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Ben B n Syndlel1te-WNU Syndlel1te WNU Syndicate-WNU Syndicate - - F Features l1tures / * y yd yv yp d v ; _ , . /p p / NQs \ \ 1 - o : : = ' Jj JjcUJ , cUJ cUJIc1 , Ic1 ' / Home family work " , ark gardem gardens boolc books $ the love oJ of oJchildren ofchildren children These are Cod ' ' law low Jar for us By KATHLEEN NORRISASTER NORRIS ASTER has one elementthat elementthat element EASTER , < that makes it different differentfrom differentfrom differentJ from all the other great greatdays greatdays greatdays days of the yearIt yearIt year yearIt It is the day on which we weought weought weought ought to remember that sor- sor sorrow sorrow sor sorrow - - row can change to JOY ] oy , doubt doubtcan doubtcan doubtcan can change to faith fear can canchange canchange canchange change to hope Even more morethan morethan morethan than Christmas , or any other otherfeast otherfeast otherfeast feast this is the day that takes takesmto takesmto takesinto mto account all human pam pain pamand painand painand and sin sm and darkness and lr it lrradIates itradiates irradiates radIates even the bleakest bleakesthfe bleakestlife bleakestlife hfe life with Wlth miraculous promIseThe promiseThe promise promiseThe The apostles aposties were desolate when whenthe whenthe whenthe the first Easter dawned They had hadbelIeved hadbelieved hadbelieved belIeved that they had found aMes aMesslah a Mes Messiah Messiah slah siah as their scriptures scnptures had prom promised promised promIsed ised and that Messiah had been Spit Spitupon spitupon spitupon upon laughed at tortured killed lulled as asa asa asa a common 1 ar and blasphemerBut blasphemerBut blasphemer blasphemerBut But more than tl1an any mere relIgious rebglous relIgiousdlslllu rebglousdisilluciomnent religiousdisillusionment dlslllu disilluciomnent < lOnment and dismay I fumk think fumkmust thinkmust thinkmust must have been their bitter heart heartache heartache i 1 1ache ache of loneliness lonelmess He had walked walkedWIth walkedwith walkedwith WIth them shared food with tl1em them tl1emI tl1emi tl1emopened themopened themopened I and andI andhearts andhearts i opened to their simple sunple minds mmds I , hearts new thoughts so beautiful so soinspiring soinspiring msplrmg inspiring that their tl1elr whole lives hves were werechanged werechanged werechanged werechangedAnd changed changedAnd And now suddenly he was gone goneGone goneGone goneGone Gone in an agony ot of pain and andshame andshame andshame shame desp sed soon to be forgot forgotten forgotten forgotten ten except by the r broken hearts heartsThey heartsThey heartsThey They had been seeing seemg him lum hum every everyday everyday , day making makmg all their plans to fit fitI fitthose fitthose fitthose I those of o ( the new friend thrilled thnlled w th thexpectatJon thexpectation thexpectation expectatJon expectation of what new marvels he hewould hewould hewould would do today what he be would say sayNow sayNow sayNow Now they could not find lum him lumDeath himDeath hunL Death Wiped Out All HopeAll HopeAU Hope HopeAH AH All AU blankness Like the crash of a athunderbolt athunderbolt athunderbolt thunderbolt the end had come tl1e the tl1eauthontles theauthorities theauthorities authontles authorities had accused him of trea treason treason treason son and with a fearful sw swiftness tness had hadWIped hadwiped hadwiped WIped out all that tl1at friendliness all allthat allthat allthat that gentleness all that hopeDurmg hopeDuring hope hopeDuring During Durmg the < ; Saturday aturday after his hisdeath hisdeath hisdeath death how dull the boats and the thenets thenets I Inets nets the tl1e walks and the quiet fright fright- frightened frightened frightened - - ened talks together must have beenl been beeniNobody ! ' Nobody safe nothing nothmg as it had been beenBetter beenBetter i iBetter Better tar far to forget him hun hum and his histeachmg histeaching histeaching couldn t for forget forget forget teachmg teaching Only-they Only they Only - they fori i get hImOne himOne him himOne One wonders what these sunple supple sunplevillage supplevillage simplevillage village folk would have thought if ifsome Ifsome Ifsome some voice from an undiscoveredcontinent undiscovered undiscoveredcontinent undiscoveredcontinent continent thousands of miles nules away awayafter awayafter awayafter after 2 000 years had passed had hadsaid hadsaid hadsaid said to them yes and he never neverwill neverwill neverwill will be forgotten Down through throughall throughall throughall all the ages his name and his strange strangedoctrme strangedoctrine strangedoctrine doctrme doctrine of humility and forgIVeness forgIVenesswill forgivenesswill forgivenesswill will go ringing rmging and even though na nahons nations nations hons tions and men have not the courage couragealways couragealways couragealways always to obey the law he taught taught.they taughtthey , , . I they will remember it-they