Iron County register., 1888-03-29
EAST Err.

| The Queen Of Festivals-Fitting That This
| Should Always Be Joyous as Well as
| Worshipful Time.
| Easter has been called the queen of festi-
walls We all know, of course that it COM
| memorates the resurrection of Christ. Holy
| Saturday is the day, and the only whole
day that He lay in the tomb. The saying
that He was in the sepulcher three days is
true by the old Hebrew way Of counting,
| but not by our modern idea of three days
| We are more exact and call it two nights
| and one day. 1t must, in fact; have been
| less than thirty-six hours-which is less
| than day and a half
| He was buried rather late ON Friday even
! ing. and arose before sunrise Sunday morn.
| ing He kept the old Jewish Sabbath in the
| tomb We may imagine that Sabbath and
its deep stiffness, and how even the angels
in Heaven spoke and played their harps
| in subdued tones and how the little band
| of disciIles on earth felt the oppressive
| solemnity of the occasion We can think
| what a gloom the shadows of evening
| brought and how they called up the tragic
events of the evening before
But the glad morning came. The stone
| was rolled away, the Master was gone
| Two women were first to find it out This
| was human nature. 1t is q true and beautiful
| picture of woman's nature.
Woman like, they were first at His grave,
| and they brought with them spices and
sweet perfumes, which showed that they
| had been thinking about their Lord as
deeply and tenderly as any of those who
| focked about Him on Friday. We may
| imagine with what feelings they first
| caught sight of the tomb door, and of the
stone that had been left against it. At that
| first glimpse perhaps they did not notice
any thing wrong But they looked again,
| and the stone was not lying just right.
''Can it be?-yes, it has been moved-it
| is-it is-Mary, Mary. the stone is clear
away from the door"
"Ah, Mary, ah, Mary, the Master is goner'
Look within. No, he is not there. II am
sure this is whare we buried him. Mary
Magdalene would say, for I stood by His
| cross and faced all that crowd of Roman
soldiers. and when the heartless wretches
had killed Him and gave us His
blessed body l watched Joseph of Ari-
mathea wrap Him in His grave clothes and
put Him in this very tomb And now he is
gone. They were not content to put him
to shameful death, but they must come
and steal HIS body away
Off she ran and told Peter and John.
And when she came back her grief was
turned to joy, for she saw the angels in
| white at the tomb, and then her beloved
Master n1msei1 appeared. Here let US draw
the vail Perhaps we have already vent
ured too far into such sacred theme;
but at any rate here we should stop if ON
theme We're ony of mere mortals We
| should not dare to sound the depths o,
Mary's heart or analyze her feelings at that
moment.
| Her Lord was risen, and He told her He
| would soon ascend into Heaven. What 8
| happy Easter was that first of all Casters te
her. Fitting indeed it is that Easter should
| always be joyous as well as worshipfu
| time Fitting that it should be called the
queen of festivals as Christmas is the king.
1t commentaries the victory over death :
| Des Moiases (Ia) Leader.