WAR DUJEUNG WEEK.
NOTHING DOING OF LATE IN
MANCHURIA.
Since the liereal from Mukden Difii-
culticb for tlieHiisfaiauu Have In
creased World's Jve.s Centered on
Hie J'Iccts Casar'B Troubles at Jlomc.
Since the retreat from Mukden tlie
I < 35m > uite.s in the way of continuing a
ucce > ffiil campaign on land havj in-
cmi. > Cil rather than diminished. To
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mobolizc and equip a force sufficiently
large to resist Uyama would be a labor
of moiiiJi.s. The best that Russia can
oxpiyt K do on land , apparently , is to
Jiinintnin defensive
a long-drawn-out
action with the constant risk of sus
taining greater losses and allowing
Vladi' . < * fiok to fall into the hands of
the enemy.
The fact that Russia declined to ac
cept tnis desperate situation a a rea
son for seeking peace can best be ac-
counte.-l for in the light of tlie mobili
zation of Rojc\si.vensky's fleet. A vic
tory on land 'in the near future is im
possible. There was still a chance to
win a vk-tory at sea. It can hardly be
< U > ul > Jffl that on the result of this
naval engagement hung the Russian
goveniJi.ent's decision as to its future
course.
The Russian authorities felt it worth
while to win back all they have so far
lost 1-y "putting their last bit upon a
Jong shot. " Thus by one lucky turn
by'Rojestvcnsky's victory over Togo
thvliole scale would be turned , and
the inaptitude , stupidity , corruption
and general dundcrheadedness dis
played by the autocratic government
would be all forgotten in the paeans
of praise which would acclaim the
naval triumph. But war moves on
like a tragedy rather than like a game
of dice. Foresight , training , attention
to details , patience are rewarded.
During the week the two wars of the
Russian government dragged wearily
on. In Manchuria tlie bureaucracy
njoyed a pleasant respite from the at--
tent ions of Marquis Oj'ama. A few
shots were exchanged between cavalry
outposts , xvhieli the general staff at
St. Petersburg converted into a vic
torious battle. What splendid prodi-
gries of J.ying that staff has performed
iii its official reports during the presonE
\vnrl
War at Home.
At home the war with the people
lias been conducted with considerable
vigor on both sides. In Warsaw the
troops fired on. a parade of Jews , kill
ing four and wounding cthirty-eighL
Hundreds of people in Warsaw have
been knouted by Cossacks for passing
too near to tlie government buildings.
At Lodz. Poland , thirtj'-eight were
killed and sixty wounded by the
troops.
At Batum , Kara and Erivan anar
chy. In Georgia a revolt. In Armenii
the attempt made by Russian agents
to incite the Mussulmans against the
Christians ( non-orthodox ) has failed.
Both sects hate the Muscovites too
much to fall upon each other. For cen
turies the mainspring of Russian do
mestic government has been "divide
et'impera" divide and conquer. Tha
Polish Catholics have be n arrayed
aigaiiiit the Jews : the Russians against
the Baltic province Germans ; the regu
lars against the old orthodox : Ar
menians against Mohammedans ; land
lords against peasants : workmen
against students ; priests against bish
ops ; bureaucrats against aristocrats.
But now the whole bad system is com
ing to an end. The people of all sects
and races are coming to see that their
true enemy is the autocracy.
Further events of the week are :
'April fi At a Moscow conference of
the physicians from all pans of tlie
< : in pi re to consider ways and means to
check the spread of cholera , it was
voted that the extreme poverty of the
Russian people made a fertile field for
cholera and other diseases , that this
poverty could not be mitigated until
the war was stopped and tlie system of
government changed , and that , there
fore , a constituent assembly should at
once be chosen on the basis of free ,
direct , universal , and secret suffrage.
April 0 A terrorist , disguised as a
Cossack colonel , was discovered with-
5n the palace of tlie Czar at Tsarskoe
Seloe. Two bombs were concealed on
Ids person.
April 8 The great annual review of
1he Horse Guards was held in St Pe
tersburg. For the first time in n cen
tury the Emperor was absent. He was
afraid of assassination.
April S Six thousand workmen
paraded in the city of Smolensk bear
ing banners inscribed "death to the
Czar assassin. "
During tlie entire week the peasant
uprising in the south continued. Most
of the landlords have fled from their
states , and their chateaux have been
given over to pillage and flame. As
ihe weather gets warmer the risings
are gradually spreading northward.
