Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-13

feast of the Resurrection, beholding
in II a manifestation of Gods love
for mankind and an appeal to us
for our 1--we in return. The rosurrec-
ton of Christ IS the GROWING act
of long series of benefits and bless
ings from the beginning OF a new
and more generous era of graces and
mercies TO mankind. 1t signal'zes a
closer and more Intimate union of
God with II creatures through the
modiat on OF that risen Saviour. who,
having pad the penalty of our trans
gressions by obednence unto death,
the death of the cross, has now been
exalted and has been given a name
which is above every name. Under
the banner of that risen Saviour our
victor Gus and triumphant king and
heavenly leader, we are TO fight
with confidence the battles of life
in the calm assurance that He is
with us TO comfort, console and
strengthen US Under His leadership
and true to His commands. we can
not fail to achieve victory His
resurrection is the guarantee that He
has the power and the will to help
us. II insp res us to courageous COM
bat 1t beckons us onward as we as
cend the pa nful heights of Calvary.
1t cheers and encourages us with the
br ght and glorious prospect of our
own tr umphant resurrection. when
having cheerfully borne the cross
with Christ, We shall mer as He did
to receive the crown of a renewed
transligured and glorified immortal
life
Lessons of the Resurrection.
1.-The resurrection of OR divine
Lord has Its less"n5 for each of us,
and in our joy and gratitude we must
not forget to lake them to heart
Our divine Lord rose again fer us
and for our salvation. He confirmed
the truth of His divinity that each
one Of us might know Him and be-
lieNe in II m as the eternal Son of
God, whose doctrines are to be ac-
cepted by us with unfalter,ng faith.
Appearing before us in His risen
majesty and glory He appeals to each
one of us for the loyal and loving
service of mind and heart which we
owe to God and through which acne
We can hope to attain the destiny
for VIII ch God created us. That we
might attain that destiny He became
man For this end He suffered and
died For this end He rose again
from the dead Glorious as His re-
surrect!o n was, confirmatory as II
was OF His div inity and therefore, of
the divine value of the redempt on
which He wro, ght, that supreme
event in His life will be of no avail
to us individually unless We initiate
His victory by our own resurrecticn
from the grave of sin or of ndiffer-
ence in which We may lie buried be-
cause of voluntary transgressions
which are the death of the soul The
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call to us, as it was to the wo Id
800 years ago, to rise to new and
higher life, the life Of grace. the life
of zeal and areor in Gods service.
Each recurring feast of Easter bears
ills message that we are to rise with
Christ to a higher plane of life, to
renewed eXertions IN the cause Of
God, of virtue and of a truly Chris
tan life.
LAS there were those who when our
Lord rose again refused to believe
that He was risen, so today there
are many who refuse to acknowledge
His resurreeti on, though the accumu-
lated evidences of nineteen centuries
bear witness to the marve'oss effects
which that resurrection accomplished
IN the history of the world During
all the e nineteen centuries the most
conspicuous figure in the annals Of
Tankind has been the risen Saw our.
Whether loved or hated by men, He
ould not be ignored His pre- sence
has been felt in every land Hun
dreds of thousands in every age Of
the Chr stan era lived for Him and
have died happy because they have
known and owed Him His resurrec-
ticn has been for them the proof OF
His divin'ty and the evidence of His
claim to their uttermost devotedness