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THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION
PAGE THREE
Message of the Lilies RISE TO NEW LIFE OLD EASTER RITES
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I LIES bear a message at the Eastertide,
Assurance of Immortality to All Macedonians Preserve the Tradi-
Those Who Have Died tions of the Season in All
With Christ. Their Beauty.
THE resuiruction of Jesus signals |NT NO corner of this whimsical old
victory—victory for himself, vie* I world of ours can then* b« found
tory over death, over his ene Jj, more traditions of Eastertide than
niles, over all timid and doubting thos6 treasured in the heart of the
pouls—and establishes the efficiency of Macedonian race, on the border be-
ihe atonement, the peal of God's approv tween Europe and Asia
al. the integrity of his teaching and the Even before the forty days' fast Is
assurance of immortality. In this life quite over the rejoicing that is to
he brought "life and immortality to fl-jwer full blown at Easter begins, cro-
Jight." Upon this historic fact of the cuswise. to push its bright way upward
resurrection of Jesus is based the through the gloorti of abstinence and
whole of our Christianity. If no resur- vigil, says a writer In the Housekeeper,
rection, there is no immortality; there On Palm Sun.-^ay, in little bands of
Is no forgiveness; there is no reality three and fnur. the "Palm Maidens."
to testimony, and no hope of immortal- each flourishing a festive g )ld embroid
Ity—and no word of truth regarding it. ered hnndkerclilef. go from house to
Easter day is a victory over doubt, house singing their happy carcls
darkness and death. Holy Thursday, radiant with red
We older children gropo our way sashes from every balcony—fluttering!
Fro 1 itark behind, to dark before, symbols of the brightness of the spring
And only when Our hands we lay *' A , . , hm«k
Dear Lord, in thine, the night is day, —if the great egg-dyeing day. W ith
And there ts darkness nevermore flrat tycA the fond mother
In his victory*—In his triumphant forms the sign of the cross upon the,
life—the life of one who was dead, but face and neck of her dear, wee nes-
lives fcrevermore, we feel that he does tling, saying: "Mayest thou grow as
reach "downward to our sunless days." red as this egg and strong an a stone "
when faith is small and hope lingers. Then gently she places it beside the-
and takes cur hands of prayer and icon of the Virgin where it remains
makes us feel his light. during the coming year—perhaps for
Thou madeat death, and !o. thy foot tender reminder to the holy imagei of,
is on the skull which thou hast made; the wish that the earthly mother Has
Thou art Just. ju8t uttered that the divine mother
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"The day breaketh; the morning cometh; the shadows
flee away."
L.„J, ...L * Al ■ ^ . / CI Somehow we feel that here we have mav «ront its fulfillment
y heads and listen what their petals may confideI the crowning iemonstration of his dl- At twelve o'clock Easter even a mid-
Heads a-nodding, all a-throbbing with a pean strong,
Stems a-quiver, quite susceptive to the bursting song;
Just forgetting for a moment everything beside,
Listen to their challenge at the Easiertide.
vine Sonship and Messiahshlp. "That nlght mass is celebrated. The gospel
he was a teacher come from God," for j8 rea(j jn the churchyard "beneath
i LEWIS CARROLL'S
EASTER GREETING
FOR SALE — Thoroughbred India
Runner Duck eggs per setting 50c
for eleven. Turkey eggs per Beting $1
j for eleven. H. H. Trosper Phone 156
R line. 3-30 3t
WANTED—A setting of turkey eggs.
Mrs. M. J. Bullard, Route 1, Law-
lion. Phone 552 on Y. 3-30 5t
FOR SALE—1 work horse and 1 pony,
V6 mile south of Tinney; 53 on 17,
(leronimo.—Christie Henn.
mies. "Behold, the whole world has gja(j outburst of firearms, the clatter-
gone after him." He was never so uni- jng tongues of bells. The priest, hold-
versally anc1 essentially eopular as he jng Up a lighted candle, bids all "Come
aws which attach us to this earth. 1® this hcur. and receive light." and in happy ccnfu-
You never really lived till he came Blon the throng lights Its candles.
into your life. De Quincy scented the with these little flickering torches
fhis now becomes the characteristic;
feature of all resurrection pictures.