The revolution is under way , and
when peace comes and the sullen , hu
miliated army returns , the revolution
will los ' its present inchoate form and
organize itslf for business.
News of Minor Note.
A P' I * vis born to Mrs. J. C.V. .
riprkham. wife of the Governor of Ken
tucky.
Bids havo been called for for moving
the town of Sulphur , I. T. , bodily to it3
now site.
Frank C. Marrin. a promoter , once
living in Chicago as Col. Franklin Stone ,
is nn alleged fugitive from Philadelphia.
Firo destroyed the car barn of the
< 'amden and Suburban Railway Com
pany in Camden , N. J. , the losa being
$75.000.
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One Hundred Years Ago.
Fifty-four thousand troops siitioned
along the coast of France were ordered
to the borders of Italy.
Beethoven's "Fidolio , " with the Le-
nore overture , was produced in Vi
enna.
The'Bey of Algiers den-lured war
against Spain.
Lord Nelson's squadron arrived at
Palermo in pursuit of tho French.
Lieut. Z. M. Pike was ordered by the
governor of Louisiana to proceed to
Minnesota and expel all British trudcrs
from that territory. ,
Russia joined the coalition against
France.
Russia established an embassy at
Pekin , China.
Aaron Burr arrived at Blennerhas-
sett's Island , in the Ohio.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
Oxen were used for the first time on
the Santa Fe trail.
The King of Spain issued a decree
abolishing the operation of the Salic
law in the succession to the Spanish
monarchy.
President Rustanionto , of Mexico ,
forbade further immigration from the
United States.
Ohio was the fourth State in popula
tion in the United Slates.
Seven persons were burned to death
in a lodging house lire in London.
The first omnibus used as a public
conveyance in New York began its trip
through the city.
The Bank of England lost 300,000
by Fatmtleroy's forgeries.
President Jackson at a public dinner
in Washington gave the following
toast : "Our federal union ; it must be
preserved. " Vice President Calhoun
responded : "Liberty dearer than
union. "
Fifty Years Ago.
The first dental clinic in Germany
was. established.
The ship canal at St. Mary's Mich. ,
was opened.
Broussa , in Asia Minor , was visited
by earthquake , and all wooden build
ings destroyed by lire.
The system of registered letters was
introduced in the United States postal
service.
The prohibitory bill of Pennsylvania
was signed by the Governor and be
came a law.
The United States gave twelve
months' notice to Denmark of its in
tention to terminate the treaty of 1S2G ,
by Avhich the payment of sound dues
was recognized.
The depot of th New York and Erie
Railroad at Jersey City , with several
passenger and freight cars , was de-
'stroyed by fire.
The church tenure bill , putting the
property of all religious denominations
in the hands of trustees , was signed by
the Governor of New York.
Forty Years Ago.
Mobile was evacuated by the Con
federates.
The testimony in the so-called Chi
cago conspiracy trial before a military
court at Cincinnati closed.
Henry S. Foote , Confederate Sena
tor , arrived in New York from Europe ,
'traveling steerage to avoid detection ,
but was arrested.
Lynchburg surrendered to Union
scouting party ; Selrna , Ala. , and Mont
gomery were reported in Union hands.
Gen. Robert E. Lee , at Appomattox ,
surrendered the Confederate army of
North Virginia to Gen. Grant on the
terms proposed by the latter.
A jubilee celebration was being held
in every city of the North because of
the surrender of Lee and the apparent
end of the war.
Thirty Years Ago *
A battle occurred between miners
and soldiers near Hazleton , Pa.
Martial law was declared in the min
ing region of Pennsylvania because of
riots by striking workmen.
Moody and Sankey , the revivalists ,
opened a. new hall in Bow street , Lon
don , constructed for them and capable
of seating 10,000.
Paul Boyton , in a bathing suit ,
made an unsuccessful attempt to swim
across the English channel from Dover
to Boulogne.
The steamer believed to be so con
structed as to do away with sea-sick
ness crossed the English channel suc
cessfully , it was announced.
Contractor J. J. ITines and Clerks
Channel and Van Vleck , of the Post
Oilice Department at Washington ,
were arrested in connection with con-
\ract frauds.
With a solemn and emphatic denial
of the charges against him , Henry
Ward Beecher concluded his direct tes
timony in defense in the Brooklyn
trial.
RAVAGES OF SPOTTED FliVER.
It lies Kcccntly Claimed Hundreds of
Victims in Nc\v York.
