rm of feeling his chief exhortation is this reminder
of the dignity of their calling. In the midst of all their sin and
failure, though he does not spare rebuke and warning, he always aims at
inspiring them by uplifting. And we know that this is the true method,
because there is nothing which exercises an influence so strong to uplift
and purify as the feeling of our kinship with the life above us, and that
we are degrading our life when we forget this or ignore it. And herein
is the value of this word of his that God is dwelling and working in us.
"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, that the Holy Ghost dwelleth
in you, and that God's temple is holy? and if any man destroy the temple
of God, him shall God destroy."

Let us then begin again our common life with a determination to bear in
mind the possibilities and the sanctity of each separate soul that comes
amongst us.

Living in crowds, we are apt to forget this; and, forgetting it, some
treat their own souls as if they were of no value, and some the souls of
others, and so the work of sin and waste goes on from generation to
generation.

But in our best moments, in our times of serious thought, if we have been
once enlightened, we can never again cease to feel the dignity and the
value of each human life.

When we think of God's care for us we feel it; when we think of the
possibilities He has ordained for us we feel it; when we think of the
endless life that lies before us we feel it; above all, we never fail to
feel it when our thoughts revert to any life that has been snatched away
from us. Some of you are thinking to-day of the master whose home is
darkened by the presence of the angel of death. You think of her whom
God has taken, who was moving among you not so long ago, as your tender,
considerate, and helpful friend. It may be that you were not
uninfluenced by her self-devotion and holiness.

When you think of such an one you feel no doubt about the value and the
sanctity of each human life.

Well, then, transfer this feeling to your own life, or to the life of the
boy who sits beside you, or who lives as your companion. In the purpose
of our common Father, your lives also are destined for holy uses.

To remember this may be a safeguard against temptation or sinful habit;
it may inspire you with a new feeling of the value of _all_ the lives
around you, and a new sense of the duty you owe to the good life of this
society in which God has