THE TRIUMPHANT SPIRIT
While I was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Manayunk in Philadelphia in 1967- 69, an unusual and illustrative thing took place just in time for Easter. The congregation purchased an old abandoned house next to the church to expand its parking lot. For more years than anyone could remember, a bed of Daffodils or Easter Lilies (local term) had bloomed to welcome each new Spring. The construction company contracted to tear down the building and to pave the new lot did so in the Fall, so no thought was given to the old flower bed which was leveled off and covered over with eight inches of black asphalt or tarmac. A huge roller then came in and compacted the asphalt down to four inches of rock hard pavement. Everyone enjoyed the new parking lot and soon forgot about the old house and garden. That was, they forgot about it until Spring. The first thing noticed was that an area…
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