The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-03-25

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who miraculously descended into the
hearts of the disciples gathered In
Jerusalem on that day and who, as
long as the world remaineth, will call.
gather. enlighten. sanctify, and keep
men in faith.
The second of the three festivals
par excellence. Easter, Is again at
hand in this year of Our Lord, 1921.
In few days the Christians every
where will sing with jubilant voices
He lives. Our Lord, the Crucified,
All glory to his name!
He lives. From yonder guarded tomb
Triumphantly he came,
He lives, although an earthly king
Had sealed his prison door,
For see. the stone is rolled away,
He lives for evermore.
Sing of the Risen One.
Sing of the Living One.
Sing of the Mighty One,
Redeemer. Saviour, King.
Easter. the festival commemorative
of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is
called in the Greek and Latin and in
the languages derived from them.
Pascha. Pasch, Pascua, Paques, from
the Chaldee word Pascha, the equiya-
lent of the Hebrew Pesach. The He
brew name recalls the act of the De-
stroying Angel in passing over" the
households of the Hebrews when he
smote the Egyptians. The reader
please read Exodus. chapter H. In
| languages of Germanic origin the Eas-
ter Festival has the name Ostara. de-
rived from the goddess of spring, in
Teutonic mythology. Besides being
commemorative of the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Easter is the memorial
of the Christian passover, of the atone
ment wrought by the death of Christ
on the cross. At first the Christian
passover was celebrated on the same
day as the Hebrew, the 14th day of
the month of Nissan. Nisan was the
first month in the Jewish sacred year,
and the seventh of the civil year, an
swering nearly to our March. But be-
fore long, in the Church of Rome, and
in other churches Of the Latin world,
the observance OF Easter was trans.
ferred to the Sunday next after the
14th Nissan. This change was doubt.
less made primarily to mark the dif-
ference between Judaism and Christ
ianity.
Eternally important Is that which
transpired in Joseph of Arimathaea's s
garden on that first Easter Day, near
ly two centuries ago. The Crucified
Saviour Arises. There are banner
days in the history of the world The
greatest banner day which the world
has ever seen and ever will see Is the
Resurrection Day of the Redeemer.
The Easter Story is the solid founta-
tion of the Christians faith, his hopes,
the foundation OF his salvation. With
the resurrection of Christ the Chris
! tian stands and falls. BY His resur-
rection the Saviour has proven might
lily that He is God, the great God
Himself. st. Paul says: "He is de.
clared to be the Son of God with pow
er, according to the Spirit of holi-
ness. by the resurrection from the
dead" Rom. l, 4. By His resurrec.
ton the Saviour has given us con-
elusive evidence that His doctrine is
the truth. He predicted His arising
when he said John 2, 19): Destroy
this temple. and in three days ! will
raise it up BY his resurrection the
Saviour has given us the assurance
that His Father has accepted His sac.
rifice for our reconciliation. Reat
Rom. 4. 25: Christ was delivered for
our offenses. and was raised again for
our justification" Christ by His resu-
ERECTION has strengthened our hope
that We and all those that are His by
faith shall rise again unto Life Eter-
nal. What a wonderful comfort for
a Christian standing at the grave ol
dear one. What a consoling thought
to himself when he thinks of his owl
dissolution. Christ. by virtue of Hi.
resurrection assures us John 14.19)
because ! live, ye shall live also.
May this last blessed fruit of the Saw
iou's return to life ever make the Fes
tival Of Easter especially dear to us
May 1t ever be to us a bright ray ol
comfort In the hours Of trial and sor.
row. and make our life on earth worth
living.
When Luther. in his time. was sor'
rowful and detected, he would com
fort himself with the Latin wor,
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