100 TheSpiritual Life.
time against eternity, myriad years against an
unending life? If we spake of the cycle of
reincarnation as the infant stage of humanity,
full of infantile ailments, we should utterly
exaggerateitsrelativeimportance. Verily"our
light affliction, which is but for a moment,
workethforusafarmoreexceedingandeternal
weightof glory." Thereforewhen the storm-
cloudsgather,lookbeyondthemtothechange-
lesssky; whenthe billowsbuffet,lift the eyes
tothe eternalshore. Letearth andhell pour
forth their angriest forces to overwhelm, they
shall only lift us upwards, bear us onwards.
Forweare unborn,undying,constant,change-
lessandeternal,andwe are hereonlytoforge
the instruments for an immortal service, the
servicewhichisperfectfreedom.
