The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1928-04-06

news TO the world Only the Creator
of man, and his Judge. could have ac-
complished change like that The
man who accepted the welI-attested
historical fact OF the Easter Resur.
-rections accepted with it the belief
the fact; that Jesus of Nazareth was
God as well as man, and professed
Himself to be Christian. Easter
was in short the festival OF the AL.
mighty Godhead of Jesus Christ as
Christmas was the anniversary of His
miraculous birth as Son Of Man. 1t
was festival Of the deepest joy The
earliest Christians made the Reslr-
rection on the first day Of the week
to be weekly festival, by transfer.
ring their rest day from the seventh
which recalled the Creation and the
exodus from Egypt to the first day
Of every week, under the guidance Of
course Of the Holy Ghost. AS well,
Easter day was by far the greatest
festival of the year, and SO it was eel
ebrated in the first centuries of our
era.
Beginning New Life.
Is It correct, wonder, to say thar
there has been strong tendency in
our days to dwell more upon the hr
mainly than upon the divinity OF the
Savior? You notice how our preachers
emphasize the example. the leader
ships the sufferings OF The Master as
the perfect Guide, Leader and Man of
Sorrows, how apt they are to dwell
lightly upon His eternal Godhead and
pOwerl | have the idea that the ex.
altation of Christmas is due to that
tendency. Sometimes wonder if we
have not lost something by magnify
ing the man rather than the God In
the blessed Savior. Man has been
kicking at and trying to open the gate
of death for centuries and never could
open It. Only the Master of life and
death could do that It was the God
in Jesus that mattered and made all
the difference. Ancient England, in
fact. before Pope Gregory's mission
aries arrived there had really mad,
Christmas New Years day, and b.
gan the year with the coming of Go,
to the world. But that countr,
changed its opinion, as have SAID
and decided, rather, that the world o.
mems new life hogan when nature he
gan her year, and so shifted their New
Year beginning to Easter and the
spring!
Casters Glorious Promise.
1t really makes no difference to an
intelligent world whether the calen
dar year begins at Easter or In Janu
airy. Calendars do not control tn
season or the weather, though an O,
Quaintance rather given to follow A.
trOlogy stopped me In the street i,
few days ago to tell me of wonder
full almanac published in anothe.
country which foretold exactly wha,
the weather was to be. ! did no,
know that there was single man
living outside of b iunatic asylum
who believes In weather almanacs
these days. though fancy can re.
member when q good many believed
In their money-catching guesses. Bui
It is admirably BETTING that Easter Z
with its certain hope Of the resurrec
ton life Of man. which came to us
out Of the grave in a Jerusalem gar
den at the season when earth is show
ing signs of renewed, arisen life.
should be celebrated just at this time /
Of year. 1t Is good to be reminded by
the lovely growths that come from
wintering graves In gardens, fields
and woods that 1--WE shall be changed
when the cleaning Easter aSun Of
Righteousness shah arise. and all the