The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-04

.srhs stars and moon pale on the heavens, and the rising sun in the east trembles with joy as 1t spreads its reful- gent rays over the new world, the new universe. free from death and free from sin. The curse has been removed, the ban has been broken, and we are once more children of God and heirs of heaven, re- deemed by the blood of the most High.
 -''New--where, o grave, is thy power; where, O death, is thy vaunted sting? Swift as a shaft of lighting hurled by the Creator the glad tidings flashes forth brightening all the ransomed world. The hearts of the apostles leaped with joy as they heard the report from the lips of Mary Magdalene and Mary Salome; for this was the pledge of their Masters Divinity. Had Christ not risen from the dead then there would not have been the comforting reality of oiivet: then the splendor on Thabors holy summit was a sham, and the birth of the infant in the stable at Bethlehem would have been without significance.
 sEaster is the axis of the cycle feasts. Without Easter the doctrine of Jesus, the carpenters son, would have no more weight or prominence than the many other doctrines which have been proposed and promulgated since time immemorlal. Now, however, His doctrine stands as a mighty pillar of truth, like the Rock Of Ages, over which the storms have ragged. against which the waves of prosecutions have dashed. frothing in their impotent fury only to fall back upon themselves. broken and powerless. .=
 "The church which Christ founded has withstood the whitening blight of age. and today stands firmer and with greater erfA AxrAr rtaA and fall of nations: 1t has seen history begin and finished; it has stamped Its ineffaceble mark on the arts and sciences; 1t has taken in hand the Barbarian hordes who were laying waste and desola ting Europe. and has softened and refined them and made them her banner-bearers, carrying civilization to all parts of the world North and South and East and West the doctrine of the risen Savior has wended its way. and its onward march was as the music of marching ar mics. Its battlef1ag was the cross of Golgotfa; Its battle cry the love of ouy enemies; and its song of victory was the Resurrection.
 He is risen, He is not here' Not in the pleasures of the world and the con- cupiscepce of the flesh, not in the foibles and bubbles and vanities of this nun.
 
 laid away in the tomb by his enemies for going to the tomb We hear the angel speaking thls epitaph, Why seek you the living among the dead? He is risen. He is not here Luke xxiv. 5. 6.
 "If We would find our Savior we must seek him among the living in a higher and spiritual world, and when we have found Him. follow in His footsteps. Nc matter though they be gory. no matter though He leads us to Cavalry, and even though we are laden with cross and finally expire on the same. our Sa- vior will still be our guide. for He has gone the way before; He has tasted sor- row and drained the cup of bitterness to the very drugs.
 After all the suffering comes the Easter morn to rejoice our hearts and cause us to forget our suffering. With glad hearts. then, we join in the spirit of happiness and exuitantly sing the song of victory. 'Halleluja. hallelujs, the Son is risen'''