The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-15
THE posT,s EASTER THOUGHT.

Standing upon the spot wherein was
enacted the master tragedy of the cruel
Hxion, in the squalid, pentup city OF
Jerusalem, is church the most significant
in all the world 1t is the Church OF the
Holy Sepulchre. Within Its ample court
stood the wondering multitude that looked
upon the passing OF the man Christ, ana
within it's sacred portals are guarded
throughout recurring centuries His tomb
and the piece of marble upon which He
| lay during His three days interment Here
also is the stone that was rolled from the
burial place OF the Son by the Father who
moves in mysterious ways His wonders
to perform" and chapel the foundations
Of which cling to the rude rocks OF
Calvary.
Was there ever church builded of NOR
tai hands. since the hour OF atonement, 30
creative of associations that grasp the
soul Of man as this imposing structure
whose walls surround the hallowed spot
whereon was spoken in the golden dawn
of the resurrection morn the first Easter
greeting Christ is Rlsen," Christ is
, Risen, Indeed"
! II one could write the history OF this
church at Jerusalem. and of all 1t typihes,
one might almost write the history of
mans inspiration 10 higher civilization
and tell in It's entirety the magic story
! OF Christianity For Its possession the
r wars OF the orusades have spilled an
ocean of blood, the angry tide OF which
/, has ebbed and flowed at it's base, and to-
day 1t is the mecca of a Christianity that,
in some conscious form, has touched every
:, quarter OF the habitable earth. Strange
how wide runs tho fascination this mecca
holds for all the children of men. In
whatever land they dwell and OF whatever
j tongue they speak And. yet. 1t Is no
strange. 1t but tells anew on each Easter
morn the profound story that the won
drous Nazarene has established eterna
. dominion over the heart and conscienc,
OF humanity.
Bending TO this mecca, what an ad
= mixture of creeds. sects and national
ities There are Mohammedans an,
Christians orlentals and occldentals--
living panorama of European and Asiati
puppies, sAppltutHNtu W thN tNfAS9NhNe'
" lives of western lands where lodges this
= dominant balance OF power which is eve
j now solving the stupendous problems {
destiny and Christianity.
," Amazed and awed In the contemplate
~ Of the universally OF 6hrists reign W
"A yet wonder that greed survives; that hat
holds Satanic carnival In the hearts {
His acknowledged subjects; that prejt
dice clouds the judgments OF men, as
= vampires wing the moon-lit spot whel
!" blooms the sweetest flowers of the va
- ley. and that lust for power drives OF
nation against the other in the frlghtf'
\. collision OF war;
Christian America violates its promis
a. TO an impoverished island and drives FOR
at ward with spur and sword and Gatlin
Is gun a war OF conquest In the far Eas
ne Christian England hurries more than tw
cd hundred thousand men into South Afric'
OF and yeldt and gorge and crag are strew
Oh with the horrible debris OF battle Will
er with arms plunged to the pits in gore, sh
snarls like some mad monster of bloc
AN that arbitration must stand aloof Russi
ire whose peasants come from the froze
M borders OF Siberia that their tears ma
M. flow upon the tomb OF Christ. and who's
a. ruler but few months ago, so startled
:, NJ. Bloch's story. THE Future of War
that his amiahle soul was moved 20 ca
~ the peace conference OF The Hague, hi
go modified her army and threatens, viii
az her ancient enemy IS engaged, to bait,
'Vo into an inert mass the vast fabric Of Il
ep' Ottoman empire. Japan looks out ov
u the harbors she has wrested from Chi
nsa and marks every advance OF the Viii
line Terror OF the North. while she strai
lies every resource in preparation for the II
cen pending conflict. France. at whose belli
ers. erent elbow ever rides the genius OF W
laid and whose hate Of Great Britain Fasho
win not permit to perish. nags on I
lose hesitating stride OF the Russian Bear
Of his march to war Germany looks W!
ASA jealous eye on the prospects Of Britt
Ary. triumph Id The Transvaal. and All I