Taddeo Gaddi adheres to this in his
magnificent fresco, and so does Peru-
gino.
Among the many disciples of Giotto
there was but one great artist, the
painter-monk. Fra Angelico of Fiesole.
there Is an indescribable sweetness in
,iis virgins and angels, enhanced by
his exquisite drawing and delicate, lu-
minous color, but his very sweetness
HAS INSPIRED
GREAT ARTISTS
Subject of the Resurrection Al-
ways One That Has Called
Forth Their Best
Efforts.
THE Christian artist, about the
fourth century, when he made
his first hesitating attempts to
treat the subject of Easter,
carefullv refrained from showing
the rO. Lord at the moment of j
resuscitation With a proper rever-
ence for the Scriptures, he refused to.
show what they did not reveal. He de-.
plcted an empty tomb, watched by the
Roman guard, or visited by the holy
women. A sarcophagus in the I^ateran
museum simply shows a labarum. or
Roman standard, under which the
keepers are fast asleep Even the tomb
Is only suggested. The Louvre has a
bas-relief in silver-gilt which formerly
belonged to the Abbey of St. Denis.
where we see an angel showing the
Savior's empty tomb to the two Marys.
A more realistic representation is
Thomas touching the Savior's wounds.
which may be seen upon an early sar # clo8e(J tomb wh)ch |a
cophagus, preserved in the church or ( i
....(In Mrnut* fnr tho Hnsnpls
St. Celso at Milan.
This chaste reserve, which was con- romng away 0f the stone as taking , QUg kJng
tent to depict only what was described pJace after the act of resurrection, but,
by the Gospel narrative, was main- rarrarj piaCes a sleeping guard, lying
tained by Christian art until the thir- ^ iength across the top of the altar
teenth century, when, wilder the influ ^ke tomb There can thus be no doubt
ence of the Renaissance, men began to thftt the gavior who soars above must
true vision: "I will walk abroad; old jn their eager hands, they turn to the
griefs shall be forgotten; I shall wash church. The doors are closed and
the fever from my brow I shall be locked. Loudly they knock, their
unhappy no longer." voices raised in solemn chant:
So do we, dying to sin, rise to new
ness of life.
beaitny amusement that are laid up In
books for the children I love to look
back upon without shame and sorrow
(as how much of life must then be >'<>R SA1.E—A fine red muley year-
recalled!) when my turn comes to ling bull.—W. J. Watkins, route 2;
walk through the valley of shadows. j phone F M. 153. 3-29-3t
This Raster gun will rise on you, |
dear child, "feeling your life in every | WANT—Pasture for eight head of
one and
„ « < flnfta vmi I two year olds, prefer near Geronimo
will come and go before It finds you * 9 • . . - ,
feeble and gray headed. creeping or Junction. Cows and pigs for sale on
wearily out to bask more in the sun- lime. F. H. Smith, Geronimo, Okla.
light—but it Is good, even now. to 3-28 5t
think sometimes of that great morning —
OUT* years ago Lewis Carroll when the "Sun of Rlghteonsness shall ! kAI.E Sudan grass seed, 5c
wrote to his many little friands Rr|ge w|th healing In his wings." per )b . j span mu|,,8 6 and 7 yearR
never man spake like this man." and the sllent Btara." There follows the opnt;mpnt hv Author 0f "Alice."1 ,lmb" ancl eaKer 10 rUSh lnt° tb* tre"h mults and horses, coming
his victory was signaled by hlB ene- jovous hymn "Christ Is Risen"—the oenilmeni Dy morning air—and many an Kaster day
. .. ... , 1 J J . _ ... ■ 11. r- ■ _t wn vpar olds, nrefer near \
and Her Friends, the White
Rabbit and the Beloved
Cheshire Cat.
