Show ON EASTER EASTE R DAY in III the christian churches easter sunday Is a day pt rejoicing follow ing the ani penitential period easter is welcomed with exultation the day Is most significant in that its observance commemorates omme the resurrection of christ after his crucifixion on friday and the long vigil at the tomb where ills his body was burled buried the putt putting ilig to death of 0 christ and his reappearance in made ado up the tragedy y ot 0 death and the the victory victor y over death on which the followers ot of jesus based their faith in a living god and today Is accepted as the foundation upon which chrisi v was its built prior to the enacting of this miracle even the apostles were wavering in in their alib but thereafter the chosen chini dis el of the nazarene faced death in the ta per performance forn ance of their mission and A number of them were themselves one of two abeln beang nailed mailed to iho cross bead down doni the me first easter ak the mount to 10 be ot of jerusalem witnessed tho the ascension ce nilon that has since caused the christians to declare their faith by saying 1 I know thakoiy ahat my redeemer liveth aa had cerut failed to ta arise from them the fload ad the pronell pro promised nill od tal would fould hav been unfulfilled und christianity would bays lost fogt the inspiration ot all the attendant circumstances that is why there Is rejoicing on tomorrow wherever the sign of the cross silently proclaims MS the story of pontius pilate the night of sorrow in the garden 0 of gethsemane the mobs acclaim the administration of gall and wormwood the cr crown own of thorns the heavy burden 0 of carrying the cross cros the driving of heavy spikes through the hands and ana logs legs the hours of agonizing pain the thrusting of the spear through the side the final burial and then the glorious triumph over death |