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Show !THE LIVING CHRIST' fg,M1 , ) :P'!;0::.m...i:(0.:...-:,:,- , ' ' , Rti.dio:::,Add..i.i., 6 ,,I, - e 'I By PRESIDENT DAVID 0, McKAY Following is the full text of the Easter message of Pres. DaVid O. McKay, given over he National Broadcasting Company network by transcription from Neu York City, Sunday tnorning,,April 13. It is the final talk in a , sseries of four over NBC. i o .r t 3 - ' "Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified; He is risen; He is not here; behold the place where k they laid , Those lines when written had no reference whatever to Easter. They were a simple statement concerning the Resurrection of Jesus Christone' of the two greatest events in the , history of mankind. Easter is a spring festival that him as the author of at least the been adopted from the main patt of the present Gospel. - has given in From him we hear the glorious Pagan celebration honor of Astarte or Eostro, a ploclamation of the first .empty Saxon Goddess corresponding to tomb in all the world. No one can doubt that Mark was not the Ashtoreth of Syria. All tliat men say of Eastertide convinced in his soul that Christ as the season of new life and had come forth from the grave. ' mew hope may be appropriately Totirn the resurrection was not connoted with this ancient questionable, it was real, and festival. True, spring the appearance of his Lord and and the resurrection are hap- Master among men was a fact . pily associated, not that there established in his mind beyond is anything in nature exactly the shadow of doubt. Ananalogous to the resurrection, TESTIMONY OF LUKE but there is so much in springother who records the testi- zt N9.0 IIim."--(Mar- - , , LII.1111MONEMOOMONEEN..4110611111. ' life-givin- - ;. -- -- reality. That His coming forth' from the tomb was accepted as a fact by the disciples who knew - Christ intimately, is a certainty. In their minds there was no doubt, absolutely They knew, for their eyes beheld, their ears heard, their hands felt his corporeal presence. It was the knowledge that the Resurrected Lord talked with them and moved among them that changed discouraged, frightened, despairing disciples to zonlident, fearless, heroic preachers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. On the evidence of these sin g cere guileless, witnesses faith in the resurrection of Christ "has its impreg noble foundation." One of the first to put his testimony In writing was Marwhose original 'Jewish ells, name was John. There is no record to show that he joined 4he Church while 'Christ was living There Is reason to believe that Ke was a convert of Peter who affectionately refers to him as ,,"Marcus, my son." eil assCertainly he wat-elos- , - God-fearin- --- -- ' ' . ociate-A , ,- with-T- he ChierApottle from whom he heard at the time not !ars, afterall the de tails surrounding Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection. Mark's authorship of the second Gospel ah never been disputed by the Christian chutches, snd even the scathing, modern, negative is disposed to regard URCH SECTION was mony of Luke, a Gentile, or as some think, a proselyte of Antioch in Syria, where he followed the profession of physician. What he writes- was a result of personal inquiry and investigation, and was drawn from all available sources. Particularly he interviewed and recorded the declarations of those "who from the beginning were and ministers of the world." es - - 'CHRIST , THE CORD IS RISEN TODAY' Reality Of Resurrection Explained fly President McKay By PRESIDENT DAVID O. McKAY , Following is the full text of a brief Eater Thought given by President McKay during the fourth annual 'Easter Choral Service of the Tabernacle Choir, Sunday afternoon,. April 6, In the Salt Lake Tabernacle - - avers that he "accurately traced all things from the very first," so that he might "write them in order." This nieans that Luke, obtained the testimony of EVANS, officials And members of the Tabernacle and sisters: As we thive listened to the brethren Choir, this famous Choir of four of "The Seven rendition by inspiring Words' of Christ" by Franz Joseph Haydn,- - many of you, in imagination have undoubtedly visualized that closing scene of the mortal existence of Jesus of Nazareth. You have pictured three ClOsses where hung three condemned men.. The figure on the central cross hung sill as a statue, his head leaning for. ward,' his heartbeats stilled in Measured onlp by this stan: death. tbrse...eye,,witontmf,.,.;,,stirreethr, front them...not from previous tragie-- - es He ,narratives. , PRESIDENT -- 'ld'''' TeX,Vtib'betre that , cruel-Mime- to quote Lloyd sic . man, had thrown his life - away. his statecuracy, we can accept was nothing to show for There ments and witness In regard to as to their With-assuranc- audacious courage. The Peter's and Paul's and other Apostles' testimony regarding Temple would continue to cheat the Resurrection, "To Whom the country people who came also Christ showed himself alive into offer a lamb. Herod mould after his passion by many in- cootinuc to bully and whip the fallible proofs, being seen of 'poor if it inconvenienced the them forty days, and speaking rich. Calaphas would continue of the things pertaining to the to condemn the blasphemies kingdom of God." (Acts 1:2)1 of men who didn't want the Who can doubt Luke's absolute fetched to marketIiilate confidence in the reality of the' would deal out injusticeand Resurrection? wash his dirty hands in a sal- PAUL'S TESTIMONY True, vet bowl. This lonely man had neither Mark nor Luke gives aid a high price for his brief personal testimony of having and fruitless war on wickedness. seen the living Christ; but for- Buthe had spoken: he. had tunately there is a document acted. By tomorrow , nobody which gives the personal testi- would , remember that he had to an mony of an iverythingand lost his after his lifein the cause' of honesty, appearance of Jesig . ,death and burial-- This personal But, perhaps a man was better witness also corroborates the off dead than in a world where teltimony not only of the two such an event as this could hap- men I but of oth- pen." ers also. I refer to Saul, a ,Jew To those who witnessed that of Tarsus, educated at the feet end and heard the seven of Camille. a strict Pharisee, tragic sentences of his earthly timing and, before his conversion, a career, Jesus was dead. To bitter persecutor of all who bethem it was the end. as Nazareth of in lieved Jesus -THEY DID NOT KNOW that having risen from the dead.