£ An Easter Greeting to Every Surelv your gladness need not be the Christman, R. 1, Geronimo,
Child Who Loves Alice. Tho af |es8 for the thought that you wl.l one
fectlonate. earnest words- so "harac- daJ. see a brighter dawn than this— a-
Lift the gates. O ye rulers of ours, terlstic of Rev. C. I. Uodgsou and so when lovelier sights will meet your "
and ye eternal gates be lifted, for there unexpectedly serious from tho author eyes than any waving trees or rippling , 1- OR SALE 1 8 year old mare, colt
Dying with Christ, dying to all un- w(1i enter Christ, the King of C.Iory!" n[ the white Rabbit and the Mock waters—when angel-hands shall un by side; 1 6 year old mare, heavy
holy desires, unworthy motives, im- A vp|ce within demands: "Who Is Turtle—were printed on a tiny open ^raw your curtains, and sweeter tones ,n foa|. Inquire of Edward T. Miller,
pure thinking, base ideals, vulgar hab- this King of Glory?" siwet of paper autograph, and in- than ever loving mother breathed shall R. R. 6, Lawton, Okla., Phone 551
Its, to all hatred nnd miJicc, jealousy An.! the answer breaks forth exult- 8cr|bed with the Christian name of wake you to a new and glorious day— j/ • !,;j' {;eronjmo 8-28 5t
often palls upon our modern taste. As and envy, bitterness and evil speaking, antlv: -He is the Lord, strong and
every child to whom it was sent on and when all the sadness, and the sin,
Reinach says "We long for a few P^e and conceit; dying with him to rowerful. He Is the Lord mighty in Eaater e¥e. It read as follows: that darkened life on this little earth
wolves in this impeccable sheepfold." these, we rise to newness of life. Ev- war... |)ear chnd. Bha„ be forKOttcn like the dreams ot A
Fra Angelico treated the resurrection erythlng changes. As you catch the spirit of it all and piease to fancy, If you can, that you ft night that Is past!
subject several times. In on ; of his Something went out to our temple- make it your own, do you wonder that are reading a real letter, from a real
pictures he still has the pre-renaissancei house, that inner sacred sanctuary, tke church d<*>rs open and that men friend, whom you have seen, and whose
reserve. He shows us the wondering; a,,d something else has been put in. and WOmen crowd in to worship the vclce
you can seem to yourself to
women and the angels at the sepul-' New love8- new Prions, new Ideals, rlaen Klng? „ear w|8h)ng you ag , do now wlth air
cber In another he combines the old nPW PurP08eB' a ,new and gl"to"8 per" Home from the service, rr^ny si p my heart a happy Eagter.
version with the new. In the third! sonality, the glorious crown of all crea- red eggs under their sleeping chil- Do you know that delicious dreamy
nlctnre he shows the actual resurreo ! tIon' reiKns in triumph. The things Wren's pillows that when the little ones fe€iinK when one first wakes on a sum
Hon .oonp you once ,oved you d0 now e' awake Easter morning they may dls- m(ir niorning. with the twitter of birds
non scene. the very things you once hated you &
Your affectionate friend,
I.EWIS CARROLL.
Easter, 1876.
Fra Bartolomeo. the teacher of An-';
Once more the air ii soft uiith spring;
Once more the fieldt are fresh with
bloom;
cover that Paschalla. the female per lhe alr and the (reah breeie coming Qnce m0K t/,e birds about us ling
pasture 40 or 50 head of cattle.
Come id see me or write. 3-4 mile
cast o. city dam on Brice place, on
Rtar route, Lawton, Oklt. J. T. Coul-
ter. 3-23 6t
FOR SALE—Fresh milch cow. W. G.
I.utz, Lawton, R. 6. 3-23 ot
A nd Nature, bursting from her tomb.
now 1. ve. Everything has actually BOn|flcatlon of Easter, has surprised . at the open window—when, lying
dreadei Sarto, not * , changed, and the psychology of It Is the household with a fairy visit. Iazlly wlth eye> half shut, one sees
the first rank, treated tnis suojec 1 ; perf(lct and the victory logical and nat- A lamb roasted whole is the distinc- a8 if' ln a dream green boughs waving Into another life new born
in "ll' J pitH nniacp Florence Ra nral' '',fe ,s now worth whlie. tlve dish cf the Christian Passover din- (ir waters rippling in a golden light? on this resurrection morn.
thne„~ the Ther" are neW men and T0meni "er. a very love feast when all past u ,9 a pleagure very near to sadness. ^
_tjt_they are ^ ^riven and htt,,p,De" ,N the southern cou:lTR,ES
FOR SALE—Extra good standard
broom corn seed for 3c per pound.
