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 "Tomb, thou shalt not hold Him longer;
Death is strong, but Life is stronger;
Stronger than the dark, the light;
Stronger than the wrong, the right..."
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Phillips Brooks |
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"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"." |
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Phillips Brooks |
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"But from this earth, this grave, this dust,
My God shall raise me up, I trust." |
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Walter Raleigh |
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"Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter." |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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"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..." |
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Charles Kingsley |
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"And he departed from our sight that we might return to our heart, and there find Him. For He departed, and behold, He is here." |
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Saint Augustine |
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"Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in spring-time." |
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Martin Luther |
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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 amid the war of elements,
The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds."
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Joseph Addison |
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"Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy." |
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Henry Wordsworth Longfellow |
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