heir hearts bowed down with grief and
disappointment, held this thought as they saw the tomb of Joseph of
Arimathea sealed upon the body of their beloved Master. But three days
pass, and lo!--all is changed! The stone is rolled away and Christ has
risen! How the message spreads! He is with them once again, and
blessed days they are! But it is not for long, for heaven receives Him
from their sight. Clearly, then, came to them again His words, 'I go
to prepare a place for you, that where I am ye may be also.' What!
They, too? Yes, for did he not say, also, 'Marvel not at this, for the
hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear His
voice and come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection
of life.'

"Today, there comes to us anew the revelation of the truth which came
to the disciples on that wonderful resurrection morn. True, it may be
that our pathway may lead more quickly than we think to this place
which we call the grave. [Draw pathway to the grave.] True, there is
a wall between human vision and the mysterious beyond. [Draw the
wall.] But true, also, and gloriously true, is it that the grave opens
to us the mysteries beyond the wall. [Draw line to change headstone to
door]--while the pathway leads to--what? We can only suggest it here,
with a few feeble lines. [Draw distant city, in red, using orange for
rays of light. Add the word "Life," completing Fig. 40.]

[Illustration: Fig. 40]

"Someone has said that the night of life is the dawn of peace.
Browning says that 'you never know what life means till you die.'
Another has said, 'The dead are glad in heaven; the living 'tis that
weep.' And all, though they point to the pathway beyond the wall as
that toward which we should push forward, are firm in the knowledge
that the earthly pathway of peace and love is more essential than
this, for without it we cannot reach the other. 'There is but one way
to get ready for immortality,' says Van Dyke, 'and that is to love
this life, and live it as bravely and cheerfully and faithfully as we
can.' And I know it is our prayer that we may do this in the fullness
of the meaning of the words."

THE PUZZLE PICTURE
--God's Love
--Nature

When We Have Solved It, Let Us Learn to Find God in All His Works
of Nature.

THE LESSON--That we shall find the loving presence of God
everywhere in nature, if we but seek Him.

This illustration, dealing with a popular pastime, points to a gr