The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-04-06
Life's Easter.

Someway and somehow in the secre
places, permeatng the soul of hu
mainly, streams the spiritual though
that the Eastertide is peculiarly life'
season. 1t is felt TO be the time of th'
year when all life is freshened and vivi
fed and electrified into a new impulse TO
ward a more full and satisfying life
Mere existence ceases, and becomes d
mighty movement upward. From tn,
most minute atom upward through tho
mineral, vegetable and animal kingdom.
unto and into the soul the throbbing
aspiration runs. Nothing ever did. can
or will die. All forms change. and that
is all. In the words OF the beautiful
hymn:
There is no death;
What seems so is transition"
God expresses Himself in nature. or
nature is the infinite mind pressed out
into visibility. Through Gods laws in
nature are manifest His mighty will that
all things in His nature shall at this YER
nal season live more fully and plentiful
~. There is season for all things,
and as the autumnal equinox approaches
the bodies of the plants and flowers de-
cay and are transformed, though their
life.germ remains dormant and rests
through the long winter. awaiting the
resurrection of nature when the soul of
things is again manifest in new garments.
There il no dead matter in all the uni
verse. otherwise such an inconceivable
monstrosity would rack them into chaos.
Life is everywhere. only waiting for the
May" IL is both kinetic and static. and
proceeds from the one into the other
with the kindling spirit OF spring. II is
the eternally living Christ in all things.
He who is forever the spirit and the
life.
The vernal equinox. which marks the
apotheosis of the mystical
sun.god, is not alone an anniversary Of
the risen Elder Brother Of humanity. but
also of that pulsing spirit OF an again
re-created world which once more re
animates all things. The mantle Of the
SHOWS fades and disappears with the
ascending sun. and makes way for the re-
Of all the infinite lfe-forms
which always surround us. As the DAYS
grow longer and warmer the songs Of
The birds sing praises ~ an arisen world.
the chirp and burr Of the insects fill the
air with the melody Of infinite voices.
the modest little wood and field flowers
push out through the mould and begin
10 bud and bloom, the shrubs and trees
respond 20 the ex-pressure ~ the magic
n the life within them and their vitality
Expands in the buds and later leaves of
badness. ON every side Is bounding and
,bounding life released.
From the nature and meaning Of the 1
rcrnal season Il is also n season Of hope I
md gladness. The fading leaf and the
.hill grey DAYS Of November bring with I
hem a feeling 81 the sadness - desoia- /
.ion and the inevitable ira nsforiuatinn 4
4 decay. but the softly weeping showers 4
4 April bring the flowers Of Nav and /
4 such = season there can only b.
houghts of rejoicing and good cheer and
and thankfulnsss because -
10 infinite and manifold blessings 4
eached out 70 us from every side and
N every hand. Mere inert existence 4
az BEEN transformed ~ the magic ~
re resurrection into life in its richful-
,css. and 10 live becorlinRly and health
ully in His image Is blessing beyond
deauste realization.
CHRIST il INDEED risen to-day bringing
sith Him the welcome ~ HIS slvnvs ~
urrinr srrinrtir1e ard THE Hbluehir1
rethsr- 81 une ~ HE infinite vrars
Those also serve who oniv stand and
RAFT. hut We have ore duty 10 bring
.urselves IN concord and tune with the
nfnits and thus deserve nmd receive
hose richest blessings Hhirh lie has
or filOse - i0ulv and eurtrite heart
rho appreciate and understand From
- AH-~vsar