The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-03-27

COlVlCupnS or tne ceremonial
~ observance Of religious rites,
~ who does not feel the glad
ness and exaltation in the very atmos-
phere OF an Easter Day? Surely the
best in every human being, no matter
how poor that best may be, must re-
spond to the spirit Of JOY which seems
to permeate every moment OF that one
Spring Sunday.
OF course, the fact that it is spring
is decided accessory Were Easter
Sunday celebrated in the winter sea-
son, the spirit of its observance would
be radically different.
But as it is, everything makes for
sunshine and optimism Everything
breathes the essence Of Pippa's song:
"The years at the spring
And days at the morn;
Mornings at seven
The hill-side's dcw-pearled;
The larks on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
Gods in hi, heaven
AIS right with the woridl'
Il is the awakening time the re-
animation of all nature; and the GRO
cuses and dafodils laugh as they
bloom, knowing they will meet a re-
sponsive smile in the human eyes that
look at them The years at the
spring but it is a palpably insstent
spring that emphasizes the glory or
the Easter Day Mornings at seven,
and somehow it stays morning all day
long Age and decay are blotted out
Of our cognizancc, even growth is ar
rested. and the whole world reyes in
its renewed youth. And after all, per-
haps, renewed youth is the greatest
blessing that can come 10 a mortal in
this ever aging world
Renewed youth mind which is
very different thing from mere youth
fulness. The latter trait is but a
synonym for callowness, ignorance
and cgotsm; and when years Of ex
periencc have eliminated these mde-
sirable qualities, a renewed youth
brings a well-controlled strength and
an intelligent enthusiasm
/ believe youth. pure and simple,
has at times been we'll spoken OF, even
in printed books, but as a rule they
were either poems or essays, neither
Of which modes Of expression is re-
nowned for its strict adherence to
truth But as in the spring a renewed
youth comes to old Mother Earth, to
| her trees and flowers and birds and
brooks, 50 on Easter Sunday a re-
newed life, a termination, comes to
every soul who has even spark Of
perception and responsiveness-per-
lception 10 know that it is the spirit
Of Easter that Is terminating him
and responsiveness 10 meet and enjoy
to the full the happiness that is his
I suppose there are people 10 whom
Easter is no more than any Of the
other ffty-one Sundays in the year,
and these, too. may be among the
most orthodox pietsts
They. then. are not Of the World
eliminate and with them we have
now no concern But if to the man of
/ perception and responsiveness, be add
ed a touch OF imagination, then IS he
on Easter Sunday rc-animate indeed
His renewed youth bubbles up in his
mind, heart and soul. and will not be
repressed. nor does he wish IT to be
His enthusiasm is unbounded, and he
can scarce help telling the sky and
/ flowers his appreciation OF them
Music takes on new meaning:
beauty IS everywhere. even the faces
OF his friends are TRANSPORTED
And all because Of the renewing OF
the enthusiasm OF youth.
Now, enthusiasm is a thing most
/ difficult 10 renew. Indeed. so stupidity
/ 10 some people grow old. that. try as
they NAV. they can never renew their
youthful enthusiasm But it one keep
! in practice, it is easier-and yet it