San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-04-14
EASTER SUNDAY.

aside. while the inner kernel, the
real seat and center, retains its life
and ever renews in some form OF
another its vitality. Thus it is
that the true philosophy concerns
not itself with the outer that per-
ishes from day to day, but with
that inner which is perpetually re-
newing itself.
Easter is the symbolical day OF
this renewing. To those who delve
in the mustiness of a dead past 1t
may do to trace its origin back to
its earlier forms, among the vota.
ries Of forgotten or outlived reli-
gions, but to those who live in
the present, what 1t was is Of no
more account than the cast chry-
sails OF the winged wonder which
emerges from its deafness into
living sunlight and the glory Of
day. Easter is the symbol OF the
renewing of life. In Christian OBJ
servances it is made the anniver-
sary OF their accepted resurrection,
that returning to life Of the Naza-
rene Prophet whomIthe Jews had
put to death, upon which all Of
historical Christianity is based and
to which it refers for its author
Iity.
In the broader view of the idea
that is growing into acceptance
this Easter day symbolizes all res
direction. 1t commentaries the
lifting up into a larger, fuller life
all the thought, purpose and ac-
tions of the great humanity. Oc-
curing at the season when the
deafness and inaction Of nature is
over and her fruitful womb is
bursting with life, in bud and BIOS
som and bulb and fruit and flower.
the day fittingly stands for this d.
vine restoring Resurrection
into new life. meaning is no
longer restrict Y to the particular
idea which fixed the day as that
upon which the Great Christian
copsA,emoration occurs. 1t is ac-
,se syua lby multitudes who regard
Asu resurrection as only one OF
th&e divine myths recurring from
II he to time in the history Of pro-
/onged time, pointing out new cy-
Giles OF human thought and the res
direction of idea into new accept.
ances OF the evolution OF mind and
Of spirit that is ever going on in
the great universe of the inmate
rial.
Thus this Easter comes to every
one with its own peculiar meaning,
voicing to each, as each can accept
and hear the voice its own lesson. To
the orthodox Christian, the accepter
Of the literal, it voices tho iorsak-
ing of the grave, the rolling away
Of the sepulchre stone, the vigils Of
Mary and the other women, the
appearance Of the risen Christ to
their astonished eyes and all that
historic Christianity associated
with that time and place. To the
broader visioned yet none the less
devout Christian it voices resur-
rection Of idea, OF a Christ-idea and
spirit, that in its resurrection and
after ascension is to draw all men
after 1t. To those who have no
place in their thought for the SUI
pernatural it teaches the universal
renewing Of all things in the divine
processes OF nature herself and
leads them to rejoice in the resur-
rection Of all growths, in the re-
newing Of that universal plant
life that so embellishes and en-
riches earth; also, to take thought
of that renewing Of mind in
all living humanity and OF that
unbroken succession OF cause and
effect in which death is ever in the
womb Of life, and guards that in
FAINT life within its own body until
the motions Of an independent life
are strong enough to be trusted to
their own guardianship. To the
practical man and woman it teach
es the truth that humanity is ever
renewing itself. That recreation
into newer and fresher life is ever
the law Of the great humanity, and
that all human things have their
resurrection day.