Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1903 — “Easter In Early England. [ARTICLE]

“Easter In Early England.

Tho Saxons nnd Anglos celebrated the time as sacred to tho Goddess Ostara, nnd some part of her worship, taken over by the more austere Christians, survives still In the springtime festivals, especially 'in the countries of northern Europe, For a long time tho Christian Easter was an eight-day thanksgiving, approximating the time devoted by tho pagana to their celebration. It wns afterward cut down to three day* then to two nnd finally dwindled to a single day, commemorative of tha resurrection. A Inugb, to be Joyous, must flow from a Joyous heart, for without kindness there can be no true Joy.—Carlyle. There Is no tyrant l'ke custom, and no freedom where Its ed'ets are not resitted.—Bovee.