lilian Whiting ? Watts

Tun WO L B U IFUL First Sat in R D EA T .

Tu n WO L B A IF L Secon dSeria l R D E UT U .

' Third Series Ta n WO RLD a rwux “

m m TH The St r of a Summer An n a DEA . o y

Fn on D ML N S N an d Other Poems REA A D E T, A STUDY or ELI ! ABETH BARRETT Bn o wume

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LILIAN WR ITING.

C O N T E N T S .

E a Math: Beautiful t .

THE WORLD BEAUTI F UL

Tm: STAR S OF THOUGHT COUNSEL WHICH THE Ac n e KEPT Tm : ETERNAL ANSWER

6 a f Ma a 5: B se o m.

Tms Roan: or DAWN THE LUMINIF EB OUS E'rman SUNSET AND STAR FURTHERANCE AND Pun sume A DAY TO Come

I n S i b t l Eb: GEutft t f g p t f Mn h.

THE ENCIRCLING SPI RI T-WORLD IN THAT HI GH COMPANY Pom AND PROPHET viii Conten ts.

THE WEDGE OF SUCCESS FORTUNE Sn mm 'rn THEE THE DATE IN THE RING

€ s Bing of amethyst.

THE RING o r AMETHYST FRI ENDSHIP A SACRA MENT DE V ASTATOR or THE DAY Lm 'r UP THE HEART LOV E or THE BEST DUTY AND DESTINY

QBatahfaa Qlurfa.

PARADISA GLORIA FOLLOW THE GLEAM ALIV E TO GEN TLE INFLUENCE AND EV ERY STAB m BETHLEHEM STAB ! EAL TO AUTHENTIC MISSION BUI L D THEE Mon s STATELY MANSIONS EA TI THE WORLD B U FUL.

You look into the physicalworldfor light andtruth an d ower but are blin d to the s irit which un der p , p lieth a ll hin s I d lare ou in allthin s it is t g . ec to y g the un seen that ruleth over the seen an dmore ower , p fultha n heat an dli ht and life a n dd ath is Armuz d g e , the Person of all thin s ill e ha ve lea rn edthis I g . T y , can ex plain n othi n g that ye can comprehen d. And yet to kn ow this is the begin n ing of the foun dation of

everlastin ha iness. Eastern Sa es g pp g .

V J rv ‘ .“

local prophet of his time that the

x world was about to come to an en d he re e r n a he u he , pli d se e e th t tho ght

o u a f c ld get along without it. An other h l century has made it eviden t to all humanity that it wouldbe quite possible to get along

w wor in a forces of a finer ithout the ld, th t order are substituting themselves for the

m re c ums mec an sms of an ear r da o l y h i lie y, andthat we are advancing in to the realm of

the ns n is b n o means the n s U ee , which y i vi i

bl r f n t o e. Seeing is a mo e question o co di i n

or e r . Th n f m the d g ee e GildedDome, see ro Oofizxmoil la unseen from Cambridge . From a

oiflt f vi Wh r is uns n e e p o ew e e it ee by the y ,

ma s n hr u e s so a it y be ee t o gh the t le cope, th t

“

an object that is . unseen is n ot n ecessarily

n s e 0 erms w e n ot n a ft e i vi ibl . “ 11:t t , hil

u n use reh an eabl are no m a n s q e tly d {sto g y, by e ” mo It ma r fo assumed s non us . r y y y, the e e, be as an absohite andto some exten t a demon {fjgstrable truth that the World of the Seen is ' m yadad by the worldof the Unseen that s rea ms n er n ra e ndare com the e two l i t pe et t , a plementary to each other ; that the Unseen is the plan e of causes ; the Seen the plane of

ff ma a so assume as a mon e ects. It y l be d de strable truth that man is an inhabitant of

or s B hi s ca na ur both these w ld . y s phy i l t e he is related to the world of the Seen ; by his spiritual n ature to the world of the

ns n . a n ma assume a our U ee Ag i , it y be d th t

o n of artur in an r a es ma e of p i t dep e, y el tive ti t

r a i nifi nces f fe and ro ress the g e t s g ca o li p g , should be made from the spiritual and not

from s cal as and a our usua the phy i b is, th t l

s ma s r vers n s are all wron and e ti te , e i g thi , g l3 « .,

a re to a an on as or d lf - be b d ed, the w l 01 se olay j ship aban dons old and un true theories in ma ma s or s n c In a r the r a the tic cie e . wo d e l, d d d d d

5 th e Unseen while the plan e 05 the Seen is th e ru m n ar x e di e t y, the e e p ri m n a The r a on att an e t l . el ti er d th e former is perhaps n ot unlike the relation between childhood an dman hood; simply 3 he r su of o u o ar ro r To s ea t e lt ev l ti n y p g ess. p lf

in n of one who m ans of the pity gly, the , by e change we call death has passed on in to the

n is mu as a i s ou com Unsee , ch if ch ld h ld

miserate a ma n caus n e had ar be e, i d ed, he g

at ma ur rived t ity .

er is a ou a s e an a mos Now if th e b t , lik t

here an r r a minter enetratin our own p , othe e l p g andin the closest relation of magn etic in ter

h n our or on e c a ge with w ld, with which we are in a perpetual con dition of action andt e action ; on e whose in habitan ts are our friends

who a us ft as in a m s r us wa h ve j t le , th t y te io y

os n a ur has fo a s arres the at wh e t e , r ge , ted

m n r s am tention of a , and which the Ch i t c e W dBeaut ul l4 The orl . c if

° ‘ o — t t . e 1ni ht ma n n to us if is ha B g ke k ow , th h ' ru one is not a fa of tremen t eoiy is a t e , it ct

ous im rtance of fair r m n ma d po , ly ove whel i g g n it d not n r arran and u e ? Does it , i deed, e ge readjust all our preconceived conceptions of

The accepted Christian faith has largely been the belief m the immortality of the soul fllroug h faith in Jesus the conviction that

rms was in som m s rious a ndunr a fi , e y te eve led

a rin in man a sur e w y, a p ciple th t viv d the

ea of the b an d a n ar d th ody, th t, whe p ted from it was a n n n ar r r a ons , t ke i to e e el ti with

God but or r was unre ea an d ; how, whe e, v led

a ue The on oss e c n so a n v g . ly p ibl o l tio to the bereaved was the belief that when this mys

o n s am m e w u teri us cha ge al o c e to the , th y o ld ’ ro a some r in ods as un rs p b bly, whe e G v t ive e , rejoin their beloved . But allwas mysterious

n au n fe andi comprehensible. Saint P l kee ly lt

m r a h the yste y . With wh t body do t ey

om e ow are eadrais e c e he ask d. H the d d up And then with his illuminedin telli gence he answered : That which thou sowest Seen amd Unseen . 1 5

is n ot quickened except it die . It is sown

i n e is ra se in o e n weak ss ; it i d p w r. It is sown a n atural body ; it is raised a spiritual

n body. A das we have borne the image of tho earthy we shall bear the image of the

heaven ly.

Th n er au fu assurances of u e te d , be ti l Jes s have been the stay and comfort of all

human ity. Let n ot your heart be troubled I

o r ar a ace for ou an dif I o I g to p ep e pl y , g

ome a a n an d r ou un o m se f will c g i eceive y t y l . I willn ot leave you comfortless ; I will

I e m o m n come to you. f ye ke p y c m a d men s e s a a e in m o I ca m t , y h ll bid y l ve. e for from Fa r and am om n th the the , c e i to the

r wo ld ; again , I leave the world a nd go to ” the Father. Andhow Jssus gave to us the assurance of joy ; the positive promise that all will be well ; that the heart n eed n ot be troubled !

T es in s a e I s o n un o ou He h e th g h v p ke t y , ” sa a our o m be u anda a n id, th t y j y ight f ll, g i He counsels to ask andreceive tha t your joy 1 6 The World B eau tiful.

m ' a be ull. We n ma W y f ll, i deed, y hittier

“ I kn ow n ot of His hate ; I kn ow His wisdom an dHis love .

