Deseret Evening News | 1908-04-18 | Page 4 | The Easter Egg

THE Jm E EThe EGG The rhe Easter egg ess hILLS has hil become e a symbol of ot the resurrection But Dut the Iho egg has hal been regarded as ns nn an nl emblem ot of the tho victory of ot life lo over death from very ver remote IRes In Ill some lome ancient Asiatic systems of ot philosophy It was wa taught that tho the earth was wail hatched from an all 11 Immense Imme r egg Tho The sun sOil was represented re to bo ho a II a large golden egg which was constantly roll rollIng lag Ing In neater to the earth And so I tho the egg became beame a symbol of life lt light and heat h lt l ggs were wele distributed at the early equinox Hy ly priests to strengthen the tue hopes h pe of C the people p pt that tha the cold days dt S of or winter might soon cease and anda and andI a it I brighter time Susie ensue elsue Tho Thu ot of giving brightly col colored 02 ored oreti orel eggs to friends at Easier E lt ri and ad to W tomake tl make eggs gge a prominent feature Couture of oC the lull bill bi ot of tare faro far Is very ver ancient and ald was wan once cOCa more general than It Il Is now nets Hut flut HutIn D l lIn In itt some seIne ports parts ot of the world Easter eggs ace aro or not flOt only colored color ti d but Inscribed motions Eggs are In some 1011 countries coun brought to church and blessed Then hen they lucy are carried home where whose they are placed on a I kind ot or altar surrounded by IW lighted candles cantie and often oftOn ott I flowers Holc then each member of oC tile tho family and any guests Ile ts abiding with them beau cat lt 1st one Ut these eggs egge gg lust But such customs like hike the tho pic plc picturesque national costumes of oC peasants are arc vanishing are arc discard discarded ed cd But Dut tho the thought that life le ever con conquer quer deaths death deth lives In iii tho the human heart Inspiring to deeds the tho results of oC which nay may be bo seen after death