We must lay aside material consciousness, and then we can perceive Truth, and say with Mary, “Rabboni!” —Master! [30] In 1866, when God revealed to me this risen Christ, this Life that knows no death, that saith, “Because he [Page 180.] lives, I live,” I awoke from the dream of Spirit in the [1] flesh so far as to take the side of Spirit, and strive to cease my warfare. When, through this consciousness, I was delivered from the dark shadow and portal of death, my friends were [5] frightened at beholding me restored to health. A dear old lady asked me, “How is it that you are restored to us? Has Christ come again on earth?” “Christ never left,” I replied; “Christ is Truth, and Truth is always here,—the impersonal Saviour.” [10] Then another person, more material, met me, and I said, in the words of my Master, “Touch me not.” I shuddered at her material approach; then my heart went out to God, and I found the open door from this sepulchre of matter. [15] I _love_ the Easter service: it speaks to me of Life, and not of death. Let us do our work; then we shall have part in his resurrection. Bible Lessons _But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the_ _sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born,_ _not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of_ _God._—JOHN i. 12, 13. Here, the apostle assures us that man has power to [25] become the son of God. In the Hebrew text, the word “son” is defined variously; a month is called the son of a year. This term, as applied to man, is used in both a material and a spiritual sense. The Scriptures speak of Jesus as the Son of God and the Son of man; but [30] [Page 181.] Jesus said to call no man father; “for one is your Father,” [1] even God.