Such is the incalculable power of the mys tic assurances of J esus that it is impossible for any con ceivable form of Sorrow or suffer ing n ot to be signally comfo an dstrength en ed andcaught away to experiences of faith in any reading of the remarkable chapters fr h t se or s are a n om whic he w d t ken . I deed,

so all—suflicin is the sim e fa th in C r s g pl i h i t,

una t nd heor or na on or t e ed by t y, ex pla ti ,

ar er om r n s n at is a a s os l g c p ehe io , th it lw y p

s e sa of a one a is sufficien for ibl to y it l , th t it t m o r i r a e r is so. all u p lg i g he e. It truly Y et even as a child to whom the one ’ realization of the mothers love amply sulfi

o but who as h ro s o der ent rs n o c th, , e g w l , e i t a more intelligent comprehension of the na

ur of a o e so ma n ot human aft r t e th t l v , y ity e the gathered experience of cen turies en ter on a larger comprehension of the spiritual laws See” a nd Unseen. 1 7

wh esus erfec un rs bu ich J p tly de tood, t which He could n ot then un fold? I have many

n s sa He assert b t o cann thi g to y, ed ; u y ot ” bear h h them n ow. Could t e child in t e kindergarten bear the knowledge unfoldedin the college class-rooml Science attests to us the asc n of e t the race. Individuals in ad

van of eir tim s w Sa n au h re ce th e, a as i t P l, t e have always been ; but so interlinked is human ity that the great general advance is on ma e as we h s r fr m e t ly d , see by i to y, o ag o

a e b ra as a whol Is n t h n g , y the ce e. it o , t e ,

conce va a on o th t i ble th t, this eve f e twen ieth

c n ur uman as the ir o allthe s e t y, h ity, he f age , has achieved the degree of spiritual quality which makes possible for it to receive a larger kn o wledge andto grasp a wider explanation of the divine law governing the relation be tween the Seen an d the Unseen ? Science and psychic study seem to support this

Go s eedthe stars of thou h , p g t ” 1 to th ir shinin o 01 e g g als. 2

The Sta rs of Thought. 1 9

is now fast assuming the proportions of an ecom lished fact a p . It gleams before us as a sublime insight in to these finer forces

- of Nature. To day the ordinary telegram makes the circuit of the earth in fifiy-five min utes ; a telegram recently flashedthe n ews of an Oxford and Cambridge boat-race to V alparaiso in fiRy-five seconds and these swift results are attain ed even w1 th mecha n ism which the world is begin n ing to regard as clumsy andas so mething to be replaced by

new s o er es . In 1 880 rofessor Tro di c v i , P w bridge o f Harvard University recognized

the oss of e e ra n i ou r s. p ibility , t l g phi g w th t wi e There was between Cambridge andthe Boston Observa tory a single wire for the purpose of

flashin the me from on e n to o er g ti poi t the th , but s r was n rru a s on thi wi e i te pted, e ch ec d,

rofessor Tro r n ma e by a clock . P wb idge the d the ex perimen t of un iting a telephon e anda

r on e un r andfift ar s in en the wi e h d ed y y d l gth, c rcu e n ara e to first a nd dis i it b i g p ll l the , covered that the ticking of the clock was

u n a m n distin ctly a dible at more tha ile dista t. 20 The World Beautiful.

This fact was published by Professor Trow bridge with some speculative theories which were at that time regarded as hardly more seri ous an fan c es of A e in Won er an th the i lic d l d, and h n ow in ess ha n n ars im w ich , l t twe ty ye ,

ress the s n s a n p cie ti t as worki g hypothesis.

a a

In 1 842 Henry discovered that 11 11 electro-dyna mic in duction would 3 2 112112. man ifest itself at a distan ce of ten m es F fteen ears a o e an o oh il . i y g it b g t be served in Lon don that the multiplicity of telephon e andtelegraph wires created a great

n tens of e ro - nam c a a on an d i ity lect dy i git ti ,

r Priec s u n M. e se on on s has , t dyi g the c diti , in vented the process described in the follow in ara ra is ran s a from n g p g ph, which t l ted a article on wireless telegraphy by Sign or Man cini in the Italian review called Nuova ” Antologia .

Two broa surfaces oo con d , g d ductors of elec tricit are immersedi l y, n the soi or in the water, an d join ed by a wire in which are in serted a ounsel which the A as ke t 2 C g p . 1

v oltaic ile a nda ke while at a distan ce an p y, other wire is arra n ged in the same way ex cept that it h as a tele hone in tercalated When he u p . t c rrent is ma de to pass in the ht at wire the circuit is closed between the two surfaces by means of

‘ curren ts which ass throu h the earth ifl usi p g , d n g themselves over a great distan ce a n d if the dis tan ce be n ot too great the curren ts en coun ter the

o h w urf r electrodes t t er t o s aces, o , hus originatin g

a derivative curren t in the secon d circuit whi , ch

e receivin a ara tus u i causes th g pp to f n ct on . As

receiver a alvan ometer ma be use ein an , g y d, , b g instrumen t suflicien tly sen sitive to v ery weak

cu ren ts but deman din a osition o erf i r , g p f p ect m

m il As this last con ditio is la k n ob ity. n c i g on

boar a shi for ex am le a s m le an d ract cal d p , p , i p p i receiver in the form of a telephon e may be em

lo ed from which a ractical o erator can e p y , p p r ” oi b e h l a c vo y ar t e te egr ms as they are sen t.

Sir William Crookes has recently classified a great n umber of hitherto unkn own vibra

ion in the h r — ra ons os u a t s et e , vib ti p t l ted by

men a nfer n ce but n ot et su an a e t l i e , y bst ti t d by

x r m n o r As the as ron m r e pe i e tal disc ve y . t o e 2 2 The WorldBeautiful. of our century postulates a star at a given

o n in s ace ecause ma ema a nfer p i t p , b th tic l i

a s e him s oul ere a nd c ce t ll it h d be th , the astronomer of a succeedin g period a ctually verifies this postulate . The vibration s that produce the Roen tgen ray were mathemati cally i n ferred lon g before they were discov ered ; and because of this verification it is n ot an un ten able hypothesis that still higher an d more in ten se ranges of vibration ex ist

c are n ot as verified Ma n ot be whi h yet . y it that these con stitute the atmosphere of that Un seen realm which forms a n encircling spirit world of Which Lowell so well says

We see n ot ha lf the ause of u d s c s o r eed, Seekin g them wholly in the outer life An dheedless of the en circlin g spirit -world

Which thou h un seen is felt a n dsows in n , g , , a ” All erms of ure an dworld-wide ur s s g p p po e .

Astron omy looks backward to the year

1 49 n n 8 , whe eve tful discoveries were made in ste ar s n e an d o s a a e ll cie c , h ld th t d t as a crisis year from which is registered the n ew

As ron om t y, 2 Coun sel which the Ages kept. 3

An dmoun t to Paradise

s r f ur r By tai ways o s p ise.

The n ew Astron omy dates back less than for ears and cons s s in as er a n n a ty y , it i t c t i i g knowledge of the chemical n ature and the physics of the heavenly bodies. Previously to this time Astron omy had been merely kn own

as an aidto the a u a on of s an d me c lc l ti tide ti ,

andn a a on a ffor e ma er a e in vig ti . It d d t i l h lp

the ro u n e of a fe The s here of the ti d ily li . p ” n ew As ronom es o u s the ear h the t y li t ide t ,

r E Dr Hu n s e s us ea n s s en s . . g t gli h ci ti t, ggi , t ll ” t a we Is she less fair ? he ques ion s. Sh ll pay her less court because it is to men tal cul

i form r ur n ture n its highest , to ou p ely i tel

e ua o a she on tr u es ? l ct l j y, th t c ib t Previously to 1 85 9 any kn owledge of the chemical n ature of the stars was regarded as n ot only impossible of attain men t by any

me ho s of irec o ser a on but as n ee t d d t b v ti , , i d d, lyin g altogether o utside the limitation s im posed upon man by his sen ses an d by the

fix it of his os t on u on earth sa s y p i i p the , y

u n Dr. H ggi s. 24 The WorldBeautiful.

I the as ronom rs n had a n the f t e , the , t ke

ro n a man h on art co u d g u d th t , w ile the e h, l n eVer have been intended by the Creator to

r h om os n of the s ars or d discove t e c p itio t , the w l

n w mu ors for i The would o be ch the w e t. on ly thing regarding a star that could be per

e v d i l In a he s n st c i e was ts ight. th t t cie ti foun his or un For the is a d opp t ity. light

om e n and n su e e s e c pl x thi g, whe bj ct d to p c

' trum analysis the prism revealed its secrets. ’ In the year of the Queen s accession to the

ron e Mrs Somer ro of the ar th . ville w te d k

nes s en in the s ec r s We are s li e p t o cope, till

nora n f h caus o ig t o t e e f these rayless bands .

