The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 3, 1904, Page 15

THE SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY CALL -— "¢ THE RESURRECTION PLEDGE ¢ BY REV.LOUIS J. SA Pastor Hamiltons Sguare Baptist Churcl - | | s “If the spirit of him that d dwelleth in you, h the central fact of human histo tion 'is the divine seal upon the truth for For a man ie cross stands. arn to life after death 7z “hrist in tively that med by the actio al report to P1 is resurrectt ny of the on were his comdanions. with him, the, eve This proof happily evidence alone. large degree. d die, yet this s of the soldjers in ch on that the be dwelling spirit. fort given by the er is confidence is th We follow n © him we turn in a He has reveale Death has been the t the omne have no adequate weapo from us and his fateful shadow has lain across our every As - our led us with dread anc antic energy. to. the believer eth. It is furnished ‘While . the has been iegs of unanimou r thrust, which his hundred- ed linen bandagss e in the body © thods of em- dawn we apprenend the glory IIL. _ The power of the resurrection. concerned in this utilitarian ing of Impertant principl: he foriress to! clothing of iight hideous The resurrecion is then a pledge of three significan First, that Jesus is the divine son of God; sec there is another life jpeyond the present; third ever enters into that life because of the in- We are alway: age with the practical bear- At Easter time the com- urrection truths is of blessed value. r faith. We rest in quiet ver of our Lord. There ig h arm to protect and but a living Lord. comfort mever fai r the arch enemy of our lives. He against whom we He has taken our loved ones in nd last enemy his approach we postpone his single visit worst of all his 4 The angel I 2d the sable form of our terror. The n now do to the believer is to open nee into the presence of God. for through him we pass from of ezeth te ‘a blessed eternity, sorrow nor sighing. wh robbed y s go will not say then that It is but a significant in believer through is in the divine likeness can pass. the beginning of life. In the light of the 10se endiug never comes. of the Easter From the gather sir The stone producz . who for forty They Iked and and they hope upon page of the orn is lkewise a the garden and rs and we rejoice in laversy. 1 things. As the anchor as the symbol of catacombs, so our faith ife. Our successes 10re profitable and our fajlures the less deplor- t our earthly life. orrow. We are The bless- toward a holy kens of the greater Dlessings sorrows of life deepen and en- t the greater joy shall be ours The days grow brighter and ment approaches. les duty. Threé score years en. Circumstances not of our Congditions which the confidence of the eternal bears years of our testing we will be se of the endless reward hereafter. history is so ubsequent life of Jesus e? all. ge the life to conm do thi °r the body immortal all be free from abitation for a puri- dowg.under the Becduse to adflt And to admit the form and therefore been the 2nd euffering can to° the worid, shadow consci fident of the s evident given t he has power the promise 10 believe in him. ation of the efernal exist- which an im- n of the believer present life. If Spirit the glorified we do mnet the, body 6 the Elory of the living God and are refreshed. where n the Easter time may come to us. in the possession of an endless life and shall go forth in r thereof to transform the world into the like- eaven and the cter of n angel at ou.” T , and the end thereof shall be. eternal joy consoles “Weaping may troubje. Lives bowe s woe turn their fa Pai red, since we know our title her can exist. We part with be end rselves into the vailey of the ng and present Savior and con- < shore on the other brink. 0 other power iike that of the resurrection is so i potent to the Christian. Even that of for- n is less than that of the conscious presence of to keep from sin and “present us before the presence of his glory with exceed- Let the meaning of Baster not descend to the apparel or festivity, bring the higher joy of a Savior present in every walk of life to assist in producing his own likeness in thé hearts but rather let it our bodies as temples of’his holy 1dwelling the full significance of ‘We shall then rejoice character of men into the like- God. every Christian grave, who says 2 from the dead: and lo, he of shadows shall become a in the vresence of the risen Christ. B ret Jewish t date it was o resurrection e rixteenth y discard- erranging ed that the fused to change its gave rise to what is eciman heresy.” e adoption of the calendar it was debated e feast of Easter should be given & fixed date or left movable as before, and the decision was finally reached’ih favor of the latter plan, as conforming to the anclent custom of the church. Easter therefore is al- ways