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Easter brings a
very special kind of
gladness into
every life .... lifts
every heart with its
inspiring promise of
life eternal. The
spirit of the Day. is
one of triumph over
despair and doubt
one of renewed faith,
hope and courage.
May you experience .
deeply in your hearts
all of the transcendent
Joy that is the.
• shining wonder
of Easter.
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Easter message
Let one reason dominate all
By REV. WIEN DeVRIES
Rector, Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church
an this special Easter feature presented by The
Tunes -Advocate, Rev DeVries has .synopsized the
series of sermons he has presented during the nightly
i•I^'y Week services in Main Street United Church,)
The most important world -transforming and
eternally significant event in the entire history of
this •earth is the death of Jesus of Nazareth upon the
cross erected at Golgotha. Although separated from
this scene by seas and continents and centuries, let
us try to. follow Jesus as He is on His way to Jeru-
salem fully conscious of what is going to happen to
Him there.
Six days before the Passover, and consequently
four before the awful day of crucifixion, we find Jesus
in the peaceful village of Bethany, on the other side
of the Mount of Olives. We meet Jesus in the house
.of a man named Simon, where His followers bad pre-
pared Him a meal,
St. John tells us that Martha served, Lazarus sat
at meat and the woman who anointed Jesus was
Mary. The anointing by Mary must have helped Jesus.
It served to strengthen Hini for the terrible ordeal
that vias . ahead of Him.
'But to Judas this event constituted a crisis as St.
Matthew relates: "One of the twelve, called Judas
Iscariot, went unto the chief priests and said unto
them, What will you give me and I will .deliver Hina
unto you. And they covenanted with him for thirty
pieces of silver. And from that time he sought op-
portunity to betray Him."
When Jesus came into the world, there was no
room for Him in the inn. He came to give the best
gift to man; few indeed had gifts for Him. Mary gave
the precious ointment, Martha and Mary and Lazarus
offered Him shelter at times -- that was all. A cross,
a .crown of thorns, a grave were the world's gifts to
Jesus. The gospel tells us of one exception — a man
who had • room for Jesus, who provided a room in
Jerusalem for Jesus and His Disciples. That meant
a . great. deal.. It meant suspicion, danger, probably
death if the men were discovered.
That Upper Rooni is the most interesting place
in the world's history, more interesting than the most
ancient cathedral, or the most sacred shrine. It was
the cradle of the Christian Church. It was there that
Jesus taught His last lessons of love; it was there
that He washed His disciples' feet, teaching them to
be humble and help one another. Then the disciples
first- heard• the mysterious words when He instituted
the, Lord's Supper,.
The events now follow each other in quick suc-
cession: Judas goes out into -the night and_ while Jesus
and His disciples are journeying outside the city to-
ward. the Garden of Gethsemane, and while their
Master is prostrated in the agony of the garden ex-
perience, Judas is rallying the forces for the capture
of Christ. The Passover season was at hand, and
Pilate, the Roman Governor. had arrived from Cae-
sarea to see that order was maintained during the
festival. A garrison of soldiers stood in readiness in
case of riot.
• Judas, well acquainted with the ph' es the Master
frequently visited, leads the soldiers by the Garden
of Gethsemane, Noticing ' several disciples at the
entrance, he knew that Jesus • must be within. He
immediately led the soldiers to the place where Jesus
So often rested and prayed,
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Christ knew they were coming ind stood with
Peter and James and John to meet them. Seeing
Judas the disciples were somewhat disarmed, but not
Jesus. Judas cried: "Hail, Master" and kissed Jesus
.on the cheek, thus pointing Him out. Jesus replied:
"Friend, betrayest. thou the Son of Man with a kiss?"
The soldiers took Jesus and in the night He is
falsely tried. The capture of Jesus roused the people
to the highest pitch. The spirit of hatred was being
voiced in bitter terms. The balls of judgment were
packed with the curious and the scornful, who were •
wondering what Jesus would now say and do in self-
defense, now that he was brought face to face with
the political and religious leaders' of the day,
it seemed like a wonderful opportunity for Jesus
to deliver His soul and declare His whole message
.ar.d purpose to the people. This is exactly what Jesus
did not do. He was not like other mens. His life was
full of surprises, and on this most critical day we
find Hint standing before the judges as silent as a
statue.
Mathew tells us of His silence before Pilate;
Mark of His silence before Caia.phas, while Luke tells,
of it while in the presence of Herod. It was not the
silence of fear or contempt. It was rather the silence
caused by the realization that nothing could be said
which would reach the hearts of these leaders whose
eyes were blind and ears were deaf,
It is in Pilate's palace at Jerusalem, the beautiful
Praetorium built by Hercld the Great, that Jesus is
condemned to death. The scene in Pilate's judgment
hall took place 20 centuries ago, but is repeated
every day. There was a choice for men then, there
is a choice for men today. Pilate said: "What shall I
do with Jesus?” He might have accepted Him as his
Saviour, but he crucified Him,
For us today there is the same choice. What shall
I do with Jesus; shall I follow Him or crucify hint?
The scene in Pilate's judgment hall is repeated
today. They scourged Jesus. We shudder to think of
it, but men scourge Jesus today. Men wound the Lord
today by their indifference. The gospel says, "Behold
the man" and they look the other way. It is not un-
belief that crucifies Jesus and destroys life but indif-
ference.
