Show ? STANDARD-EXAMINE- SATURDAY APRIL 14 1920 R Reflections on Calvin Easter means a lot of things To a child it is an Easter basket filled with goodies and an Easter egg hunt To others it might be the East- er parade But to most it is a time when Christians can become as one and rejoice that through Christ’s atonement their sins are forgiv- and they can receive everlast- life Several churchmen in the area were asked to give their feelings on the lasting meaning of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ in today’s world Here are their reflections The Rev Steve Ingram Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Brigham City — What problems lurk in your life? Are you afraid of death? Are you afraid of life? Easter proclaims that you can be victorious over any problem that you might face Victory can be yours by believing in Easter and by appropriating Easter into your daily life Easter is the power of God n leased that raised a dead Son g ter He had been in the grave for three days Many gravestones carry the inscription “Here lies but on Christ’s tomb are the words “He is not here” In Joseph’s garden is history’s only empty grave I believe Christ rose from the dead and I believe the resurrection power of re-e- af-in- God is still being unleashed day God wants to resurrect us from whatever defeat is in our lives and then give us a victori- death He wants to resurrect us from a life of loneliness and gloom into one of meaning and Latter-da- y God” Belief in Jesus and His resur-ou- s rection is the key that delivers us from fear and sorrow Jesus is the key to personal happiness to peace and to life everlasting You can know this peace you can know this joy you can have the power if today you will commit yourself to Him and then say with your whole heart “I know that my Redeemer joy God wants to resurrect us from a life deadened by fear to a life enlivened by confidence He especially wants to resurrect us from our own personal death in- to His very own personal para- dise So roll back the stone of any unbelief in your hearts behold the glory of the empty tomb and thrill to the power that can now r Saints and to me perlife before I became my sonally a mortal man is just as much a fact as the life I am now living and is no more reality than is the life to come after I die I firmly believe that I shall have just as Jesus Christ has this body which I now have but in a perfected and resurrected state I also believe that this body will become a permanent house that will be for my eternal spirit to possess and inhabit for an existence of eternal progression Jesus Christ himself just prior to his crucifixion said to Martha the sister of Lazarus John 1 125 See EASTER on Page 8 be yours Place your weak and trembling hand into His and say with Thomas “My Lord and my to- - GrondahtStandard-Examine- lives!” Milton Jack Hodges president of the LDS Washington Terrace Utah Stake As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of 5 Sports can help build "Ior hurt characterPage —— I I HP iSl'IUM HllWliyill " " |