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the earth ? Nothing for him ; all is no more than 

 the ice masquerade of the hemlocks and the pines, 

 the chestnuts and the oaks, in that new order of 

 life into which he has entered. God s blessings 

 are those that lift the human life and fill the on 

 going soul. The very footprints on the snow of 

 mice and rabbits, partridges and foxes, tell of lives 

 that are as important in their order as our own. 

 They do not see these fiery, lucid glories, but 

 they have their own place. Truly, &quot; there is one 

 glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, 

 and one star differeth from another in glory.&quot; So 

 is it not only with humanity that rises from the 

 death, but as well for every form into which the 

 breath of God has been poured from that ex- 

 haustless fountain of his being, the true elixir of 

 life. 



