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 446 we will not talk of the grave, but of Him who came back from it, and opened our way to the happy home beyond."

So the current of those lives flowed on;&mdash;little lives of children, like bright, glad mountain rills, laughing as they tripped along; larger lives of thoughtful men and women, moving towards the sea in ever broadening channels, and bearing precious freights. Sorrow might come to them, but not despair; conflict, but not defeat. Life to them was "a cordial Yes, and not a dreary No," for the same reason which makes it worth while for each one of us to live and work to-day&mdash;because "Christohs voskress," Christ is risen indeed.

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