Finally, the Easter lesson comes to our own lives. It has been suggested that it is better to go down in defeat in the love of the Cross than to win the passing victory of a world that crucified.

And now it is suggested in conclusion that it is better to down in defeat in the eyes of the world by giving to God that which is wholly and totally ours. If we give God our energy, we give him back his own gift; if we give him our talents, our joys, and our possessions, we return to him that which he placed in our hands not as owners but as mere trustees.