Show 41 dute date of kuster easter Is fixed by THIS T he occurrence of the passover I 1 hut in t if there hod find been no passover what mara suitable sul table time could lime have been selected for com the hie than the season when nature apparently lend comes chinea to life again if a ninn die shall lie live ngali tins apen the he tive interrogation of mankind front from the earliest times it expresses file universal hopt hope with the rill PI douht dini lit the doubt la Is resolved by the lie resurrection ile he shall live again if the late for th lie e recurrent celebia ce lebra tion were to he arbitrarily selected tod what lit hit could lieve heen been fitter lhnn flint of tile growing of the grass tile folloro folli ige draping the trees the he bloom fe kr b ing DS of flowers dowers slid and the singing of birds I 1 it la Is an inspiring faith that ninn man shall rhall live again it Is the antidote for the pessimism only occasionally rising as high as ln in the tin ain clant world it Is intimately associated with all that Is best in human life mr air raymond haymond fosdick remarked the other lay day that the lie feet of those hose who curried carried tut anhill amen to the grave tire are waiting it at the door to curry carry out our civilization blits like philosophy but wo we BUS su hect it Is in not our civilization Is permeated with christian ideala and ethics it a preservative tin nn unknown to 0 o tile that hut concern only the historian bifid tile the eolo gisL it contains the element of democracy which was unknown even in the greek aleek states and i the roman republic and it possesses a command of natural forces which was not dreamed of years ago there Is in nothing in the pages of history in any way tending to oppose the belief that our civilization Is permanent milli ent ye are the salt of the earth sold said the founder of christianity tv ti those whom he had find imbued with ills spirit salt oft prevents decay other civilizations have decayed but it may be that ours oui 3 will not and nd it if it doca not it will ho be due to all that if 14 symbolized and reverently by kanter easter |