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Show j Desire to Live Has j Lesson for Mankind i X i ? By REV. SCOTT R. HYDE, Pastor of First Y Methodist Church, Wiuona, Wash. To live is the common I desire of men. Much of our ' modern life is lived on the low plane of mere physical j existence. Christ came to j; set over against this low ! view of life the rmssibilities which inhere in the higher spiritual life of the soul. The spiritual must ever be the master of the physical. It is just here that we discover life's secret. Our failure to put the emphasis where it belongs accounts for our extreme materialistic tendencies, which threaten the overflow of faith and the loss of the higher virtues of life. Much of our modern life is a mere surface existence. It is time we paused in our mad rush for material gain and seriously ask ourselves, "For what are we living; what is it that makes life worth while, if it is not a spiritual aim?" |