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What significance att4ch,. = 7.
ter if Moses made the .p,:..'
attributed to him by Col. Ipg..i.
1t requires no argument Ia a.
strate that the "mistakcs 81,
would have been fatal To the =.
memora,ion of the Cay. III.
cannot pause TO celebrate the,
ve:sary of an uatruth. marb
can u Christian civihzallog
petuated upon faIlacy. ThrL.
est flights of American ps.r..
would not be equal to the fs.l
honoring the Fourth of JulyifaI
was no antecedent truth upon :.
to base the national jubiles. =
nations natal day means souets,
it is founded upon historical r.
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and because 1t is u fact pi,.s
people unite in anthems aud peas.
] national rejoicing.
Historically, Easter commn,
rates a risen Savior. Spiritual.
means more than that. Fora
deemer, risen from the grave j
throned in Heaven, typical of han.
hope and the assured life beyond
tomb, is the embodiment of ala
| ligious truth. Jesus predicted
Messiahship upon the truths Of
Old Testament as well rs tboss
came to reveal. A Nes.iab,
based upon "the mistakes Of Aos
and the other prophets would
incongruous and farcical. Fac
therefore, stands forth AS the eter,.
signal light of great and undrs
truth. The waves of skeptieisn
all ages have beaten against thisr
in vain. Voltaire and Paine a
Hume assailed it from varied stss
points, but there it shines nr
luminous than ever. Ingers 4
would disdain the tools of the ear, !
skeptical writers as Others in n
will refuse to use his; but IL
stands Easter, century after ceulz
to herald to increasing millions )
glory of the truth.
1t is sometimes helpful and
spring to look upon truth fr.
fresh vantage grounds. If We ss
the truths of the Old Testameat
Jesus studied and proclaimed TIA
We get better insight into all Ihs
is meant by His descent into ts
dark tomb and His glorious eua-
geiice. The books of the Bible,
written by various author =, 3D.
ferent periods of the worlds hi.t5J
partaking so largely of local or
ing, nodded by the environmenp
the writers, unless inspired ms
have absorbed inevitably some Of q
contemporaneous beliefs, eaA
maxims and traditions in nsos1A
political economy, PHILOSOPHY, rs
icine and kindred sciences Of d
pagan nations. Outside of the BIZ
all the writings of those ages 3;
more or less permeated with re
errors. The most fantastic n0.iH
prevailed about the cosmogony Of y
universe, the nature of the elemsss
the structure of the globe, the as
and cure of disease, the moyenzs
OF the heavenly bodies and al .
physical phenomena known to Is
There was absolutely no escape Is
the infiltration of these fals 90
eepts into the books of the 81.
written by a variety of autho. =
known to each other and liyigs
periods widely separated, unlez y
writer's were inspired by a sBPes
whom We call God, .
whom Christ calls by the press
name of Father. There is no eszgs
from this conclusion by any aocsg%
rule of logic
But the Bible is free from all -
srrors- This one characteristic :
Inc sacred writings is alone the gsF
1t miracle of the ages. For tbOzs
christ raised the dead He bad >
he power to raise such a trelnes6s
historic fact out of the grave Of 9
ruth.
Easter, then, In commemorst&
1hrist's resurrection, commence
III truth 1t is q beacon Hgdf
tremendous significance reses
lcross the ages to the cradle Of -
ind and sweeping onward int .
'ons of eternity.