The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-04-14


yo,c. this joyousness in the no~ers
that are seen everywhere. There is
. co,dness In the church service that
is not frightened by at least lily OF
two today; Il seems to poorly express
the spirit Of the Eastertide.
1t is good for US 10 have one day
IN the year that rs all Joy II ID nc
time for yielding 20 gloom or DE
prsssion. Life as so much OF shad
CIV that the road would be darkeneo
did We never come out into the full
sunshine. We want life and light
and color around US; therefore We
put the blossoms Of spring in our win
dows and wear them as We go 10 and
fro
Other festal days have their TEN
strongest appeal TO the soul side OF
US. Coming as II does on the nrst day
OF the week. when the busy world is
resting, there is time TO think OF the
higher side OF life. TO ponder on the
deeper meaning OF things that be.
What means this joyousness OF the
season that is felt by ALL II un
edg Is 1t not reviving hope;
TO brighten the dreariest most o4spn
tied man or woman?
Did not man believe in a hereafter
a future wien wrongs will be right
ed and sorrows turn TO Joy. the world
would have stopped trying long ago.
Even with all our faith that deaden-
ing question. What's the sse?" Turks
in wait for US at every obstacle IN the
road. Did we not believe in what lies
on the other side. though unseen. We
would turn back like Pliable from our
niry Slough OF Despond.
Take away temporal hope from q
man, from a nation-what follows
For the man encouragement. inertia
despair, then uselessness: for the ma
ton disintegration. How much Earth
er reaching in its effects for Ill Ia ,
hopelessness that this rough earthly
path leads 10 eternal life.
Are We discouraged today? Have
the worries OF the money-troubleC
winter hit US hard? Have we trial.
that none but ourselves may know
the more bitter that they must b.
hidden? Are we bowed under
weight Of illness, OF morbid dread O
the future, that will not lift?
Let the Joyous message Of the Eai
terrible bring healing Hope Is /. IN
voiced on every side today in tn
swelling notes OF the organ. in tn
soaring voices OF choir and choristei
in the inspiring message that is pro
claimed from every Christian pulp
in the land 1t but remains for u
TO reach not for that hope and max
IL our own. TO loosen the sordid, d.
pressing earth cords that have u
tightly bound
The joyousness OF Easter Alas. fo
the woman who cannot feel Il. VIII
is not lifted out OF herself today
What though the old gloom returns
Is II not something 10 have stood O
the heights and sung aloud with th
Joy OF living. 10 have seen the 81
piercing the clouds. to have caught
glimpse OF the radiance beyond? Ne
er again will the blackness be !
dense. for Is there not the hope I
that Joyous day when the SUM
heights will be ours. TO inspire Us
keep on climbing.
Let us not be content TO keep II
seasons Joy In our hearts. Real 10
business must find an outlet, In cheer
greeting. in forgetfulness of old CRU
ges, in taking brightness into Il
lives Of those who may be shut o.
from II. Wear your Caster howe
typical OF hope. be heartened by Il
Easter message. but share both flow
and message with those whose need
cheer may be greater far than your