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Yes, life is the uppermost, resurrection life, radiant and joyful and strong, for we represent down here Him who liveth and was dead and is alive for evermore. Stress had to be laid in these pages on the death gateway, but a gateway is never a dwelling place; the death stage is never meant for our souls to stay and brood over, but to pass through with a will into the light beyond. YES LIFE IS THE UPPERMOST RESURRECTION LIFE RADIANT AND JOYFUL AND STRONG FOR WE REPRESENT DOWN HERE HIM WHO LIVETH AND WAS DEAD AND IS ALIVE FOR EVERMORE STRESS HAD TO BE LAID IN THESE PAGES ON THE DEATH GATEWAY BUT A GATEWAY IS NEVER A DWELLING PLACE THE DEATH STAGE IS NEVER MEANT FOR OUR SOULS TO STAY AND BROOD OVER BUT TO PASS THROUGH WITH A WILL INTO THE LIGHT BEYOND
 even when the plant's goal is reached, it is not a finality. "There is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning. Every ultimate fact is only the beginning of a new series."[Footnote*:Emerson] "While the earth remaineth seed-time and harvest . . . shall not cease." Life leads on to new death, and new death back to life again. Over and over when we think we know our lesson, we find ourselves beginning another round of God's Divine spiral: "in deaths oft" is the measure of our growth, "always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh." This bit of sphagnum shows the process in miniature: stage after stage of dying has been gone through, and each has been all the while crowned with life. Each time that the crown has sunk down again into death, that death has again been crowned in the act of dying: and the life all the time is the apparent thing: the daily dying that underlies it is out of sight to the passing glance. LL KNOW THAT THERE HATH BEEN A PROPHET AMONG THEM BUT EVEN WHEN THE PLANT'S GOAL IS REACHED IT IS NOT A FINALITY THERE IS NO END IN NATURE BUT EVERY END IS A BEGINNING EVERY ULTIMATE FACT IS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF A NEW SERIES WHILE THE EARTH REMAINETH SEED TIME AND HARVEST SHALL NOT CEASE LIFE LEADS ON TO NEW DEATH AND NEW DEATH BACK TO LIFE AGAIN OVER AND OVER WHEN WE THINK WE KNOW OUR LESSON WE FIND OURSELVES BEGINNING ANOTHER ROUND OF GOD'S DIVINE SPIRAL IN DEATH'S OFT IS THE MEASURE OF OUR GROWTH ALWAYS DELIVERED UNTO DEATH FOR JESUS SAKE THAT THE LIFE ALSO OF JESUS MIGHT BE MADE MANIFEST IN OUR MORTAL FLESH THIS BIT OF SPHAGNUM SHOWS THE PROCESS IN MINIATURE STAGE AFTER STAGE OF DYING HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH AND EACH HAS BEEN ALL THE WHILE CROWNED WITH LIFE EACH TIME THAT THE CROWN HAS SUNK DOWN AGAIN INTO DEATH THAT DEATH HAS AGAIN BEEN CROWNED IN THE ACT OF DYING AND THE LIFE ALL THE TIME IS THE APPARENT THING THE DAILY DYING THAT UNDERLIES IT IS OUT OF SIGHT TO THE PASSING GLANCE
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