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Show Soul Finds Hope in Easter Message The greatest word in man's philosophy phi-losophy Is Hope. The rags of life are never too tattered to conceal somewhere some-where this tiny sublimity; the years are never too heavy or dragging to deny its existence; the wreckage of yesterday never so pitifully complete as to make the victim release his clutch on the precious seed of tomorrow. tomor-row. Easter Is Hope. There Is the glorious glori-ous burgeoning of a magnificent possibility; pos-sibility; an overwhelming denial of extinction ex-tinction ; a promise, as radiant as ever man dreamed of; and somewhere in it, indestructible, eternal, a conviction that crushes all challenge. It is easy to be philosophical when all things go well. But hope Is the heart's fruit of the poor in spirit, as It is the reassurance of those strong in faith. It clasps the feeble, uncertain uncer-tain hand and places It firmly once more on the thread of existence, and Its voice urges the halting footsteps once more forward to the goal of fulfillment. ful-fillment. What is the intended meaning of these eloquent lilies but the bursting ecstasy of the hidden bulbs? What this budding spring but the renewal of life In its endless cycles of slumber and awakening? What this great tragedy trag-edy of Golgotha but the essential prelude prel-ude to a liberating resurrection? By the darkness of the storm and the shadows of the night we recognize, recog-nize, In contrast, the flooding of the earth by the light of the sun. By the pain and disappointment of yesterday we sense overpowerlngly the happiness happi-ness of today. By the path we have walked we know that the goal Is the more precious. We hope, always hope, that life leads to a climax worthy of the toll and the Journey. Easter says the hope Is true, that life Is a preparation, prepa-ration, and death the liberator. Easter Is the unquenchable torch, without whose light life for the Chris tian Is a chaos. Detroit News. |