THE UNION PRESS-COURIER. Thursday, April 13, 1939. PAGE SIX [THE SOWER A Weekly Department of Religious and Secular Thought Contributed by REV. JAMES A. TURNER, Pastor, M. E. Church, Patton, Pa. THE MEANING OF EASTER The Great Festival of the Christian Church is the glorious Eastertide. It does not come just to remind us that Jesus Christ died and rose again many years ago, but to tell us that Jesus STILL LIVES. The trumpet call of Easter is: Jesus lives. Millions know this through their spiritual experien- ces. Easter is a message of gladness. Everything is hopeful and glad at Eas- tertime. And we should be glad also. On a bench under one of the leafless trees in the park sat an old man, gray- haired, and poorly clad. His eyes were fixed upon the ground, and he was thinking of many sorrowful things. Suddenly he heard a little, clear voice saying, “Did’'nt they give you any flo- wers?” He looked up and saw a sweet little girl standing before him, with her hands full of flowers. She had a round rosy face, and large blue eyes, and a little rosebud mouth; and she was looking at him very seriously. “Did'nt they give you any flowers?” she re- peated. “No, dear,” said the old man gently; “nobody Bave me any flowers. ‘Where did you get your pretty posies?” “In church of course,” said the child. “The minister gave us all flowers. You shall have some of mine,” and she took some sprays of lillies of the valley and a red rose and laid them in the old man’s withered hand. “Does’'nt that make you glad?” she asked anx- iously. “The minister said everybody must be glad today.” “Why must every- be glad today, my little angel?” asked the old man sadly. “Because Christ the Lord is risen,” said the child. “Didn't you know? Don’t you know that this Easter Day?” The old man smiled and raised the flowers to his lips and kissed them. “ I have been ill, my little angel,” he said, but you have made me almost well again, and I will be glad. Christ the Lord is risen indeed. “Hallelujah,” cried the child. “Hallelujah,” echoed the old man re- verently. “Hallelujah,” sang the blue bird in the leafless tree. “Hallelujah,” said the whole wide world. Easter menans gladness. Let us then serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with singing. “Hallelujah,” said the whole wide world. Easter means gladness. Let us then serve the Lord with gladness, and come before His presence with singing. Easter means newness of life. It is the message of new life. Its coming celebrates the bringing of life and immortality to light. It shatters the gloom and darkness, and brings to our hearts a wonderful certainty of life, which neither death, nor the grave, nor anything else can ever dim again. No wonder its a time of joy and gladness —with its promise of a new life. Jesue said, “ I am the resurection and the life.” “I am come that ye may have life, and have it abundantly.” The beauty and newness of life that Easter always brings to us are divine fraveled roads. more faithfully, and share more wil- lingly. And yet, we must not misinterpret this message of newness of life. It is not only that we are to live new lives after death, — that is not the great thing, — the grandest truth is, that we are to live new lives here and now, by the power of the resurrection. We cannot expect to live the new life after death, if the new life is not with- in us before death. What is this new ,life,—this life that the Easter message promises? Listen to John; “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.” And Jesus said, “This is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and Him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.” He who hath the mind, —the attitude—of Christ, the mind of God, His attitude of loving service, hath life. To have the fruits of the indwelling Spirit of God in your life is life indeed: “Love, joy, peace, long- suffering, kindness, goodness, faithful- ness, meekness, self-control.” Because He lives in you,—you live,—live ab- undantly. Easter means Vistory. “I have over- come the world.” Jesus was a self- elected sufferer who gave His life in order to show people how to live that they may be loosed, set at liberty, from wrong living. He laid his life down and took it up again in order to show people how to carry their loving ser- vice to the utter limit,—to the last full measure of devotion. Christianity is the onzy religion in all the world with a gospel of good news, because its Author was a Victor over all opposition which stood in the way of Godly living. “I have overcome the world,”—the greatest pean of tri- umph, the greatest and most joyous shout of victory, and, at the same time, suggestions to rise from our dead selves to higher levels of better living. When the spirit of Jesus Christ comes into our hearts, then do we put on real individuality, and live new lives, for, “if any man be in Christ Jesus he is a new creature.” Thus does this Eas- ter message become to us the gateway | to a higher and nobler and better life. 