The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-03-27
The Message Of Easter.

TN Pictorial REVIEW Tor AFritl
on. the glory OF the returning
spring, answering the resurrection
cali Of the great sun sods
Standing In the midst 81 Gods
great laboratory. after the awakenins
breath Of spring has swept Through
Il. duh indecd must be the Eoul that
- not moved By the wonder. the mir
acie. the beauty OF Il all. Cold and
dead must be the heart that has never
thrilled In response TO the great dia-
pasoh 81 nature. when. IN thS awaken
year.
me woods were hlIsd % full
with song =
There seemed no room for
OF wrong"
There IL nothing quite 50 delightful
as the spirit Of s%prinstlme. II Is the
resurrection Of hope. Of life. All ere
alton reioices in the glad rev NOM
Ing when nature. after her LONG sleep.
awakes and decks herself with her
most enhancing robes.
Spring u the angel that rolls away
the stone froia The tomb Ia which all
life has been sIceping In the grin Of
death. IL Is the call to the buried
root in the earth. to the tree. Il the
plant. 10 burst their erave clothes, 20
cast on the winter death shroud. and
come forth TO new life. % blossom
forth into new beauty.
How fitting u Il that Easter, the
great festival 81 the resurrection.
should be celebrated IN spriagi
There Is a marvel OF signiicancc for
all humanity In Easter day. II re-
minds us that death Is not the end,
thnt hfe has lriumphed over death.
Easter tells Us TO lay aside u
clothes Of doubt. OF despair, OF gloom.
and bids us look up and u II
brings us new premise. new hope. new
life. new beauty. new Joys 10 replace
our sorrows. our losses.
Awake thou ihat sleepesii'
The slumberine seeds which have
been held In Wlnter'a arip are mot The
only things that hear this might res
direction call. We humans hear H..
feel lts inspiration. n stirs us To our
depths. a new lie puisates - our
veins. thrills our very being. There -
. quickcninr Of our VITALITY. a resur-
rectlon OF our ideals. a moral rebirth.
our hopes. our prospects are renewed.
terminated. We feel the warming
presence OF new life, new cheer OF
higher and nobler impulses
The Easter resurrection. the warm
ing up Of al nature, a suggestion TO
as 10 warm up toward one another.
II calls 20 us 10 open a hearts ana
let IN new life, u bids "a warm np
toward every living thing IA II the
can to il new life. It's message n
that we rise on stepping stones OF
our dead selves 20 hieher things.
The rehirth Of nature. the sirng-
Cling toward the lisht. h VIGOROUS
efforts for seif-expressi0n Of the myr-
lads OF seeds which ave been buried
IN the earth for months, n a aymh"l
Of our ascending iife.
u we could hook into the growing
nneF OF a young tree after each sue
coaHiye apparent winter death, We
would INA "a new ring clear around
the tree representing new groNth.
We fnd at every sprirg resurrection
cnlarned limbs. stronger branches and
stonser roots. and the tree more and
more nrmiy entrcnched against 40
enemies. better able TO face and with
stand the fury OF tie elements.
n we look upward like she tree, u
we live the life 81 faith. every Easter
viii be q rehirth. IL We a life IN
the right attitude. with faith, instead
Of doubt, optimism Instead Of peRsi-
miam. those things which, Ia our
nirht Of sorrow, We thought would
shut out the sun Of peace aud SOY for
ever will prove preclaas experiments
from which We would not Iart for
any consideration. Al OF our strength.
nur stability U power 20 overcome
IN future dlmouities. has 20 gu,
Of our ~htrusaies. u apparent de-
feats.
A nnai lesson Of Easter \ the as
|surance ihat va shall triumph over
IAN defeatn; that IS a hrathgf