from that! It would be the worst possible
outcome of the war in which we have offered and sacrificed so much, and
in which God has given us the opportunity to make "a covenant of peace."

How vast, how immeasurable, are the responsibilities which this great
victory in righteous war has laid upon the Allies and America. God help
us to live up to them. God help us to sow the future not with dragon's
teeth, but with seeds of blessed harvest. God paint upon the broken
storm-cloud the rainbow of eternal hope. God help us and our friends to
make a peace that shall mean good to all mankind. God send upon our
victory the light of the cross of Christ our Saviour, where mercy and
truth meet together, righteousness and peace kiss each other.

III

The Power of an Endless Life

_Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the
power of an endless life._

--Hebrews 7:16.

The message and hope of immortality are nowhere more
distinctly conveyed to our minds than in connection with that
resurrection morn when Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene. The anniversary
of that day will ever be the festival of the human soul. Even those who
do not clearly understand or fully accept its meaning in history and
religion,--even children and ignorant folk and doubters and
unbelievers,--yes, even frivolous people and sullen people, feel that
there is something in this festival which meets the need and longing of
their hearts. It is a day of joy and gladness, a day of liberation and
promise, a day for flowers to bloom and birds to sing, a day of
spiritual spring-tide and immortal hope.

Mankind desires and needs such a day. We are overshadowed in all our
affections and aspirations, all our efforts, and designs, by the dark
mystery of bodily death; the uncertainty and the brevity of earthly
existence make us tremble and despair; the futility of our plans dismays
us; the insecurity of our dearest treasure in lives linked to ours fills
us with dismay.

Is there no escape from Death, the Tyrant, the autocrat, the destroyer,
the last enemy? Why love, why look upward, why strive for better things
if this imperator of failure, ultimate extinction, rules the universe?
No hope beyond the grave means no peace this side of it. A life without
hope is a life without God. If Death ends all, then there is no Father
in Heaven in whom we can trust. Who shall deliver us from the body of
this Death?

Now comes Easter with its immor