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/ ing power over the forces of life which
] heretofore had been considered supreme.
Even while hanging upon the cross the
/ city had witnessed strange natural phe
nOmenas. So WondTous indeed was this
mans power, so inexplainable his life,
that the Roman authorities had ordered
the watch over his grave, fearing lest
an imposition should be wrought upon the
/ people by his disciples. saying that he
arose when in reality he did not. But
! on this first day of the week he did arise
and appeared during the next five weeks
I no less than ten times TO companies rang
I ing from 100 to $50 His own century
gives us over thirty manuscripts telling
/ of his resurrection. In the century fol-
I lowing the disciples of those who he him
/ self had taught and who had seen his
/ risen life give us many more. And from
that day until this SO numerous are the
evidences of the risen Christ that to doubt
the message of Easter is to doubt history
itself Furthermore there are monu-
ments which tell of the convincing power
of the risen Lord We mention here the
church which his disciples founded and
this first day of the week, known from
his resurrection day as our worship day
Meet it is indeed then, Sir Knights. that
you join with us and we with you in
praises unto him this day.
History describes for us the wonder
full palaces and the great achievements
of the people of Babylon and of Rome.
These cities were the homes of great
! opportunities which the wealthy and
learned enjoy were in those days the OPP
pOrtunitieS of but a few. The great mass
were barred forever from life's OppOrtun-
tiles, for they were slaves and it meant
but little to them that others should be
SO fortunate. So would il be with US if
Christ alone arose from the dead. This
day would have but little meaning if there
was no resurrection for You and for me.
But, thanks be to Gods wOndrous mer-
cy, we see in risen Christ but a symbol
of our own victory over death. and be-
cause he arose We shall arise also.
"Our theme is the resurrection as fac
tor in earnest living. We note this first.
because Of the influence which it has
| ever had upon the purity of living If
this life were all sincerity would lose
much of its motive. But when we real
/ ize that even our hidden thought and our
secret endeaVOr shall one day be made
I known not only to our God but unto 9TH
/ ers a great stimulus is given TO sincerity
l in thought and desire. and the nobler i'm
pulses of life are buttreSsed by the truth
/ of the Judgment. 1t is easy to decTy the
Z present conditions of society and the pres
ent state of morals, but when We lift
! our eyes to histOrys page and discern
that in no age has there been more of
| real sincerity. real earnest and unselfish
manhood and wOmanhOOd. then We see
l that God through this truth of immortal
! ity, is evolving nobler character with each
passing age. There is no place more in
| teresting to the thinking man or no spot
/ more pregnant with deep thought than
the halls of learning, IL matters not
whether they be the country schools or
the great universities. This is true be-
! cause here the youth are being trained
/ for the future life. but If life ended at
| 20 the school would lose most of its mean
| ing. So would our life here today, and
the truth of our SOULS Immortality. If
/ this life is all we have lost the great in
! centiye for earnest living. But if this
life be but the portal of a boundleSs eter-
nifty then all of life is lifted to a higher
plane and purified by nobler purpose.
| Note how this affects our trend of
| thought II it be that we live forever.
| then who would store the mind with sell
! fishness, with impurity, with doubt, with
hate or with malice. We conceive
no life more miserable than one forever
/ living in the power OF such trends OF
/ thought. The same is true with the real
| ity of our heart and soul life. Here is
| given TO the human race loves greatest
Impetus How grand that eternity
| wherein love, sincerity. faith and graft
| tude hold everlasting sway. How awful
| that eternity where anger. evil thought.
| low affection, simple desire. doubt and
profanity rule supreme oh, men and
1 women. does not this show us life's true
/ Grandeur. It lies not in the things of to-
dav or in todays wealth OF thought 1t
| Lies, in that boundiess existence for which
we are training. Let US then so live that
/ the trend of life which shall be ours in
/ that day when we awake. shall be the
| tend of Christ's likeness. But today has
another meaning. this day speaks of the
release from LIES sorrows. And do we not
an know the depths of sorrows pangs.
As I look into your faces / see many
{ who have been called to pass through the
| deem sorrow. Loved ones have gone be-
/ fore and life has seemed lonely since their
dena rture. The child as well as the aged
have been gathered from our midst. Here
/ the message of the Easter day. He is ris-
en-. and because he is risen we sorrow not
as those who have no hope A deep faith
! cb.ers rs and the wondrous light which
streams from the empty tomb pierces our
/ darkest sorrow. He is risen. and those
whom we loved and lost shall also arise.
\ as not then this a glad day and a glad
message? Does not its wondrous mean
| ing strengthen your hearts. o, Sir
| Knights. and bring to you greater resolve
/ for earnest living? Are not your hearts
! ollickeneG with ours in deeper love to
! him whom we together serve and shall
we not all go forth resolved anew that