The Dolores star., 1923-03-30

90 SdiU Jesus TO his iOlO"tEs De-
fore lie His death Calvary Later they
Him fiinching beneath the weight OF the
He went forth from Pilates judgment hail along
the Way OF Sorrows 10 Golgotha Still Inter they
Him dying that cross. And finally they
Him risen from the dead Easter Day.
To Jesus disciples the cross symbolized the
power Of imperial Rome over those who offended
against her. Rome stood FOR material achievement.
for oppression. Jesus stood for spiritual things.
for love, for human freedom and brotherhood.
To the Christian of today Easter is celebrn-
tion Of the belief that Rome wrong and that
Jesus right. And he knows that he must
ry the cross well cling to the cross.
Man insfinctvey yearns for life beyond the
Till death do US part rends the marriage
service There are some vii" would have it so
that not death part them. Wrote Robert
Browning:
Q. thou soul of my soul shall clasp thee again.
And with God be the rest
Many feel that If there IS TO he no future life
for them then is this earthly life hdeous nlquy.
prodigous failure Wrote Tennyson:
Thou leave in the dust:
Thou madest man he knows not why.
He thinks he was not made 10 die
And Thou hast made him. Thou just
1t seems lnconcelvable thar man should toll up
ward with sweat and travail until a Lincoln could
say, with malice toward none. with charity for
ALL and then should come annihilation. Wrote
Darwin:
1t is intolerabe thought man and all other
sentient beings doomed complete anuihiation
after such a ong-contnued and slow process
SO the Christian of today in Easter the an
swer TO the ages-old question: IF die, snail
be live again.
This IS old old earth and man has lived long
upon it-so long that he celebrated Easter ages
before Jesus died upon the cross and rose from
the dead. The Easter that man celebrated before
Christianity instructive expression
his that Snrin,
the way. To him the sun If God himself was
lghf and warmth and springing life So at or
near the verIal equinox early man celebrated the
change in the seasons that renewed his slender
lease on life and comfort.
Man lnstnctively turns TO a god II not TO the
God In the beginnings of the man saw god
In light and darkness; heard god in the thunder
and the wind: felt him in the manifold manifesta
tions Of nature. Perhaps most of all early man
saw god in the sun that drew nearer In the spring
and gnve light and heat and food. So 1t is no
wonder that modern man rejoices as Of old at the
coming Of spring. He would sing, If he could with
Bliss Carman
Well know
The will shine again and spring come back
Her ancient, glorious, golden -fowered way
And gladness visit the green earth more
For many city man does Berton Braley spenk
when he sings Of the tunes of the irst street
plano of the spring:
They build vision of Elysan
Or brooklets that babble and breeZeS that
And wistful and tender young spring In her spendor
Comes dancing the wings o a tune
Russell Mott poet of long ago spoke for all
nature lovers when he wrote
Godde helpe allie good Adventures
Who love strange roads wele
Whose prysonne a city street.
Whose countng-house a ceie:
Send them a safe deliveraunce
That each lyte his
With only the starres for gaolers
lime the lande of hys desyre
So it is that out-of- doors Easter morn offers
lure for many that no church equal
Easter at sunrise, should you be In Los
Angeles and Of those lured by the out-of-doors
hasten to Eagle Rock park. You Will ind many
others going your way and you will come to vast
ciQMG EuRle Rock sIlrIpoilpted hu