Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-17
EASTER CHALLENGE
THEME OF SERMON
Lie Out of Death, Message of
Day, Says DR.. Mac
lachlan.
SPRINCTIME OF SOUL
bymbolizcs Insis,cncc With
Which Life Refuses to Be
Holden by Death.
SPRlNGTIME OF SOUL

Iakins as his theme, The Chal-
I"hEe OF Easter" Rev. II. -. G Nine
!achlan. pastor Of Seventh s,r..,
Christian Church. at tho morning
"'rVic" yesterday. spoke. in part. as
follows:
The message Of Easter ls tho mos.
cage OF life out OF death. I, .,,ndx
Tor the spr!ng,irne Of tn. s.,,i
EN"n before Christianity. IN. re-.
HH'"us Instinct Of the world ,p,Jc
hurh az the spring season .nd.ayor
ihr. by myth and legend. To sym
DOLE" the strange lnsis,cuc. vim
"hioh liz. refuses to be holden nv
800" nature here 10 parabi. or
grace. During the long wiu..r
months In our Northern latitude. mo
ehr'h sleeps - In tomb, tho tree.
""c"in" stock" OF seemingly IifrI..s
WOOD. pointing accusing fingers nj
inc SKY. the Aowcrs have shed their
hrm"n's or praise. aud become one
win IN" soil from. which they suranp
ana 'hcn tho world awnings round n
NJ" In her orbit. and 10. old Mother
r'"E'h slrs in her sleep. the sun
ponrs out her liquid heat through
April showers. and the world ~ gro.,
and glad and gay again.
Transient Element.
Th"r" ia. then. In all III. worthy
OF ia" name. transient and per
'nHnent element. There Is rome,hinp
mat pass"s. like the leaves. md
something that docs not pass. Ike
tho trees
The world passeth awayand N.
desire thereof >ays tho apostle Tn.
term world Is a favori,. wi,h him.
ana u" means by Il very much what
~. Paul means by tho world flesh
namely. everything that has to do
with our sense llfe. everything That
belongs 10 US merely "a creatures OF
time. place and circumstances And
'hat iH transient. Viewed from this
fnite angle. life Is like the waves OF
the sea. cast up by wind and tide.
mere" there. and everywhere, hut
whose very existence II perpetual
change. All things now' said IN.
old Creek philosopher. md 1890
years later. the Christian hymn
echoes tho identical experience:
Thine like an ever-rolling stream
bears ali It's soma away
True OF Life of Bnce.
This IL true OF the life OF the race
10 civilization. no culture is perma-
pent Egypt. Babylon. .lssyrIa.
Greece. Rome. Spain are only epitaphs
IN tho tombs OF buried ambitions.
Once IN. island OF Crete was the
center of Mediterranean culture and
Snu can still trace, In crumbling
etone. the outline OF the palaces and
temples when men and women like
ourselves lived. laughed. loved and
~nrshtped But what is Crete to-
day? Only pawn In the game OF
European politics.
The same IL true OF the lirc OF
the individual. Think back and say
what of ell the past is still with you.
How little. altar ALI Certainly, not
your past pleasures. trtumphs or sue
cesscs. az they were TO you in the
hour Of their happening. Tn. house
you built, tho money you made. the
business you built up may still he
with you. but can you live owe. again
your emotions when you hrst went to
live In your new house. when you
made the lucky business deal when
tn" turn In the tide came and you
realized that you were making
good? You canno; recall the care
free DAYS OF youth. you cannot taste
again tho worry flavor OF your pleas
ures Of yesterday: These things have
passed away. These satisfactions.
once so vivid. are cold and dead.
Then There IL Death.
and then. thero is death. with
death. the world ends for us. You
enjoy your money for a few years.
and then the lawyer reads the will
and the trust company divides w
the estate. That home Of yours is
source OF Joy 20 you now, but one
day IL will fail under the hammer,
and other voices than yours will echo
through It's rooms.
After the surrender OF the Con
federacy. IT'S money became worth
less. 4 single gold coin was worth
more than all the greenbacks that
had ever been run of the Confcd-
crate presses.
But II the world is transient,
there s yet something in IL that is
permanent 'Hc that doeth the VIII
OF God abideth forever That is to
shy, there Is only one thing you can
save out Of the wreck OF time. name
~, your character"