B. F. Carmichael, 5400 L. 3-21 lOt
witnesses of the resurrection.' Anni
bale Carraci goes a step further. He
was not satisfied to prjve by a wit-
ness that Christ really arose from the
dead. He sets out to show that he
arose in a miraculous manner. He not
and out into the street, a real com-
panion-
He leaves his command: Walk ra
children of 41ght "TM-n shall thy llgh-
Joy Cometh With Easter.
Even stern old Martin Luther
ALFALFA, fancy first cutting hay
for sale, 11 miles east und 1 south
lat a mcther's gentle hand that un- Ea,ler celebrations Have Their Own of Lawton. Phone 525 F. M.—J. T.
Arrangements, Which Reflect
the People's Ideas.
.raws your curtains and a mother's
sweet voice that summons you to rise?
r,.„ nln Martin ..uuier To rise and forget, In the bright aun-
Obscurlty'be'as'the noonday and I w-m couldn't refrain from a hymn of Joy light, the ugly dreams that frightened Throughout Cuba and Central Amer-
euide thee continually, and make thee on Easter morning; and today joy you so when all was dark torse an !ca tho presence of soldiers dignities
- surges in the hearts of all of us as the enj;y another happy day, first Jcneel-< clumsy quaintness of the Easter
Howard.
scripturally correct, for the Gospels - . , th hj h Piace8 Gf the surges in the nearts or an 01 us a« ui« tne ciumBy quainmeoB m
describe the great earthquake and the earth "' Vl'ctory'is oufs iTthls Wctorl' gay Eastertide with Its. lilies and col^ In, to ^nk th« unjjjen friend who celebrations Crowds gather early In
ored eggs and bunny rabbits and new semU you the beautiful aun?
clothes is here.
The Savior's Teachings. t , „ . ' ...,
Natural Home of the Lily.
It is said of Jesus that he "brought
paint" the" Mtuai"Te urrecUon "itself. ^Vmiracuiou.iV'pM.ed this double; | life and immortality to light." That Without venturing Into the vexed
wHh ,^n«niouB atrlving for dramatio ™ he brought life to light we know. Life question whether the Harlsll went
effect There Is an early representa- l0 turn frora the con- abundant, vastly richer for from Japan to Bermuda, or vice versa one Bhould 8pcaU of B0ieran things at ure resplendent tn blue paint, curia,
nefer known it" betoe. U" beT " ^ " -dren will read th,a gent, and lov
the plazas to watch the life-sized.
And these strange words Jrom a waxen jmage of Jesus borne out of the
writer of such tales as "Alice"? And catbedral on a high-draped platform.
Is this a strange letter tc find ln a Acolytes, bearing censers, precede It,
book of nonsense? It may be so. Some and beh(nd lt tral| ciouds of priests,
persons r-.ay blame me for this mixing bands and flag8 The procession
together things grave and gay; othera movp9 Blowly through a mnln thor-
may smile and think It odd that any- oughfare unt|t lt me8ts a second flg-
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appearance to Mary
Ducclo of Siena (1255-1319), who, Bcrle9 of wood cut8 t9 rather empty:
with Giotto of Florence, first attempt- Larger pa98ion shows us a much|
more worthy and noble compcsltlon.j
Rembrandt also treated this subject.
resurrection In his Smaller Passion
the second—Mary Magdalene — ts
ingly and in the spirit in which have ^urne(j laboriously about and gallops
ed to find a new artiBtic formula in
the observation of life. It Is to Giotto
that we owe our first representation
of the resurrection. In a small picture,
which formed one of a series of panel
" IIIVH 1UI unu I UOl D11U IIIO MB' «■ •
decorations upon a press for sacreu mQment cf thc great earthquake
vessels, in the sacristy of St t roce, ^ appearance of the angel as the
Florence, now in the Florence acad
emy, he shows us the risen < uia'
lightly standing with the cross and
banner of victory in his right hand,
upon the heavy slab which co\ers
still closed tomb. The angel does not
appear, but the Roman Kua^( 8 !
As usual with him the great problem
was the treatment of light. He does,
cot show the Savior, but he selects the;
^ and
the appearance of the angei as me sub-
ject for a most wonderful etching,
wherein he again, as Couture sajs,
"with black and white makea color."
