Our Women and Children
Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards.
THE MESSAGE OF EASTER.
It was formerly the custom for the
head of each family, on the evening
before Easter, to extinguish the fire
that had been kept burning all the
year on the household hearth. On
Easter morning, when the brands had
turned to blackened embers, and the
ashes had almost grown cold, the
young men removed the grime and
fire-charred fragments, and swept and
made clean the fireplace. Then the
young women brought flowers and
green boughs, and built within the
fire-tried walls a bower of beauty. In
the evening, a new fire was laid. Then
the priest, bearing the consecrated
flint from the church, made a pil
grimage from one home to another,
lighting in each a new hearth-fire, to
be cherished and kept burning during
the coming year.
When the fires of faith bum low,
and the heart is as ashes and dust,
then it is that a new hope and a new
faith are lighted with the spark from
the sacred Source. On the first Eas
ter morning, as the body of our cruci
fied Lord lay in the narrow resting
place of Joseph the Arimathaean, the
eleven disciples were sorrowful and
perplexed. Some of them were doubt
ful; all were douncast. The fires of
faith had all but burned out, and the
ashes of hope ahd grown almost cold.
But those two faithful women, Mary
the Magdalene and the other Mary,
still clung to His glorious promise of
resurrection. As the sun shone out
over the rugged ramparts of Jerusa
lem, they drew near to visit the sep
ulchre. Christ had risen. In a single
instant the fires of hope and faith
were rekindled, to bum in the heart of
humanity for all time.
The world’s faith in immortality is
greater today than it has been at any
other time since the great day when
the Son of Man rose from the tomb.
Never before has man believed so
firmly as now in the imperishability
of his soul, for never before has there
been so much mutual helpfulness.
Never has this life seemed so brief,
with so little time for the service
which an awakened consciousness of
brotherhood demands; and never be
fore has it seemed so inadequate to
the full development of man’s poten
tial greatness.
i go to prepare a place for you.
With these words Christ expressed his
own unwavering faith in the immor
tality of man. On the cross he said:
“Father, into thy hands I commit my
spirit.” Thus his last utterance voiced
a belief in the certainty of a future
life. By faith he achieved the highest
nobility possible to one who dwells on
earth. The world’s sole reliance to
day is faith—faith in God’s power to
harmonize the discordant elements
and unite men in universal brother
hood.
The brotherhood of man is today
experiencing the severest tests it has
ever known; but it promises to rise
triumphant to them all. By faith we
shall convert all that is evil into good;
and all that is ogod we shall dedicate
to God.—Mother’s Magazine.
THE RIGHT WAY.
By Arthur Wallace Peach.
Rough is the way of life? Ah, no!
It all depends just how you go.
Rough is the way for him and long,
Who tries to walk it without song.
Who never seeks, when cares oppress,
Some hidden cause for happiness;
Who does not learn before the end
How much it means to be a friend;
Who never sees along the way
Some beauty touch each common day;
Who has no goal set far ahead,
Toward which in patience he may
tread;
Who does not find in every hour
Some proof of God’s abiding power;
Who does not vow, that though he fail
To reach his goal, he shall not quail,
But thankful be, through peace,
through strife,
He walks with joy his way of life!
A GIRL’S FRIENDS.
By Mrs. Frank Learned.
Much of the happiness of life de
pends on making a wise choice of
friends.
A girl’s friends and companions
show just what sort of a girl she is.
A girl who is refined in her tastes
will not associate with those who are
loud in manner, coarse in speech, and
conspicuous in dress.
One must remember that “no
friendship is worth the name which
does not elevate and does not help to
nobility of conduct and to strength of
character. It should give new zest
to duty and new inspiration to all that
is good.”
SPRING’S APPROACH.
By William Edward Ross.
Every time th’ Souf Win’ blows,
Ticklish feelin’ in mah nose,
Makes me sort o’ hoi’ mah breath—
’Fraid I’ll scare 01’ Win’ to death
By the mighty way I sniff,
When I catch his fragrant drif’—
For I jucks that I can smell
Springtime comjn’ up the dell.
Blow, 01’ Souf Win’, blow yo’ best!
Blow th’ swallows to their nest!
Blow th’ blossoms to th’ vine!
Blow th’ cones unto th’ pine!
For I vum of all the year
Spring’s th’ time to me most dear,
An’ my heart renews its spring
Every time I hear you sing.
Altruistic effort is of three kinds:
First is that which is palliative—to
mitigate evil which cannot be cured.
Second is that which is remedial—
to cure and restore.
Third, that which is constructive—
to add to the forces which make for
the good.
The Charity Ball will help make a
payment on N. W. C. A. Home.—Adv.
VOTES REPORTED BY
CONTESTANTS IN THE
FREE TRIP CONTEST
Help Your Favorite.
Frances Shaw .260
Madeline Roberts .225
Hazel Hall .106
Oletha Russell .105
Blanche Lawson .144
Ruth Jeltz .65
Pearl Ray .i.49
Olga Henderson ...21
Ozelia Dunning .21
Anthone Edwards .no report
A charity ball will be given by the
Advisory Board for the benefit of the
N. W. C. A. Tuesday, April 25, at the
Mecca. Admission 36c.—Adv.
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