The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-03-28

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you, fear not that it is d~isloyalty to the true God.
1t is but the instinct Of prehistoric ages working
in ycu. And He will not be offended.
And if 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 a great concourse of fellow-worshipers TO
whom the lure was equally strong. Who will lead
the worship l do not know, except that 1t will be
some worthy leader. Last Easter morn he was the
Ri. Rev. Herbert %Shipman, suffragan 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,
Hearing a twitter sweetly familiar,
Say to his comrade: 10, the first bluebirdi
Winter is ended. Jesus is risen.
Let us go worship where shows the snow cross
High on the mountain. Holy Cross Mountain"
This Easter a few hardy spirits; able-bodied and
in love with the out-of-doors, 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 glistening white.
Next Easter morn there will be many more wor-
shippers and thereafter the number will yearly in
crease. For under the Holy Cross on the slope Of
the mountain has been established a 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 II is being established and developed, for the
benefit of all. Both Professionals and Roman Cath
ollcs are interested. All are invited to come and
worship at a shrine with, as John Masefeld says,
A beauty perfect. ripe, complete,
That arts own hand could only smutch
And Natures self not better much.
DR.. johnson wrote that the mountains were so
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her care" But DR.. Johnson vas wrong. All the
world loves the mountains-or would, if it knew
the mountains. And they are indeed lovely in the
spring. Wherever there Is water there are aspens
and their tender green is charmingly offset by the
darker green Of the evergreens. Light and dis
lance paint the scene with the gorgeousness Of a
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 /. the
color scheme. The sunset skies are startling In
their crimsons and Colds. And dawn in the noun
tains Is a thing Of beauty and therefore a Joy for
ever. The naked granite Of the high peaks bushes
ruby red under the first rays of the sun and If a
peak is snow-crowned the beauty is enhanced. AS
the shadows lengthen or shorten on the forested
slopes there Is an ever-ehanging play of color.
Yes; DR.. Johnson was wrong. As John C. Van
Dyke says In 1.-THE Mountain" Mountains are the
spots where we get once more back to natures
Heart after a lifetime spent In the dreary Londons
Of the world"
The Mount Of the Holy Cross d3,978) is world
famous because of its cross of snow that forms the
GROWING touch Of its majestic beauty. The up
right Of the cross measures about 100 feet and
the beam about 200 feet. It's snow is everlasting
and may be seen for many a mile. The mountain
Itself can be seen on a 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