| Show I C e ZM 1 f I I j jv jOI I I X Xv I Ii v V OI v I IL I L o nn c r K I t u uI I II 1 E ii Jl i n Easter E Ean arter er Poem P oem em m O c A Pt I ii t S ji jsn r Si ii t tm tIr 1 k h Ir o r r r I 1 jt JE L 2 T I II 7 4 Iii r I II I lil I n nd d IJ iI I II f Z I Roman soldier lord ions of r rt III S C CV CV III III At rd I stood fl ij r gurd gu upon t t V Vh S The entrance nce to o th the grotto tto tomtit I 1 r rA V I I I I h A bold Centurion l J t i t I i it t A Romani fear is h tIl I s i And I from seventeen r T 0 31 bI HIS tomb 1 I I f 4 Ii ii Of Caesars bravest vest li guards fiords ards wa w was s spieled picked p eked Lest He is in Il I I i 1 N t To Ta w watch the Nazarene 1 And An d prove pe His ctr v g e I I I I t t 4 v ay I His crucifixion va t f i s sv i S I It seemed a tone s ca Kr to to r I I V a J ii i 4 Jt tt i 1 VA j 1 I THE i it H LEGEND LG j i t t Of the ii h e f fEASTER fEASTER I EASTER LILY I IT i j j j j lilt beautiful Honor flower which U la In ev ev evidence v vI T Wence I encl on every epry hand today the Ua tor Illy lily Is the result of oC a 1 de development which might n Ight utmost almost bo be I called an all evolution Records of ot the ex existence exI x tense I of DC the th plant which Is now known i as ns the tho ha Raster ter Illy go back to 1000 U Ii C CAt CAt Ct t At that time tho the emperor of or Chinn was wasChow wasChow iii Chow about the mot moat cruel ruler the Celestial empire linn has ever eer had hall Ilia III prime minister was wen LI Lt Chung a really null good gooe man who hinted to the tho despot that his restless people could coull be pacified by Inaugurating a U of or reforms lots The Tho cruel ruler became Incensed I and andas ho as us he had an unpleasant habit of or order orderIng ordering Ing oft off a 1 few rew heads each ench day LI Chung concluded that It was about time for tor him to think of ot getting gelling away Iway to a n place Ill of at For lor some nome time he watched his master and when he became con convinced convinced vinced that the tho danger dunger point had been loaf reached he ha asked for n a private audi audience l r ence once This Tlde was granted The good though crafty cratty LI Chung Chun In Informed InSop Sop formed the emperor that he ho had had hall a II Vision In which ho he was HIS commanded by bythe bythe B the gods to make a Q sacrifice of at sturdy young men and beautiful young youn women Hut and hero here was the rand unusual portion of or the demand of at the gods It was required that the sacrifices it tires be made upon an nn Island far tar out In Inthe Inthe to the sea aea to which the commander of or the expedition would be directed by super euper supernatural natural aid It H was further command commanded ed ell that a period of elaborate feasting p should precede the sacrifices t l I o The superstitious emperor listened unit carefully car fully and was manifestly pleased PIta Ho was raj relieved oved to find dad that he could so easily extricate cate himself l from rom his dim dill The wily LI Ll Chung doubtless ll A noticed that his story slop star was making an nn n Impression and elaborated upon his hla hlas s ro original fiction At any tg rate LI Ll Chung as he had hall anticipated tva aaa M appointed to the tho command of e the tho finest ship In the royal roal navy and was i charged with Mth the Important duty of ot seeing that thai th t the wishes of or the gods were Tor I wit carried out to the letter lett r at Chung selected the young men and andI I women and loaded his eB cI with the theto I choicest h ce t delicacies the kingdom afford to e ed I d But like a soldier sot ter r i if f I stood a st statue rue by His t b v t y 1 A I v dred the th ht hour U 4 ugh earthquake shook the a I 1 rw tt fit Of Him I warded guarded well wellI l i ih I the triumph of the h IThe deep despair of hell 1 Back rolled the grotto ga gate te unsealed l a By giant hands unseen u I t And gl Woos and terrible JI ill I Came forth the Nazarene I lC FELL upon the ground I smote I II I I 1 i The earth with humble head i I t A I Adoring Him I mocked alive Y t Despised Des ired and sneered at i dead fl tl I Was He the King of King ill o I 1 I felt that this was He Hell Ii u a I ll J o glorified I t feared to lift 1 Il i I I 4 C 1 J j h My dazzled eyes to see reel reelE hl II w t r E passed fair fajr angels leading Him 1111 i ic I c And nd singing as s they went I N NI t I I And I ere half hlf the glory fled ND Pilate raid aid This gentle j man And half fear sf my was spent I l On Calvary cruc crucified U hurried unto Caesar Lord Elora Free of Hir blood a last my hands n 1 I cried though the gh deaths my doom j For He lie hs has never died I sw I swear ar the Nazarene is risen iIii Ss Said id 1 Yea ye yea my lor oral I sear vear s A d empty is His tomb Though Thou h death shall be fly my doom d om The Nazarene WAS d dad ad 1 I 1 Ir risen from His Hi to bT Co MM U I IW trusses b ab i loll II ALOYSIUS COLL Nc T cd 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I It lost lest Its value as an arts Ie ot of diet It U gained In beauty and was nai spoken of ot by travelers In Japan It was vas not transplanted to the th west hemisphere until US Iss when nhen an Ami Au Amican can named Harris d It I Bermuda which accounts account fir ts ls art irl tide name namo of ot harn Ii hid still retains though It ll Is more gener known as liS the trumpet Ill B Penn rw Illy lily und and Faster Easter Illy lily II f It Its ext eit use at the Easter Kaster l ast r fason TRAINS CARRY TORCHES An Important I o aun ha hu ti t I made on the Iru sin na s sate a te i a Serious accidents have hare more mON than oi o 0 occurred through a II train corner g to 10 unexpected halt bait In the open coon rOUD and then being run Into by a II ft j train which through damn daw jr ar ir did not observe that thai the id cad blocked block ell All long Ions distance teams now carry magnesium torchi s f fir tir r j when a n stoppage cows oc rs out of f freach I reach of ot ordinary signals signal These tori tor tores torea es ea which burn hurn with a red light can seen coca in foggy weather cather to 10 k distance from Crom COO COD to SOO yards ECONOMICAL SCOT SCOTA A Scottish farmer when going market It was observed ob emd alwa i t I ta Ia tr a hen with him In his trap The rj r son eon was never neer known until one din day took a n friend with him on a drive r ery place the farmer stopped h he hethe the tho nosebag on his horse homo and than I hun hen was so trained that what dropp drol dro from the tho horses bag the hen wi pick up so there was nothing wate |
