Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-22

,,ss, which is more widely celebrat
= than any other festival day of
,sa Christian church. Not even
ehristmas is so generally observed
az Easter 1t is a festival Of song
and praise and rejoicing commemo
rating the resurrection Of Jesus
christ from the grave.
When Christian missionaries car
ried the gospel to the Saxons, one
d the three English tribes first to
land In Britain, they found them
celebrating the feast Of Eostre or
Easter every spring Eostre was the
name of their fayorite goddess. She
vas to the Saxons the goddess of
beauty and love as Venus was to the
Greeks at the time Greek mythology
vas at the height OF its glory But
Eostre was believed by the Saxons
10 be the goddess that had the pow
or to coax the sun back from his
winter quarters where he remained
50 long time every year and thus
bring to them the spring with its
lIIegiying warmth and showers and
he singing Of birds and the promise
Of flowers and fruits and grains.
The saxons believed that this god
dess Eostre descended to earth In
the form Of great egg, hence the
egg became the symbol Of the feast.
The missionaries taught the Sax
ons the laws for the seasons and
explained to them the folly Of be-
Feying that their mythical goddess
had anything to do with bringing
he sun back from his far northern
bone to drive away the Icy blasts
d winter and clothe the trees with
green and the earth with grass and
bring again the haryests. But the
Missionaries declared this to be
BEAUTIFUL custom remembering great
est blessings, as bud and flower
break out IN the rich promises of
ghng and summer
Let us keep the custom but let
amake il stand for something true,
mounced the missionaries
This is the time of year our
Lord rose from the dead Let us
CELEBRATE the resurrection Of Jesus
Christ from the dead" Thus the
ane of the heather goddess Eostre
g Easter has remained for this
great religious festival as the names
d other mythical deities remain as
he names Of the days Of our week
but for centuries the return Of Eas-
Ter has called forth our most glori-
Gus songs Of praise in remembrance
d the resurrection of Jesus Christ
and inspired the most cherished
hopes OF a blssful immortality that
men have ever known.
Tennyson voiced the hopes of
thinking men when he wrote:
Thou will not leave us in the dust;
Thou madest man, he knows not
why;
He thinks he was not made to die
And thou hast made him, thou are
just"
The observance of Easter will be
most fitting in Tonopah. Special
services have been announced at the
arlous churches. At the Presbyte
ran church the morning service will
Oe held under the supervision of the
sunday school and the following
program has been announced by the
aev J. M. Swander, pastor Of the
church:
4 the program will include a cen
~nary memorial service in honol
VI David Livingstone and the unveil
Jug OF his portrait by scholars of tn,
SCHOOL The following program has
been arranged:
1 song THE Day of Resurrection.
~nool' responsive reading ant
prayer; recitation. May Star; recita
aOn' Gwendoline Mcleod; song, prl
uary department; exercise, 16 girls
,eOi'atlon, Spread the Light" Nelli
oOan; stories Of Livingstone. Erlin
anuerson, Ethel Joyner, Gaynell
,ns'es' Cecil Swazey and Grett
aanlnla; song, "The Son Of Go
o0ss Forth to War" school; reeita
sOa' Livingstone, the Pathfinder,
.sHa Sloan; recitation, Drop, Hal
nas' Colors," Edith Joyner; due
t Up Thine Eyes" the Misse
avOper' The Hero's Message to Us,
s'auys Peck, Mary Nicholas and NJ,
vu Luce; address, Heirs of tn
o'sk' Mrs. May Hunt; song, wv
e with Easter Flowers" Mr.
'"ons class; address, David III,
Sss'one and His Service" Rev.
~., sWander; offering for missio
,os., AN song The Christ Is Risen
SaOol; benediction.
us evening service, which star
S.' 10y o'clock, will be special
,oIaer a0'er A chorus choir Of i
ns ., VIII sing the anthems an
es0.s uiorla under the direction
ueorge w Tohn.