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TRUE SPIRITUALISM 245
happiness where alone it is to be found. For here
is the marvel: that very proverb which we have
pilloried as a lie becomes a profound truth, once it
is applied to things "above the sun." These
heavenly singers, when caught, are, indeed, worth
not two, but a "hundred" of what they were "in
the bush." In heavenly joys only those who have
grasped them know what they are. These birds,
so far from losing their song when caught, only sing
their sweetest when "in the hand." It was when
the Queen of Sheba saw the glory of Solomon she
discovered "the half had not been told her."
Bernard of Cluny, in the dark ages, knew this, for
he sang
"The love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know."
It is only when the Saviour is grasped by the hand
of faith that the heart knows "fullness of joy."
Here at last is the contented man ! Look at him
the new robe, the ring, the shoes. See him sitting
at his father's table in his father's house. Why
even outside are heard the sounds of music and
dancing; for joy is within. It is only then that he
"begins to be merry"; only "begins,"
is no end to that joy
!
This is a Sermon
for there
It is thus, and thus alone, that every reader of
these pages may himself enter at any moment into
the "joy of his Lord." Let him "come to himself";
have done with lies; let him "arise, and
have
go to his Father, and say unto Him, Father, I
sinned."