’ In the year of the Queen s Jubilee six ty

ears a r man om s to ana ze y l te c e ly , weigh ,

an d measur the s ars He has is o ere e t . d c v d that the same elements that co mprise the

ear ron ro en so um ma nes um et th i , hyd g , di , g i , cetera enter into the composition of the cc

lestial o s Th n fi m in a n and b die . e scie ti c i ag tio persisten ce of research ledthe way ; the sci

en tific s o r s fo di c ve ie llowed.

The h r u s mn r s ighe d ty, the ole e ponsibility, oun sel which the A es ke t 25 C y p .

n e d of man is rea the r of i d e , to d iddle the un vers He is ac in the m s of mar i e. pl ed id t

e s but has m an e n him o ers v l , he i pl t d withi p w an d faculties whose design is to lead him in to

ar er no l g k wledge. The same methods that ren der scien tific progress possible ° ren der psychic progress a so oss le W a l p ib . h t could have seemed more absolutely out of the reach of man than the discovery of the chemical compo sition of the hea ven ly bodies ? Y et they are foun d to be composed of the same elemen ts as our ear L e s reas on n from th . ik wi e i g analogy the spiritual world is the abode of n s ourse es on a he are bei g like lv , ly th t t y in a higher state of evolution . Our psychic fa u e are he same as e rs erefore c lti s t th i ; th , it is given to us to bridge over the difference in e re and a r en e r na ure e r d g e, pp eh d th i t , th i m n n f rm ethods of life, the co ditio s that o

h r n r m n m m asur an d t ei e vi on e t. Shall an e e

e a s an s ar an d n asser a w igh di t t t , the t th t it is from the very nature of the case impos sible that he should learn to kn ow the con

Coun sel which the A es ke t g p . 27

of can s a ndin erson a mmor a J , p l i t lity ? Does it n ot lead a s to this train of thought ?

a hen s a o e h n th t w the phy ic l b dy di s, t e i tel lectual and moral energy (which con stitutes the spiritual man) persists ; that the physical bo dy has been conj oin ed with a super

h s a or a s o c on s u p y ic l p ychic b dy, whi h c tit tes t he ou r en e o so s ea of so u te v l pe, to p k, the l ; fo r as Sa n au c ares er is a n a ural i t P l de l , th e t b ody an dthere is a spiritual body ; an dthat if in en e mmor al ar the tellig c , the i t p t, the

s ir ua man can flash a ra on of ou p it l , vib ti th ght

to an o r en o are c a in the , wh b th l d the phy

s cel how mu mor oss e ou i body, ch e p ibl w ld it be when divested of the physical body to

sen d this message. Again we must assume

a our re a on to o er n ow and re is th t l ti each th , he ,

en Em rson an dA co a spiritual relation . Wh e l tt

s a o er was n ot the o of vi ited e ch th , it b dy the

o n e that ca me to greet the body of the other.

was mmor a Em rson his s se It the i t l e , p ychic lf,

v s n mmor a A co the s se i iti g the i t l l tt, p ychic lf

n h h clothed in a physical form. Whe t e p y

ic of on e as ft hin cou d s al body the w le be d, l 28 The WorldBea utiful. that prevent the approach of the immortal self

is fr en a o s u on ear a n to h i d, lth ugh till p th d in physical relation to a physical world ? There was less obstruction between the senses

h o n andthe spirit. T e unf lding k owledge of this higher range of vibration is destin ed to solve for us the problem as to where those are

v ro e who ha e passed th ugh d ath. Spirit to spirit flashes its thought by mean s of a vibra tion through the ether ; it does not succeed in

au f s a but ra er this bec se o the phy ic l body, th in s of it andthus n fr fr m pite , , whe eed o the

n um ran how mu h m r oss b s ms e c b ce, c o e p i le ee the communication 1 The illustration of the Roentgen ray seems logically typical of the new world at pres ent un seen which may reveal itself to

' man as soon as he arn ves at the requisite

n s r developme t ofhis pi itual faculties. By the Roen tgen my the ordinary eye sees through a solid . What is that but practical clairvoy ance ? The higher andfiner the organism, the

ar er the ran of if r Ma not l g ge l e pe ceived. y it ,

a discov r so o s ea of thembe th t the e y, t p k, The Etern a l An swer. 29 this unseen realm about n a is only condi tio n cdon the degree of evolution ary progress a chieved ? This speculative in quiry relates th e en tire subject to scientific as well as to psychic in vestigation an d recalls those pro ph otic words of Kate Field : I look to see ” n r mmor a S cie ce p ove I t lity.

What is the harvest of th Sain ts The y , Eternal O God! who dost abide W V W ‘Vhere grow the garla n ds of thy chiefs In bloodan dsorrow dyed? Wha t hav e thy seryan ts for their pain s ? ” This n l to have tried. , o y,

LIA J U WARD Ho wm.

f in mm r a sa s Destroy the belie I o t lity, y

the grea t Cardinal Gibbon s, andduty be ” comes but a rope of sand . The first essential con dition to the en tran ce on the higher roun d of life is that man realize himself as a spiritual

a n m rar l ar an being in h biti g te po i y the e th, d whose n ormal life is of the spiritual world ;

a f of n e ua ur ose of th t is , the li e i tell ct l p p ,

rn a ra moralea estness. Miss L wrence admi bly 3 0 The World Bea utiful. formulates a working creed of life in the fol lowing proposition s

That there is n o death (as we have been in the it habit of viewin g ) . That the great truths of life are the recogn itio n of in dividual respon sibility to God an d of that commun ication which may ex ist between those in the Un seen an dourselves.

There is the deepest significa nce in those words of Josus z Blessed are the pure in

ear for e s a see God To see God h t, th y h ll mean s that spiritual discernmen t by mean s of which we live in a con sciously direct relation with the Holy Spirit. The cen tral truth of psychic scien ce is that the spiritual n ature of man must be developed if he would hold communion with the spiritual

or and a the a of s a w ld, th t de th the phy ic l body is a mere incident in the etern al progress of the man himself. Well does Brown ing

N0 work begun shallever pause for death. The Eterna l Answer. 3 1

Life is n ever lived n ormally un til it is lived

l is our mmon a f a ideal y. It co d ily li e th t must become divine . It is n ot made divine

h m m s r ous ransforma on at throug so e y te i t ti , dea ur r an d our mora th. It is o p ivilege l du as l a a on s an increas ty, we l, to chieve c t tly in g quality of that purity an d exaltation of s r r su n from o e has n as e pi it e lti g l v . It bee k d if own our m s er a n we love ene ies ? Mo t c t i ly.

’ When on e s own soul en ters in to in timate c ommun on od man n rs on a rac i with G , e te p ti a un di r ua la c l derstan ng of spi it l ws. To love oni enemies is as practicable as it is to

a our s is a ar of in r p y bill . It p t the teg ity

’ o f ne s oul I n un sh o own s . f I wa ted to p i ” a n n m sa S n Smi I ou e e y, id yd ey th, w ld fasten on him the contin ual power of hatin g

som . T r u on n ra n ou God ebody h o gh c ce t tio , w h is but an o r rm for ra r on e hic the te p ye , may daily and hourly so polarize his so ul toward the Christ as utterly to divest him s f of ill- l a a z ll - el wil n d to vit li e a good will. One does n ot love the sin s of his en emy but

rea m n in his a n the l a behind the s , with l te t l Beaut ul 3 2 The Wor d if .

o i f all o n ss i o p ssibil ties o g od e , it s he wh m

ma e The s m r s a fa h on e y lov . i ple Ch i ti n it

m n s r n t on The s ri ust i clude thi ecog i i . pi t ” is n ot ss or n fulof m ate or an s helple eed edi g , says Emerson ; it has plentiful powers an d

will.

The of ru in keynote the t th lies this. Religion has n ot asserted the imperative

of a is its ro h right way th t true p vince. It a s begged the question in its pleading an dargu ing with man to accept the truth of his immor

a r um n a ns n n s i n o t lity. The a g e t ag i t bli d e s s t a learned exposition of the possibilities inher

en t in n r but sim l n the optic e ve, p y to ope ’ n s nd e n is o mere o e eyes a s e. Seei g n t ly

believing ; it is kn owing. All the arguments that the optic mechanism is capable of be holdin g the gilded dome from the foot of Beacon Hill are n ot equal to the mere act of

oo n d The l ki g up an seeing it. clergy have been en gaged for n early two thousand years in in tellectual an demotion al pleadin gs with man to accept the belief of a future life after The Eterna l Answer. 3 3

a h of s a d an dha r the de t the phy ic l bo y, ve p e s nt d a rat ases of r as n n at e e el bo e ph e o i g th , n su an d su w r give ch ch po ers, ce tain results

o call fo o If mm rta b ru l gi y ll w. i o lity e t e, they not n fr u n sa h n — so-and-ao as if th i eq e tly y, t e , e abso lute assertion of immortality as the base of alltruth andalllife andof allen deavor might

a t an a n s i an d m e be lit le t go i t c, they ust pl adit gen tly in to popular favor. But the man who does not, in tuitively andof his own absolute c n n n m lf an mm o victio , k ow hi se to be i ortal

n must be a r r s r of r a ur bei g, ve y poo o t c e t e.

