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worshiping God In His holy temple. with naught
between the worshipers and His blue heaven. And
If the refugent sun seems In some sort god to
you. fear not that It Is dsloyalty to the true God.
II Is but the instinct of prehistoric ages working
In you. And He will not be offended.
And II you be In New York city and the lure
works on you, make you way to Central park very
early Easter morning For there on the Mall shall
you find great concourse of fellow-worshlpers to
whom the lure was equally strong. Who will lead
the worship do not know, except that It will be
some worthy leader. Last Easter morn he was the
Rt. Rev. Herbert Shlpman, sufrragan bishop Of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese former army chap.
lain.
Now. does the lover Of Mother Nature
Up In the mountains high in the Rockies.
Seeing a moving blue In the aspens
Hearing twtter sweetly familiar.
Say to his comrade: 10. the first bluebird!
Spring Is upon us-springtime, with Easter.
Winter Is ended. Jesus is risen.
Let 20 worship where shows the
High on the mountain. Holy Cross Mountain"
This Easter few hardy spirits. ablebodled and
In love with the out.ofdoors, will worship on the
slope Of the Mount Of the Holy Cross in the Col.
orado Rockies. Around them will be stream and
lake and forest and natural scenery unsurpassed
And above them, boldly drawn in everlasting snow
against the naked granite Of the great peak, will be
the Holy Cross In gllstening white.
Next Easter morn there will be many more wor.
shippers and thereafter the number will yearly III
crease. For under the Holy Cross on the slope Of
the mountain has been established devotional
center In the form Of a camp. Thousands have
come under the spell Of the mountains giant cross
and thousands have asked for this devotional camp
So It Is being established and developed, for the
benefit Of ALL Both Protestants and Roman Cath
ocs are Interested All are invited to come and
worship at shrine with, Gs John Masefeld says
beauty perfect, ripe. complete
That art own hand could only smutch
And Natures self not better much.
DR.. johnson wrote that the mountains were so
much hopeless sterIlity dismissed by nature from
her care" But Dr. Johnson was wrong. All the
world loves the mountains-or would, II It knew
the mountains. And they are indeed lovely In the
spring. Wherever there Is water there are aspens
and their tender green Is charmngly Offset by the
darker green OF the evergreens. Light and dis
tance paint the scene with the gorge0usness Of
painters palette. Distance turns the greens into
lilac, mauve. blue and indigo. Gorges, deep and
dark take on purple shades The shadows cast by
moving clouds make fascinating changes In the
color scheme. The sunset skies are startling In
their crinlsons and Colds. And dawn In the noun
ta1nS lS tnlnS UT Dehuty anu therefore JOY Tor.
ever. The naked granite Of the high peaks bushes
ruby red under the first rays Of the sun and II a
peak Is snow-crowned the beauty Is enhanced. As
the shadows lengthen or shorten on the f0rested
slopes there is an eyerchanging play Of color.
Yes; DIR. johnson was wrong. As John c. Van
Dixie says in 1.-THE Mountain" Mountains are the
spots where we get once more back to natures
heart otter lifetime spent In the dreary Londons
Of the world
The Mount Of the Holy Cross (13.97s) Is world.
famous because Of its cross Of snow that forms the
crownlng touch Of It's majestic beauty The up.
right Of the cross measures about 1900 feet and
the beam about 200 feet Its snow Is everlasting
and may be seen for many mile. The mountain
itself can he seen on clear day from Longs peak,
a hundred miles to the north.
Holy Cross gives Its name to the Holy Cross
National forest. which Is under charge Of the for