So alarming have the ravages of
spotted fever , or. : : s it is me.lrjally
known , cen brr > spinal meningitis , be
come in New York , that tlr committee
appointed by the Health Department
to investigate the disease and. if possi
ble , Jind a cure has been directed to
carry on its work with all speed , as
the number of persons who daily fall
victims has readied alarming propor
tions. Last week 3.'il persons died from
the mysterious malady , as compared
with 8 ) the week before. The total
number of deaths for the past eight
weeks is "j-I.'J.
Physicians in all parts of the city
have been called to attend hundreds of
cases of the disease in its milder form.
Statistics prove that only from 1 > to
MO per cent of the afilicted persons re
cover. The disease is prevalent In all
sections of the country. For two weeks
the New York Board of Health has
boon deluged with letters from health
departments offering remedies for the
cure of the complaint. Many of them
are from veterinary surgeons , who ad
here stoutly to the assertion that men
ingitis is'similar to the disease of dis
temper in dog.s , and physicians do not
deny that the symptoms are almost
identical.
Health Commissioner Darlington be
lieves that the disease is non-conta
gious and will be stamped out by the
warm weather , but admits that the
identical germ has not been discovered
nor a cure found. One of the leading
New York specialists in children's dis
eases makes the statement thxt the
severity of last winter is responsible
for the epidemic , the principal victims
of which are found among the young.
It is confined chiefly to the tenement
districts of the East and West Sides
of Ne\v York , he says. The weather
compelled the poor to remain indoors
and upon these improperly nourished
persons the bacteria readily fed. An
other physician says :
' 'I have found that among children
who have succumbed many suffered
from rickets , ji weakened state of bone ,
muscle and blood , due to improper
feeding durinir infancy. Such children
are more liable to take the disease. A
child affected that is properly nour
ished and in which the formal func
tions of the body are stimulated ,
stands a better chance of recovery
than one in whom those conditions are
neglected. ' '
The disease has lately appeared in
Chicago and other cities of the Middle
West to an alarming extent.
SOCIETY'S GREAT GROWTH.
Christian Kmlcavor Organization ? Tcm
Has Nearly Four Million Members.
The Young People's Society for Chris
tian Endeavor was 25 years old in 1904 ,
and it.s founder , Rev. Dr. F. E. Clark ,
says that was one
of the most prosper
ous years. It has
Hi men amazingly
during its compara
tively short career
and now has 03.327
societies all told ,
with an aggregate
membership of ? , -
llJOO. ! ( In Europe
tho number of so
cieties doubled last
DP P. E. CLAUK.yoar' -
now about -nnrr .
order has extended into China and
Japan : in the latter country ten differ
ent denominations are united in the as
sociation. tho Presbyterians loading. In
dia has over 7500 societies : there is one in
Jerusalem ; the Armenian Christians
have taken it up : Persia reports forty
associations : Syria twenty. Korea about
a dozen , and th\v : are scattered here and
there throughout .Afric-i Axhorever mis
sionary efforts have extended. It is
firmly rooted in Australia , ami last year
the junior rally in Melbourne called to
gether 10,000 boys and girls with their
fathers anil mothers. Of the European
countries. Germany is the one in which
the order has thriven most aboundingly.
but it shows gratifying signs of healthy
and vigorous growth everywhere.
Another revolution is threatened in
Guatemala.
It will require months to reorganize
the Russian army.
The relations between Norway and
Sweden are strained.
Gen. Rennonkampff is reported to have
lost three-fourths of his force.
There imvo been 318,721 deaths from
bubonic plague in India since Jan. 1.
The Russian government is consider
ing a plan to enforce compulsory educa
tion.
Russian revolutionists have passed
sentence of death on thirty high person
ages.
Mexican silver mine owners will peti
tion tlie government for relief from tax
ation.
Colombia is making efforts to re-estab
lish cordial relations with , the United
States.
Germany has protested against Tur
key placing orders for arms with French
gun factories.
Negotiations for a Japanese loan of
? ! 50,000.000 have been successfully con
cluded in London.
Snltillo. Mexico , experienced two dis
tinct earthquake shocks of about fivo
seconds' duration each.
j
Otto Schick , a German , has invented
a massive wheel that will prevent the
rolling of vessels in storms at soa.
The Russian government has abandon
ed the compulsory teaching of the Rus
sian language in schools in Poland
JUBILATE !
Once more , 'mrojnore , O dawning skies , the
Easter glory breaks !
Once more from sleep the dreaming earth to
conscious beauty wakes.
The snowdrop and the violet blue peep from
their beds of clay.
