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Show tor tSt 1TI1T jjTa &" nirrrf-jinir- CORRIERE DAMERICA SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH resurrection RESURRECTION MESSAGE HERALDED WITH EVERY BREATH OF SPRING THE SAVIOR LIVES li ihe Shall 11 dr Prom out No eortaui 41 AM the Resurrection and the 1 lilies rise, we see White-petale- d Life. CM He that bel'eves in me, though he were dead. he live and he shall never die! Twas this, one soft spring day, the Lord Christ said. AND upon another day In now, spring, The Far-trace- d ad buds And lifted through wings of birds! i t 4 A ND now He is in homes both rich and poor, And in he hearts of those who living there Fling open wide a window or a door And feel, upon their faces, April air! sv in myri- the air on Text: Matthew 27:1-1- 0 in the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day the Resurrection and the 11 Life, And so must be in gardens everywhere, In bush and bulb, in seed and blade of grass, For Life and Resurrection now are there. ? of the week, came Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, to see the sep- ulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake; for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women. Fear not ye: for 1 know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead ; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: Lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy, and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshiped him. Then said Jesus unto them. Be not afraid: go tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. He must be on every city AND Where brave pavement-bountrees bear leaves again. Where flowers are sold on stony curbs And fragrantly bid pause there hurrying men. pot-hel- d i AND ' y well we know He stands in every church; Within each quiet, candle-lovel- y place, Where, resurrected life of earthly bulbs. Easter Egg Old Symbol If you should go Into church on Easter morning and find the clergy playing ball you would be sure that modern decadence had reached Its pinnacle:. Yet you would only be witnessing a spectacle that was the accustomed scene In the churches of England during the medieval period, Helen Huckler writes, in the New York Herald Tribune. The affair began Innocently enough In a still older custom wherein the choristers In the nave used to toss a paschal egg from one to another ss the anthem was sung. Evidently the egg was not s boiled one. Moreover, many of the choristers were not of the caliber to qualify for a big league team today. So a more durable handball was eventually substituted and that Is how the clergy catue to play ball In the churches on Easter day. In time, as the human race grew older and Inevitably more decoroua, even this pleasant cuatom was abandoned. The egg. however, still remains Irrevocably bound to Easter, as you and I admit when ws breakfast upon the golden dish, for how could we consider any other upon Easter Sunday? Inevitably we eat eggs on Easter, though few of us realize how ancient Is the traditloo ws follow. Egg Always Symbol. From time Immemorial, and If this does cot mean the Pleistocene age at least It was long before Home and Jerusalem and even Athens, the egg has been regarded by all people everywhere with admiration, not to say awe. Its mysterious property was reason enough. Perhaps Its delicious versatility In the kitchen was an added recommendation. As a good gourmet, I like to think so. And so, on all counts, nature's master piece became Involved very early In celebrations of the resurrection of the new year. Together with the Greeks the ancient Romans used eggs In their most solemn sacrifices. To honor Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, they brought In platters of eggs with great pomp. So highly did the Ashantis regard the tasty spherule as the symbol of creation, they were forbidden by the fetish to eat It. In certain other parts of Africa thla restriction was applied only to the unlucky feminine sex, always the first to be called upon to do whatever sacrificing happens to be In vogue. Old and Odd Beliefs. Various mysterious meanings were attached to eggs during the Lenten season. Many old wives used firmly to believe that to hang an egg on Ascension day In the roof of the house preserveth the same from all hurts." Try It If you want to. It will not be as risky as attempting to carry a Good Friday egg about In your pocket or purse to propitiate the fickle gods of chance, a custom, it seems to me, much more likely to bring bad luck than good. But that was another ancient superstition, as was the one whereby the French ate eggs laid on Good Friday to protect themselves from the fever. Just try nowadays to catch any egg with the date on It! However, I myself prefer that superstition to the one claiming that eggs laid on Maundy Thursday and Good Friday during divine service and kept throughout the year would be effective In putting out any fire into which they might be thrown. Many people would prefer to let the house burn down. Now Time changes these things. that Incubators are so efficient and day old chicks ride the trains like vet life-givin- . -- 4 -- S ' , v "7- V - - V - . - , - Yet shall he live and he shall never die! Lord Christ, the Resurrection and the Life, How can we not believe when spring draws nigh? New York Herald Tribune. 