Show I-he I ng o of f r Easter Easier EasterBy j. j By BOOTH ASTER ought to mean for New York the birth of a anew anew anew Ii new hope of 01 such a potential poten poten- Ual character as to carry with It salvation for both worlds The man Christ-man In ineffable tenderness spreads his nail nail- pierced hand In blessing upon the heads and hearts of all who desire it ft And who does not desire It in this fevered hustling bustling crowding crushing twentieth century Whose touch Is so cooling and tender as his Whose love loves lovela la is s so strong and available Whose balm so healing Whose pity so real Whose support so constant Whose character so unchangeable To me It Is a beautiful thing that the anniversary of the Saviours Saviour's resurrection occurs at that wonderful period period period pe pe- of the year when nature works her annual miracle o of bringing life Ufe out of death of regenerating the long dark night of winter and crowning it r q c. c with the divine dress of the radiant springtide Natures Nature's book of purling brook carol hum of bee heavenly tint of bud and blossom and the myriad voices of fen and forest that tell of rejuvenation Is one to b to be studied by all men and can only lead to one source the source the God Godot of ot nature himself It Is a living Christ we worship and serve He conquered con death and hell hell for for himself and for us conquered them for this world as well as the next The forces of evil need not have dominion over us If It we will come to him In pene penitence peni tence and submission he will Infuse his divine life into our very being and make life a new thing to us It Is la lanot not a theory but a fact that the ascended ascended ascended as as- Christ will so 80 change the nature na na- nature ture as to enable the individual to regard regard regard re re- gard life from an altogether new viewpoint viewpoint viewpoint view view- point and and realize that Indeed regardless regardless regard regard- less of the pains and imperfections that beset us all a spiritual time of the singing of birds has come r. r H q PA Bi o q q I |