The Arvada enterprise., 1923-03-29

30 aald Jesus to His follower b.
Iees He vent to His death on Calvary. Later they
saw HIN hlnching beneath the weight Of the cross
- He vent forth from Pilates judgment hall along
tAs Woy Of SorrOws to Golgotha. Still later they
saW HIM dying that And dnally they
av Hin risen from the dead on Easter Day.
To Jesus disciples the cross symboiized the
power VI imperial Rome over those who offended
asainat her. Rome stood for material achievement
for oppression. Jesus stood for spiritual things.
~ lore. for human freedom and brotherhood.
To the Christian Of today Easter II . ceebra'
uoo Of the belief that Rome was wrong and that
Jesus Was right. And he knows that he must car
~ The crnas, ~ well M cling to the cross
Man instinctively yesrns for life beyond the
grave TIL death do part" reads the marriage
esrvtce There are somc who would have II NO
tAst not even death can part them. Wrote Robert
Browning: l
o. thsv sssi u NY soul shaiI c,asD ,hss aSa,a.
Al with Csod b the rest!
Many feel that II there Ia to be no future life
ess then then 10 this earthly life hideous iniquity
. prodgtous failure. Wrote Tennyson:
rhou ~,i. Dot lsAv. US In tn. dust,
1hou msSest man. he knows net why.
Ne thinks he vas not made % S's:
An Thou hast made him. Thou Art just
II seems inconcevnble that man should toll ny
ward with sweat and travail until Lincoln could
Ay. with malice toward none. with charity for
oil" and then should come snnihIlstion. Wrote
Darvis:
Il y aa into'srsbie thought that and all other
ssssssst bsanss doomed to complete annihlst.on
sfs's s''A ''as-eon''"u'd and slow preesss
- the Christian Of today secs In Easter the an.
swss 70 the ases-oid question "lf man die. shall
he live asanr
This II old. old earth and man has lived long
upon N-aO long that he celebrated Easter ages
bsfore Jesus died upon the Cross and rose from
the dead. The Easter that ceiebrnted before
christianity came WAS an instructive expression
his 10y that winter wns over and spring
ia" way. To him the sun. II not God himself. wRa
light and warmth and sprinEinG ,ife So Mt or
ssar the Verna' equinox early man celebrated the
change In the sspsous that renewed his slender
Lease On life and comfort
Man instisctively turns to q rod n not TO IN.
ncd In the beginnings Of the race man saw god
In hight and darkness; heard god In the thunder
and the wind: felt him In the manifold manifcstn.
lions Of naturC. Perhaps most Of all early mnp
saw god In the sun thn, drew nearer In III. spring
and gave light and heat and food SO II 4. no
wonder fhut modern man rc,olcrs as Of old NJ IN.
coming of spring. lie would sing II he could with
Rliss Cnrmsn:
Well l know
The sun will chin. sKHin and spring com. b,rl
iss ancient glorious, golden. .now-red way
AnA nadns.s visit the green earth once NOR.
For many a city man does Berton Rrrl~y .n.,,
shen he sings OF the tune. OF the FIRST stree,
plano Of N" spring:
They bu,,d a vision OF meadows rI,.,.p
OF brookle,- that hahble and br-~.-s that ,roor
Ana wistfui and tender Young spring In her sp.,a,,
Co0es dancing 10 IN. on tn. winEs Of . tune
Russell Mott pee, Of long ago spoke for al,
es'urr lover, when he wrote:
Godds h.lpc Rlle good adventures
who love strange roads ws,is.
Whose rrysonne " city str~st.
Whose counting -house n ceils:
send them safe deiiverauncs.
That eAch lyts HE fyrs.
With only the starrea for eAoers
lsns the lAnde Of hys dssyrs.
W II 10 that out oSdoora on Easter morn offer,
. 1afs for many that no church cRn equal.
nastss nom at sunrise. should you bs In Lo.
Angeles aad Of thcsr lur-d by the out. ioorr
hasten 10 Eagle Rock park. You will nno man,
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