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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. 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
cess 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. 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. ING 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 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
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