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Of the wild world as a rock;
But my spirit, propt with power,
Make as simple as a flower;
Let the dry heart fill its cup,
Like a poppy looking up;
Let Life lightly wear her crown,
Like the poppy looking down,
When its heart is filled with dew,
And its life begins anew.
Teach me. Father. how to be
Kind and patient as a tree;
,Joyfully the crickets Groom
Under shady oak at noon;
Beetle, on his mission bent,
Tarries in that cooling tent;
Let me, also. cheer a spot.
Hidden field or garden grot-
Place where passing souls can rest
On the way and be their best.
Edwin Markham.
Born From Above.
Is regeneration merely a develop
ment of the spiritual life from a germ
of good which is found in the heart OF
every man? If this were 80 CONVEX
sion would be needless and the new
birth a myth. Certain religious teach
ers ppear to be intent on reducing re-
llgion to a system OF cold psychology
and explaining all spiritual life q
experience by A scientific process.
professorship Of religious experience
has been established in n of our
American colleges. and much is said
today about the Psychology Of the
New Birth" Can the phenomena or
the spiritual life be explained by psy-
Geological processes? !
According to the Bible the salvati0n
of the soul from sin Is a supernatural
work and not q natural development.
"That which is born Of the flesh is
flesh. and that which Is born OF the
Spirit is spirit" -.
Children are taught that there afel
three Kingdoms Of nature: the mineral
the animal and the vegetable. We
have all heard of the boy who when
asked to what kingdom q certain mo-
bleman belonged answered. "'The king
dom of God" Was he not riRBtf.
Man was created IN the image and at
ter the likeness OF, God, and belangsiG
the kingdom of God. But shas lost
his citizenship in the kingdom o. God
by sin. How shall he be restoredY
By natural development? Was a min
eFal ever lTduSlOCuicu INV sSbSeooAo
or a vegetable into an animal by eyolu-
ton? Ministers are often severely
criticised by scientific men because OF
their guesses and hypothesis. and we
are asked for facts. So we ask the
man Of science. not for theories, MOI
for guesses.. not for hypotheses. but
for facts. Is there n fact in the uni
verse illustrating the hypothesis that
the boundary lines between the great
Kingdoms Of nature have been crossed!
If they have not been crossed by nat.
ural development. how shall men. who
is of the earth. earthly. enter into the
kingdom Of God?
A man may be a sDlendid specimen
of a worldly man without any spirit.
ual life at all. He may have q robust
physical frame. a 2iant intellect thor
oughly cultivated. he may possess o
good moral character. and not be spirs
itual. There are many excellent peot
pie in every community who have
made much of themselves In every re
spect except spiritually. and as to
their spiritual nature they are dead
There is a better life, a higher life. n
life which Is life indeed. It ia the
life of God in the soul Of man. He
that hath the Son hath life. and he that
hath not the Son hath not ~llfe."-Chrts
tan Advocate.