The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1906-04-20

Cor. Is: So: "Your labor is not vain in the
Lord"
The hope of the resurrection is the
motive of all motives to those who have
a real, living faith. Christ is the way,
the truth and the life to every one
that believeth. Everything depends
upon Him. We must follow Him: we
are to be like Him; and so everything
we do in this present life should be
done with reference to Him; for He is
the supreme object and end-the
grand contamination of our being.
Men who believe that this life is all
there is will plan, and toll, and live &C
cordingly. Men who believe in the
Gospel will shape the affairs of this
life to meet the divine ideal and the
glorious end which is ever before them.
The parable of the water-grub is one
of the most beautiful illustrations
which Nature gives of the resurrection
into another world of life. The story
is something like this: The grubs that
live under the water had often noticed
that the frogs leave their world and
come back again. And they also no.
tice that, one by one, their own peo-
pie disappear, but never return to
them. This puzzles them very much.
BY and by few Of them get acquainJ-
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and learn his language. So they hold
conference, and the frog tells them
about the other world so bright and
beautiful. Some believe, and some do
not. Finally, the frog offers to take
one of the grubS with him to the upper
world. So one of the holder ones gets
upon his back, and is carried swiftly
above. AS they get out Of the water
everything seems dark and horrible to
the grub: 1T struggles and swoons. The
frog in pity, catches it up and carries
it back into the water. After little
it reviveS. Then there is a very eX-
The distinguished grub tells it's ex-
perience; how it suffered and struggled
IN the black darkness, and then knew
no more until it woke again under the
water.
But the frog still insisted that it
was bright world where beautiful
winged creatures fly about in the light.
Some believed the story of the grub,
and said: Let us be happy as we can
in this world, for it is the only one we
know anything about surely. One
only what we see." Others said: 1T be
story of the frog must be true
and besides he is SO kind and good tt
us, he could not deceive us! We have
also seen that our own people clint
up the reeds and never come back
They too must find the other worlC
pleasant. And at least it gives us
great joy and peace to believe in thai
bright world above.'
And the believers are right. TIL,
grub climbs a reed by the waters edge
until just outside his native world
and there he ciingS awhile as if dead
Indeed, he is dead to his old life! Pres
,, emily his body bursts open, and tw
3 bright, gauZy wings tremble in tn
i. light. Soon it becomes strong an
flies about, entering very happily int
the life of the world of sunshine, fra
grant flowers, and beautiful birc
songs. Its paradise has been found
e in higher life.
| And SO it is in this world of mar
{: kind. Some tell us that we have tn
u life only, and that death ends al
Others, believing in the Lord jest
Christ have the assurance that thel
is brighter better world, and tina
because He lives we shall also live an
abiding in Him, enter into the realm
J.. Of light and eternal glory.
al And now, if we have this diviL
ideal Of the life everlasting: if tt
: hope of the resurrection is born in OF
hearts by the power of the Gospel VI
to salvation, what does this graz
motive of the future life do for u
here, in the daily, common exper
ences of this present world? ST Pau
tx after describing the wonderful pow
Of the resurrection, in that most +
:, markable chapter, which is so fam
- lar to all as the lesson of the Burr
service, concludes, as follows: "Wher