The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-04-21

- OILY WEEK leads us through the
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deep shades of penitence and sOr.
row to Gethsemane, the Last Sup
per, Good Friday and the Cross.
leaving in silence and darkness
N at the sepulchre. But now 10. as
cCN~A at Christmas, an angel brings JOY
JIkAJ [ J full tidings to them. Here again an
X ~ angel voices the greatest, gaddest,
(o most blessed truth that ever thrilled
~ the and elated the souls OF
men: Christ Is Risen."
Thus our week Of sorrows and our way by the
Cross lead to this brightest morn Of time to the
shining mount of immortality, TO the glorious vision
of eternal life. What gift is life What joy
it is to live! The joys Of sight and the visions OF
the eye: the Joy Of activity and work. the JOY Of
high and noble aims. the Joys of the heart. Of
friendship and love the Joy of elevated thoughts;
the manly Joy Of overcoming difficulties; the high
transports Of doing good and sacrifice for truths
sake; the Joy in the sense OF the beautiful and
sublime in nature: the ecstasies in the rapt har-
monies Of music; the Joy in religious worship and
prayer-what tongue Of archangel can tell the Joy.
the bliss, the rapture, embraced in this all in all
life!
But sweet varied and glorious as is this gift Of
life. we see confronting 1t the black spectral in.
evitable figure of DEATH Who. then, but must study
this question which concerns his happiness more
deeply than all else? This DEATH which steadily
creeps toward me, will 1t really from me this
priceless possession Of life? This is the supreme
Easter Day. To study In the light Of the Gospel
Of the Resurrection.
Nature here is our first teacher She is full Of
embems Of the Resurrection. Could you forecast
the golden fruit from the withered blossom, the
bird from the broken shell, the brilliant plum
aged insects wings from the chrysalis coffin from
which it energies? SO spring is full of signs. Ev-
cry spring. in forest garden and field, death Is
swallowed up of life. All winter the trees stand
stripped and bare: the shrubs the grasses. the
flowers sleep in cold white sepuchre Of snow
But in the spring comes the dawn of a new life
The drifts melt. the fountains fow the rivers burst
their ice bonds, the trees put forth buds and leaves
the grasses awake from their chill slumbers and
the crocus and myrtle peep from the ground-the
advance guard Of that lovely army of flowers which
will decorate the whole summer with their plu.
mage.
1t is the Resurrection time Of the visible crea.
ton. 1t is the Easter Of the world. It Is natures
prophetic answer to the inquiring soul Of man.
and 1t Is full Of hope. 1t Is the grand Epic of I'm
mortality, written by the finger of God upon the
strata of the earth.-Rev. J. b. Remensnyder.
There is one day in the year which custom
requires that the grounds of the White House.
ordinarily sacred against intrusion. shall be thrown
open to all corners. 1t is Easter Monday. which is
par excellence the childrens day in Washington.
On that occasion the little ones from far and
near roll eggs the smooth lawns in the
of the executive mansion. and their prerogative in
this regard is Of long standing.
1t is OF the prettiest customs of the festive
kind that survive in this part of the world and
nobody knows exactly how or when it originated.
Ever so long, perhaps a century ago, in the neigh
borhood Of Baltimore and adjacent counties of
Virginia it was the habit Of the children to go out
in little parties ON Easter Monday and roll eggs
For some reason unexplained the sport has become
in manner localized in Washington. and in earli-
er GAYS the egg rolling done the capitol
grounds us we'll as at the White House. But on
one unfortunate occasion much damage was
done to the grass that unsympathet, legislators
for the nation promu gated a decree forbidding the
practice.
Thus it has come about that the children all as.
sembe at the White House. where the grounds
are specially adapted to that purpose, being Of
rolling contour. with many small mound-shaped
hills down the slopes Of which the eggs easily
travel Mckinley took much interest in this Easter
pastme and usually found time to go out himself
into the crowd and watch the sport for a few min
utes General Grant used to do the same thing
n cigar in his mouth and Nellie Arthur, who was
n child when she lived in the executive mansion,
herself took part in the games. Benjamin Har-
rison's grandchildren did the same thing
The festival is one to which nearly every child
in Washington looks forward when Easter time
comes round and not the least part of the fun is
the decoration Of the eggs, which must be dyed
beforehand in all sorts Of cOlors. The older young
sters take pride in coloring their own eggs, while
the Younger ones depend upon mamma. BY Satur-
day night the eggs must be ready. Struggled in a
little basket with some green excelsior, II possible,
10 counterfeit grass Then. when Mondays sun
has risen with promise of favorable weather. the
BARNS start for the festive scene. In most cases
accompanied by parents or nurse
II IL an all-day affair this business OF egg roll
ing. and the children are anxious to begin 1t as