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Easter Message of Christianity Misunderstood by 'Modern Man7 nnrt Bot: ro"OK'ng it the unity and single meaning. Time j Jewish sabbath (Saturday) and ?"L,,n J ' 'our articles by,'. , .:.u.. l. u.i.. -... . leading Protestant and Catholic theo i"f'ans n 'he meaninf of Eaiter to u i man. The author is professor of New '""atore at Virslnia. tpiscopal Theological Seminary. Alexandria, Va. By DR. ALBERT T. MOLLEGEN Written for United Press Alexandria. Va. (U.PJ The "modem man" tends to misun derstand Christianity's Easter Message, the resurrection of Christ. - He becomes involved immedi ately in questions about the his torical details, the manner of the resurrection, the credibility of me testimony about the empty tomb. Since these were not the primary interests of the authors of the New Testament, the New Testament does not seem to meet and answer the questions of the "modern mind." The New Testament and the Christian churches are primar ily concerned to witness to their continuing experience of the risen Lord and their accounts are to be understood as that wit ness. The first resurrection experi ences show their unique power in at least three ways. First, there is the existence of the Christian church. Without the resurrection event Good Friday would be a bad Friday and there would be no New Testament (new covenant of God with man through Christ) and no Christian folk. At best, Jesus would be understood to be a great Jewish prophet who suffered martyr dom and whose vindication awaits the end of the world. The New Testament as a literature, as a record of the new covenant and as the Christian portion of the Bible, together with the great Christian people (all the Christians in all of history, past, present and future), shows the incredible power of the resur rection experience. Secondly, this decisive event created a completely different and new relationship of man to God, to himself, to society, to time and space. A simple illus tration of this is the Christian calendar with its years before Christ and its years of Our Lord. Christ in the power of His resur rection brought all time into and history are either before Christ or are His time and his tory, B. C, or A. D. Further more, the power of Christ's resur rection created the Lord's Day (Sunday) and supplanted the U.S. To Reporion Suez Negotiations Washington U.R) The Unit ed States has informed Egypt it plans to report to the U.N. Se curity Council on the stalled Suez Canal negotiations, offi cials revealed today. The American move, sup ported by Britain and France, probably will be made today. It would be initiated by an Amer ican request to Sir Pierson Dix on, Security Council president, for an early meeting of the council to consider the Suez Canal problem. Presdeint Eisenhower is ex pected to shed some light on the American strategy at his news conference today. The State Department was re ported ready to explain the pur pose of the move soon after U.N. machinery is started. Secretary of State John Fos ter Dulles returns from a 10 day Lake Ontario vacation to di rect strategy on the stalemated Suez talks. By taking the issue to the Se curity Council, the United States hopes to highlight the differences or stumbling blocks standing in the way of a satis factory Suez agreement. Klamath Falls Group May Operate Bus Line Klamath Falls !U.R) Local merchants and citizens today were working to organize a cor poration to take over operation of the local bus company which is scheduled to suspend service April 10. A spokesman said monetary pledges from merchants and other prospective corporation members were being accepted. The bus firm said increasing costs and decreasing passengers would force it to shut down, all pagan central holy days. The very pattern of the Western week manifests the transform ing power of Christ's resurrec tion. Thirdly, the new life of count less millions, who receive that life from the risen Lord through their communion with Him in the context of the word and sac raments, is a clear manifestation of the truth of Christ's resur rection. This newness is written into the quality of Western cul ture, the conception of justice in our laws, the structure of our political and social institutions. Sometimes a Westerner comes to realize what Christ has brought the world only when he con trasts Christian civilization with a non-Christian or an anti Christian (Nazi for instance) civilization. Transforming Power The "modern mind" should re flect upon the fact that it is quite possible to believe that Jesus of Nazareth, a first cen tury Jew, was born of a virgin, worked many miracles and taught great religious and ethi cal truths, was put to death, brought back to life and ascend ed into a cloud in the sky with out believing anything that is especially Christian. To prove that these things are true does not convert the unbeliever. Be lief in them could be belief in Jesus as a prophet or a magician. Once this is seen, perhaps mod ern men can look for the right element in the Easter proclama tion, the transforming power of Christ which is