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hhhhh (i)be £QcanmQ k of tbe I J^esurrcctkm 3St TOlliam Croewell Boane Wtabcp ot BlDanp g x ® modern mind stag r°re the story of 2 V \r ? ■urrection of Jesus ? f ■from the dead it ■ realize what its ? actualB ty j s gt Paul’s hV 011, 'Bold it be thought *. ,” g incr ßvith you that God ■nould ral9e* ul? >. stm haß but one answerMy, that there is , rea son wßhoaid be thought Incredible; b| rillaing the dead, w . .. G -^l >os ßstrates it in his P s e to is the tw? B i^ natUral^Pefl, t thing in the “no uu deßtain conditions. ™ at whlch Bow is not quick ened except itH •nH^i 0 not °^ er - but through v ßra „ , >y ,J nean ‘B ath . is the uni on iJ , K a ' v an Mu n iversal event, doinir h° V ? n ‘Bme first the un- In mo if bondage with i“d £? L hQ MP r ‘nclple of the oned ln h fh d ‘ jl g as 11 ls im P r M* but .i, th f sh M is “bare grain,” in thn 6U ltS °B cove ring is dead or rmt C ) 0< ; 00n ’ W )ken ,n the egg, life on? ln the ■. then the latent bod v n °, fortf ® God gives it a bodv - £ to [* BGed when n S ° - aftc tt lt h and burial, flesh JT rap, M of this ea rthlv "the ii d,3Boi a<l done away, nt , (hat llbe.” "the body of time ' S 1,1,1 in the fullness UriwL mlra ( Cle ° r ß vol of the res miracma ,? f Ju ßrtat. like other re, ai /' ’ ,es ,n Viet that it dis did‘ Lw l the , elem f time and also SJ a l a J with thMndition of de %' H ® saw no ■uption." for thon? f °, r thv ll >of it. Now *or the meaning of ■■ thaV'-m m a,,> 01 *' se - it means again de f d st ll rise and live and r 11 we belle\#l a t Jesus died that T 6 T ilU ‘ ev tt° they also 2S S i e , ep . n Hi God bring H / m ;; The cßiary to the ticle in the Creed, Q e third day MoveTn® again *” ls thla ticle ”1 be l , a } he resunectiMljf the body, look for the resurHlion of the ead or from the deatl One does i aeGd ’ 0,10 would nod.lre, to draw ay the hearts and rles of men >m this great and bf led revela- "■ r- ■ I tion of Holy Scripture, this strong and positive assertion of the Chris tian faith. But it is wrong to post pone the meaning of our Lord's res urrection to this final point of hu man history. It has a clear and more Immediate application of what the Apostle calls “the power of His res urrection,” “dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God, through Jesus Christ our Lord.” This must be recognized and realized as the imme diate practical purpose and result of the great fact of Easter Day. What is its message to men and women? It is easy to dream a dream of hope and delight about the far fu ture; easy to have a sentiment and emotion that enable us to face physi cal death with an outlook beyond the grave and console us in the hour of bereavement. God forbid that there should be any shadowing of this hope. But the practical question concerns our daily life now. Humanity stands to-day, as it has stood for all these centuries, facing the fact of the wonderful yfe that our Lord lived here on earth, with By E. DEGER. the strange and inexplicable combina-' tion of fleshy reality without the re straints and hindrances of the flesh. And that means, in the first place, the pattern set, and in the next place the power given to us to live our lives on higher lines. Translated into plain EJnglish, the great Easter thought is that we may not be absorbed and immersed in merely earthly, temporal, carnal thoughts and things. Life, never more than in our day, is crowded ! with business, with pleasure, even I hhhhhhhhhhhh Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem. where it is not choked with indulg ence and success. The idlers and loungers, with no thought but amusement, are far too many. The craze for accumulation of ma terial wealth is wearing out the strength and dulling all the finer faculties of men and women. And the carelessness and idleness of peo ple who, with opportunities of service to society and the demands of home duties, waste daylight hours and turn night into day with games of chance, accentuated too often with the covet ousness of gambling, are a reproach to the best inheritances and instincts of Americans. “You have no leisure class in America,” an Englishman said once to an American girl. “Yes,” she said, “we have, but we call them tramps.” Leisure there ought to be. Men and women there must be who are free from the strain and strenuous ness of incessant occupation, but it ought to be a leisure for intellectual cultivation, for philanthropic interest, for the storing of energy, physical, mental and spiritual, which shall benefit mankind. "Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead!” This is the Easter call, the Easter cry. Hiding even one talent in the nap kin of refined indolence or self-in dulgence or burying it in the dirt of sensuality ancT sin, either one makes an “unprofitable servant” and lays up against the second coming of the Lord an account of wasted powers and lost opportunities which will then be beyond recall. hhhhhhhhhh AN EASTER MENU. We like an American dinner, don’t you? Here’s one that can be prepared oy any housewife: Small Blue Points, Half Shell. Olives. Salted Almonds. Radishes. Cream of Asparagus. Brook Trout Fried With Pork. Saratoga Chips. Sliced Cucumbers. Marrow Bones on Toast. Roast of Spring Lamb. Browned Potatoes. Green Peas, English Stvle. Snow Fritters, Country Sauce. Frozen Lemons. Potted Pigeons. Easter Pudding. Lettuce Salad. Bon Bons. Fruit. Cakes. Cream Cheese. Coffee. Enster. It is interesting to note that people in general are inclining more and more to the celebration of church festivals which were formerly observed by but one or two divisions of the Christian body. It is not so long ago that the celebration of Easter was looked upon somewhat askance by many denomina tions, and yet to-day these denomina tions give Easter and Easter services a