IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY
There is a legend in the traditions of the Creation which tells how, as the earth received its form, and the waters were gathered into the seas, God sent out His heavenly host of angelic beings to scatter seeds of Howers and fruits and grains all over the newlymade earth, writes Dr. Rufus M. Jones in "The Friend." The Prince of Darkness watched with hate and scorn this new stage of Creation. Whereupon he sent out his crew of bad angels to destroy what the archangels had done. The bad angels were told to cover these seeds with earth and so spoil the work of the heavenly choir. They did this, and it was just what was needed to make the seeds sprout and grow! So was verified the ancient proverb: “The Devil is an ass—he wills the bad. but' he promotes the good." The real battle. now as always, is in the soul. What is happening to minds is more important than what is happening to buildings or to ships. And as lias happened since Creation’s primal day, the darkness will be followed by the light—and even now God knows what is in the dark.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1941, Page 6
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200IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1941, Page 6
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