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Show I B& .IF !&..' is( NEXT SUNDAY AS THE eastern sun peeps over the hills and a Aj world awakens from its slumbers of another night, Christians throughout the & world will pause f rom their duties and labors to observe another anniver-'...) anniver-'...) sary of the Resurrection of Christ The Lord, who gave His life that all might I live. -l NO PERIOD IN ANCIENT or modern history can com- j - I t pare with that first Easter Morn when the gardner dis- i Jnt covered the stone had been rolled away from the tomb e" (Y "'W anc e body of his Master had disappeared. . . Prior to V-ylv'r this eventful day, man's existence after death was en-f0llljT en-f0llljT shrouded in mystery and darkness, but with the Christ 7 itptr Risen From the Tomb, came the positive realization that Sbi'; v death had been conquered and man had been made free jjjj; from eternal darkness. s ' CHRISTIANS GENERALLY believe implicitly in a resurrection, that some day every man who lays down his life will have an opportunity Prilj to take it up again. . . There is a conflict in opinions as to what constitutes 21, l eternal life some teach that man will progress after death in the realms oi of heaven, and others have no concept of eternal progression. . . All are ;e A;!: agreed that Christ will again return to the earth to rule and reign forever -ld at : as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. :hool.t k ' IT IS A COMFORTING thought of assurance that comes to one who has just seen the lid of a casket closed and a loved one who has de- will ; parted this life laid to rest, that some day they will meet in the eternities "utSr That they may take up their lives where they ended on earth and together G. S; they can progress in another world. . . '. There is no darker thought that man amr" could harbor than the belief that' when man's earthly body is lowered into ek by; the grave that that is the end. 1 EASTER MORNING should remind us that God The Eternal Father i ruled, that if His plan of life and salvation were to conform to the Gospel QFl! Christ taught while upon the earth, then His Son, Jesus Christ, would have f yj to suffer the agony of persecution and death. . . He gave His life that man ! might enjoy a life of abundance and use the few short years as a proving )U ground for the life that comes after death. . . All that is asked of us in return ; is that we devote a small part of our life in teaching and living the gospel i oi Christ. . . jjjj EASTEIt IS NOT A DAY for merry-making, but rather a day when we should go to the church of our choice and there offer up bur thanks for .j!' the privileges that came through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ 5 $ . . . Let us remember that "The Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath." (Mark 3:27) |