Show EASTER THOUGHTS into the christians observance of the easter season commemorating the resurrection of the savior have come many symbols of pagan origin the and historian tells us yet the average christian accepts these symbols as symbols of joy and analyzes them not if his thoughts turn to reflection and to analyzing they turn not so much to these symbols as to a review of the story of the resurrection and of promises of life everlasting as found in holy writ in scripture as in poetry much is expressed in few words turning to the new testament we find in hebrews the explanation and for this cause he is the of the new testament that by means of death for the redemptions ons of the transgressions that were under the first testament they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance in the new testament st john gives us that beautiful quotation ion god so loved the world that he gave ills his only begotten son that whosoever believeth beli eveth in him should not perish but have everlasting life and again the words of jesus 1 I am the resurrection andl and the life he be that believeth beli eveth in ale though he were dead yet shall he live and whosoever liveth and be in me shall never die the prophetic profound profoundness d ness the pathos the agony that fill the story of jesus at gethsemane the crucifixion and the entombment are followed with the glad tidings of the resurrection so beautifully j expressed by st mathew chapter 28 in the end of the sabbath as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week came mary alary magdalene and the other mary to ade se e the sepulchre and behold there was a great ilard earthquake for the angle of the lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it his countenance was like lightning and his raiment white as aa snow I 1 and for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men I 1 i I 1 and the angel answered and said aid unto the w women omen fear not ye for I 1 know that ye seek jesus which was crucified he is gothere no not here there for he is risen as he said come see the place where the lord lay and go quickly and tell IUs his I Us disciples that ile he is risen from the dead and behold he goeth before you into galileo galilee there shall ye yc see sec him lo 10 I 1 have told you j and they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy and did run to bring his disciples word 1 and as they went to tell his disciples behold beli old jesus met them all hail and came and held him by the feet and worshiped him then said jesus unto them be not afraid go tell my brethren that they go into galilee and there shall they see me then the eleven disciples went away into galilee into a mountain where jesus had appointed them and when they saw him they worshiped him but some doubted and jesus came and unto them saying AU AN power is given unto me in heaven and in earth go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy ghost deachin teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I 1 have commanded you and lo 10 I 1 am with you always even unto the end of the world amen |