| Show t i CELEBRATION There aro are two Christian Christan I sarlos sarles Hrie that mean me more to the church c and ant to church people than all al the the theother other t f anniversaries that are celebrated in inthe I f world They are the birth of ot Christ j and d the resurrection And t It It were iJ 1 i ot t for the resurrection the birthday i I anniversary would vo ld not bo be celebrated I f fn For or the resurrection wa ne to I 1 the establishment ent of f the th religion of ot oti i I L i Ghrist If I h had not risen r n again on onI the third day as he promised his disciples U u I day ples pIe he ho would woud all an of his wonderful r tj I teachings have gone for naught naught I Forgotten o t have been the tho mar marvelously marvelously n t p V beautiful b u 1 life le he lived lve on onearth 1 earth Erth forgotten the miracles he per performed performed perI I k formed the sick he healed the dead ded he f raised forgotten the religion of love j r J and mercy tenderness and charity All Al Alli i that would have been remembered of 1 Christ If indeed any of It i were re rem i J m d at ni this lat latA day dar would be bo bethe bl boi i I L t j the t e one fact tact that the great groat get promise prom Ise was as I l lt f il I broken that the resurrection pledge y failed Christ would have occupied led In Int 1 r t minds of the thinking world the tho th I J r allotted to the tho false prophets I t t have arisen arlon from time to time In InI 4 I parts of tho the world i 1 t In l his h Is name n a m e would wo U I d not have havet t l t J been bon given to the greatest of all al re religions ret r It t fi There are re plenty plent of men and andI andle I r j t j x men le now who do not ot boli Christ ii with son s on n of God Goa There Th xi ar aro many manyiA i iA f who declare delare out ut of the me largeness of i I I i om that tho story of the tle rca res resu res t u Is hi a myth In the same p b beath eath they express admiration a for II 8 V rist teachings and in d the boiler belief bele that I q I r 4 c IW h was w a R a thoroughly lh good man We WeI I I i r cannot cnn recon ile the theories Christ Ii i I I i J was either the son on of God Cod or he went i i tough through gh his whole short life teaching tSou I and ant preaching a He lie le lief J t I f he did this he could not have been beena I t t a good man In any sense of the word 7 1 He believed he would rise again agin from r the dead on the th third thir day rise literally I Ii I from the dead de and leave the sepulchre In which his body was placed or his i 1 l t I Ifo was wa a falsehood Wo We e do not much J t t I t care e how the individual may feel feet about h f It the U ele life of Christ and ad his resurrection f i r Hp II H may m y believe or disbelieve eleve tho story stor r I as I ahe he pleases and we wo will ivill 1 not quarrel With lh him One thing we do know Ii l r at Is that Christ exercised a larger i for good than tha any Individual I who has hs trodden the earth erth since time Ii began begani i f His Is work and ad his teachings have r F wiped away away more tears tear have given t more more joy than any or all al the nonbelievers nonbelievers J 1 lievers Hever from Nero to Bob Ingersoll IngeroI i And Aid n d until the agnostics can cin c n offer fer a bet beti bettE l j i tr t tE structure I for the structure they 0 t i would destroy until unU they can prove j that their creed will wi make life le more I worth living and ad rob rb the grave of Its It victory Ictor the th religion of Jesus esus Christ t 1 t will wl continue to spread Its is humanizing I A t IS its 1 civilizing Its it splendid Influence for I i 4 t i all a the l that world word is really real worth while over all al |