the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the 21st of March (the equinox), n then of what is meant by ¥ always the the Pascal full upon or next a nd if the ful ver should not col d last year and nd 1 and in 1981 ways between March 22 The last time Eas rch 22 was in 1818 and occur that early again in ve interesting to those who is the . By J. F. Carrere 1 3 < are mathematically inclined to figure when Easter will in any n year in this century If so, here is a rule they can follo First, di- vide the date of the year by 19 and call the remainder a; divide the date of the year by 4 and call the remainder b, then divide the date of the year by 7 Second, occur 7 and call the remainder c. divide 19a plus 24 by 30 and call the remainder d. Third, divide 2b plus 4c plus 6d plus 5 by 7 and call the re- mainder e; then Easter will be the 22d plus d plus e of March; or the d plus e minus 9 of April. There are two ex- ceptions to that rule: If April falls un- der the calculation on April 2, put it back to the 19th of that month, and when it falls on April 25, put it back to the 15th unless d equal 29 and e eqial 5. With the substitution of Easter for the old festival of the Goddess Estera all the old customs of the Saxons were not abandoned, but, on the contrary, were preserved and Christianized. Thus the custom of giving eggs, many of them beautifully colored, to friends at Easter was kept up and the eggs were blessed by the church. From the ear- liest ages the egg has been considered as a symbol of the beginning of life and therefore was considered a very appropriate present at the beginning of spring, when all life is budding out HE greatest need of any country, and especially of our own, is bet- ter men and better women. The greatness of future generati depends upon the character of the boys an the girls of the present. It is the ¥ of the home to properly train chil- drer his is important, not only for the sake of the children and the home, but for the sake of the church and the ernment as weil Without proper ning at home it is aln.ost impos- ible for the children to be what the parents would wish them. Pay a short visit to one home and note the spirit. An air of loving sym- pathy permeates every nook and cor- ner. The parents seem to be living only for their precious children. The children, by every act, show regard and love for their parents. By thelr conversation the children show that they are Jooking forward to the time when they can live for their dear parents. How the children vie with each other in the performance of some loving service for the tired parents. How quietly and yet how effectively, by a look, he shows full appreciation of the tender care and love. Reproof comes, at times, in tones which are firm but kind. Punishment, aiso, is felt when thoughtiessness merits such treatment; but it comes in such a way that the child cannot but feel that it really does pain the one inflicting the punishment. In such a home every- thing seems to have a tendency to en- courage right living and proper train- ing. The sunlight of love so warms the atmosphere that everything which is best in the tender child develops most rapidly. Enter another home, such as one can easily remember having noted. What an absence of sympathy in the very air of the home. A chill sinks into your very soul, as you note the lack of loving care which parents apd children have for each other. At times the blighting heat of terrible passion withers the tender buds, which have grown sickly from a life in such atmosphere. Time and again thelr tender young hearts are blasted by the cold, unfeeling criticism, which, like the untimely frost, blights and black- ens all that it breathes upon. In our homes children are being trained to be liberty loving and law abiding citizens, mere slaves to those able to dictate, or anarchists of the worst type. These may seem strong statements, but are they not in ac- cordance with the facts? The child who is trained properly will quickly EAUTIFUL EASTER FESTIVAL d beginning anew. cking eggs,” that is to ing their points ‘toge T, favored amusement with b Eastern States, though r: this coast, is also probably of ancient origjn, and was probably p ticed by the ancestors of our Americans of to-day centuries ago. of strik- Washington Easter Monday is the great children's day of the year. On that day thousands of ch con- gregate on the roiling lawn behind the White House and while the JMarine Band discourses lively music they amuse themselves rolling eggs down the lawn. All the week previous to Easter has been a series of commemoration in the learn to respect and obey all rightful authority. The child who does not dare express an opinion for fear of bringing upon him the wrath of the parent or teacher will develop such a man-fearing spirit as will prevent him from asserting himself, no