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And He said: Do ye as I have done; take up your cross and follow me; I have set you an example that ye should follow in my footsteps. Except ye come after me ye cannot be my disciple. That means that, as He conquered, so must we, if we would be in His company. No cringing, failing, yielding sinner can be in His company long. The sinner must be victorious and overome the world if the would be in the company of Christ. Let no man or woman think that they can be Christ- ian if they continue in their filthy body-killing habits, and in the con- tinued expression of the humors of the Devil which are: spite, hate, envy, evil speaking, slander, gosip, Sabbath- desecration, lying, swearing, ill-tem- per, quarrelling, haughtyness, egotism, ana all other matter of wickedness, depravity and viciousness. Paul said: “Copy God, dear children, and follow lives of love.” Jesus over- came the world because he copied God and served in a spirit of Love. “He who loves his fellowman, says Paul, “has fulfilled the law.” That is the victory that overcometh the world. It is said that the news of Welling- ton’s victory at Waterloo was brought to England by sailing ship to the South coast, and by semaphore was wigwag- ged overland toward Londan. In due course the semaphore on the roof of Winchester Cathedral began to spell the message off: W-E-L-L-I-N-G-T-O-N D-E-F-E-A-T-E-D, and then the fog closed in, the semaphore no longer could be seen, and the sad news of the incomplete message went on towards London, plunging the country into gloom — “Wellington defeated.” But, when the fog broke at last, the semaphore upon the top of Winchester Cathedral was still at work: WELLINGTON DEFEATED THE ENEMY, and all the more glorious for the preceeding gloom, the wonder- ful news of victory sped across the land and lifted up the spirits of the people into grateful joy. “Wellington defeated the enemy.” So it was when the dreadful gloom of calvary cast its deadly spell over the world, their hearts were filled with sorrow and despair. But when the darkness passed away, and the beautiful dawn of Easter came, it dis- pelled the gloom by the glorious mes- and Sunday rates are in effect. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA sage of victory: Jesus had defeated the enemy. “I have overcome the world.” And the glorious truth for us is: ~ Upper Berth for the Motorist-Camper One of the latest devices for the touring motorist who likes to pitch camp at night is this tent which can be put on top of the car. shown at a recent camping and hiking exhibition in London, and proved popular with the many motorists who prefer the by-paths instead of main It was overcoming the enemies of our souls, then we can cry out our own pean of victorious joy: “Thanks to God who giveth US the victory through follow- | ing and imitating our Lord Jesus Christ.” “The Lord Jesus is risen indeed!’ | And because He lives in us, we shall | live also. PATTON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH James A. Turner, Pastor Church School, 10 A. M.; Preash- ing. 11 A. M. and 7:30 P. M.; Epworth League, 6:30 P. M.; Mid-week Bible Class, Wednesday, 7:30 P. M. The Bible reveals God to man and it also reveals man to himself. It shows us to ourselves as we really are —piercing through the outward cov- ering to the heart. It lays bare our lives—exposes us—shows that what is wrong with us is lack of righteous- ness. The positively uncanny thing about it is perfect intimacy with the human soul. Other books come to us as stran- gers, they stand in the outer courts of the temple of life. But this enters boldly into the secret places, even with the holiest of all. There is nothing hid- den from its light, nothing withdrawn from its judgment. It applies the sub- | test tests to character and conduct, and with authority condemns the | wrong and approves the right. No man | can read it with his soul and not fina how great and