Evening star., 1923-04-01
An Easter Morning Talk
BY THOMAS X. MARSHALL
Former pice President OF the United States

, from lack of love or loyalty or faith.
! His was TO be kingdom, temporal In
character and all-embracing in Its
area; The might of man ma was li,n not patS, to
was slowly moldering back to dust
| in the new-heWn tomb of Joseph Of
IAramithea- How. many thousands
there are who. because things have
not gone their way. are inclined to
grow despondent, to say what's the
use, to think that death ends all and
to believe that there Is TO be no
| resurrection into higher and finer
things! How many are there who
view with suspicion, who Stoically
accept ali situations, who prate about
fate and admit the things they once
believed divine are dead and molder-
ing in the tomb? Does Easter morn
bring nought to these? 1t will bring
eurcease from doubt and sorrow II
they will but avail themselves OF the
faith OF that small group, women all,
who at the break OF day went TO the
sepulcher. These women had not the
! larger opportunities Of the disciples
! to learn the mission of the Master;
/ they had not the training of the
Roman ruler In the law, nor the mar
| rowness OF the high priests in re-
ligion. They Just had seen Him and
believed. 1ntuitively they felt that
! lie who had brought Mary's brother
back 10 life could not Himself for
ever die. So while Plate eased his
conscience with denial of RESPONSE
bility. while the high priest gloried
In his Journalism. and while the dis
| cipies were submerged in doubling
grief. these faithful souls early in
! the morning witnessed the first resur-
rection dawn.
All OF us need to be resurrected
from our dead selves. to come from
! out the tombs Of passion, pride, doubt
or despair into the sunlight Of new
morning. But one is not resUrrected
without faith. and faith is not always
an emotion but oftimes the consum-
| mate flower OF finest thinking. Why
will men take a partial view when
they may see the whole If they will?
Why Gill they speak of Kismet. luck,
! fate, chance? Why will many Of
those who delve into tho mysteries
OF nature dispute the value OF faith;
II indeed. they do not deny the. need
of II? The wonderful discoveries Of
/ our modern age do not dispute the
doctrine Of the resurrection or tar
nish its glory: Indeed the more OF
jsht but Dove proSes the cefpa,nty 81 the
! life yet 10 be.
without a word OF revelation !
,, should still be. convinced that Jesus
Christ arose from the dead I'm.
mine, comes today a thought or far
more transcendent beauty. Sinless
He went TO HIS death and going thus.
He made il possible for sinful men
and women on their dead selves TO
rise TO better things. l have Il faith
that teaches me that there is not one
death for man but many, not one
hope of resurrection but several. Are
the lilies to be taken from the altar
this morning and transplanted into
the hearts OF men there to bloom
perennially? If so. we must die 70
| every unworthy sentiment which we
| have entertained for our fellow
men. We must wrap IN grave clothes
every envy, hatred and i'll Will. We
must be touched again into. newness
OF life by the angels OF love and
| logical or personally Indifferent. We
must bring into the larger life OF
the world that life so easily led at
! home, the life of trust and love which
does not argue but believes. which
/ has the supreme assurance that more
things have been wrought by faitn
! and prayer than ever came from
7 doubt or questioning. The world has
always needed a resurrection morn
! and never more so than today. What
| would do this old world the most
good Is q blind and, II you will. a
! foolish faith in the risen NaZarene.
| We should leave in the tomb of Lent:
| wrapped in grave clothes, envy and
malice and hatred and self-seeking
! and carelessness and Indifference to
| tho needs of others. 1t will be an
/ Of mankind glad that He gave this
/ world its hope If we shall be resur-
! rected this day to the full stature
! Of sons and daughters OF God.