As if in thankfulness for this their resur
rection day !
Once more. O blessed Easter morn , a nrom-
Iso fair you bring ,
'TIs folded in oarh leaf and bud , that
j decks the garb of spring ;
Each tiny blade of waving grass that benda
beneath our feet.
Each tendril on the srrowlnjj vine reveals
the secret sweet !
It smiles in every twinkling star thiit glows
with silvery light.
And glistens in each drop of dew that gems
the breast of niirht :
Tho bluebird sings it iri his song , and tells
it to thu bee.
The babbling brooklet bears it on and
breathes It to the sea.
What is it , then , the promise which the
Easter morning holds ?
What is the secret that the spring to bud
and leaf unfolds ?
TJie answer romes. in whispers low , soft
ns tho ring dove's coo
The earth , set free from winter's thrall ,
shall soon be Lorn anew !
The golden robin soon will sing his paean to
the year ;
The bmterlly on amber wing , will soon
oome fluttering near.
Soon will the lily of the vale , with chime
of mimic bells ,
Iting in and out the golden hours in sylvan
nooks and dells.
The wild wood roses soon will grace their
favored haunts once more ;
The columbine will fluunt and tllrt , as in
the days of yore ;
The rustling cornfields will unsheathe once
more their emerald swords.
And stand like plumed knights in rank , to
guard their golden hordes.
And to our hearts , O Eastern morn , a pre
vious hope yon bring
The promise of immortal life is symboled
in the spring ;
Oh , may we tind , through faith , the gates
to that eternal day.
When from our lives an angel hand shall
roll the stone away !
Woman's Home Companion.
ROTH burst uncere
BRUNETTA her friend's room.
"Mary , " she cried , "is it possi
ble you have refused Christopher Pat-
ton ? "
Mary Vane , a tall , pretty girl , who
was adjusting her fur collarette before
the mirror , turned quickly , her soft
cheeks flushing scarlet.
"Why , Brunetta , " she exclaimed ,
"how can you expect me to answer sucL
a questionV"
Brunetta , who was small and stout ,
nnd attired in the height of the prevail
ing mode , sank down in a chair and
laughed.
"I didn't expect you to answer it.
There is no necessity you should do so.
Mr. Patton told Tom last night that
you had thrown him over. I don't see
how your conscience allowed you to act
PO. He is such a catch young and good-
looking. Best of all , he Is enormously
wealthy. "
Mary smiled as she speared a crown
of her demure little turban with a long
pin. Sho was thinking of a man who
was no longer young near forty , per
haps who was handsomer in. her eyes
than all other men , and who was by no
means wealthy.
"I really believe , " went on Miss Roth ,
"that you have an absurd fancy for
Charlie Everett I do , indeed I"
Marv's smile became quizzical.
"Really ? " she said.
"Oh , I have no patience with you ! "
declared Drunettn. wrathfully. "You've
known Charlie Everett three or four
years. All this time he has been most
devoted to you , but not one of your
friends knows to this day whether you
are engaged or not. "
The smile faded from Mary's lips.
"We are not , " she answered , and the
gay little cousin fancied her tone was
sad.
"And yet you have been more gra
cious to him than to any of the others , "
pursued Miss Roth , relentlessly. "Mary ,
are you in love with him ? "
"Isn't that , " counter-questioned Mary ,
cvastively , "what the lawyers would call
a leading question ? I don't wish to seem
rude , or to hurry you , Brunetta , but I
have an engagement to sign some papers
this afternoon at the office of Deal &
Burrit. Can't you come with me ? "
"Yes. I must see Mme. Bireau about
my Easter hat. One must arrange with
her in time , as she is always rushed
with orders. Are those papers connected
with your imcle's will ? "
"He left you everything ! What a
lucky girl you are ! I suppose now you
feel you can afford to marry whom you
please. "
The conversation again turned on
Charlie Evorett as the girls rode down
town together on the Metropolitan Ele
vated.
"He Is amysterious fellow , " Brunetta
remarked.
"Mysterious ! " Mary sent her a sud
den look of inquiry. "What do you
mean ? "
"Well , there really is reason why he
should be considered a good deal of an
enigma. While not wealthy like Chris
topher Patton , Tom tells me he has a
good salary , and adds to this by writings.
But you know he does not spend money
as other men in our class do. He Is not
liberal in tlie matter of theaters or flow
ers. He lives quietly. He has no expen
sive habits. Where , then , does his money
go ? "
Mary Vane was silent.