Mr n in h r on rfuladdress u n s . B sa e e t, w de po ” mm r a f ur us n s n a I o t lity, ell c io ly i to thi eg t v sta an en im in ar u n i e te, d sp t t e g i g the logical possibility that man had a soul and

n h u assu e for a mom n beggi g er a dien ce to m , e t, that hypothesis : an d from that point to fol

was mu as low her train of reasoning. It ch if fess r Darw n in his r mar the learned Pro o i , e k able course of lectures on Tides before the

L ns i u s ou av n t a e s owell I t t te, h ld h e i i i t d the e by a learned disquisition showing that the ’ possibilities of oceans and the earth s rota 8

The Etema l An swer. 3 5 do wn certain articles of faith as a complete compen dium of the Divin e revelation to man t a n can m s r or M n or As ron h Che i t y, edici e, t

n i omy. The soul i ts on ward and upward

a is fittedto r n z and a ro r a p th, ecog i e pp p i te con sta nt enlargemen ts of spiritual truth

Ea man is a s r ua n n ow mi ch pi it l bei g , li ted a n d condition ed by his physical body . The ” r h n fu ers an d r ffe s spi it as ple ti l pow di ect e ct .

It can un r r a n on ons r os de ce t i c diti , pe ceive th e who a u s a o andare h ve q itted the phy ic l b dy, in r a or s s n has the ethe e l w ld. P ychic cie ce a c ua s o r s un s en rea m an d t lly di c ve ed thi e l , v ague conj coture is giving way to enlighten m n an d to a n o e ased on a e t, ex ct k wl dge b series of experimen tal investigations .

ardin mmor a ur has Reg g i t lity, the Ch ch

u s on a a s s sci begged the q e ti lw y . P ychic en ce comes to the relief with a con tribution

scientific a a The ur has on a of d t . Ch ch d e vast and an in con ceivably importan t work in its in culcation of morals and its emphasis

’ laid on the supreme importan ce of man s re

n lating himself to God. But the ways a d The World Bea ut ul 3 6 if . mean s have been left vague and mysterious the Church has hardly done more than plea d with man for allegiance to virtue and fo r holding faith in something of Which he could

n o e. Now o man mora k w littl , to h ld to l ideals is n o light thing ; it is quite worth the in cessan t and earn est and faithful work of

wo ousan ears The man ou moral t th d y . with t ideals an d power practically to realize them in his a fe is n ot fitted n er on an d ily li , to e t y in telligent study of psychic scien ce . The

ur has on e an mmeasura e or an d Ch ch d i bl w k , don e it all in all with great effective

ss ut m has om nform her n e . B the ti e c e to i faith with knowledge ; n ot on ly to in spire m faith but to co man d con viction . The time has come to preach the gospel of spiritual laws : n ot merely to teach of a figurative Heaven or Hades whose conditions are be

on o r to om r h n but to ac y d p we c p e e d, te h the s m emon s ra e ru re ardin i ple, d t bl t th g g the state of ex isten ce which immediately su e s the resen cce d p t.

s R s ar sa s n En s ien P ychic e e ch, y a glish c n l The Eter a Answer. 3 7

tis t is adm t dl a r u , it e y g eat q estion of this n ew da h or y. T e w ld is teeming with phe n o men a that have n ever been satisfactorily ex la i p n ed. Even materialistic scien tists are a ss ertin g that the physical scien ces must " lea d u to and m r n p e ge i to the psychical. The importan ce of the la rger knowledge of spiritual laws gain ed through psychicalstudy is n ot m r nor e n mos a ma e fo e ely, ve tly, tt r r the lif on a but for i sen e bey d de th, th s pre t

eri Th is n p od of action . ere o e specula tive

be ef re ardin a r a ma li g g de th, howeve , th t y well commend itself for consideration and

o s a a n is s p s ible ccept ce. It thi

o v n ers n r or But N e il e t i to the othe w ld.

a nl oo ma n r n n so far s o y g d y e te , the , o ly as

n o n e has achieved good ess, does he in herit

rn f n in so far as he has ete al li e. O ly

r ua is a s r ua in a chieved spi it lity he pi it l be g.

If n e en his n c ual o er his i t llig ce, i telle t p w

h re is en neated w h se f- n eres e , p it l i t t ( which is selfishn ess) if his apparen t aspiration (which is divine) is in reality only personal

am i n hi is u c a m bit o (w ch witho t high l i ), The Worl B ut ul 3 8 d ea if . then on withdrawing from the physical en vironment his in tellectual power will be far

m re n w while on ar less i p ssive tha it as e th . For much that held meretricious rank here can not pass the fin er checks which are the

rld Man ua gateway to the spiritual wo . y q li ties which are really those of selfish greed

- n an d selfseeking aggran dizement pass ‘ curre t

n ar f for n anda i this p t o life i telligence bility .

man amasses a r a f r un an d com A g e t o t e, the mun ity proceeds to regard him as a man o f

on s uous rs H ma a sac ifice c pic powe . e y h ve r d

r D vi n law in s a h m n but if eve y i e thi c ieve e t, he has n ot come in con tact with the human and a s i e m o civil l w , he s h ld to be a an f in tegrity and rectitude. He may be a pew holder in church ; a liberal subscriber to pub lic an d popular philan thropies ; a man who ma n a ns a eau ifu and ux ur o m i t i b t l l i us ho e, who is a bera su rt r of a u a li l ppo e politic l, ed c tion al an d ar s r , ti tic interests ; a man of la ge

n e n of u s ir in s or i t llige ce, p blic p it, h t, the

of a is ca e in h s or suc type wh t ll d, t i w ld, the cessful ma o h d n . N w e ies an dgoes into a The Eterna l An swer. 3 9

fe rein his ossess ons ann fo o him li whe p i c ot ll w .

He is n ot — he has n ot e n — a bad man b e . To a great exten t he has been an exceed

in l usefu man and to som n g y l , , e exte t, a

nu nel oo man Th re ge i y g d . e are occasion s

on has a fr m o fr m com which he cted o l ve, o

ass on fr m som D n n m p i , o e ivi e impulse a d o

o of n s lfis on n tive dev id a y e h c sideratio . So far as these occasions are multiplied in his

if a n h r l e, to th t exte t as he achieved a spi

itual n ua Bu a r of i divid lity. t la ge part

a in h s al on n was a ar wh t, the p y ic c ditio , pp

ent n e n an d a fa l off aus i t llige ce bility l s , bec e

it ha in n n n m n d it o Divi e or enduri g ele e t.

Only the divin e is en during . Andj ust here comes in the ex plan ation of a fact that has puzzled those believing in the gen uineness of communication from the life

b n and h n a r of r eyo d, which as bee a m tte idi cule an da means of its denial to those who

n o a s ss i I a r n did t ccept thi po ibil ty. n ece t

sermon Rev . Dr. Heber Newton says

’ You remem er Mr Hux le s sn eer after at b . y

ten din a n um er of séances that if the eo le g b , p p 40 The WorldBea utiful. in the n ex t life had n o more in telligen ce than was man ifested in the commun ications thus t e

i ed he h n o further a uain tan ce with ce v , wis ed cq

h m After listen in to Shaks ere an d ilton t e . g p M

m orld an d Bacon discoursing fro the other w , we won der whether they have lapsed back in to

An d e h re is even here a state of idiocy. y t t e

of u est is the somethin g pr oun dly s gg ive. What character of n in e-ten ths of the sacple who pass out from earth ? Up to the date of death have

he n ot een em t -min ded shallow un in tel t y b p y , , lectnal? What has their con versation been ? What is the ordin ary talk of the ordinary draw ‘ ing-room l What sort of con versation do you hear in the street cars ? Well what is , to be ex pectedof these people when they pass over in to an other state of ex iste nce ? Are they miraculously chan ged at

on ce ? Do the ecome en iuses savants an d hi y b g , , p losophers ? Do they n ot con tin ue to be j ust about such human beings as they were here ? With the

same vacuousn ess an d em tiness th m p , e sa e shal

‘ lown ess an d su erficialit Ii b a ha c p y l , y n y c n e, such spirits get at the other en dof the telephon e

con n ectin the two worl s the ou ht to iv g d , y g g e na ” ust a out such communications as we j b receive. The Eterna l An swer. 41