7 Ths young lady shown In ths above looks ahead almost 50 years to the centennial of Arbor day In 1972 Phyllis Westwood of Wash Ington, D. C, joins tha American Tree association by helping to plant a tree. Her father, H. W. Westwood, helps with ths shovel, while Mrs, Westwood erans, we are no longer concerned to sees that Phyllia throws the avoid gathering eggs or setting hens (right) In the right direction. Her great on Surnluy, or, as others Insisted, aft- earth er dark on any day. It is no longer a uncle, Rev. J. J. Rives, who christened sees to It tho birthday tree matter of Importance to us not to Phyllis, has water. Mr. Rives brought carry setting eggs over running water waterenough from the River Jordan to chris-to- n lest they be addled. Nor do we mark Phyllis the day the tree was plantthem with a cross to kpep away the ed. Some of this also christened ths weasels, though I should not be sur- tree. Phyllis means green bough. prised If some of our own grandmothers did that very thing. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON day is observed on plc-tu- rs -- BEYOND THE GRAVE C ASTER is the celebration of resurrection. To the Christian world it is the celebration of the resurrection of divinity embodied In humanity. Around it center the history, the tradition, the memories, the ideals and the hopes of tha Christian church. To the Christian faith it commemorates an actual event that ie the eupreme assurance of life after death. But Easter lym- -' bolixes something larger than a particular faith, something mors than ths resurrection of a particular individual It expresses a faith that existed continuously, and was virtually universal, many millenniums before Christ, ages before there was any Christian creed, a faith that has since existed and still exists among millions who know not Chriet or who deny him humanity's inherent, intuitive faith that death is not the end of life. Students Turned Easter Time to Good Account As soon ss there was a university, clerks and students were running ths streets of Taris at Easter time, seeking their eggs as gifts from substan- tial householders, and singing Lauds In well known modern style. Laila working In machine shops, stores, etc., never learned the trick of running the streets for foundations and endowments. Some time In the year 1100 was revived the forgotten art of scratching decorations on red eggs or of pasting on designs to keep them free from color underneath Initials, dates, fishes, circles, crosses, lambs and good shepherds. To one and all the Easter egg did represent tha life to come clear, certain, not the vague hope of the pagan. In the palace of the kings of France, where Easter was a grandiose fete, every mother's son, to the least psge and kitchen boy, had eggs to nick and compliments to exchange. Odd English Custom quaint custom, Indigenous to Lancashire, England, was that of pinning bits of colored rag on the dresses of women on their way to church. While the origin and meaning of this practice Is doubtful, one commejitntor suggests that It probably originally referred to the palm branch procession preceding the crucifixion of Jesus, when the children thronged Ills path and their elders threw clothes In ths way ns he rode Into Jerusalem. Chicago News. A X Actual Resurrection Date dates In the different I states, but there Is one cel-ebratlon which has special That Is on significance. Aprl 22 In Nebraska. April 22 Is the birthday of J. Sterling Morton, the Father of Arbor Day. Next year will be celebrated his centennial, for he was born In Adams, Jefferson county, N. Y., In 18S2. When young Morton was two years old his parents moved to Michigan and there he grew up, attending a private school In Monroe and then a Methodist seminary In Albion. In 1850 he entered the University of Michigan and remained there for most of the course, but withdrew In his senior year and was graduated from Union college In bis fiatlve stute In 1854. In the same year he was married to a Michigan girl and the young couple decided to go West and grow up with the country. They settled first at Bellevue In the territory of Nebraska, but moved later to what Is now Nebraska City, where Mortun was a member of the town company, which surveyed