Whenever the risen Lord is showni
ln these resurrection pictures, he ap-|
pears as the victorious conqueror of]
The Miracle of Spring
written lt.
away with Its Joyful news. It en-
For I do not believe God means us coun^erg a third figure, painted yellow
thus to divide life into two halves—to
wear a grave face on Sunday and to
think it out-of-place to even so much
sleeping beside the tomb Th* Savior s deathi am'I^nXg^^for!
feet barely touch the tomb a d -he ^ also^ ^ Uer.
whole impression Is that or an m Binl.s-
body. no longer subject to the phy ^ ^ Mm,
Tlie fee held Jubllev.
Btft're he can bethink him,
Lo. Christ again Is free.
And "Victory!" he cries.
Ant wavath towartl th-- aklea
Ills banner, for the Held
Is by the hero held.
Perhaps the most natural and. there-
fore, the most common representation
of the resurrection is the picture of the
women at the empty aejiuleher. Lik
the kings who came to adore the Infant
Savior, their number Is always three.
We find them In the very earliest res-
urrection pictures and curvlngs. as
well ns In the richly Illuminated Gos-
pels of the tenth and eleventh cen-
turies; Ducclo's treatment of this sub-
ject Is fin.-, especially the exi ression
of awe In the women, and the action of
the angel, who points to the empty
tomb.—Christian Herald.
Easter lilies softly swinging,
In the breezes gently singing,
say, Uncle Dick, papa says you use sweet their bells are ringing,
nose paint and I want to borrow soma ^
to color my Easter eggs
A RED NOSE
REASONABLE DOUBT
and decked with gold, as befits the
Latin-American conception of the Vir-
gin Mary With thc gilded figure lead-
Eggs for Hatching
From my pens of S. C. WHITE
ORPINGTONS, single setting or
more. I'lace your orders early.
F. P. AYCOCK
Phone 709 Lawton
as mention him on a week day. Do ^ ,|10 , wo \iuryB trot back through
you think he careB to see only kneel- the crowded 8treets to the first Image.
Ing figures and to hear only tones of Aa the thr6(J meet their draped pi%t- |
prayer—and that he does not also love forma tip forward In solemn, ailent ~
to see the lambs leaping In the sua- bow8( while thousands of awed be- ,j|
light, and to hear the merry voices of ||e7erg watch ln silence. Forming Into J
the children as they roll among the ijpe, the three images are borne back 3
hay? Surely their Innocent laughter ^ cathedral, the troopa fire a ;i
Is as sweet to his ears as the grandest Ba|v0( and the Kaster services begin.
anthem that ever rolled up from tho
"dim religious light" of some solemn
cathedral!
And if 1 have written anything to
add to these stories of Innocent and
O beautiful, beautiful lilies, what truths you typify /
You seemed to die in the autumn, and yet yet did NO T die.
And cn this Easter morning, while joyful voices sing,
You repeat to all the lesson of the miracle of spring.
Tokens of Spring.
The husbandman—that Is the man
whose agricultural ability bands the
households of the world together tn
one great family to be fed by him
stands before the tiny Spring Beau-
ties, the Hepatlcas, the Blood Hoots,
the Adder's Tongue and the other first-
appearing lilies of the field, encour-
aged, heartened, inspired. If theso
delicate little visitors came up !mtu
the cold, dark soli, after winter's ter-
rors had had their way with it, why
so would his wheat and other grains,
ills potatoes and ether roots, ctrno up
ugain with enhanced potentialities, if
he should commit them to the earth!
Telephone
EASTER THOUGHT
From Prejudice. Bitterness. Un-
kindliness, Deliver Me.
Make me Charitable in Thought
Slow to Condemn, and May
My Heart and Soul be Free of
, the Poison of Malice. Intolerance,
The Lady—1 wonder If he loves me . , H-,tp flMFN
r myself alone or 'cause I got a Bigotry and Hate. AMtlM.
for myself
w hole slew of Easter eggs.
In th.' Sunday CM-
when you want
that next job of
Printing
You will get first-class
work, and you will get
it when promised, for
having work done
when promised is one
of the rules of this office.
If you prefer, send the
order by mail oi bring
it to the office in person.
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