Now add s un an s ra ru the , to thi we ble t th theory that even such intelligence greater or ess as ma as man f s r l , y be people i e t he e is of a character largely un fit to persist in the

ew an d fin er n i ons an d av an n co d ti , we h e explan ation of the abounding triviality of co mmunications that commen ds itself to our

u m n And as Dr. n so j dg e t . , Newto well

What a solemn appeal there is in such a

thou ht as this in human ein s endowe with g , b g d

min d to use this earthl life so that the m , y y ay

th r ex isten ce so h be worthy of an o e , t at they may n ot pass over into a higher state of ex isten ce an d

e t irrat remain such un in tellig n , ional, inhuman

bei s tho who come or seem to me t ng as se , co , o i ” us in many of these myster ous ways. Th The conclusion is a logical sequence . e achievement of that spirituality which enables on e at death to enter on higher enjoyments and n oble pursuits in the life beyon d must

r of r s n f be the wo k the p e e t li e. It is not the poor n egative thing of den ial merely ; it is the rich abounding in positive

The Eterna l An swer. 43

is em orar l body, which t p i y clothed with a

s al r n . Sa n au who is phy ic cove i g i t P l, the

s of o u s s a n s s ru . deepe t cc lti t , expl i thi t th ” W n ass r s I die a x ain s he he e t , d ily, he e pl u f the perpet al change o the physical body.

Ea da s s andren s r a n a m ch y it hed ew ce t i to s.

Eac da an s and in the ro s of h y it ch ge , p ce s

t m from nfan c old a e o is i e i y to g , the b dy ,

as s o o s s all a r n man and phy i l gi t te ch, e ewed y

m n m s Y et a n f t n a y ti e . separatio o e years,

of for ars s n ot r n r ess ia ty ye , doe e de l the stinctive sense of iden tity between relatives

or fr nds who are art r ie p ed, howeve the child may be changed into man hood or woman hood ; however the in dividual may have be

om m - or on o n old a e c e iddle aged g e n i to g .

o ana o an e of as r u S , by l gy, the ch g pect w o ght by death will be n o barrier to personal recog

nition is n a n a u . It sow t ral body ; it is

ra s a s r ua is n in a i ed pi it l body . It sow we k

n ss is ra s in r T re i e ; it i ed powe . he s a ” n a ural an d r is a s r ua o t body the e pi it l b dy,

n ot re sha ll be a s r ua od but the pi it l b y,

re is n ow a r s n m T s the , , t the p e e t ti e. hi Bea ut d 44 The World ifi .

is ns rum n o f n atural body the tool, the i t e t,

s r ua . The s a r in the pi it l body phy ic l wo ld,

i r its o r un es its u s is all ts wo k, ppo t iti , d tie ,

of s s r ua n who is the school thi pi it l bei g, endowed with physical means of expression through which to gain here his measure o f

He mus l r bu experience. t ive by b ead t

a o He mus h n ot by bread l n e. t live by hig

ou ur s as v f n th ght, by holy p po e, the ivi yi g and V italizing prin ciple of the work un der

r H is ac d r aec m taken he e. e pl e he e to o

li r ults a fa r in rea p sh es , to be cto g t

n r r s s mm r n a a n n n er e te p i e , co e ce, vig tio , e gi e i finance or s a smans i Wh r in n . h g, , t te h p et e

ns of r r or as hum relatio di ective powe , the blest operator carrying out the ideas of

rs s n ot ma r if is n his othe , doe tte , he doi g

u in a e r u s assumes him and d ty wh t ve g i e it to , realizing that while he lives by the bread he

arns he o s n ot r a a on but e , d e live by b e d l e, by every word that proceedeth out of the mou of od and s or s ar our th G ; the e w d e, c a e us ns ra on s m a ur s g , j tice, co ide ti , y p thy, co te y, H d love . e lives both by bread an by Divine The E l terna An swer. 45

aspiration s. Recognize in your little fight a a ns our a ar or ur untru fu ness g i t y v ice, yo th l , or our az n ss nl one s rm y l i e , o y ki ish in that ba e w s field ers ar an d ttl ho e cov the e th, whose clamor r s s an df from a e to a e i e alls g g ,

but n r o s sa s i l s Broo s. eve wh lly die , y Ph l ip k

In s r e ua s r n s fidelit of ad thi pe p t l t ivi g, thi y horen ec r n s of s r s to the highe eed the pi it, lie the secret of living in touch with the Divin e

THE ROS F DA E O WN.

Ho w mockin l the morn in dawn s for me g y g , Si n ce thou art on e where n o ursuin s eech g , p g p , N o ra er n o farth st-so un din cr n r h ! p y , e g y ca eac I ca ll a n dwait the an swer to m lea , y p , B ut on l hear the stern dividin sea y , g Tha t a uses n ot however beseech ( p , I ) rea kin an d reakin on the dista n t a B g b g, be ch

Of that far lan dwhereto thy souldidflee .

ha sun s shin e on thee where thou a rt Do ppy , A n dki n dstars li ht with frien dl ra th n i h g y y y g t, An d stran ge birds wake with music stran ge thy morn

This e aredworld where thou n o more hast art b gg , p , ’ Misa rehen ds the morn in s oun deli ht pp g y g g ,

An dthe oldgrief makes the n ew day forlorn .

L ws n M U T o CHANDLER O L ON.

THE E OF DA ROS WN.

The oldetern alSprin g on ce more Comes ack the sad tern alwa b e y, With ten der rosy light before h oin -o f T e g g ut o day. The great white moon across my door A shadow in the twilight stirs ; But n ow forever comes n o more

Th t drous look of Hers a won .

Bu ss Ca a m .

HE problem of communication be tween those in the Seen and in the Unseen is but o ne of the man y important questions of in terest that arise in the contemplation of the two worlds in their relation to each other. Obj ective phenome non e n if ex is is of su r na m , ve ting, bo di te i

a n o n r s s n o port nce to ma y ther i te e t i v lved.

S ir tism use the Fr n rm s p i , to e ch te a the

a f fai m r n s all u s n me o a th, co p ehe d q e tions o t f r an n aus o the f he li e he e d ow, bec e n u h l n nat re of t e soul a l our daily life depe ds. . 4

The Ro se of Da wn . 5 1

It seems a confusion of terms to speak of th s r as the s cal or ma r an d i wo ld phy i te ial, t a us n as s r ua u h h t j t beyo d the pi it l, beca se eac o f su ss r a ms is a s r a r a m the cce ive e l pi itu l e l , the ffer n n on of e r di e ce bei g ly d g ee.

The r s n is a s r ual or n are p e e t pi it w ld, a dwe

r mar s r ua e n s x r ss n immor p i ily pi it l b i g , e p e i g tal en ergies through the medium of physical

h n s. Lea n h s a od o t i g vi g the p y ic l b y, we g to a s r ua or of er e r andas the pi it l w ld high d g ee,

ua of f refin es an d x a s su ss q lity li e e lt , cce ive rea ms o n the infini ro l pe to te p gress.

er a n ases o e er of o es C t i ph , h w v , bjective t ti mo n s ems to su or h r of y, which e pp t the t eo y personal communication between the Seen an d the n s n for u all a res U ee , hold s deep inte t.

ar e ar of all s es mon rs s s en A l g p t thi t ti y pe i t , ev after ruling out much con scious or uncon sc o us e and er a n ro r ns un u t i d ceit, c t i p po tio do b edl due to r ca uses an is a m e y othe . M co pl x or an sm a mac n for r n ma e g i , hi e conve ti g t ” r a for m n n s r ua e as f. B n a i l i to pi it l c , Pro e j i Peirce so well said ; an dmental phenomenon can andis as n es a ons of scientific be , the i v tig ti 52 The World B ea utiful.

au or s s a s man fes e in a r at th itie e t bli h, i t d g e variety of ways between those persons still in

the physical body.

