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Look at the expression of abandonment about this wild rose calyx as time goes on, and it begins to grow towards the end for which it has had to count all things but loss: the look of dumb emptiness has gone  it is flung back joyously now, for simultaneously with the new dying a richer life has begun to work at its heart  so much death, so much life  for "Ever with death it weaveth The warp and woof of the world." LOOK AT THE EXPRESSION OF ABANDONMENT ABOUT THIS WILD ROSE CALLOUS AS TIME GOES ON AND IT BEGINS TO GROW TOWARDS THE END FOR WHICH IT HAD TO COUNT ALL THINGS BUT LOSS THE LOOK OF DUMB EMPTINESS IS GONE IT IS FLUNG BACK JOYOUSLY NOW FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH A NEW DYING A RICHER LIFE HAS BEGUN TO WORK AT ITS HEART SO MUCH DEATH SO MUCH LIFE FOR EVER WITH DEATH IT WEAVETH THE WARP AND WOOF OF THE WORLD
 it is an entering in, not a going forth only; it means a liberating of new powers as the former treasures float away like the dying petals. We cannot feel a consciousness of death: the words are a contradiction in terms. If we had literally passed out of this world into the next we should not feel dead, we should only be conscious of a new wonderful life beating within us. Our consciousness of death would be an entirely negative matter--the old pains would be unable to touch us, the old bonds would be unable to fetter us. Our actual consciousness would have passed into the new existence: we should be independent of the old. And a like independence is the characteristic of the new flood of resurrection life that comes to our souls as we learn this fresh lesson of dying--a grand independence of any earthly thing to satisfy our soul, the liberty of those who have nothing to lose, because they have nothing to keep. We can do without anything while we have God. Hallelujah! Nor is this all. H IS THE GATE OF LIFE IT IS AN ENTERING IN NOT A GOING FORTH ONLY IT MEANS A LIBERATING OF NEW POWERS AS THE FORMER TREASURES FLOAT AWAY LIKE THE DYING PETALS WE CANNOT FEEL A CONSCIOUSNESS OF DEATH THE WORDS ARE A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS IF WE HAD LITERALLY PASSED OUT OF THIS WORLD INTO THE NEXT WE SHOULD NOT FEEL DEAD WE SHOULD ONLY BE CONSCIOUS OF A NEW WONDERFUL LIFE BEATING WITHIN US OUR CONSCIOUSNESS OF DEATH WOULD BE AN ENTIRELY NEGATIVE MATTER THE OLD PAINS WOULD BE UNABLE TO TOUCH US THE OLD BONDS WOULD BE UNABLE TO FETTER US OUR ACTUAL CONSCIOUSNESS WOULD HAVE PASSED INTO THE NEW EXISTENCE WE SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT OF THE OLD AND ALIKE INDEPENDENCE IS THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEW FLOOD OF RESURRECTION LIFE THAT COMES TO OUR SOULS AS WE LEARN THIS FRESH LESSON OF DYING A GRAND INDEPENDENCE OF ANY EARTHLY THING TO SATISFY OUR SOUL THE LIBERTY OF THOSE WHO HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING TO KEEP WE CAN DO WITHOUT ANYTHING WHILE WE HAVE GOD HOLLELUJA NOR IS THIS ALL
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