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Show : The After-Glow of Easter i 1 ByFnnk W. Gunstalus aaltlalllirtlaWlTayalTe TT ASTER morning signifies forever l - that our best ldaal. even though i , slain and burled by tba enemies j A of all goodness, cannot be kept In the grave. Crucify Truth on i. Calvary, and wound It to death; place It In the strongest of sepulchres, and ;. set a seat of stone, and Truth will t rise again. It Is the history of every t Great Cause of Goodness first cruel-o cruel-o fliton. after being misunderstood and mistreated; then entombment, and j then resurrection. The story of Jesus' t death and resurrection Is the per-a per-a ennlal symbol of these things, y If your Cause, or your Truth, or y your Vision of Goodness has not done t much for you has not won your love and devotion before It waa slain, you 0 will not likely recognlxe It w hen It Las 1 proved Itself superior to death, d Secondly, we will know our Lost Cause when we get back to something g like the sad set of circumstances In e which we lost the thing so desr. r. There is alwsya a place where we f- mentally lose our Christ where we 'a aplrltually recognlxe the tragedy of the overwhelming of carado.d Ideal; ly If that adored Ideal is to have k resurrection, and we are to know I as our Christ that Is, as the I'oy :k In our life which ssves us we mf tit be ready to find Chrt-t In the j v- clrcumstsnces at the ssroe ny p crossroads where we lost him. J sr These dlsclplea knew their loss at the Last Supper. Cm and Easter followed. Easter d, evening came, and aome of n. clples started out. perplexed a- wlldered, on an elght-mlle Jj IS Emuiaus. with a mysterW lo traveler. Their mood was April westber. The sprtn t; walking through the gsw il- Ing buds Into bloom, anf 7 the song In the bird's thrW men passed on; bat theyl Ing erf little) save tne A e. ' stirred ancerUinly In beatf '"""""1 to start questions and attmulate vague hopes, like unto those which bad been destroyed on Calvary. The Stranger felt this mood, and said to them: "What manner of com' municatlons are these that ye bavc one to another, as ye walk and ar sad?" One of them was so full of bis own thoughts and of the event that had engrossed their attention thai he said In reply: "Art thou only i stranger In Jerusalem, and bast nol known the things which are come tc pass there In these days?" Soon tha Stranger was opening ui to the two sad companions the treaa ure-bouse of the Scriptures. Thej were now near the village. It ap peared that their new comrade wai going straight on and away fron them. He had bidden them a goo evening. Something In tbm. how ever, made It Impossible for them t let him go. Something In him wai ll'e and light, and it mutt not b lot. The night was near would hi not abide with thern"f Ides thi dictate of hospltsU- Stressed their hearts wen' ihai warmed Into ll' Vj ever bad, and j Uhed. A re curred to tb' all that Y everythl As a sen upon stri V |
