The Hope of the World
AN EMPTY TOMB, A STONE ROLLED AWAY
SPEAK OF THE SAVIOUR WHO ROSE EASTER DAY
BUT THAT WAS CENTURIES AND CENTURIES AGO.
AND WE ASK TODAY "WAS IT REALLY SO?"
DID HE WALK ON EARTH AND LIVE AND DIE
AND RETURN TO HIS FATHER TO DWELL ON HIGH?
WE WERE NOT THERE TO HEAR OR SEE,
BUT OUR HOPES AND DREAMS OF ETERNITY
ARE CENTERED AROUND THE EASTER STORY
WHEN CHRIST ASCENDED AND ROSE IN GLORY
AND LIFE ON EARTH HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SKEPTICS CLAIM,
FOR, AFTER THE LORD WAS CRUCIFIED
EVEN THE ONES WHO SCOFFED AND DENIED
KNEW THAT SOMETHING HAD TAKEN PLACE,
THAT NOTHING COULD EVER REMOVE OR ERASE.
FOR HOPE WAS BORN IN THE SOUL OF MAN,
AND FAITH TO BELIEVE IN GOD'S MASTER PLAN
STIRRED IN THE HEARTS TO DISPEL DOUBT AND FEAR
THAT FAITH HAS GROWN WITH EACH PASSING YEAR.
FOR THE HOPE OF MAN IS
"THE EASTER STORY."FOR LIFE IS ROBBED OF ALL MEANING AND GLORY,
UNLESS MAN KNOWS THAT HE HAS A GOAL
AND A RESTING PLACE FOR HIS SEARCHING SOUL.
~author~Helen Steiner Rice
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