Show THE GLORIOUS DAY DAX I 1 L easter is the emancipation anniversary of the christian world the one day of all the year next to the advent that is tile the most glorious and worthy 1 ot of signal remembrance it brings with it a new n ow inspiration of faith in god and of perfect assur an anbe e and his love for the children of men every swelling bud and sprouting leaf reminds us that the life which conquers death in natures realm has its parallel in the resurrection that great central fact of christianity in which we afave h ave the assurance of our spiritual revivification christ in us becomes the vitalizing force which lifts us from the darkness of 0 sin and death into light and life everlasting this old world of ours needs more easter cheer it needs to realize that the risen christ and the empty tomb have for the whole race a grander and higher bighorn significance than any other olber event since time began an it ll 11 needs eds to grasp the impe imperishable truth that when the son of god burst the bars of death and the grave lie he revealed the the way of life eternal to all who accept him and 10 follow I 1 ow his footsteps his resurrection was the divine pledge of our own soul rests upon him has already risen from the deadness of sin shi and began the life everlasting for such the grave is not an abiding place but the vestibule of the greater and nobler life beyond there therefore fore at this joyous easter time when all nature is rejoicing let our hearts join in the songs of praise and giddiness gidd gla aness ness around A aund us we see the woods ai adorning lorning themselves with the living green and theair the air is resonant with the song 0 of birds over all the earth wherever the name of jesus is known it is 1 9 the glad emancipation time the festival of all creation christ hath risen who gave creation birth |