prominent place In their church cal endar. The movement is certainly in the right direction; laying aside all prejudices of denomination or creed, it is well that the whole Christian body can, find common ground an certain days. It is well that they should cele brate' not only spiritually, but out wardly. this great day in the Christian year. Even those who profess to be among the faithless may meet, too, on the same ground at this springtime festival, and observe and be thankful for the reawakening of the year—the symbol of new life which one finds in. all nature. Whatever his belief or none belief, no one should be unmoved or unresponsive to the new season, to the promise of life which he sees every year renewed and reiterated in nature, ns well as finds in the tenets of his faith. The Easter-time should be a season of joy, of fresh hope, of new en deavor, of practical faith in humanity and in God. —Woman’s Home Compan ion. $ — •H-pF tASTCR 4 / Lo, the swiftly circling jeojonj ' I \ Bring the toper-tide oqciin, SSL / And its enrols full of gladness • s Thrill With jou the hearts of men ; SH.ere our glad triumbheint Ooices |i;p .. Swell once more fhc cnorus-lay, j Por the Christ, the Lord and Sower ho;,e to life on taster Day . Eunter Plant Lej-end. The Christian legends connected with plants generally explain their behavior during Passion week. r lhe aspen still shivers with remorse because, when Christ passed, it had boldly faced the heavens instead of bowing its head in company with the other trees. The Saviour cast one look a: it, and the memory of that sorrowful glance is handed down even to this generation. The Resurrection Morning. Tile Kaster Chiefs Fate. “Peep! Peep!’’ said the chick as he turned about, A little fat fluff of bright yellow— “If, I had been late but a week and a day, I'd be an unfortunate fellow. An Easter egg is an excellent feature, If you’re not the egg,’’ said the silly crea ture. MARINES LAND IN HONDURAS Unde Sam Takes Step to Protect American Interests* A PRECAUTIONARY MOVE ; Bluejackets Put Ashore at Several Ports irom Gunboats Which are Patrohng the Vicinity. I Marines have been landed at Tr a . jillo, Celba ana Puerto Cortez, Hon duras, from the American gunboat Marietta to protect the interests of citizens of the United States. Advices to this effect were receiv ed Thursday at the navy department from Commander Pullman of the Ma rietta, and they were at once trans mitted to the state department. As yet no wora has been received as to whether forces have been landed at Central American ports on the Pa cific coast side,, but undoubtedly this step will be taken if American inter ests are considered in danger. The navy department feels that the action taken by Commander Fullam brings the situation completely in baud so far as the safeguarding of trade interests is concerned In addi tion to the protection given to Amer icans, It is felt that the action of this government will relieve other gov ernments of the necessity of taking any steps toward making a naval dem onstration. The landing of bluejack ets and marines and the policing of beth spheres of the Central Ameri can republics by the United States gunboats before trading vessels had been molested in any manner, or for eign interests jeopardized, is regard ed as a diplomatic move that will pre vent any international complications growing out of the policy of the Unit ed States not to permit European demonstrations in Central American or South American waters. The Nicaraguan commander in charge of the invading force at the Honduran port, Trujillo, gave Com mander Fu 11am his promise that Amer lean interests and all foreign interests there would be protected and that trailing vessels would be permitted to enter and leave the port without mo lestation, the same as before the cap ture of the port by the Nicaraguan navy. Both coasts of the warring Central American republics are completely covered by American gunboats. In addition to the Marietta, on the Hon duras coast, which is the point re garded most in danger, the Paducah is further south on the Nicaraguan coast. On the Pacific coast side are the Princeton, which is patrolling the Nicaraguan coast, and the Chicago, which is patrolling the Salvadoran and Honduran coasts. Joint intervention by Mexico and the United States in the war which threatens to involve Central America is now regarded as probable by dip lomatists. Previous tenders of good offices on the part of the two gov ernments were not heeded by Nica ragua, Honduras and Salvador, and it has been suggested to the state de partment that Mexico and the United States should send plenipotentiaries to the warring countries to investi gate the causes of the present war and order an immediate cessation of hostilities. Secretary Root and Mr. Creel, the Mexican ambassador, have been in. conference frequently since the out break of war, and Latin American diplomatists would not be surprised by the announcement that Mexico and the United States have decided the war must cease. Diplomatists have pointed out to the Washington government that its posi tion at the approaching peace confer cr.ee at The Hague will be peculiar if it permits a war to progress which it might stop and which the Monroe doctrine prevents European powers from stopping. “aiG aiick” 10 biup war. Roosevelt and Governor ol Mexico to Curb belligerent Central Americans. As the result of a series of con ferences at Washington Monday by the Mexican ambassador and all the Cen tral American ministers with the as sistant secretary of this govern ment will join Mexico in stopping hos tilities in Central America. Joint intervention of the two peace seeking countries will be made by the means of the “big stick’’ in the hands of President Roosevelt and an armed force, backed up by President Diaz, if necessary.