dependent upon no particular theory of the mode of His resurrection. In the New Testament, the risen Lord always evokes com mitment to Himself. He ap peared to nine who were not prepared to receive Him as Lord. This can be put in a negative way. It is the implication of the New Testament that seeing Jesus as a resuscitated dead man or a ghost would have had no religious significance. Easter proclaims Christ as vic tor over sin, the anti-godly and anti-human powers, and death itself. Anything less than this is futile argumentation. Two Shapes! MS Dress your home for summer! These lovely doilies have many decorative uses. Petal stitch and spider-web design easy cro chet! An oval centerpiece and small round doily heirloom beauties for your home. Pattern 7191 has crochet directions for both. Send THIRTY-FIVE cents in coins for this pattern add 5 cents for each pattern for 1st class mailing. Send to Medford Mail Tribune, Household Arts Dept., P.O. Box 168, Old Chel sea Station,' New York 11, N. Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS and PATTERN NUMBER. A bonus for our readers two FREE patterns, printed ui our new Alice Brooks Needlecraft Book for 195?! Plus a wonderful variety of other designs to order crochet, knitting, embroidery, huck weaving, toys, dolls, others. Send 25 cents for your copy of this exciting NEW needlebook now! New Hampshire produces most of the mica to be found in the U.S. Wednesday, April 17, 1957 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THESE Pickin' Pears News and Notes Frcm Camp White The Talent Garden club took a group of gardening enthusiasts to Rogue 'River Tuesday to a Flower Show there. Chaplain , Samuel Feller hap pened to pick up a copy of Life magazine and . was startled to I find on the cover the picture of two old friends, Neal and Linden Blue, who flew their "blue bird" plane 25,000 miles over the i Andes and South America in j 110 days. i The Blues were members of the chaplain's church in the 1 : . . 1 . t t. r i r i I iiLiie luwii oi meeiter, ..uio., ai the time the two Yale men were born. It was he who baptized them and he has kept in touch with the family ever since. Grace Stuhr, chief nurse, and Christine Bates, of the nursing staff, attended an institute meet ing on Team Nursing Friday at Salem as representatives of the Oregon State Nurses' associa tion. All nurses, both profes- BY SID HOLLINGSWORTH ers for the show. Jackson County Chapter Dis abled American Veterans is ob serving its 25th anniversary as a service organization in Medford, having started its work in 1932. The event was celebrated at the Roseburg district meeting last Sunday. Rehabilitation and welfare of disabled veterans are the objec tives, Pat Graham, service of ficer and commander of district 5, said. The district Klamath Falls, Grants Pass, Roseburg and Oakland, and Medford. "Our purpose is primarily to assist in legal work and care for veterans with service connected disabilities, and that is made the condition of eligibility in the DAV. But we extend our serv ices to all veterans or their wid ows and dependents, whether service connected or non serv ice," Graham said. Concerning part icipation in the VAVS, Graham pointed out in his review of activities that the local chapter and the ladies auxiliary, as well as the honor degree of National Order of Trench Rats, have taken part in volunteer work ever since the domiciliary has been activated. "Hospital welfare work, add ed to the already mentioned claims service, is the topmost purpose of Disabled American Veterans," He declared. An interesting point in the history of this national veterans organization is its transition form a World War I status to include disabled veterans of all wars and military actions of the United States. This s.t e p was taken during World War II. A large representation of VFW officials and auxiliary lad ies was present for installation of officers of Post 6412 in the veterans hall Tuesday night. Kathleen Classick, with her Kadets from Rogue River and Caren Britten, heading a group of accordiana girls from Med ford and vicinity, entertained following the exercises. The American Red Cross has scheduled a boxing match for Wednesday evening, April 24. The Pal club of the Medford po lice department will furnish box- sional and practical, were in vited. Present da problems in the care of patients were discussed. The death of Bill Keizur of the Myers Holland Post of the American Legion, Central Point, recalls his contribution to the festivities at Camp White. He was the organizer and pro moter of the Veterans Hour, a combination radio and stage pre sentation based upon the quiz formula, which has become pop ular nationally. ' See our very lovely fii&son Hop in see them ot rl'l'l'lffl tiUFH . wj ,1 fm fdiuards v The Shoe for Children serves them right ' The Easter bunny has already been here. We've dozens of handsome new (durarrfs Shoes ?n delightful Spring styles and colors. Seeing is believina! Come in today let our trained specialists carefully fit your youngster in smart new towards Shoes! 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