it they It - they will re return return return turn to it over and over agamSo againSo again agam againSo So that is what we have to remem rememI remember rememher remember I ber her this Easter Not that fearful fearfulthings fearfulthings , things are going gomg on in m this worldbut worldbut world worldI I but that fuat back ol of them aU all is the old oldwarfare oldwarfare oldwarfare warfare between the law Jaw of evil and andtl1e andthe andthe tl1e the law of GodGood GodGood God GodGood Good Shall Shan PrevaIlUnder PrevailUnder Prevail PrevailUnder Under this tlus thus surface of horror 1 es esthe esthe esthe the determination Qetermmation aetermination strong in mil milhons millions milhons hons lions of hearts that good shall pre prevaU prevail prevail vaU vail peace safety the tl1e right to en enjoy enjoy enjoy joy the good simple sunple supple things thmgs ot of life lifeHome lifeHome lifeHome Home family work gardens books booksthe booksthe booksthe the love of children These are God s slaw slaw slaw law tor for us and these must not be bedestroyed bedestroyed bedestroyed destroyed A thousand million men mena.nd menand menand a.nd and . women are enlisted In the great greatstruggle greatstruggle greatstruggle struggle whose object Is that aU all U men menshall menshall menshall shall be tree free to serve God and servet7 serve serveTw t7 t .I I : . I"The "Tl Tl "The The " T/w T w / iK&Idi iKIdi suMais mbh & _ . cowaf courage COIITG ' . sj of our boyi boys boy . " . ' " their fellow men And after this tlus wa waIs wa.is wais . . is won we will see those ideals beml bemldemonstrated bemldemonstrated beindemonstrated ( demonstrated as they never haY havbeen ' ' been since smce the beginning begrnnmg of th flu . fluworld thiworld thiworldWe worJd world worJdWe worldWe We see the beginnings begmnmgs of then thennow thennow thennow now In the subl sub ] me courage of o ( ou ouboys ouboys ouboys boys their readiness readmess to give thel thee thelhves theelives theilives hves lives that other lives shall be mor morsafe morsafe morsafe safe m in the miracles of science thd thdcan thdcan thdcan can lessen pain and defeat death It Itseif itself ilself seif self m in the tons of food and clothe- clothe clotheblankets clothe'blankets clotheblankets ' - blankets and med cmes that crow crowthe crowthe crowthe the ocean lanes with supply ships shipsin shipsin shipsin in the eager workers in m Red Cros Crosheadquarters Crosheadquarters Crosheadquarters headquarters canteens chantle charitie chantlehospitals charitiehospitals chantiehospitals hospitals scout drives commumt communit commumtchest communitchest commumt"chest commumtchest " chest drives dnves bond drives There i ino Ino 1no no woman worthy of the name vAmerican Q a QAmencan aAmerican Amencan American who has not her share sharesmall sharesmall sharesmall small or great in m the colossal worl wort worlof wortof worot ) of establishing establIshmg peace and just lust ce cc 0 o 0the othe othe the earthThe earthThe earth earthThe The miracle that could change th tin . tinbewildered th.bewildered thbewildered . bewildered despair of the disciples discipleshearts discipleshearts discipleshearts hearts Into a very ecstasy of jaand JO ja jo"and joand ' " and hope can happen again agam It w "vi vi " wi3take ) take place when we grasp the tl1e tru trumeanmg trumeaning trumeaning meanmg meaning of Easter This Tlus has bee beeexqUis beeexquis beeexquis exqUis tely sa d in m the lines I an anquotmg anquoting anquoting quotmg quoting they were sent me as hay haymg haying havmg mg ing appeared anonymously in a mag magazme magazme magazme azme called The Pulpit Does an any anyone anyone , onc one know who wrote them ? 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Whenever there is silence arounme arounme aroun arounme meBy meBy me meBy By day or by mght- mght night- night mghtI night nightI - - I am startled by a cry cryIt cryIt cryIt It came from the cross crossThe crossThe crossThe The first t me I heard It ItI itI itI I went out and searched searchedAnd searchedAnd searchedAnd And found a man m In the throes ofcruc ofcrucifixion of ofcrucifixionAnd cruc crucifixion crucifixionAnd crucifixionAnd non nonAnd And I said I will take you youdown } ) oudown QU ou QUdownAnd down downAnd downAnd downAnd And I tried tned to take the tl1e nails outof outof out outof of his lus feetBut feetBut feet feetBut But he said Let them be beFor beFor beFor For I cannot be taken down downUntil downUntil downUntil Until every man every womanevery womanevery woman womanevery every chIld chIldCome childCome childCome Come together to take medown medown me medownAnd down downAnd downAnd downAnd And I & said &aId aId But they cannothear cannothear cannot cannothear hear you cry cryWhat cryWhat cryWhat What can I do ? And he saidGo saidGo said saidGo Go about the tl1e world worldTell worldTell worldTell Tell everyone that tl1at you meet meetThere meetThere meetThere There is a man on the tl1e cross |