Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-27
In the Religious World

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oceans? Travellers are after ''life. "
For what reason ere American men
driven by the money madness that
blights our time? They hope to win
''lifc." How may we explain the
craze OF many kinds Of persons to
get their names into the newspapers?
They think that that spells "life. -
Look into the thcaters, tho restau-
rants and the hotels of the great
cities, and still you see this wild pur-
suit of "life." Today's quest of all
quests is this lust for ''life.''
Pathetically many arc on the
wrong trail. They are dazzled by
false fires, and in their blindness they
affix the label ''life" TO much that
savors of death. The dclusion and
disappointment of the multitudes who
have sacrificed real values for sham
is spectacle that saddens all be
holding hearts.
The great mass of people who hold
to the Easter expectation NAV not be
blind 10 the truth that the doctrine
OF the resurrection is constantly Sc
vercly attacked. With all respect for
the scholars who are troubled upon
this point, it must be borne in mind
that this attempt to discredit the res
direction of Jesus is not, ms they
fondly believe, advanced theol-
ogy'; it has been one of the favorite
endeavors of Satan ever since the
wonder-stricken women behcld the
empty tomb in Joscph's garden.
The Big Offer
The unique character of Christian
ity is that it really offers life. Other
faiths have varying rewards, but
Christ's Gospel maintains the stu
pendous claim that it has life TO i'm
part right here and now. True, He
offers eternal life, lasting thru two
worlds, but that life begins in the
present.
Because of the Easter teaching that
old. old enemy of the race, the fear
of death, is driven ont of the ChrisS
tian's thought. Again and again
Christians have taught the world
what it is TO die unfearingly; ancient
Rome trembled before that spectacle,
and China is today witnessing it in
the conduct of the missionaries who
are going among the famine sufferers,
distributing relief. For it is the
Christmas privilege to master the
fear of death. Because Jesus has
risen from the dead. and because he
also expects one day to rise, he can
cry. 80 grave, where is thy victory7
o death, where is thy stingf'
Christ comes to the empty, echo
ing, aching hearts of men and proffcrs'
His great GIFT of lifc-lifc rich and
ever richer. Christianity stands FOR
a new mind. n new spirit. n new ami
mus, new genius: essentially, n new
life. "Thc words that ] speak unto
YOU. they arc spirit and they are
life"
Conquerors and the Conqueror
The high point of the present les
son, us, indeed, of all Christian
teaching, is the victory of Christ
over death. That was His final vic
tory. But His whole life may hc
studied as series of conqucsts. He
has often been coilpareds with the
other great conqucrors of history:
Pharoah, Nerxcs, Alexander, Caesar,
Charlemagnc, Tamarlanc. Napoleon.
But what difference Mr.. John
Wanamakcr owns painting Of 81
rantic size called "The Conquerors.
II Is of compelling interest anil one
returns Ia i, again and again. There
rides the hammered host of strong
faced men. who have dreamed the
dream of world dominion. But they
ride thru lane of dead. Stark and
stiif, two lines OF corpses stretch on
both sides of them. II was by pain,
loss. sorrow and death that they
came to their power.
But imagiuc the Christ Conqucror's
triumphal march. Little children
throng Ills feet. lie rides. meek and
lowly. upon the humblcst of animals.
The garments of the glad and the
grateful strcw His way. The hosau-
mas of the healed and the happy rend
the air. The lame leap. the blind see;
the Icrrrrs are cleansed: the dead are