matter how sure he may feel he is right. Such will always be ready to take any po- sition In politics or business which will require nothing but blind obedience to directions. They will never become leaders. All through life they will be but beasts of burden to carry the heavy loads of others. Those who recéive such treatment as is given by paremts who play the tyrant are apt to resent it and after fretting under it break away from all restraint. Leaving home they drift into debasing companionships and re- bel against all authority and govern- Is not such the and nations? Can we not find examples this side of twinkling of an eye the end would come, even as the inhabitants of St Pierre perished in a few minutes, be- cause of the sulphurous fumes which poured forth from Mont Pelee, poison- ing the atmosphere. The atmosphere of the home is equally important. It should be such as is suited to the life and the growth of the child’s best na- ture. Than this, nothing is more im- portant. Without it there can be but little suecess in the proper training of children. Whether good or bad, the parents must ‘the responsibility. If it breeds must acknowl- edge that it as easily have been made _ It is for them to see that _atmosphere is not poisoned by unkind words, harsh criticism, unsympathetic remarks and. e i o + ¥® THE INFLUENCE OF HOME AND NURSES ON CHILDREN ¥ | 2 = : + i | Twenty-Sixth . Russia to prove the truth of the state- generally? Answer the question for | ment? yourself. Are they selected as carefully | Talk to Parents. To all of us the atmosphere is life or as the coachman, the cook or the but- | death. Until it was sultable man could !°*? How little ";0"';"&"'“ ey the companionship o e parents or | By Wm. Shearer | n°tappear upon the earth. Should any- ;5 whose tnfluence would be most thing suddenly poisen it, we would all g vo% O/ - <= be blotted out in a moment. In th = How often they are wheeled along in carriages long after they should be allowed to walk. How seldom are they allowed to get beyomd striking distance of some cross-grained nurse, who cares nothing for their welfare! Many times they have nurses who know but little of the chifdren’s na- tive language and care less about the common decencies 6f word and act. ‘Who has not pitied such children as they have seen them In charge of nurses who are no better than slave drivers? Is it any wonder that in- stead of growing up to be what they should be they are apt to be the very opposite? "It may be thought that these state- ments are rather strong, but if those feelirig that way will spend an after- noon listening to what may be heard hasty acts, the result of outbursts of ‘gt a place where nurses are wont to temper. One of the most Injurious effects on children of the rich is the result of the fact that most of the time they are In charge of nurses. Who are these nurses congregate on pleasant afternoons I feel sure they will change their opin- fons. After such an experience most parents will refuse to permit nurses to punish. E The custom of ci — Friday and Satur- emn festivals; ration of the f his crucifix- the Easter bra- In many parts of Eascer until cockecrow, hour at which the resure posed to have taken place. ed for hours in pray- , when they at once ber with the salutation, i * to which the answer , “Yes, he is truly risen.” That 1 of salutation is still the one in a FEaster morn. In continental T d in Great Britain h began the celebration of ter at the mass of the previous day. or Saturday, and the bells on the churches, which had been silent since Thursday, were again rung during the service. At the Saturday service, too, in the Catholic churches a large candle Is- blessed, and aiso the new fire to recall the resurrection of Christ, the candle forming a conspicuous object in the sanctuaries of the churches until As- cension day, forty days later. The sea- son is of course ome of great rejoic- ing after the fasts of Lent and for- merly was celebrated with a number of festivities which, according to our modern ideas, are bardly comnected ‘with an ecciesiastical event. Thus in France it was custogary to play a game of ball, in which the participants were Bishops, Canons and other church dignitaries. There were dances In _France as late as the seventeenth cen- tury and other signs of joy and hap- piness. The law courts were all closed and business seems to have been gener- ally suspended. In England Easter has been celebrated as a Christian fes- tival since 869, and, although the Puri- tans abolished it, as they did Christ- mas and aother church celebrations, it has beem revived and given much of its ancient splendor. In this country all the churches observedt with special music, and the fair make it the special occasion- for- appearing with their latest noveities in bonnets, an indication down from eariy times that spring s at hand,