searching is its power. i Nothing escapes it. It reaches up to a | man’s highest aspiration and down to - his meanest purpose. That is what Col- eridge means when he says that it finds him. Come to the Bible class on Wednes- day evening at 7:30 P. M. As a pro- fessing Christian you cannot afford to neglect your great Magna Charta, your charter of liberty, your guide book, your great love-letter from God the Father. You cannot hope to live the ‘kind of life you should live without constantly studying it. FEDERAL AGENTS NAB TWO IN RAID An Allport man and a woman are being held as federal prisoners in city jail as the outgrowth of a raid on Wednesday of last week which re- sulted in the seizure of 150 gallons of untaxed wine. Agents said they were mrs. Mary Micucei and her brother, Camille Di- Federico. The wine, described as a homemade variety known as “raisin- jack,” was seized in their home. Both were brought to Johnstown and lodged in city jail in lieu of $500 bond to await preliminary hearing on Saturday morning before United States Commissioner Ray Patton Smith. 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Ford Sales and Service Patton, Penna. complants received of previous sales. | They related that some of the wine! seized was contained in regular whis- | key bottles bearing the old federal tax | stamp indicia. The raid was staged by Federal Ag- ents L. A. Grove and R. R. O'Rourke from the Johnstown District Alcohol Tax Unit Office, Constable Jack El- der of Prospect and a state officer. A MOVIE STAR'S TAXES Carole Lombard, moving picture star, earned last year $465,000 and paid $397,575 in income taxes. After pay- ing her agent and manager she had left $20,000. Miss Lombard is quoted as saying: “But I have no kick at all. Fact is, I'm pretty happy about the whole thing. Twenty thousand a year is plenty for me and as for giving the government most of my income, I think that’s fine. “I don’t need $465,000 a year, so why not give what I don’t need to the gov- ernment for improvement of the coun- try® There's no better place to spend it. “Furthermore, if I did'nt have to pay high taxes, I wouldn't be earning as much. If there were no income taxes at all, I probably would'nt be getting even $20,000. The comment of organized labor is: “If this does’nt cause wealthy tax- dodgers to bow their heads in shame, they are beyond redemption.” u. M. W. A. Journal. HITLER, BANK ROBBER Adolph Hitler, the boss of Germany, has developed into the world’s great- est bank robber, as well as the world’s greatest killer, with the possible excep- tion of Genghis Khan, the Mongolian chief of hundreds of years ago. But | it Hitler keeps on he wiil outstrip Gen- , ghis Khan as a murderer of human | beings. As a bank robber, the world | has never seen anything like Hitler. He sent his armies into Czecho-Slova- kia and took possession of that coun- | try. The bank of that little nation, | which was utterly helpless, contained $80,000,000 worth of gold which Hit- ler wanted and needed to keep Ger- | many from going bankrupt. So Hitler | had all of this gold loaded into sixteen | army trucks and moved to Germany. This is the first time in all history that any brutal dictator ever deliber- ately stole $80,000,000 from a bank. There have been bank robbers ir our own country, but they were pikers as compared with Hitler. Jesse James robbed banks, and so did the Dillinger gang, but they were mere amateurs. Hitler is the champion bank robber of all time, U. M. W. A. Journal. BARNESBORO MAN IN INDIANA JAIL Indiana — John Beeghey, 29, of Bar- nesboro has been turned over to the Indiana County authorities by officials of Cambria County and has been lod- ged in Indiana County Jail to await sentence on a charge of stealing the aulomobile of Edgar Walker of In- diana last January. Chief of Police Arthur E. Beal and County Detective William J. Moore Moore brought Beeghley from Cam- bria County Jail to Indiana last week. The defendant had served a term in Cambria County for stealing a car. Beghley was arrested in Indiana County January 8 a short time after he had stolen the Walker car and was turned over to Cambria County Au- thorities, being wanted in Cambria for the larceny of a car. He entered a plea of guilty and was given a three month sentence. GENERAL WORK wanted. Inquire Joseph Martin, General Del, Carroll- town, Pa. DO YOU KNOW Celsus, Roman physician who lived in the first century A. 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