and established that town. Adjacent to the townslte he a tract of land half a mile square and upon that site he built his home which he called Arbor Lodge. Morton was the founder and first editor of the first newspuper In Nebraska CRy, the Nebraska City News and was s prominent figure lu Nebraska during Us territorial days. In 1858 President Buchanan made him secretary of the territory, and upon the resignation of Gov. William A. Richardson he became acting governor. He was, however, more Interested In other matters than In politics. He was sn original member of the Nebraska Territorial Board of Agriculture and the Territorial Horticultural society. Coming from two heavllywooded states. New York and Michigan. Mor-towas struck by the bleakness of the "treeless state, as Nebraska was called at that time. The result was that at a meeting of the state hoard of agriculture on January 4, 1872, Morton ft.troduccd a resolution setting aside April 10 for tree planting so that Nebraska would be a treeless state no longer. More than a million trees were planted that year and several million more during the following years. In 1885 the Nebraska legislature, wishing to further honor the man who had originated the Idea of Arbor day, passed an act clinnglng the date of Its observance to April 22, Morton's birthday, and making It s legal holiday in I n that state. In 1893 Morton entered the cabinet of President Grover Cleveland ss secretary of agriculture, remaining in oltlca nntil IW, the Nebraska was able to proclaim to Nebraska's sister states that henceforth she was to be knowu as the 'Tree-Plante-r State because this commonwealth, which had tBce been so markedly destitute of this form of verdure, now had more than 700.0(H) acres planted In trees. President Roosevelt was strongly Impressed with the wisdom of an Arbor day program and threw the influence of his etllce strongly behind the movement The sld he gave the tree planting received fresh Impetus under President Herding, through setting aside Forest Protection week, when By The Retrayal of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, occurred on the evening following Thursday, 14th NF san, April 6, A. D., SO, at 10 or 11 p. ni. or according to others, soon after midnight. The Crucifixion was about 9 a. rn. on Friday, 15lh Nlsan, April 7, A. I'.. SO. The Resurrection was as the day began to dawn, on Sunday. 17th Nisan, April 9. A. D., 30. The Ascension took place on Thursday, May It, A. P.. SO, or A. C. G, that is year of Rome 783. k. word victorijt, Chortle of prtud To God be given! The bands of death Are surely riven I TT E IS i the a whole world sees His great, words across the earth voic Ever puwt the door of the ckee-ehtomb, Ever ptercee the darlmcea, the eUence, the (loom. Ever call to the eleepmf to waken again. Ever efage e gUd long to the cad hearts of mco Then Chnet bee lived end loved hi vein; left but grief end pern; For oe I There breaks no light! Prom out the grave; Toe Savior bed No power to e e e His Face! Yet shall dtd Mvtr ria m dear 1803 legi-latu- re the public, or that part of It which uses the forests, whs instructed In the necessary care to guard the forests agalot destructive fires. President HVmii j followed suit with American Forest week, going even deeper into the forest problems, and urging that farmers plant vacant and unproductive land with trees, and develop, and tend their present woodlots. If J. Sterling Morton Is honored ss the Father of Arbor Day, some kindred title should be devised for Charles Lathrop Pack who has been outstanding in carrying on the work started by Morton. For years Mr. Pack has gone up and down the country preaching the doctrine of Plant trees Plant trees ! Plant trees ! As president of the American Tree association he has originated many plans for awakening the Interest of the American people In trees not only In conserving such forests as we have dow, but lu planting trees to provide for the forests of the future. He has sponsored a "Hall of Fame for Trees wherein may be registered those trees which have been connected with some historic event or which have some similar claim to fame. He has promoted the Idea of planting memorial trees and creutlng Roads of Remembrance In honor of the soldiers of the World war. On the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Arbor day In 1922 Sir. Pack anounoed his plnn for celebrating the centennial of Arbor day In 1972. Ills idea Is summed up In these words. Plant a centennial tree and register It with the American Tree association so that your name will be on the honor roll of tree planters and good citizens 60 years from now." Since then the association has urged this Idea upon Americans so that thousands of trees will be planted and marked hv 1972 and the centennial celebration of