A a n ma sa us r a no one g i , it y be id j t he e th t , however unassailable may be his personal con

viction n f e an mo ona a of con , eed e l y e ti l he t troversy in discussing the truth or the un truth of the theory that o ur frien ds may communi

ca us after a The so ar s s e te with de th. l y t m ” has no an a ou its re u a on sa d xiety b t p t ti , i

Emers n . If eor is rue its un rsa o the th y t , ive l recognition is in evitable an dis merely a ques

on of m If is not rue r a n its ti ti e. it t , ce t i ly adherents will be glad to know of their error a nd readj ust their faith ; so in either case there is n o n eed of irritation or antagonism

in ar um n Wou n ot s m ra r g e t. ld it ee , the , a pleasan t an d profitable thing to take sweet counsel together ; to narrate clearly an d to point out the obj ective phen omena we may

ours r en n elves expe i ce, a d test them by that

no of s en c of s o o an of k wledge ci e, p ych l gy, d

n u v s r ua er e on c mu i t iti e pi it l p c pti , whi h st all a m as sa n fa ors s nce s r be d itted lie t ct , i pi it R s o wn The o e f Da . 53

s ir ua sc rn es ualthings are p it lly di e ed, to t t o ur various ex perien ces by all these that form the latter-day light of the public square which Michael Angelo advised as the test for the statue ? If one relates a series of occurren ces which he believes can ha bu on e x an a on an da ar r n ve t e pl ti , l ge i tel li ence a r u m n ro s to him a g , highe j dg e t, p ve th t an o r an da ruer x ana on can ma the t e pl ti be de, surely he is in debted for this correction of his

udm n mus be n a o r a j g e t. It t , i deed, p o c use that requires any special pleading. A question n ot unfrequently asked is that if person al commun ication from those beyon d dea is a fa can not ome rec th ct, why it c di tly to n ua on rn an dn ot rou the i divid l c ce ed, th gh some stranger of the class called mediums.

The o n is e a n an d er are ro a p i t w ll t ke , th e p b bly few thoughtful inquirers who have n ot felt

r is ou fu ow r f n s on e . i a thi w d It d bt l , h eve , y

a so u n of r m ex ct l tio the p oble can be offered .

oul r a n s em ha o ne mus be It w d ce t i ly e t t t ,

n e ur in ear in or er o ho i d ed, p e h t d t ld ” ommun n ea but s mmun c io with the d d, thi co 5 4 The World Bea utiful.

ion is e or is a le to erson s h ld, l ged be held, by p who are n ot a aren more an dsome imes , pp tly, ( t apparen tly less) spiritual in temperamen t than those who do n ot recognize any message to themselves.

Q

The Lumi ni There is a theory which may be by way of truth that certain per son s a re endowed by n ature with a quality

n o n as um n ferous e er an d a v r ue k w l i i th , th t by i t of a superabun dan ce of this they are able to see or ear or to m e e to wr te as , to h , be i p ll d i ,

the or nar erson an n o . E en s if we di y p c t v thi , reflect u on it is a ua c e n ot p , q lity whi h , whil

ecificall ormu a e es in the a sp y f l t d, li yet d ily

erson al ex er ence of e er one Who has p p i v y . n ot his hours of ex hilaration an dex altation ? hours When he is in a more radian t men tal atmosphere ; when his en ergy is at his highest

ra on en can do m oss e so vib ti wh he the i p ibl , to speak an dother hours when he is far be

low this con dition .

’ T is n ot every day that I ” Fittedam to ro hes p p y, The Lumin iferous Ether. 5 5

sa Herr . n s r of su c s id ick I deed, the ec et c e s would be to grasp the key of perpetuatin g su h urs T e m o an done can ch o . h y co e, they g ,

o h hardly say why. Is it n t quite possible t at such seasons are the effect of preponderating

um n ferous e r c n a e us n o a l i i the , whi h i iti t i t more subtle atmosphere ; an d that if on e in this state con centrated his mind upon a frien d in the n n m h be a e nn er U see , he ig t bl by the i sen se to hold commun ion with him ? It is n ot the purpose here to discuss the phases of mediumship or to advocate or apologize for any of the ex isting phenomena ;

but m re to r or some fa s c if n u e ly ec d ct whi h, explain ed by the theory that those in the

n s n ma ommun a e mus res for the U ee y c ic t , t t

presen t without ex plan ation . It is n ot n oces sary to introduce any description of the various

m n s er of a r o an a rau n ea ; wheth cl i v y ce, cl i die ce, co mmunica tion s vit a voce by the medium; the

wr n of an c or au o ma iti g Pl hette, the t tic

wr n n the an of the medum is iti g, whe h d i ” believed to be con trolled by an un seen

e n All s has s n ot s ea of ra s b i g. the e p e , to p k p The or B ut ul 56 W ld ea if .

d an physical manifestations, have been befo re

mo ern or for fift ars ons an the d w ld y ye , c t tly increasing in variety constantly growing mo re

fin and i nificant in ua i re ed s g q l ty. These phenomena have attracted the serious a tten tion of a great n umber of leading scholars and thin kers ; they have inspired conviction of their origin from unseen presen ces in the minds of several millions of people ; they are on trial for their n ature an d origin in the m n s of a s ar r ro or on of i d till l ge p p ti people, andso without any insistence one way or the o r r a n fa s ma su m o the , ce t i ct y be b itted with ut further ex planation . The little instrumen t

a an e is fam ar to v r on e a d c lled Pl ch tte ili e e y , n among man y curious ex perimen ts with it there may be cited a series made by Kate Field s m n -five ears a o o e twe ty y g .

s l! a

Sunset an devehin star g , 81:11t and An do ne clear ca llfor me ; An dmay there be n o moan ing of the bar ” h n u u W e I p t o t to sea .

Dra r in his onflict of pe , C Society andRe ” li ion ma s s a s r on g , ke thi s e ti Sunset an d Sta r . 5 7

That the spirits of the deadrevisit the livin g has een in all a es a nd in all Euro ea un b , g p n co tries a fix ed elief n ot con fin ed to rustics but , b , ,

artici ate in he in i a p p d by t tellgen t. If hum n tes timon on su ects can be of an value there is y bj y , a body of eviden ce reachin g from the remotest a es to the resent time as ex ten sive n m g p , a d un i pea chable as is to be foun d in support of an y

at thin g whatever, th these shades of the dead do ” return .

M. Maeterlinck speaks of the mere act of l in as so m n ru on rfu a n iv g ethi g t ly w de l , ddi g that to throw light upon the existence of

sou ma be in se f a n o aim and the l y , it l , ble

’ Miss Field s record of her experien ces with Plan chette offer some typical instances of that period in support of the theory that those in

n s n ma m ans of r f r the U ee y, by e elect ic o ce,

s n rum n produce writing through thi i st e t.

Mss Fi h rs f was a s e u a n u r r i eld e el p c l tive i q i e , ’ and merely recorded a summer s experien ce without arriving at an y absolute con viction s

f h e oo u sh un dr o er own . The littl b k p bli ed e ’ the n ame of Plan chette s Diary has long

n ou f r n an dfro s ra s bee t o p i t, m it the e ext ct

Sunset a n d Sta r. 59

After a little prelimin ary ex perimen ting we findher describing this experience

O O

The n ex t morn in a en tleman who g, g possesses

ex traordinar ma netic ower han ced l y g p c to ca l.

n troducin lan chette I as e him if he ha I g P , k d d

seen it.

o hav h a N , I e e rdof it. Do you object to pla ce your han dupon it i

ertain l n ot C y .

o oon r i Mr s L. sit down han lan N e dd . t P chette

tore u an d down the a er like mad much to p p p ,

the aston ishmen t of the en tleman who eca me g , b

ex cited urin this erforman ce I men tall . D g p , y observed that I n ever should succeed in making

u e This thou ht had n o soon er the creature b dg . g passed through my min d than Plan chette wrote

a lar e but rather distin ct han d in g , “ ’ F Why don t you let aids alon e ? J .

l h wn ritin an d . d hard read is o w Mr L. coul y g, seemed to be perfectly ign oran t of the in itials

He assure appen ded to the commun ication . d ’ m that he di n father s name an e d n ot k ow my , d m I believed hi . ’ J F. was m father s si nature I was n ot y g . B 60 The World ea u tiful.

thin kin of him at the time an d n o soon er sa g , w

in itials than re ark d Th re i these I m e , e s on e letter ” in miss g. ” No ns ered m other lookin v r Mr m o e . , a w y , g

’ sh ulder for the first time our fathe h a L a o , y r d n o right to his middle in itial3 he was baptized ” se h ield J o p F . But what does Plan chette mean by tellin g me to let aids alon e ? I had n o soon er asked th e

u s ion than the re l came q e t p y , l Ruin s con fiden ce in yourse f.

r L. had ecome so ex ceedin l n ervo s tha t M. b g y u I did n ot deem it civil to prolon g the con versa

ion it m n uaint n ce ere th t t w h y ew acq a , andh e firs in ew en e tervi dd.

