The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-04-20

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WE KNOW THAT OUR REDEEMER LIvETH.
Waking ever follows sleeping,
And To them who dread the morrow, aching for
the voice erotvn dumb,
God lays up surcease Of sorrow, in the endless
days to come
Death is strong, but life is stronger
Death is long-but life is longer
Lo, we greet Loves mystic angel--here is
Easter at the door!"
Of all the wonderful days since the coming of
the Christ, of all the Casters that have dawned,
there is none that has been 90 stepped in the pain
of re-birth, there is none that has been born Of
SO great anguish Of heart and of spirit, Of pain
of body and despair Of soul.
Millions of mothers all over the world have
gone down into the Valley of the Shadow of
DEATH have gone with the children Of their love
out upon the great wastes of life, have suffered
death upon the cross.
No son has died on the battlefield whose moth
er has not gone to the gates Of death with him,
as Mary did, when Her Son hung upon the Cross
The sons Of the world have been crucified--
but today they have risen Wsbelieve this. We
know that it is true We are firm ii our faith
in the life that is everlasting.
If this were not true, if we did not know that
out of this death would come life, out Of this
suffering and sacrifice would come conservation,
if we did not know that out of this death, life
everlasting must spring, how could we bear the
anguish and the pain?
Many there are who have returned from the
front who win tell you that Angel Hosts fought
at the battle of the Marine, which saved the
world for civilization, holding back the hosts Of
the Huns. Men there are who have come back
from the battle of the forest Of Argonne, who
win tell you that Christ was with them in that
great conflict.
I does not matter to them or to us whether
they saw the Christ and the Angel Hosts in Wis
ions, or whether the stories are to be taken lit
orally.
The awful carnage, the terrible conflict, the re-
voting ordeal through which they went, so many
Of them mere lads. just from the home shelter,
would have killed the spirit and scared the soul,
unless Christ had indeed been with them.
No one who has read his Bible no one who
has made any study at all Of the Gospels Of Rev
Citations, of the Book of Isaiah can doubt but that
the world war was but part of the great plan
of Redemption.
The men who fell in battle are martyrs to the
redemption of the world; they are Crusaders for
right; they are saviors of mankind We say this
last reverently, and knowing it true
It was Christ who said: Il came not to bring
peace but sword" Long ago the psalmist de-
clared: MY sword is bathed in Heaven
For centuries we have tried to reconcile these
passages to the message of love brought the
world by the Prince Of Peace The boys who
have given their lives for freedom, for right for
justice, have done that for US.
And 50 today we sing the Easter songs, with
the tears that dew the flowers. binding US for =
moment, but never hiding the glory that Shines
the glory that began to brighten at the coming
of the Christ, the glory that these boys we love,
oh. 50 dearly, have made more glorious
Today as we sing our songs Of triumph, we
may be sure that they are not dead. We may
be sure that their sacrifice was not in vain We
KNOW that our Redeemer Hveth. And No
know that He, the Captain Of the Hosts, il lead
ing that great army Of Christian martyrs into
His Fathers Kingdom.