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Show FAITH AND HOPE, EASTER MESSAGE Promise of Immortality Most Glorious to the World of Humanity Resarrectlon Wlo tho full as essential to the Christian faith. Christmas Is a season of Joy, of bllthcsomo cheerfulness nt the advent of the Savior. To a world sobered by Its Uotbscmana nnd Calvary, Buster brings n message, of Faith and Hope, the essence of tho religion tnnnklnd needs. Mankind lias passed through the Agony culminating In and symbolized by tha Uttlo white cross. Heavy-hearted Heavy-hearted wo aro still Inclined to seek solace nt tho tomb. To us tho message mes-sage comes again: "Why seek ye tho tltfw aBtnt !. dtjt.t.l fist la ftfr MWliK uuiuuk liu UVUU I UU 13 MUb hero; Ho Is risen." Therein lies tho message of Easter: tho promise of Immortality beyond the tomb. Nor Is It a mere coincidence that Easter fulls at this season. Spring Is simply Nature's way of reiterating tho Easter menage. Through tho long' winter months tho world of Nature has seemed nslcep In death. Trees bare, fields destitute, death appeared to reign supreme. Then, Just as wo arc almost wearied wea-ried enough to glvo up hope, tho sap begins to run, Uttlo green things to shoot, birds to chirp as cheerily as over. It is Nature's message of Immortality Immortal-ity to tho world of humanity. There Is another and wider aspect of tho Easter message. Wo seem to bo standing by tho tomb of much that Is holy, ltcllgtou, belief In principle, Idealism, how dead they seem to but Seeking ouly mntcrlul things, neglectful neglect-ful of things of tho spirit, tho world Is In a pnrlnus stnte. The few who have held their beliefs look about In perplexity nnd dlsmny. lias the very body of tho faith been removed? Ah, no. . In the midst of our nnxlous grief comes tho reviving heartening assurance: assur-ance: "Ho Is not dead; Ho Is risen." Ever the Easter festival comes around lifter the Inevitable Agony and every spring tho magic words nro spoken and wo go forth clad In Invulnerable Invul-nerable armor for the fray, for "He Is not dead; Ue Is risen." So shall we other men also rise I |