-to live Is not merely 'Hear the oldest recorded testito mony of the Risen Lord: breathe, to eat, to sleep, to He waS seen of Cephas, then gratify appetite and passion. To of the twelve: do, only such things Is mere 'After that, he was seen- of existence, not living. To live is above five hundred brethren to havasjoy, to experience high at once; of Whom the greater thoughts, noble aspirations to partremain unto this present, sense happiness in friênd- eye-witne- ss have-quote- 4After that, be was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all be was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. "For! I am the least of the apostles,' that am not meet to: ihiPTIliiTheitiefirtilie love; the inspiration that comes from the consciousness 31f communion with God-throuHis divine Spirit, and tor - Christ the Lord,' to live was "to- bear thesins of world, and-- so sanctify the world 'and A cleanse it from all unrighteousness that through Continued on Page 3 him all- might be saved whom ' the Father-ha- d DESERET NEWS put into his Weans ley, Apta16, 11052 1 and made by 'him" - Mit MUSICAL BACKGROUNDMembers of the Bonneville Stake- Choir who furnished the musical program of recent NBC radio broadcasts featuring members of the First Presidency and Elder George Q. Morris, Assistant to the Council of the Twelve. Dr. David A, Shand was the the conductor and Roy M. Darley was organ accompanist, an time which suggests the Awakening thought. Like the stillmess of death, Old Winter has held in his grasp all vegetable life, but as spring approaches, g the tender, power of heat and light compel him to relinquish his grip, and what seemed to have been dead, gradually awakens to a newreness o! life, revivified, after a freshed, invigorated peaceful sleep. of phyBut the sical life, or even the rehabilitation of spiritual Ideals, is not the real significance of Easter as celebrated by the- - early EtriStailthela --411ey4.edRpltd the piganspring festival- -, THE! COMMEMORATED the coming forth from the tomb of their Crucified Lord, the resurrected Christ. To sincere believers in Christianity to all who accept Christ as their Savior, His resurrection is not a symbolism, but a haitgatidak, 411..1000006.Mattit.0, mode of his dying had redeemed mankind from sin. They knew, moreover';' that he had risen from the dead on the thireday and ascended into heaven!! OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION, let us listen briefly once again to the testimony of eye witnesses, whose honesty is not ' questioned even by skeptical criticism. First: !'lre seek Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he is risen. Behold the place Where they laid him." Another: "I interviewed and recorded the declarations of those who from the beginning were eye witnesses and mini- was not.oeao, tar stirrartteNVElit'Inlifibthet day. The brief 'accounts of his place, that writer,- Lutte; sayS: among "Why.seek ye the living childhial are an inspiration to The dead? Ire Is not-- here, but youth. His teachings still 'guide : and comfort millions. His per-hi- s is risen." And "to whom also again: life Godlike feet and character are a guide and encouragement Christ showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible to the entire world. seen of them forty But to live thus is'not im- - proofs, being of thethings or nor does such a days, and speaking to the kingdom of pertaining thought bear directly upon the God.", resurrection of Jesus from the Now listen to the chief of grave. What we celebrate today "This Jesus bath God is the reality bf Christ's person-god- s Apostles: raised up, whereof we all are foltime 'and the ality during witnesses." (Acts 2:32) What lowing the placing of his body now follows is from one who in the borrowed tomb of Joseph persecuted the Saints and at of Arimathea. ,first did not believe In Jesus. THAT THE LITERAL resurree- Standing before Agrippa with tion from the grave was a his hands chained, Paul said: reality, especially to the disci:-- "Why should it be thought a pies who knew Christ intimate-riske- d thing incredible with you, that 13' is a certainty. In their minds God should raise the dead? there was absolutely no doubt. "I verily thought with myself,They were witnesses of the that I ought to do many things fact. They knew, because their contrary to the name of Jesus of eyes beheld, their ears heard, Nazareth. "Which thing I also did in Je- their hands felt the corporeal and many of the Saints rusalem: presence of the Risen Redeem Of the value and significance did I shut up in prison of such nearness and intimacy "Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and comBeverly Nichols, author of "The mission from the chief priests. Foot Hath Said," writes: saw "The authors of the epistles "AT MIDDAY,-- 0 KING, I In the way a light from heavwere within hailing distance, above the brightness of the historically, IoU Christ; at any en, about me and rate, when their ideas, which sun, shining round with me. which them journeyed they afterwards transmitted to fallen all were we when "And paper, were formed.''Thl winds a voice had ...hardly had time to eftaie to the, earth, I heard in the sacreil print of his stepr in speaking unto me, and saying Saul, Saul, Hebrew tongue, the the sands over which he Why persecutest thou me? It is waik.ed. The rain had ,hardly hard kick against tbe-- 2. hid tiiiità wish away, with pricks.' its calkms tears, the blood from I said, 'Who art thou, 'And theyotting - wood of the deserted Lord? And he said, I an Jesus dross. whom thou prsecutest." (Acts"Yes, these men knew -- I 26:8 15) can't go on using the word 'be-th- e And before that he'wrote to lieve' whick-- is far too vapid whom he loved, the and colorless that God had and Corinthians, he would never think whom descended to earth in the shape ' of deceiving: of-- a certain man, that this man delivered unto you first had met an obscene and clown-powish death, and that the grotesque Continued on rage - for-thee- to - er - |