The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-04-03
easter g1adness"

Sing of hope and faith uplifted;
Love has rolled the stone away"
Is not the true message. Of Easter
one of gladness? The daily remem-
brance of that first Easter Day will
uplift hope and faith to rehearse this
message of mans immortality, rekin-
ding in mems hearts the spirit of
"Easter gladness."
Jesus Of Nazareth fulfilled his
Christ-like mission among men. He
brought practical proof OF the eff
cacy of uplifted faith, and he an
swered that age-old question of all
men, "Is man immortal and life eter-
nal?" Every act in his earthly min
istry became a living text, restating
afresh the basic message Of the
Christ John 10:30), Il and my
Father are one"
His mighty works continued to in
spire the hearts of men, to resurrect
all mankind from earth-bound theo-
ries and beliefs. Not only did Christ
Jesus raise the dead, but he also
brought renewed life to those who
were buried in mortal thinking. For
to believe that man is mortal, man
made, sinful, sick, dying, is to seem
to be so, while to behold man as
deathless. spiritual, Godlike, is to ex-
perience resurrection. The 1T" to
which Jesus continually referred is
the divine nature eternally expressed
in man, the Christlikeness or scien-
tific relationship which forever ex-
lists between God and His idea. ..
In Miscellaneous Writings" Mary
Baker Eddy writes Up. 154), ut is the
purpose of divine Love to resurrect
the understanding, and the kingdom
of God, the reign of harmony already
within u.s." What a glorious Easter
Day dawns when we discern the true
resurrection-"the reign of harmony
already within u.s.!
The world today appears dreary
and drab for many. Never before
has there been more urgent need
for easter gladness" within the
hearts of mankind. -.
What if the evidence of the senses
points to helplessness, futility, de-
feat, frustrationl Those were the
same arguments repeated centuries
ago, when he who was known to the
world as Jesus of Nazareth was in
tomb working out for all the world
the truth of mans immortality. An
gels were to roll away the stone
from before that tomb and Christ
Jesus was to step forth, a living an
swer to the argument Of mortality,
to the worlds fear, ignorance, and
sin.
Speaking of @our angelic messen-
gers" in a marginal note, Mrs. Eddy
states on page 200 Of the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures:
"My angels are exalted thoughts, ap-
pearing at the door of some sepul-
chre, in which human belief has
buried its fondest earthly hopes.
With white fingers they point up
ward to new and glorified trust, to
higher ideals of life and its joys"
Unnumbered men and women
throughout the world have been de-
ivered from entombment in the car
nal mind sepulchers of fear, igno-
rance, and sin. Exalted thoughts"
of Gods presence and omnipotence
have rolled away those stones of
false belief, uplifting hope and faith
to behold mans oneness with God.
How tenderly Jesus treasured his
disciples of the eternal relationship
between God and man when he said
John 14:2), II 60 to prepare place
for your He was assuring them of
the certainty of resurrection and as
cension for all who follow in his
footsteps, however dark the human
way may seem. Their hearts must
have queried: where is our beloved
Teacher going? To what placer"
Those questions were to remain un-
answered for time. But the prom
Use he gave brought them comfort;
many times angels were to deliver
them and they were to prove for
themselves something Of "Easter
gladness."
Jesus disciples had to learn, as all
must likewise do, that the ascension
of Christ Jesus did not consist of the
one moment when he passed from
their sight. On his ascending
thoughts they must learn to model
their own. In the spirit Of Truth
and Love, which the Christ ex-
presses, there remains forever that
which prepares mems hearts for ac-
ceptance of the kingdom Of God
within, for acknowledgment of their
place in the Fathers house." This
is the eternal benediction, 81 go to
prepare a place for you" Our rec
ognition of the meaning Of these
words gives us something of the true
gladness of Easter. The Christjdsa
Science Monitor.
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