Q Q Q t 0

i i h l t r Men dedin m Finally a repet t on of t e e te . y ” ame Mar Kate ield the three words ein n , y F , b g

erfectl distin ct but eculiar in that the were p y , p y

e em n t in the ha it of written as On word. I o b ” writin the n ame ar havin lon sin ce g M y, g g dro ed it an d it was n ot in m min d at the pp , y

time in fact it rarel or n ever is. , y

Had volun taril ced m n ame hould I y tra y , I s

ve be with is n e was re eated ha gun Kate. Th am p Sunset amd Star . 61

six imes an dthen I was n ot a little amaze to see t , d

lan het write Your ather three times P c te F . My father almost always addressedme as Mary ” Ka he coin ciden ce is worth n otin . te. T g

Af r this effort lan chette ai eto lr her te , P ag n b o ” self to her favorite occu at on of sawin then p i g, wrote severalin coheren t lin es n dat last e an , a b g ” talk me like a fa her callin me de to to t , g ar ” child ivin me a ver sen si le lecture dwellin , g g y b , g u on m faults an llin me how to correct p y , d te g them lan chette wrote words of wisdom but . P , I had n o such train of thought in my min d at

the time if had I should have een the last ; I , b

n w rl v i i person i the o d to gi e t public ty.

on the con clusion of the lecture which Up ,

co eredthree a es the writin ein a facsimile v p g , g b g

o m own sav n that t was ver m r r f y , i g i y uch la ge , d” lan chette si n edherself J iel . P g , F

fl 1. i 0 0

To-day the same trio sat down before Plan

she sa wed over half a a e chette. As p g , I

h r he ason of su h a waste of a er asked e t re c p p ,

which she re lied to p , ’ “ Because I don t kn ow how to man age your d” hall hereafter J . iel . hand as well as I s . F 62 The World Bea utiful.

f this reall m fa her w have ou I is y y t , hy y ” n ever before man ifested yourself ?

ad h at m Because you have n ever m e t e te pt. I have been ready time an d time again to man i fest m self but ou have n ever shown an y , y y disposition to brin g yourself en rapport with

a m n ot ron e to in terfere where the me. I p l d f spiritual in fluen ce is n ot fully estab ishe . I

ou care to in vesti ate this matter ou can have y g , y such proof as will satisfy you of the truth of

- u much abused Spirit alism.

f it is n ot writin how i it hat I I g, s t I kn ow what wordwill be written j ust before it is traced on the paper ? (I have n o idea of the sen ten ce in its en tiret but each worden ters m y, y mind before it is written . )

M dear child do ou su ose tha I can y , y pp t in fluen ce your han d to write without previously ’ in flu n in ou rai e c g y r b n ? Don t be alarmed. I assure you that you are thoroughly in n ocen t of abettin g me in so stupen dous a manifestation of power hitherto either ignored or scoffed at.

’ Be n firm an d resolute. Don t let the derisio of

rs run d det r o rom llowin t e en t M . G y e y u f fo g h b of our in clination n a ha tha in clina y , o m tter w t t unset nd ta r S a S . 63

tion ma be rovided ou feel morall e a y , p y y c rt in that ou are servin ourself an d our reator y g y y C .

0 on e man or woman is iv en as iration s N , , g p to be stifled othin but un told mi . N g sery can come from

lan chette stoodmotionless an I P , d asked if the

sen te n ce was fin ished.

she re lied N p .

’ Then why don t you go on ? Because it is difficult to impress you with ideas that are but half formedin m own min d y .

The sen ten ce remainedun fin ished.

Q i Q i

The uestion havin een raised whether he q g b , t use of Plan chette for an y prolon ged period might n o t be in urious to the medium I as e lan j , k d P

e h w lon h t chett o g s e ought o be ex ercised.

Three hours sa in the even in after din n er y g , when our min d is free an d ou ha e visitors y , y v with whom you ca n much better pass the time thus than in desultory con versation that lea ds to ” o o ha v r n g od w te e . My mother remarked that three hours were

o l me At i h to on g a ti . th s Plan c ette wax edram

an t an d re orted p , t , 64 The World Beautiful.

Do you imagin e that I wouldadvise an ythin g that knew to be in urious to health an d do o I j , y u suppose that I am ign oran t of the laws whereby man is brought in to relation with what are called ’ s irits but whic are n o more s irits than the p , h p y were in the flesh savin t a de arture from the , g h t p busin ess of earth n ecessitates a chan ge of body as

ell as o ase r wh oo fo the lan et w f b , fo at is g d r p called Earth is n ot good for the sphere called " H v v n n ame be ea en 1 Hea e is n othin g but a , lie e me which is em lo ed b the cler to v , p y y gy si n if that retreat whe e oo ous souls g y re th g d, pi of their particular

Q i i fi i

Not of s en t deeds but of doin p , g, a ndPursuin . g Built of furtheran ce an dpursuing. EM ERSON .

Of one sittin g when Horace Greeley . was present the record runs

11 c

The compan y was about equally divided be

As lan chette tween Spiritualists an d sceptics. P

f Horace Greele man ifesteda liv ely frien dship or y, quite tirin g my arm by rushin g towards the side

h t Mr. reele cx of the table at which e sa , G y Furthemnce amd Pursuing. 65 presseda desire to kn ow what friendof his wished

to talk to him.

0 frien d of ours oo hon es Horac N y , g d t e, for you a re hon est in spite of what the Copperheads sa — that is ou do n ot kn ow n d y, , y me for a frie , havin hadn o earthl ac uain g y q tan ce with me. My ” ose h i l n ame is J p F e d. Are the plan ets in habited? ” Yes. ” Where does the life of man begin ?

e w are raduall re Ou this plan t. Then e g y movedto others as our ties become more of spirit than of matter We make the c 010 of all the . y ” pla netary systems. Has climate any effect upon spiritualbodies ?

’ Only as it afiects our magn etisms when brought ” ur in to relation with yo s.

‘ Who are with you l etin George Washin gton sends gre g. ’ What is Washin gton s opinion of Gran t ? ’ Well I m n ot much etter at a s eech than , b p

t thin k tolera l well of him Gen eralGran t, bu I b y ,

He is n ot b an means a reat on the whole. y y g

- m u elieve him to be wellmean in . He an, b t I b g ut he has enou h common is not a statesman , b g 5

Furthera nce a P ursu n nd i g. 67

But I tellyou that spirits are linkedtogethor

b harmon an d if c n o in s m h y y, I m t y pat y with

Shakes eare with whom um I in h p , sympat y 1 ’ Don t you suppose that Shakespeare is a teacher !

Of what ben efit are his heart n t if he a din tellec , does n ot keep schooli Then he is your teacher !

“ Y es uide hiloso her an dfrien d g , p p .

a s s s c

” What do you thin k of Benjamin Franklin 1

in i Mr. R. qu red.

’ Fran klin s mind was very good as far as it

wen t but it did n ot o ver far. He is of hard , g y

fibre a s iri uallife has n ot made as much im , n d p t pression upon him as upon man y others of in ferior

” How do spirits look 1

ls . Whatever our nature We show our sou , ” ure an d face that is seen in our fig . How are spirits occupiedl

They do almost everythin g here.

0

As Plan chette purports to write under my ’ m mo her has uestion ed con father s influen ce, y t q orld B ut ul 68 The W ea if .

’ comi n g certain in ciden ts in my father s life o f

which was i n ora n t She o tain ed satis factor I g . b y

results lan chette then wrote three or four . P

’ pages of advice regardin g my mother s health an d

w v r s i l After lin e o duct as e ens e. f con . It y b wards I receiveda smalllecture as to what I ought

o do t .

I kn ow there shalldawn a day Is it here on homely earth i on der w rl s a Is t y , o d aw y, Where the stran e an dn ew ha e irth g v b , That Power comes forth in play

BROWNING.

Professor an d Mrs. Botta (Ann e Lyn ch Botta) were with Miss Field at the time of which she recorded the following.

f B. i th e e Pro essor an dMrs . called n e v n ing an d desired to see lan chette The rofessor as e P . P k d s ve e uestion s a d n e n e ral m n tal q n o written o e.

