“In Christ I touch the hand of God,
From his pure height reached down,
By blessed ways before untrod,
To lift us to our crown;
Victory that only perfect is
Through loving sacrifice, like his.”
Easter comes in the calendar only once in a year, but for the Christian every day is an Easter. Each morning we should rise to newness of life. In midwinter we do not need to wait for the coming of springtime to get the lessons of Eastertide. Christ arose once for all and the glory of his victory shines everywhere, and the power of his resurrection is felt wherever he is known and loved and followed.
Easter ought to leave in every Christian heart new inspirations, a new uplift, new revealing of hope. It ought to be easier for us to live nobly and victoriously after we have enjoyed another Easter with its great lessons. A wave of comfort should roll over the world, as the day bears everywhere its news of resurrection. Death has been conquered. A grave is no longer a hopelessly sealed prison – its doors have been broken. This is the message which Easter carries to every home of sorrow, to every lonely, bereft heart.
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