| Show barton observes by AT A barton generally Genei ally speaking it is quite evident that ahat among all blessings which god bestons bestows upon us we first react with ith appreciation to those ot of material accumulation we are thankful for other blessings in proportion to their importance to us christ was just the opposite seeking spiritual food foci i first even his material coth ing was so saturated with the divineness cf spirituality that ile he felt virtue had gone out of him when a woman touched the hem of his garment without a plane of his own where ile he may go to rest his weary head he lie took no material thought cf till the I 1 morrow but for us we a milt lion reasons alibis and excuses why material things are r c I 1 and necessary and we make such offers with honest conscientious ins reasoning room for eternal discussion of justification still we are arc told we cannot take lake our acquired material baggage with us when we embark for that other shore share yet there is an eternal value to the baggage we vve left on the dock of mortality when nhen we put out to sea not the baggage itself but its value is checked with our passport as the ship of fate points its bow toward that land of mystical dreams and we are actually buying our rate cf passage with what we have done with our mater material 1 ial blessings and the amont of spirituality we extracted from them before they became residue in th bolm a 0 prohibited cargo I 1 material wealth is a ul UI lessing essing only when used to the end of righteous lighte ous purpose and acquired only onar with that desire god fail care how hew much material wealth one may possess but he does care how it was obtained and to what end it is utilia utilized 1 and ile he does care whether we are first second or third class passengers when we purchase our passports passport to that other country far beyond penetrable vis vision 1011 i of human eyes those who are primarily concerned with material success may well transfer part of the I 1 accumulation of their wealth veal Lh to the cause of spiritual development through the medium of those who are spending their time and talent in such direction thereby converting a material blessing into spiritual a chiev ment through the dissemination of the word of god and the relieving reli evlog of those who find themselves in the d stressing distressing position of stowaways when the ship on which they sail goes over the horizon of eternity the intrinsic value of material blessings is not faund in and of those things themselves but the joy reace peace and happiness we extract for ourselves and others to the extreme limit of their virtue and then the when we come within recognition of ethereal strains of angelic melody as the captain cals cais all aboard we realize the ships orchestra is playing going home carrying in our hand band a passport attached atta clied to which are checks denoting spiritually extracted value of baggage left on the dock of mortality will it be bon voyage or will we crest mountainous waves of mental tumult every material dollar should be esteemed as into one hundred units of spiritual sense for inanimate things are so trans amed by v mental appreciation of spiritual worth sonic in silent meditation sonic some in can congregational re worship some in cemetery rituals picnic groups her ading abing the advent or 01 spring some it at the end of a wearisome trek bowed in reverence on calvary some in the quietude of home sanctified by the gooing 0 01 in an infant or the laughter cf children some garbea in last seasons dress with soul souls evolving a newness of faith and hope some in refreshing effulgence of dainty at attire tirel some in glowing buoyancy parade with acceleration oz of youth the grass of hills and lilies of the valley aa all interpretative commemoration of the resurrection of christ and the new life this easter this year came and went again |
