Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1896-04-09
RESURREXIT.

The watch word on the towers
upon to-morrow's sun rise is
"Resurrexit. =" He has Risen. >
In the Christian world it is COM
memorated that Christ, after en-
during the last tortures of the
Divine self-sacrifice, severed
Himself from the humanity vol
UNFAIRLY assumed that the God
head should be amenab1e to suf-
fering. and. breaking the grave,
arose to Heaven while the hosts
on high were crying Allelujah
and angels and arch angels
joined in the chorus of gladness,
that Adam and Ewes dlsobedi-
ence and its awful consequences
upon their descendants had been
lifted.
The Resurrection is the keys
stone to Christianity. 1t marks
the era, when men ceased to res
gard the Divinity as an angry
power, which had to be appeased,
and commenced, to look upon
Him DIS a father, a brother, a
friend.
From pagan time immemorial
the season, SC closely allied with
the budding of the fruit trees and
the opening of flower blossoms,
when the young lamb trots by
the side of it's mother and the
field and forest TEEN with love-
making and nest-building, has
been given over to festivitv. The
dead world seems at this time to
take on new life and to feel the
active throb of desire to do and
be something in the work of the
universe. Christianity stepped
in nearly 1900 years ago and
added to the natural joy of early
spring the pleasures of doing for
others, of doing right for rights
sake, the pleasures of sacrifice
for the general good, of which
Christ had given SUCH a shining
example.
Goldsboro has especial reason
to ring all her Easter bells most
merrily tomorrow. Her people
are a Christian people. They
have passed through hard times
and came out victorious. They
have breasted financial depres-
sion and stand broad-chested
and strong to take advantage Of
the golden opportunities now at
hand. The North and West look
with longing eyes to this fair
country. and it's unequailed eli
mate, soil and undeveloped
wealth. The way our people
handled the hard times gained
he admiration of the world.
The South was never more in
viting Or it's future more promis>
ing than at present, and the
"Gem City" of all the South is
Goldsboro. Let us, therefore,
ARISE, at this glorious Easter
time. to a realization of our su-
perior advantages and sing in
common: We've got the best
town in the State"
A TRAVELLING man tells US
that there is going around the
State man who goes from house
to house and buys old and
broken jewelry. He carries with
him scales on which he weighs
the ''almost worthless old jew
elry." The man buys at his own
price and is evidently making
lots of money out of the busi-
ness. 1t is pity that our peo-
pie will allow themselves to he
so taken in. It is no more diff.
cult to sell old gold than it is to
sell new gold. If there is no
reliable jeweler in a neighbor-
hood, and they are to be found
in almost every town, the old
jewelry can be sent to reliable
houses in the larger places, New
York. Baltimore or Philadelphia,
and the actual value will be had
for it. The wise old Barnum,
the Snowman, used to say the
people liked to be humbugged,
and it looks like the old man was
nearly four-foufths right.
~ T,,0clor v,irh% +ho ek0ro ~