flesh. un
leavened bread and bitter herbs, pre-.
paratorv To leaving the land Of tbe;r
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Dohuags forever. oucn was the incep-
''on VI 'he Tassover' which was a'w ays
Jewlsh month-the month called Mis-.
nan. corresponding with our March and
April: 1t was at the time OF this feast
was crucihed; and hence by his follow
ers the jewish feast was changed to a
christian festival.
For no little time there was diff
cuity IN the early church IN regard to
the Gay OF the week ana the day OF the
month on which Easter should be cele-
Drateu. AS tine Cnristlans helu that
Christ the true paschal lamb, had been
siam on the very gay when the Jews IN
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The origin OF the English name
Easter is traced to the old Teutonic or
Saxon goddess of spring, Ostera or
Eostre. whose festival occurred about
the same time as our celebration of
Easter. The general name in use
among Christian nations is derived
from the Hebrew Greek word which
meant she passed over Those of you
who are studying French will remem-
Der that in France it is called Paques.
In Scotland they call it Pasch and in
Holland Paschen. When England was
first Christianized the missionaries
found the people worshiping the
goddess of spring, to whom the month
of April, which they called Eostere-
monath was sacred. As conversion
took place the Christian festival was
substituted for the heather one, but the
old national name was retained, hence
our word Easter.
A good many curious customs have
been observed in different parts of the
world in connection with Easter.
There is the one of boiling pasch eggs
and coloring them with bright-hued
dyes, which is still celebrated in most
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