The herald., 1921-03-24
gYA!Through
EzSorrow


There are yet the evidences Of
wreck and ruin In many parts Of the
world, while scarcely a single por-
ton has been left untouched by the
spirit of destruction which was sum-
moned up to do Its dread work. But,
still, considered subjectlvely. the
hearts Of men have taken on a diff
ferent emotions. The reconstruction
time has already been entered into
In material affairs. Plans are shap-
ing for the bringing into being Of a
new world. Even those not imbued
with the highest motives look for
ward with expectation to the rear
rangement, In which they will per-
haps have a share Of the glory and
from which they will derive some Of
the profit. Nor are their prospective
labors to be altogether condemned.
They are Of such as Augustus, who
found a Rome Of brick and left one
Of marble, of a Louis Napoleon, who
won an empire by a coup d'etat and
Immediately proceeded to strafghten
the streets Of Paris.
Beyond and above this Is the sense
Of participation In q new world which,
1t may be, will possess within IT.
self new hopes and aspirations. Un-
Questionably. this emotion Is not abb
sent from the hearts of men, albeit
the methods of bringing the new
world about are not agreed upon by
all. It is equally beyond question that
the possibility of newer and better
system Of social and political order
depends for Its contamination upon
definite changes In the attitude Of men
toward such problems, and consequent
ly toward each other. Thus there is
recognized to have come to pass. In
stinctively, q new attitude, or at least
a fresh impetus, toward q whole host
Of ideals, which, In what has been de-
nominated the canker Of long peace,
found no effective place.
Not q bit Of this, however. can at
feet the objective side Of the situation,
for the simple reason that no faith.
however robust, can Of itself make q
truth Of the thing believed in. That
It can affect most profoundly those who
believe, however, is one Of the most
universally attested Of all truths. To
that extent, therefore, there are evil
dences that the principle Of resurrec-
ton has q mighty and widespread
hold on humanity at the present time.
II were well to ponder the objective
side Of this most solemn and at the
same time engaging doctrine Of the
Christian faith, albeit1tiis more than
mere doctfIne. Tie far earlier re-
ligion, from whieh Christianity In q
sense EMERGED, fnSsdea Arm belief
in the resyrrscj& The Alm WOO
uttereh to ths Slddacses was THAT Che
God okkhfahs6, Miac ana Iatssfwas
not thS cod u ~ dad bptaof the
living! .Thfss fadth n VARIOUS suises
ives hid by msny others Pinto y
ehed intellectually on the fsnmeftaJ
4 AZ Of the, soul, ana 8he fsbled phBsHn
Shich srese from rs own asties PIE
n ssnteds ne truth % another form. e
4 HSwestfy cirtunSstantial is thas&
8 Vfsd aeceant. fhe order q eselsl
4 {hen PparAlaied the sequences oeSg
i b@n recent world experience. ~
4 he darkness and the eartk0nake
Efhe period of snfering, csmsSke hol!
lralm.I The tnsition MA complete
II There was ~ longetBr the mo
Hnt, aNSpstippn Of H or response
n HRSsJfery ques06h had been met
XH5(6rai uDl1e had beSn clearel
E0zNhe LsErfect /sacrifice ThsES(
Fa9se NJ O64 m4hing the "a Mich
'Jb6d : teves= bSen witAa before
\ Defy hatbeef the in its owl
Stronghold. The Bhb was empty
/ save of the ephemeral wrappings Of
mortality, no longer needed. Angelic
messengers bore witness to the usher
ing In of the new order. Touch me
not |" was the word to the weeping ont
who would have connected the riser
Lord with the old. Yet the establish
ment of the new relationship was an
nounced In almost the same breath
"Go tell my brethren" A note o.
gladness pervaded the whole scene
From those whose hearts now ache FOL
the bereavements which the world wal
brought, this note is by no mean
shut out. Once more the parallel u
found In their own experiences, what
ever the difference either In degre'
or kind. There was then the suffer
ing before the glory. So with al
who today enter experimentally int
! the meaning and actually. Cowpe
grasped the truth In his lines:
The path Of sorrow. and that path alone
: Loads to the land where sorrow u un
known"
q In virtue Of what occurred 200
r years ago, there was brought within
b the grasp Of men the accomplishe'
e fact of a new creation, built upon tn
8 foundation Of the supreme sacuic
b and established outside Of the domain
!. and power Of death. Nothing tina
has transpired since has ever touche