very fountain of heavenly radiance, and growingly bathed and flooded
with the outgoings of His glory. 'As thy days, so shall thy strength
be.'

The promise ought to be true for us all. It _is_ true for all who
use the things that are freely given to them of God. And whilst thus it
is the law for the devout life here, its most glorious fulfilment
remains for the life beyond. There each new moment shall bring new
strength, and growing millenniums but add fresh vigour to our immortal
life. Here the unresting beat of the waves of the sea of time gnaws
away the bank and shoal whereon we stand, but there each roll of the
great ocean of eternity shall but spread new treasures at our feet and
add new acres to our immortal heritage. 'The oldest angels,' says
Swedenborg, 'look the youngest.' When life is immortal, the longer it
lasts the stronger it becomes, and so the spirits that have stood for
countless days before His throne, when they appear to human eyes,
appear as--'young men clothed in long white garments,'--full of unaging
youth and energy that cannot wane. So, whilst in the flesh we must obey
the law of decay, the spirit may be subject to this better law of life,
and 'while the outward man perisheth, the inward man be renewed day by
day.' 'Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men
shall utterly fall; but they that wait on the Lord shall renew their
strength.'




A DEATH IN THE DESERT

'So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab,