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To such comes the Master's voice: "Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer": You are right to be glad in His April days while he gives them. TO SUCH COMES THE MASTER'S VOICE FEAR NONE OF THOSE THINGS WHICH THOU SHALT SUFFER YOU ARE RIGHT TO BE GLAD IN HIS APRIL DAYS WHILE HE GIVES THEM
led--even if you have to earn it like John the Baptist in an hour of desolation. You have told Him that you want Him only. Are you ready to ratify the words when His emptying begins to come? Is God enough? Is it still "My God" that you cry, even as Jesus cried when nothing else was left Him? Yes, practical death with Him to lawful things is just letting go, even as He on the Cross let go all but God. It is not to be reached by struggling for it, but simply by yielding as the body yields at last to the physical death that lays hold on it--as the dying calyx yields its flower. Only to no iron law with its merciless grasp do we let ourselves go, but into the hands of the Father: it is there that our spirit falls, as we are made conformable unto the death of Jesus. Does all this seem hard? Does any soul, young in this life and in that to come, shrink back and say "I would rather keep in the springtime--I do not want to reach unto the things that are before if it must mean all this of pain. G AS IT HAS WELL BEEN CALLED EVEN IF YOU HAVE TO EARN IT LIKE JOHN THE BAPTIST IN AN HOUR OF DESOLATION YOU HAVE TOLD HIM THAT YOU WANT HIM ONLY ARE YOU READY TO RATIFY THE WORDS WHEN HIS EMPTYING BEGINS TO COME IS GOD ENOUGH IS IT STILL MY GOD THAT YOU CRY EVEN AS JESUS CRIED WHEN NOTHING ELSE WAS LEFT HIM YES PRACTICAL DEATH WITH HIM TO LAWFUL THINGS IS JUST LETTING GO EVEN AS HE ON THE CROSS LET GO ALL BUT GOD IT IS NOT TO BE REACHED BY STRUGGLING FOR IT BUT SIMPLY BY YIELDING AS THE BODY YIELDS AT LAST TO THE PHYSICAL DEATH THAT LAYS HOLD ON IT AS THE DYING CALIX YIELDS ITS FLOWER ONLY TO NO IRON LAW WITH ITS MERCILESS GRASP DO WE LET OURSELVES GO BUT INTO THE HANDS OF THE FATHER IT IS THERE THAT OUR SPIRIT FALLS AS WE ARE MADE CONFORMABLE UNTO THE DEATH OF JESUS DOES ALL THIS SEEM HARD DOES ANY SOUL YOUNG IN THIS LIFE AND IN THAT TO COME SHRINK BACK AND SAY I WOULD RATHER KEEP IN THE SPRINGTIME I DO NOT WANT TO REACH UNTO THE THINGS THAT ARE BEFORE IF IT MUST MEAN ALL THIS OF PAIN
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