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United Press Full Leased Wire
Tribune
Second Section
United Press Full Leased Wirt
Easter, 1956
Pages 1 to 14
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Shortly before he gave up th
post of Prime Minister, Sir Win
ston Churchill made a speech in
the House of Commons. He said
that humanity has been placed in
a situation of measureless oppor
tunity, yet one freighted with
doom, by the technological de
velopments of our time. Then he
went on to ask: "What ought we
to do? Which way shall we turn
totsave our lives and the future
of the world? It doesn't matter so
much for old people. They are
going soon away. But I find it
poignant to look at youth in all
its activities and ardor, and most
of all to watch little children play
ing their merry games, and won
der what would lie before them
if God wearied of mankind."
"If God wearied of mankind."
The triumphant certainty which
Christians celebrate at Easter is
the good news that God does not
weary of mankind. That is the
meaning behind this greatest of
all days in the Christian calendar.
He who neither slumbers nor
sleeps has not wearied of you,
nor of me, nor of our fumbling
and sinful ways. He who brought
life and immortality to light in
Jesus Christ is not willing that we
should perish, but that we should
have eternal life. With Him there
is great mercy and plenteous re
demption, and He will redeem us
from all our iniquities. "Lift up
your hearts!" "We lift them up
unto the Lord."