Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-04-03
EAsTER-THE REsURGENT LIFE.

4 i he WnCrIS OF business run WIFI less "Iali'''
. even here and there slow down. and ;ul, !"
/. stop; the giddy whirl Of >orictv'> gay GONG
] has notceabIv >Iarkrmcd: a subduel '!r.lcanD
1 is upon us ALL
There is prcnonitiom in the very atmosphere
1t has penetrated even to the substrata Of mora
life; the man in the rrck OF the grOg shop, an'
the woman in even grOSNcr surroundings, /
likely to pause to listen for the notes of a los
chord, chord sounded long ago somewhere b!
good mother E sweet chiIdhOod'S home
faint echoes of which still sound through the
channels of memory. 1t is Easter again! Ou
world is stirring toward new life, and the soul
is it simply the resurrection fact that stirs hope
in tired hearts! That, but more! Following
the resurrection fact has come the resurrection
life.
Easter of the long ago, that Easter which
showed stricken woman III the gray dawn al
empty tomb in garden, did more than lift the
burden of sorrow from a woman'S heart; il
started the current of life that has furnished
men with the "come- back power
Men have quibbled and quarreled over the
resurrection fact; but the resurrection life is
augmented with an ever increasing volume
From the day the disciples of the murdered
Galilean awoke to the fact that their friend and
master was not dead, that he had not been held
by the seals of the tomb, and were changed by
that knowledge from scared refugees into fam
ing advocates, men have felt the power of the
resurrection life.
The recurrence of the solemn anniversary
sends a. food of. new hope around the world
Tomorrow in city and village and country, men
and women will go early to places of worship in
gratefulness for the power set free in the world
By Christ to redeem men. Some will 60 who
Tor the whole year have forgotten; but tomor-
row they will remember Some among the
throngs will have faint conception of the mean
ing of Easter; but some also will be there who
have been lifted from the depths by the resur-
rection lift. Here and there will be man who
carries the physical marks of awful degrade
ton. He will go quietly and with bowed head.
Maybe there will be a suspicion of moisture in
his eyes which he will try to hide; but when
the songs of praise are sung, his face will shine
with holy joy. He knows the power of the
resurrection life. If he should tell his story,
he would tell of days of anguish and remorse,
of returns to wild debauchery and succeeding
periods of repentance, and of heart-callings for
freedom from his thralldom He would tell Of
failure and utter bondage and despair-until
Easter entered his soul! Now he is free!
Here and there will go woman in the throng
who knows the depths The sound of ribaldry
are still in her ears; but the fingers that gripped
her soul and held her il loathsome bondage
have loosened. She, too, knows!
Theseall, with the throngs of clean blooded
and sweet-faced menaand women and little
children who go to places of worship tomorrow,
bear eloquent testimony to the meaning of Eas-
ter. It.stands not alone for fact of the long
ago; it stands for the resurgence of human life.
Easter has lived not because it is a memorial
of the resurrection of Jesus; it has lived be-
cause it has brought life and hope to world
wing hopeless In the despair of sim
Every sermon tomorrow and every song,
every man and woman going to worship to-
morrow, the ringing of church bells and the
pleading tones of organs, throngs of happy lit
tie children and all white lilies, will tell the
Easter message-the gospel of the resurgent
life. The man, the woman, who hears his soul
or her soul calling out of the dim past, through
faint memories, the man who longs for the bet
ter manhood and fears to reach after it, know
ing the weakness of human flesh, will be the
center around which all things turn tomorrow
For it is Easter, and Ger the whole world is
sounding the Gospel of the Resurgent Life.
Hail Easter Morn!
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