that year may be made the greatest ever hold In this country. Ills late-- t Idea Is that of Joining In the bicentennial celebration of the lilrth of George Washington next year by planting ten millions of trees this jear and next In honor of the Father of His Country, who was ulso a tree loverea living memorial to a great man stretching clear across the country. Arbor day is observed In the various states throughout the country as follows : ion of the governor. Arizona In Tup northern counties, Fr.day following first ef April; elsewhere Friday following first of February. Atkunsas -- First Saturday In March. e California March 7, blrthduy of Ruihunk. Cola-i- do lliirj Friday In April. (.Vmt.ectiuit-L.v- ter part of April er first part of M.,y proclamation of governor. of Delaware April by proclamation gov ernor. Distrht of Third Friday In April by proclamation of commissioners. Florida-Fi- rst Friday In February. December. Georgia- -1 lrst Frld 1 g Alabama-Proclamat- Lu-th- Cola-nbi- Hawaii First Friday In November. Idaho April 29, when possible, recommended Festival of Easter Unchanged by Time by governor. The continuance, the rise and fall of festivals Is one of ttie mysteries of the human race. Once upon a time Indiana Third Friday In April. Iowa Proclamation of the governor. Twelfth night was the Jolliest of feasts, merry with wassail parties, and Kansas Option of governor. everybody had a cake, a cake with a Kentucky In fall by proclamation bean In It. Frazer gives many of the of governor. Louisiana Second Friday In Janu- curious Whitsunday customs, some of ary; resolution state board of edu- which still survive In Europe, though In this country they have virtually cation. And where are the Maine Option of governor In the disappeared. goose, the "apple sauce, onions and spring. Maryland Second Friday In April, sage which once graced the board at the feast of Michaelmas? proclamation of governor. Only the egg habit of Easter has Massachusetts Last Saturday In grown ?rith the years, and the modApril, proclamation of governor. Michigan Proclamation of governor. ern child expects a clutch of eggs with the same confidence as presents at Usually last Friday in April. Minnesota Proclamation of gover- Christmas. In the early days the chocolate eggs, the toy eggs, the pastenor. Usually latter part of AprlL Mississippi Second Friday In De- board ovals with their varied gifts were unknown. Eggs there were, but cember. Proclamation by governor. Missouri FTrst Friday after first they were only the simple product of the hen, which fond mothers wrapped Tuesday In April. Montana Second Tuesday In May. In pieces of red flannel to give them a wonderful scarlet color. In the first Nebraska April 22. Nevada Proclamation of governor. days of Christianity dyed Easter eggs New Hampshire Proclamation of were blessed by the priests and kept as amulets, as mascots. But historigovernor, early May. ans tell ns that they find references New Jersey Second In Friday to the eggs of spring long before the April. New Mexico Second Friday In Christian religion came Into being, and that the rolling of the Pesche, or Pace, March ; proclamation of governor. New York The law In this state Is egg Is one of the oldest customs In chilvery elastic In respect to Arbor day the world. Perhaps the fact that dren the world over long ago adopted and permits of naming the date as their own especial so as to take full advantage egg rolling of climatic conditions In different delight will suffice to keep the Easter parts of the state. Hence, there are egg customs always In fashion. three Arbor days In New York, one for Long Island, one for "up state. Gay Eaater Feather and one for the northern oouuties. As During later years the custom of a rule, the last Friday in April and donning new clothes on Easter Sunday the first two Fridays in May are the has become such a fixed and universal Is considered dates selected. one that North Carolina Friday after March not only to be a sign of eccentricity, 15. but also a forerunner of bad luck. North Dakota Option of gov ei nor. Ohio Proclamation of governor. Oklahoma Latter part of February or early In March. Let all the jubilant sounds Oregon Western, second Friday In .1 of earth swing up in one February ; eastern, second Friday In p resonant wave of triApril. umphant song. Let us Pennsv Iv.tnia Proclamation of govrobe ourselves in the sun-a- y ernor. Porto Rico-L- ast gladness of a hope so bright Friday In Novemthe hope that defies death, and ber. Rhode Isalnd Second Friduy In reaches across all the breadth of May. graves, and clasps the hand of an South Carolina Third Friday la immortal friend, and says through Nov ember. hour of sorrow, It doth not any South Dakota No law, generally obwhat we shall be: but appear yet served In April