Article November 7, 1959 Issue

THE VITAL SPARK

EVELYN M. S. DUCKETT

In this machine age the wheel has become an important symbol, and our ability to keep the many wheels of our affairs turning often seems to be the gauge of our activity. Although the machine may take over many of the tasks men's hands used to perform, it can never become a spontaneous, thinking being.

This essential difference between men and machines is highlighted when we consider that man can never be reduced to the dimensions of unintelligent, animated matter. He is not a complicated material structure whose usefulness is measured in terms of its physical performance.

The vital spark in an individual represents more than the electric current which galvanizes the machine into action. The vital spark is spiritual sense, through which we respond to God's power, the contact which inspires our thoughts and makes our words glow with meaning. This vital spark, not the breath, animates the body.

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