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The very stars, science now tells us, glow with this same colour as they are born into the universe out of the dying of former stars.[Footnote*:Prof. Huggins. Brit. Asso. 1891.] Be it as it may in nature, it is true, at any rate in the world of grace, that each soul that would enter into real life must bear at the outset this crimson seal; there must be the individual "sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ." It must go out through the Gate of the Cross. THE VERY STARS SCIENCE NOW TELLS US GLOW WITH THIS SAME COLOR AS THEY ARE BORN INTO THE UNIVERSE OUT OF THE DYING OF FORMER STARS BE IT AS IT MAY IN NATURE IT IS TRUE AT ANY RATE IN THE WORLD OF GRACE THAT EACH SOUL THAT WOULD ENTER INTO REAL LIFE MUST BEAR AT THE OUTSET THIS CRIMSON SEAL THERE MUST BE THE INDIVIDUAL SPRINKLING OF THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST IT MUST GO OUT THROUGH THE GATE OF THE CROSS
on" 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. Can we not trace the sign of the Cross in the first hint of the new spring's dawning? In many cases, as in the chestnut, before a single old leaf has faded, next year's buds may be seen, at the summit of branch and twig, formed into its very likeness: in others the leaf-buds seem to bear its mark by breaking through the stem blood-red. Back in the plant's first stages, the crimson touch is to be found in seed-leaves and fresh shoots, and even in the hidden sprouts. Look at the acorn, for instance, as it breaks its shell, and see how the baby tree bears its birthmark: it is the blood-red in which the prism ray dawns out of the darkness, and the sunrise out of the night. LWAYS 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 CAN WE NOT TRACE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN THE FIRST HINT OF THE NEW SPRING'S DAWNING IN MANY CASES AS IN THE CHESTNUT BEFORE A SINGLE OLD LEAF HAS FADED NEXT YEAR'S BUDS MAY BE SEEN AT THE SUMMIT OF BRANCH AND TWIG FORMED INTO ITS VERY LIKENESS IN OTHERS THE LEAF BUD SEEMED TO BEAR ITS MARK BY BREAKING THROUGH THE STEM BLOOD RED BACK IN THE PLANT'S FIRST STAGES THE CRIMSON TOUCH IS TO BE FOUND IN SEA LEAVES AND FRESH SHOOTS AND EVEN IN THE HIDDEN SPROUTS LOOK AT THE ACORN FOR INSTANCE AS IT BREAKS ITS SHELL AND SEE HOW THE BABY TREE BEARS ITS BIRTH MARK IT IS THE BLOOD RED IN WHICH THE PRISM RAY DAWNS OUT OF THE DARKNESS AND THE SUNRISE OUT OF THE NIGHT
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