throughout state. we know that, when He shall apTtnnessee First Friday In April. pear, we shall be like Him Texas F'ehruary 22. Utah April 15 by statute. waking or sleeping, for, waking or Vermont Option of governor, usualsleeping, we are the Lords; and while it thus chants its faith, hears, ly Friday of Forest Vlrg.nia Proclamation of the govrising slow and sweet, and with an ernor In the spring. clden pathos, out of the deeps of West Virginia Usually second Friancient days, the quench'ess fa'th of In April. day a twilight child of God: I know Wisconsin Proclamation ef govthat my Redeemer liveth: . . . and ernor. Usually first Friday In May. Proclamation of govthough after my mortal death Washington ernor. Usually first Friday In Slay. destroy this body, yet in m ef goverflesh shall I see God. Rev. I. M. Wyoming Proclamation nor, Usually first Friday In May. Haldemann, in Farm and Ranch. f by Wejtira Ntwsptpor UbUfk.) Illinois Proclamation In April. of govemov REJOICE! The grave ie but The way to heaven The Better morn Ie full of cheer. The mgel cries He ie not here; Seek ye him not Among the deed. Par be ie risen, Ae he said!" This tong of life Aeeunmce give Death diet, beceuee The Savior Uveal E. H. I Newcoirb Soul Finds Hope in Easter Message The greatest word In mans philosophy Is Hope. The rags of life are never too tattered to conceal somewhere this tiny sublimity; the years are ne'er too heavy or dragging to deny Its existence; the wreckage of yesterday never so pitifully complete as to make the victim release his clutch on the precious seed of tomorrow. Easter Is Hope. There Is the glorious burgeoning of a magnificent an over" helming denial of extinction ; a promise, as radiant as ever man dreamed of; and somewhere In It, Indestructible, eternal, a conviction that crushes all challenge. It Is easy to be philosophical when all things go well. But hope Is the hearts fruit of the poor In spirit, as It Is the reassurance of those strong In faith. It clasps the feeble, uncertain hand and places It firmly once more on the thread of existence, and its voice urges the halting footsteps once more forward to the goal of fulfillment. What Is the Intended meaning of these eloquent lilies but the bursting ecstasy of the hidden bulbs? What this budding spring but the renewal of life In its endless cycles of slumber and awakening? What this great tragedy of Golgotha but the essential prelude to a liberating resurrection? By the darkness of the storm and the shadows of the night we recognize, In contrast, the flooding of the earth by the light of the sun. By th pain and disappointment of yesterday we sense overpowertngly the happiness of today. By the path we have walked we know that the goal Is the more precious. We hope, always hope, that life leads to a climax worthy of the toll and the Journey. Easter say the hope Is true, that life is a preparation, and death the liberator, Easter Is the unquenchable torch, without whose light life for the Chri tlan la a chaos. Detroit News. HIS MOTHER! Along the road from Calvary A risen Christ went down. While followers their vigil kept In shelter of the town. But somehow, on that royal way, Though He had glory won, I like to think He stopped to greet A woman as her Son. Before He broke again the bread With those He called His own. Before He stood in form of flesh That He be surely known, I still believe He found a time. Though much was to be done, To speak a word of comforting To her who mourned her Son. Lalia Mitchell Thornton, in tha Ohio Farmer. Easter Fires to Greet the Coming of Spring Throughout the Harz mountain region the traditional Easter fires are lighted Easter eve. At this season It Is customary In that section of Germany to build fires, the flames visible for miles, to Inform the world that victorious spring has vanquished snow and frost again. These fires usually are lighted on Easter night, but In many communities the ceremony takes place on Saturday night. Custom decrees that every village or town must contribute something to the collection of fuel, which Is stacked tip by the comma-nltv- s older school children. Many families preserve the Christmas tree from the previous Yuletlds ns their contribution. EASTER LILIES. the flowers that open in OF ALL spring r.npe ,'o beautifully typifies the religious centiment as the lily. The Easter lily has become the symbolic flower of the resurrection of Christ. Once it was known as the Persian Beauty, but tradition tells us that the flower turned from yellow to white as the Virgin plucked it and held it in her hand. It is also known as the Fleur de Marie, the flower of Mary. Dante spoke of the Easter lily as the lily Tasso called it the of the Amo. golden lily and Solomon sang of the lilies of the field. St Josephsta3 budded and lilies bloomed forth. |