The Way of the Seven Fold Secret by Lilias Trotter

V.
THE SECRET OF LIFE OUT OF DEA TH.
To understand the first meaning of these words, we
must remember the place of their utterance. A man
named Lazarus, whom Jesus loved, lay in the grave,
having died four days before the Master arrived, though
He had been told of his illness.
His sisters, Martha and Mary, who were among the
followers of Christ, were full of grief and doubt because
He had allowed their brother to die, for they did not
understand that He had in His heart a greater miracle
than that for which they hoped, that is to say, not healing
for their brother, but resurrection from the tomb.
And though Christ wept with them in their grief, He
knew that God would answer His prayer and raise the
dea.d.
And when they came to the tomb, while nothing lay
before Him the.re but death and corruption, Christ ,hanked
the Father that He had heard Him, and called with a
loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." And Death gave up•
his prey, and Lazarus came forth alive, and remained
with them in the body. Did he grieve that his path had
led down to death, when he stepped out of the tomb into
the sunshine of that day of spring, and saw the face of
Christ? ·
But in this statement that He is the Resurrection and
the Life there is a second and a deeper meaning, and it
is a meaning that you, 0 our brothers the Sufis, win
understand; for the mysteries of the spiritual passing