- After the awful day of crucifixion the Gospel
relates to us the marvelous fact of the Res-.'rr=•°i'on
of Christ.
A -few more days it will be Faster. Most people.
'wilt be keeping Eager, but the reason- will be • so
varied. Some will keep it because it's the thing to to.
Many will go to Church on Easter day simply to see
what new dresses and hats people are wearing. For
others it will be their annual visit to the House of
God. Some will'keep Easter because it is the memorial
of a great fact — the Resurrection of their Saviour
and Lord.
The. Resurrection of Christ has• introduced into
history and into life an undying power, a sublime
faith and principle, a divine organization marked- by
the characteristic of self -renewal and possessed of
a vitality which guarantees perpetual growth and
progress.
o Whatever May be our motives for keeping Eater
day,' let this one reason dominate Fall, that we may
know Jesus and all the power of His Resurrection.
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Sugar and spice
Canadians need thirteenth month to buy fuel
Dispensed by Bill Smiley
Saturday the 21st of March
was the first day of Spring.
Would anyone care to join me
in emitting a short, sardonic
bark of laughter? Just try not
to let it get away from you and
turn you into a peal of maniacal
mirth.
' * *
Spring is birds and bunnies,
Easter and daffodils, baby -car-
riages on bare sidewalks, little
girls skipping, little boys getting
wet to the tail, the snieIl of mud,
the kicking off of overshoes, the
feel of warn wind and sun,
* * * *
It is not the growling of an
overworked second -Band stoker
in its lair below•stairs. It is not
the howling of a blizzard about
the house. It is not the scowling
of a, housewife just about at the
end of her tether. Nor is it four
feet .of snow and ice piled'against
your front door since New
Year's.
* * * *
Something went haywire this
year. At least it did in this part
of the country. We've had more
than 12 feet of snow and four
months et solid winter without a
break. Even the old pioneers
have ceased their claptrap about
the big wink: of ought -twelve
or whatever, and admit rueful.
ly that this one "sure has bean
Corker.”
* r * *
Everyone is shabby, disgtunt.
ltd and Completely bras ed Off.
Elderly folk are holding thei.i'
breaths, fearful they won't make
it, this tune, until the suer warms
their bones again. Even the kids
are surfeited with skating and
horsijig .around in snowbanks,
and are getting owlier every
day, ;t '
As for the. average boas&
hnlder, he's ,s way shadow of
hips normal self. Tie walks with
a perpetual snow -shovel stoop,
A perpetual cough racks his en-
feebled frame. He has nothing
to show for the winter but the
loss of his health and good na-
ture, Ahead lie the Scylla and
Charybdis of a monstrous fuel
bill and a poisonous income tax
return.
* *
The only thing that kept some
of us going through March was
watching the cowards, who spent
the winter in Florida, arriving
home. All tanned and rested,
and busting to tell us what a
grand winter they had, they got
back to find roofs caved in, win-
dows
indocvs broken by icicles, water -
pipes burst and a raging bliz-
zard in progress, We peasants
who had held the fort could
scarce forbear to smile.
~ , * *
Canadians should have a dif-
ferent calendar from other peo.
ple. One with 13 months on it.
That would give us a chance to
stay even with the rest of the
world. It would `take that extra
month to earn enough to pay our
fuel bill. If we cut all the months
down to 28 days like February,
we'd have enough left over to
make that extra month. it would
also. make November, January
and March three days shorter
each, which would put new heart
into us.
But we'd still have one day left
over, out of the 365. I would
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designate it, under the new cal-
endar system, as a national ho-
liday, about the end of January.
It would be known as All Flu's
Day, It would be a day for all
Canadians to take that full day
in bed •which they are supposed
to db when they catch the 'flu,
and never have time to.
* * * *
However, don't sell a winter
like this one short, It is not a
complete loss. For one thing, it
is a great moulder of rugged
Canadianism. It makes us tough,
Ehglanderesourceful.rs. and mean, like New
* * * *
Anybody who hasn't had a
heart attack has got tougher
than a sixty -cent steak, wielding
that snow shovel, Resourceful?
1 didn't know I hart it in tile.
some of the things I've done.
Like my broken cellar window,
Lots of soft, easy -living people
would Have put a new glass in
smartly. Not ine. Not this win-
ter, I've got the opening blocked
up as neat as you please with an
empty beer case, held in place
by one of those massive bould-
ers left in my cellar by the ex-
eavators.
* * * *
Man? I can sit there at the
kitchen window and watch My
mother-in-law struggleOver a
four ,foot, snow b a n k, wade
through a foot of louse snow. and
nearly murder helrself on the
ley steps, trying to get to the
house, without stirring a finger
er feeling a rdualni.
*
Well, one of us has to give sand
I hope winter cracks before I de,
The ' kids eye me warily these
days. The drag cowers when I
approach, But 1 didn't know how
meati 1 was getting until 1 went
out t6 Chop,some ice off the
stops the other day. Went to
Caine, in ands found My wife had
locked the door. She Wouldn't
Oen it, until I threw the axe into,
Snowdr.Lft, .c
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Those statements may sound contradictory but
they're all true, for the
"PEACE OF GOD THAT PASSETI
ALL UNDEJR STANDING"
is indeed a tranquilizer of recognized merit:
* *
During this season. especially, attend the Church
of your choice and as you relax in the quiet of
the Divine sanctuary you may well acquire that
' serenity and tranquility the world needs so
much today.
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