"There is one house in tlie suburbs
where he is known to frequently visit , "
the other went on. Brunetta , as will be
observed , was not abovo enjoying a gos
sip. "Two women live there. One js
apparently a superior sort of a servant
The other is a pretty , delicate-looking
little creature of about twenty-five or
thereabouts. Occasionally Mr. Everett
takes her driving through the parks. Has
he ever mentioned her to you ? "
Mary forced herself to answer * "No. "
"Nor to anyone else. But I have seen
him out with her. Who is she ? "
A feeling of unrest , an uudefinable
fear , thrilled tho heart of Mary Yane.
She recalled the night Charlie Everett
had told her of his love. "I cannot now
ask you to be my wife , " lie had said.
"I will somo day , God willing. The time
may not bo far off , but I love you too
well to bind you by a promise you might
later find burdensome. And yet de r ,
you wili trust me and wait ? "
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"I will wait for you till I die ! " she
had replied , and had Questioned him not
at all.
Then he hail protested that thisva §
not an engagement that she was free
quite free. Only he was hound.
"Very well , " she had agreed. ' 'We
are not engaged. "
But the understanding that existed
between them was sweet to both.
That was a year ago.
And now she had to acknowledge to
herself that she knew little more of his
private life or of his personal affairs
than she knew then. She was unusually
silent us she and Brunetta descended
the steps and walked together to the law
yer's ollice. Her errand there attended
to , Mary Vane went with Brunetta to
see about the hitter's Easter hat. Then
the two walked down State street just
as the matinee-goers were flocking from
tho theaters.
Brunetta paused suddenly before a
florist's window.
"O. I had almost forgotten ! Mamma
told me to order some flowers for to
morrow. Will you come in with ineV"
They stood a few minutes admiring
the display in the window , the golden
daffodils , and shy blue crocuses , pure
lilies of the valley , flaunting tulips ,
starry jasmine , and cool green ferns
forming a tender background for them
all. The attendants were busy when
they entered. The girls stood back of a
high rubber tree admiring some rare
chrysanthemums when the door was
flung open anil a gentleman came in.
He was of medium height and had a
kind , brown-bearded , thoughtful face.
Not noticing any one in the store , he
went directly to the counter. To a man
at that instant disengaged he gave his
order.
"lVentj--eight lilies , " he said. "Yos
like those. Have them tied with broad
white satin ribbon. Send to this ad
dress. "
And lie laid a can ! and a bill on the
counter. An instant later he had receiv
ed his changeawl walked out.
The girls stared at each other.
"That. " gasped Brunetta , "was Char
lie Everett' "
"Yes. 1 know. " murmured Mary.
Before she could put out her hand to
stop her meddlesome friend the latter
had stepped to tiie counter ami road the
address on the card which lay there.
"Just as 1 thought , " she remarked a
feuminutes later , when they were out
in the street together. "The address is
14 Forest avenue. Idlewild. That is the
suburb in which his mysterious acquaint
ance of whom I told you lives. "
That number , street , place , burned in
Mary's brain. She parted from Brunetta
and went home. A fierce fever of jeal
ousy possessed her. Who was this wom
an to whom he sent Lenten lilies ? Idle-
wild was directly south of her own home.
A cable car ran out to the pretty place.
She would go there. She would call at
the house. She would ask the lady who
dwelt therein : "What is Charlie Everett
to you ? " When that was answered she
would know how worthy of continued
loyalty was her confessed lover. But
not until the morning. She would not
go until morning.
"Shame to doubt him ! " cried her heart
through all the sleepless night that fol
lowed. But her rigid will silenced that
assailing protest. So the morning of
the beautiful day that followed found
her at the gate of a cosy cottage set
back amid a group of bare-branched ma
ples. There were drifts of snow in the
little garden , but the air was warm
with the effulgent prescience of spring.
So peaceful was the place , the hour , her
courage almost failed her. All the blinds-
were down. The entrance she chose
brought her to a side door. She rang
tlie bell. A maid appeared.
"May I " Mary Vane began , then
faltered. For whom should she ask ?
"Ye * . " the girl repleid. "Come in. "
Marveling. Mary followed her. She
led the way into a front room. The cur
tains were drawn. Tapers burned in the
dimness. At first Mary fancied that
"There was silence , ami nothing there
But silence , and scents of eglanterre.
And jasmine , and roses , and rosemary "
Then she saw that there was some
thing else. A cotGn , and in it lying a
white-robed form , witb folded hands , and
lilies lying on the pulseless breast.
