The Arvada enterprise., 1919-04-17
VICTORY OF HOPE
Easter's Teaching Is the Dis
pehing Of Gloom From the
Hearts Of Mankind,

r rOPE that springs eternal in the
human breast does not de-
pend upon the latent fatalism
in humanity for it, justifica-
doo-such . hope holds no key to
event And without this key hope is
Tut In reality q hopeless expectancy.
Events, governed by that outstanding
law Of reprobation by which degen-
sracy and decay follow all things in
the mutable course Of nature, would
bring mankind back to the stage Of
savagery and leave to him naught but
tho material environment Of his imme.
date activities. Events must be con.
quered. regulated. subordinated, con.
trolled. even giorined. Hope springs
exultant In the human breast, because
there u something that can certify to
hope. This 70 the divine spark In the
human breast, becoming in many
cases . luminous ray that shines up
On the entire pathway Of life. 1t was
dtting that when the women came to
the tomb early upon the nrst Easter
morning they should fnd that an an
eea was the announcer Of the victory
Of hope over the most malignant I'D.
verse event Of experience-the event
Of death. Nor 70 It strange that the
consciousness Of this victory for all
men has transformed human life and
causes the Christian to take on glory
OF effulgence that 10 to be derived from
nothing else.
That Sure and Certain Hepe.
II there were no resurrection from
the dead then were We. Of all men, the
most miserable. wrote the apostle
whose life was luminous with the
light Of q certified hope-a hope vic.
torious over events that drove him for.
ward In his missionary itineraries
throughout Asia and into Europe. Ma.
ture was turned to by him to disclose
the analogy for the open doors Of the
tomb: scripture was likewise turned
to. and his own knowledge Of the res
direction Of Jesus was. last Of all.
called into play In order to point his
marvellous discourse upon the resur.
rcction Of the dead. Nature, revela.
tIon and personal testimony all give
the same account that death il robbed
Of sting and grave OF victory. Easter
n precious to human kind. because It
teaches that all things may be con.
qucred by hope that Is based upon
living faith In God and his good pur.
pose to give life rather than to de-
stroy. to impart blessing rather than
to withhold. to grace human life and
to wipe out the dlsgraces Of human
failure.
The undImmed hope Of humanity In
the fnal triumph Of the good ls based
largely upon the testimonies to the
triumph Of the incifnbly good one
over the might and dominion Of death.
Faith has gsrlanded hope: thus graceti
It scorns TO consort with fntniisrn.
Faith has given Of its precious bios.
soms for the decking Of hope. and Il
will not companion In the dark with
mere material destiny. The skies look
down upon tho rivcn tomb. The open
tomb reveals the giorificd nngel. Tho
angel discloses the fact Of the resur.
rection Of the dead. Event. dlrcful
and universal cvcnt-ticnth itsclf-tcs.
tisicx 10 the power Of the undi'nmed
hope Of mankind mnde precious
through Jesus.
Hope Eternal.
The undimincd hope cnnnOt he
clouded by the shedding of blood. Did
not the old law thnt pointed 10 the
stricken form VI Calvary say thss