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Can we not trace the sign of the Cross in the first hint of the new spring's dawning? CAN WE NOT TRACE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN THE FIRST HINT OF THE NEW SPRING'S DAWNING
* * * * * * * * "The death of the Cross"--death's triumph hour--that was the point where God's gate opened; and to that gate we come again and again, as our lives unfold, and through it pass even on earth to our joyful resurrection, to a life each time more abundant, for each time the dying is a deeper dying. The Christian life is a process of deliverance out of one world into another, and "death," as has been truly said, "is the only way out of any world in which we are." "Death is the gate of life." Does it look so to us? Have we learnt to go down, once and again, into its gathering shadows in quietness and confidence, knowing that there is always "a better resurrection" beyond? It is in the stages of a plant's growth, its budding and blossoming and seed-bearing, that this lesson has come to me: the lesson of death in its delivering power. It has come as no mere far-fetched imagery, but as one of the many voices in which God speaks, bringing strength and gladness from His Holy Place. LE THERE IS NO GLEAM OF LIGHT THROUGH IT FOR THEM THE DEATH OF THE CROSS DEATH'S TRIUMPH HOUR THAT WAS THE POINT WHERE GOD'S GATE OPENED AND TO THAT GATE WE COME AGAIN AND AGAIN AS OUR LIVES UNFOLD AND THROUGH IT PASS EVEN ON EARTH TO OUR JOYFUL RESURRECTION TO A LIFE EACH TIME MORE ABUNDANT FOR EACH TIME THE DYING IS A DEEPER DYING THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A PROCESS OF DELIVERANCE OUT OF ONE WORLD INTO ANOTHER AND DEATH AS HAS TRULY BEEN SAID IS THE ONLY WAY OUT OF ANY WORLD IN WHICH WE ARE DEATH IS THE GATE OF LIFE DOES IT LOOK SO TO US HAVE WE LEARNT TO GO DOWN ONCE AND AGAIN INTO ITS GATHERING SHADOWS AND QUIETNESS AND CONFIDENCE KNOWING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A BETTER RESURRECTION BEYOND IT IS IN THE STAGES OF A PLANT'S GROWTH ITS BUDDING AND BLOSSOMING AND SEED BEARING THAT THIS LESSON HAS COME TO ME THE LESSON OF DEATH IN ITS DELIVERING POWER IT HAS COME AS NO MERE FAR FETCHED IMAGERY BUT AS ONE OF THE MANY VOICES IN WHICH GOD SPEAKS BRINGING STRENGTH AND GLADNESS FROM HIS HOLY PLACE
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