The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

Into this world OF men who either Ola
not know of the eternal life in store for
them, or did not care whether they achieved
1t or not, stepped Jesus Christ, to become at
once the pivot-point of history. But He
was endowed with life having nothing in
common with the fniteness of general ex-
istence, because it differed from it both in
source and limitations.
What beautiful life II was, what pow
erful life; each word He spoke impregnated
with ii, each word He said to another life
giving.
Here is the testimony of worldly man
on the heavenly power of Christ's words.
Leopold Won Ranke. the historian. says:
They had in them the breath of God,
and human history contains nothing wor-
thy OF being placed side by side with the
words of Christ, which are words of eter-
nal life. as Peter truly says"
To-day the life that went out in the
words of Christ sways millions. as ii
swayed milliards upon milliards of men and
women in past centuries; their spiritual
power is everlasting.
For these powerful words TO perish in
a miseable miscarriage of justice, a muir
der committed by fanatics, would have
been an anthony of the eternal laws of
God and against divine and human reason.
The beautiful death of Jesus Christ in it
self contained the promise of resurrection.
AS our soul lives, though our body may
perish, so the divine life of Christ tri-
umphed over death, refusing to dissolve
into earthly nothingness.
i warn Christians against seeking for
parallels between the Savior and Moses,
Confucius, Zoroaster or Mohammed. They
were men like ourselves: Christ stands
apart, above them. To attempt explana-
tons would be useless; He is an enigma
far above our mortal understanding. Fully
to understand Christ one must be able to
comprehend eternity itself, which is i'm
possible
What we do think is that He is the sub
lime Savior of observation-disclosures that
produced a new order of things in heaven
and on earth. In this divine order the
Christian believes with all his heart. In
his eyes the planet Is a great acre. blessed
all. not our permanent abode. This earths
real mission is to prepare for a higher,
better place. and it was Jesus Christ who
on Easter day opened its gates to all of
good will, and stout heart
faith by showing us how to establish divine
rule and divine blessing among US. Let us
try, then, to live clean lives that His prin-
ciples may be apparent to all corners and
thus resound to the glory of the founder
of our holy religion.
Let us recognize mans divine dignity and
destiny in all our brothers and sisters, high
and low, powerful and dependent; let our
love go out to the deserving and unde-
serving alike; let there be no other passion
In our heart as strong as our love for HUI
manity. Let us put faithful trust in the
triumph of all that is good and true; let
us be ever hopeful of Gods grace and of
His light that shines for ALL
Five hundred years ago Martin Luther
spoke of the "wondrous war between life
and death, In which life gained the victory.
while death persisted forever" The great
reformer referred to the resurrection and
also to the death of the soul. There is no
reason in Gods earth why any soul should
be lost after the dawn of the first Easter
day. 1900 and more years ago.
Maybe this mornings Easter chimes did
not carry message Of love and hope into
the hearts of all our friends The respon-
sibilities of life are ever increasing, and
hard times invariably follow the prosperous
season, as rain follows sunshine. But the
true Christian dare not despair. If he have
faith and believe in the Savior who rose
from the dead, his heart can never be en-
tirely bereft of hope.
Faith and true love of Christ will conquer
thine heart. filling 1t, with strength. love
and hope.
May God grant this, is your Kaisers
prayer.