Mary shrank back.
"Oh , " she cried. "She is dead. ' '
"Yes , Miss. I thought you wished to
see her. A good many of the neighbors
were in last evening. She had many
friends hereabout , for all her misfor
tunes. Ain't those lilies beautiful ? Mr.
Charlie sent them. Twenty-eight for
twenty-eight years. "
Mary went nearer , looked down on the
dead face , a young face which had once
been lovely , but bore the unmistakable
of sorrow ao4 suffering.
"It's not many men. " went on the ser
vant , wiping her pyes , "who would do
what Mr. Charlie did. After his brother
was injured in that railroad wreck four
years ago he begged Mr. Charlie In dyinfc
to take care of his young wife. Mr.
Charlie promised hhn. He has support-
Oil her and given her every comfort
since. She was always weakly , and
when her mind gave out from brooding
over her husband's death , and she was
such a charge. Mr. Charlie was that gen
tle ami patient with her my She had
spells of understanding. Then she'd beg
not to be sent to nn asylum not that
Mr. Charlie would think of such a thing.
She wouldn't hurt a bird , poor dear !
There ! That is Mr. Charlie now ! "
A stop crossed the hall. Looking pale
and worn. Charlie Everett came into thw
room. His face lighted up at sight of
iiis sweetheart.
"You Mary ! " he cried.
"Ilnshl" she bogiroil. She broke down ,
crying bitterly. "Don't look at me
don't speak to me until I have told you
how it is that 1 am here. "
Shr > brokenly whispered the truth.
"You can never trust me again , " sh
said in conclusion.
He took her in his arms.
"Perhaps I should have spoken to you
of her , but I hated to cast so dark a
shadow over your young life. I could
not keep up two households , and she
was penniless. She was my charge be
fore I learned to love you. My first
duty was to her. The doctors agreed
she could not live long. As for trusting
my dearest , you must forgive me for
not having confided in you I you , for
your doubt of me. So we are equal. Is
it not Whittier who writes :
"Love scarce is lore that never knows
The sweetness of forgiving ! "
Thinpassed out together into the bril *
linnet ; of the Sabbath morning.
ON EASTER DAY.
ASTER is a day of
memories. It leads
the thoughtful soul
back to the empty
gppuloher in which *
tender and loving
hamls had laid the
blessed body of our
holy Redeemer. It
leads , also , many of.
our souls back to
the day when wo
stood by open
graves and commit-
ti-tl carih tn earth , laying to rest loved :
ones who had gone away from our homes
to the Father's home on high. Memories'
tender , pure , and holy fill our hearts on
Eastor day.
But it is also a day of prophecy. We
see the grass springing up ; we see tho-
swolling buds on the trees ; we see. evem
in the very cemeteries , the early flower * '
lifting thoir fragrant spikes of bloomi
toward the April sky. The warm rays4
of the sun have called them from their
winter's sleep. So on Easter day
may look forward to the time when
Savior shall awaken and call forth , to
new life those whom we "in faith have1'
laid to rest. Y'es. Easter is the day ,
of hope ; the day when faith feels a newj
triumph , when the immortal within IK
asserts itself , and we lay hold on things'
not soon with a firmer grasp.
To all believers Easter is a day of.
gladness , faith ami hope. But to those-
especially who. sines last Easter day ,
havo laid loved ones to rest the message
of the day should come with comforting-
ami sustaining power. Christ is risen ,
ami we. too , shall rise. The night of :
death shall pass away and the eternal
morning shall dawn. The "lively hope * *
will not be put to shame. lie who re
stored to the widow of Xain her only ,
son , and who reunited the broken fam
ily at Bethany , shall also bring together
once moro the hearts that loved each
other in the Lord hero on earth. He
lives to-day , and from His shining throne
looks down in love and mercy on His
sorrowing children on earth. Over that
love no change can corao.
"The tomb is empty : po orolonir shall be
The tombs of all who in this Christ re
pose ;
They ill d with Him who died upon th
tree.
They livo and rise Tilth dim who llvasl
and rose. "
The Moravian.
Easter's Variable Date.
Easter may come SP early as March
22 or as late as April 2rf. In ISIS it fell
on March 22 and in 1SSG on April 25 ,
It will not come again this century or
in the twentieth on March 22 , but ia 1943
it will fall on April 25.
A Study in Colors.
Mamma What did you say , Bobby ?
Bobby Did this pink candy rabbit
la.v these pink candy eggs ?
