(49 quotes found)
“Easter is not a time for groping through dusty, musty tomes or tombs to disprove spontaneous generation or even to prove life eternal. It is a day to fan the ashes of dead hope, a day to banish doubts and seek the slopes where the sun is rising, to revel in the faith which transports us out of ourselves and the dead past into the vast and inviting unknown.”
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“The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.”
Joseph Addison
“The fasts are done; the Aves said; The moon has filled her horn And in the solemn night I watch Before the Easter morn. So pure, so still the starry heaven, So hushed the brooding air, I could hear the sweep of an angel's wings If one should earthward fare.”
Edna Dean Proctor
“But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.”
Walter Raleigh
“Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, "Christ is risen," but "I shall rise." ~Phillips Brooks”
Phillips Brooks
“We live and die; Christ died and lived!”
John Stott
“Awake, thou wintry earth - Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness!”
Thomas Blackburn
“See the land, her Easter keeping, Rises as her Maker rose. Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping, Burst at last from winter snows. Earth with heaven above rejoices...”
Charles Kingsley
“Once more to new creation Awake, and death gainsay, For death is swallowed up of life, And Christ is risen today!”
George Newell Lovejoy
“Let the resurrection joy lift us from loneliness and weakness and despair to strength and beauty and happiness.”
Floyd W. Tomkins
