The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

forfeit to tho one who found our nest.
Usually the forfeit was one or two of
our share of eggs.
Wei. ] can hardly tell how the dough
rabbit supplied the eggs for the nests.
but think ne must have been a kind OF
Santa Claus. Our next move was TO
the sitting room. whore we placed MIR.
Rabbit in comfortable position on Ton
of the table and. adjoining him with
leaves invited him TO look on for the
remainder of the day.
Did it ever occur to you that the Easter
egg might contain lesson Since all
things have a significance. the use OF
the egg certainly signifies something,
and / will tell YOU what my conclusion
is. For Illustration. | will riddle
that many children know:
I'm marbel walks as white as milk,
Lined with "A skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain, crystal clear.
\ golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are 10 this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold
AnsweT-An egg.
The unbroken egg. we will say. is an
emblem of the sealed sepulcher. We
break the egg and the gold is revealed
I The seDulcher had no doors. but the
/ angles rolled the stone away and the
gold Of life was revealed TO us. Perha ps
that is why eggs are colored in memory
of His resurrection. However. / viii
copy a very pretty legend of the Easter
eggs for YOU.
Trinity bells. with their hollow lungs.
! And their vibrant lips and their brazen
tongues.
over the roofs of the city pour
Their Easter music with joyous roar,
Till the soaring notes to the sun are rolled
As he swings along in his path of gold.
Dearest papa" says my boy 10 me,
Why are these eggs that you see me
hold
| Colored so finely with blue and gold?
And what is the wonderful bird that lays
such beautiful eggs on Easter days.
You have heard, my hoy, Of the Man who
died
Crowned with keen thorns and crucihed:
And how Joseph. the wealthy-whom God
reward
Cared for the corpse of the martyred Lord,
And piOusly tombed it within the rock,
And closed the gates with a mighty rock.
Vow, close by the tomb fair tree grew.
With pedulous leaves and lowers of blue.
/ And deep in the green trees shadowy
breast
! \ beautiful singing-brd sat on her nest.
Which was bordered with MOSES like
nlalachite.
iA~tNA
"Now. when the bird from her dim recess.
I Beheld the Lord in His burial dress
/ And looked on the heavenly face 50 pale.
| And the dear feet pierced with the cruel
nail.
! Her heart nigh broke with a sudden pang.
/ And out of the depths of her sorrow she
sang.
! "AH night long till the moon was up,
i
\ song Of sorrow as wild and shril
As the homeless wind when it roams the
hill:
So fun of fears so loud and long.
! That the grief of the world seemed turned
TO song.
but soon there came through the weeping
night
4 glmmering angel clothed in whites.
! And he rolled the stone from the tomb
away.
Where the Lord OF the earth and the heav-
ems lay;
And Christ arose in the caven's gloom.
And in living luster came from the tomb.
Vow. the bird that sang in the heart of
the tree.
Beheld this celestial mystery;
And its heart was filled with sweet de-
ll2nl.
( And it poured a song on the throbbing
! night:
; Notes cliined on notes, till higher. higher,
/ They shot 10 heaven like spears Of fire.
when the glitterins, white-robed angel
! heard
/ The sorrowing song of the srieving bird,
! And heard the following chant of mirth
That hailed Christ risen again on earth.
J lie said. Sweet bird he forever blest-
( Thyself. thy eggs, and thy moss-w reathed
nest"
"And ever, my child. since that blessed
night.
When death bowed down the Lord of light.
! The eggs OF that sweet bird change their
hue
. And burn with red, and gold. and blue;
/ Reminding mankind. in their simple way,
/ OF the holy marvel of Easter day
With best wishes for all this Easter
! tide. Sincerely yours, 'SAPPHO.'
/ indianapolis, March 8.