But, if we reject this old, vain life, a new vitality, born of higher and more enduring principles, will at once begin.

Remember that we are spiritually organized forms, receptive of life.

If the life of selfish and perverted ends becomes inactive, a new, better, and truer life will begin.

We must live; for life, inextinguishable life, is the inheritance received from the Creator, who is life eternal in himself.

It is with us to determine the quality of life.
Live we must, and forever--whether in order or disorder, happiness or misery, is left to our own decision." "How the thought, as thus presented," said Mr.Markland, very soberly--almost sadly, "thrills me to the very centre of my being! Ah! my excellent friend, what vast interests does this living involve!" "Vast to each one of us." "I do not wonder," added Mr.Markland, "that the old hermits and anchorites, oppressed, so to speak, by the greatness of immortal interests over those involved in natural life, separated themselves from the world, that, freed from its allurements, they might lead the life of heaven." "Their mistake," said Mr.Allison, "was quite as fatal as the mistake of the worldling.