The an swers were total failures . Mr . as e s B. k d

ow oldher ather w wh died h f as en he .

He i a m ara i n m n ded co p t vely you g a .

This B sa w c u h t -six Mrs . . id as orrect en o g , hirty

ein his a e a tha b g g t t time. A Day to Come. 69

Where didhe die t

’ Su osin Mrs. B s father to have been a pp g . New

En lan dr g e , kn owin g that she was a n ative of that

ortion of America I on cluded tha h p , c t e must

ha e died h v t ere. Plan chette en tertain ed a dif ” e n o a d n f re t in ion n wrote I the uth. p , , So ” Yes m father diedin th ulf of ex ico. , y e G M

rofessor k a h his a h P B . as ed t w at ago f t er died.

Plan ch t l A o f r e te rep ied: b ut o ty. I have forgotten whether this was three or four

ears too old r too oun but it was on e or the y o y g,

The sittin was stu id an d lan chette retired g p , P after advisin g every on e who wished to receive commun ications to try for himself ; statin g fur thermore that I was n ot a medium for any one

ut m b yself.

It is n o use wrote lan chette to ex ec , P , p t people to have faith unless they ex perien ce the

l I can n ot see in to ever phen omen a themse ves. y ’ ” I is im ossi le. body s life. t p b

as o o o is

an dMss Fie ined Ou a n ight when Mrs. i ld d mthin ham the e . and Mrs O B. F with R v . . g , following record was made 70 The WorldBeautiful.

n d h We din ed with Mr. an d Mrs. E a in t e , evening had a very lon g an d in terestin g séa n ce with Plan chette in the presen ce of half a dozen

e on lan chette made a correct re ort of the p rs s. P p

’ l ion of Mr. F s n earest relative physica con dit . , of whom I kn ew n othing gave an admirable analy ’ of Mr F s character referred to the n ature sis . .

of an cestr of which was i n oran t when his y, I g ;

ion e a o Shakes eare Fan n Ke le quest d b ut p , y mb , an dEdwin ooth ave clever criticisms thereon B , g ,

as well as w This was he ver an dwas witty ise. t

dict ofthose assem ledwho ron oun ced lan chette b , p P ” to be very sin gular in deed.

he s o erson a r t lic e T éa nce was to p lfo he pub ye. Plan chette would communica te with n o on e but

r F an d ex ressedthe reatest desire that he M. ., p g shouldhimself ex perimen t with the board for the ” ose of in vesti ation ecause ar uedPlan purp g , b , g

e he has a clever head an d if he on ce chett , ,

elieves he will n ot hesitate to romul ate the b , p g

o a hen omen on that in on e form or an other truth f p , , ” is as oldas the hills.

F man ifested a reat deal of interest. Mr. . g

ote twen t - l n a e Plan chette wr y six o g p g s.

0 5 A Day to Game. 71

N on e of us were S iritualists an dwe n aturall p , y speculated upon the phen omen a ; whereupon my

Do F le P la n chette wrote : K . . e i ve in the realit , , b y of Spiritualism l How can you doubt the truth of them phen omena ? How can your min dcontrol wh en so much is written that you dream n ot of?

oon discrimin ate an d the in fluen e S you will , c s a ro un d you are so fin e that you will obtain ex ’ in f r fr m - lan ch ceed g com o t o ao called P ette. We discussedthe feasibility of my un dertaking a certain w rk an lan chette advocatedi er o , dP t v y s tron l I sa that I shouldmake a lamen ta le g y. id b

n me down with two heav fa ilure . My ha d ca y ra s which accordin to the in ter retation of p , , g p “ " mediums si n if a n e ation . , g y g

s c s s

’ m a fe or D. s las n i h et r fessor H. t ro ss I P o P t g t, an dhadquite a lon g talk with him about Plan

a m t to den the he chotto. He did n ot tte p y p

i e n o ex lan ation o it n omen on bu could v f . , t g p

Of course he totall den ied the ossi ilit of , y p b y s irituala n He toldme to watch the man i p ge cy. festation s closel for the ur ose of ettin at the y, p p g g

truth .

To-day Plan chette in forms me that scien ce r Beaut u 72 The Wo ld if l.

’ l het k m can t do an ythin g with P an c te. Mar y wo The the scientific men will ackn owl rds. y ( ) ed e i anddeclare it to be an un develo edlaw g t, p

f here the will take their stan d an d o min d. T y , ’ you won t be able to make them leave it un til

orl cries alou at heir tin ac the whole w d d t obs y.

h the same ordeal sci Christ went throug . The en ” tific were n ot his followers .

n to a u s on an e wr Replyi g q e ti , Pl chett ote

dear child remem er that a My , b I m con

e in m ideas throu h our min d an dthe n y y g y g y , co sequence is that the combin ation thus formed ” w e rrect can n ot al ays b co .

ked If s iri n com un Mrs. H as ts ca m ica . p te with us wh have the n ot don e so efore , y y b

he e was n ot ri e n h T tim p . Why was ot t e Atlan tic cable laid years ago i

“ An other lady presen t asked: Are we to be swayed by what Plan chette says 1

n G Not by an y mea s . odforbid! ” Are we to heedit 1

’ In a measure but for hea en k ; v s sa e, do n ot relin uish our own ud I i q y j gmen t. f adv ce be good accordin to our con scien ce an d n i i g y co v ct on , take ” it if n ot ut i d ; , p t asi e. A Day to Come. 73

I see n o good to arise from what is called ” S iritualism remarked on e resen t to which p , p , Pla n chette replied It willbrin g heaven an dearth n earer together ; it willrevive the oldbelief in spiritual commun i

ca tion an dwillforce the sce ti al o li ve in a , p c t be e

u ture ex isten ce esides rin in immen se com f , b b g g ” r ho wh i i fo t to t se o lose the r fr en ds .

Regarding America this assertion seems almost prophetic

’ America is a combin ation of all the worlds

forces alliedto the reates freedm h h t o of ou . , g t g t

’ Miss Field s record con tin ues

We asked Plan chette whether an y poetry was

te in h o her w rl his uestion was writ n t e t o d. T q

ut after we had een toldthat Poe was resen t p b p , an dPlan chette wrote

thin k n is e i en ce . in We i th x st N0 writ g.

oetr is thou ht con ceived commun icated but P y g , , , ” n ot written .

Perhaps this may accoun t for the terrible work Byron an dothers make of verse when they revisit

THE ENCIRCLING SPIRIT

WORLD.

How shallthe fieldbe swept clear of all the para ph ern alia of ghost stories an d the false supern atural which rin s its dou le harm de radin the souls tha b g b , g g t be lieve in it an d harden in in t lan k materia is , g o b l m th e souls whom its absurdities or en ormities drive in to disbelief You may prove on e impostor after another false You ma demon tra n d all t o be . y s te beyo ques t ion that this or that phen omen on has n othin g super n atural a out it but ou willwork in v ain un til u b , y yo ’ s trike right at the root of allthe folly by takin g Pauls roun d an din sistin tha t whatever un seen resen c g , g p es there ma be a out a s we a ndthe an d all the uni y b , y verse must be su ect to the etern al un iversal wa bj , s y of moral law that therefore the on ly way to really win the ood an dto reall disarm the evil from what g y , ever region of the un iverse they make a ttacks upon

us is to live n obl trul urel . When men have , y, y, p y n l to thin k thus of th worldof s irits then do bee ed e p , I believe that we shall see a great restoral of healthy iri r s belief in sp tual p esen ce .

Pmnmrs En oox s.

T LD TEE ENCIRCLING SPIRI WOR .

I am gropin g for the keys

Of the heavenly harmon ies . m 'r'rmn W .

ANT made a remarkable prophecy in the following words :

At some future day it willbe proved I can n ot say when an d where that the human soul is while in earth-life already in an unin terruptedcommun ication with the dis embodied bein gs of the other world; that the h uman soul can ac u on those ein s an d re t p b g , coivo in return im ressions of them without ein p , b g con scious of it ex ce t the a n ormal state of the , p b i t organ ism of such human being will adm t it. I would be a blessin g if the state of things in the other orl ti un der which an w d, an d the con di ons i n terchan ge of the two worlds may take place perceived by us in a speculative man n er would n ot onl be theoreticall ex hi ited but racticall y y b , p y established by real an d gen erally sohn owledged ” o ser e b v d facts. 7s The World B ea utiful.

It has taken the world n ineteen hun dred yea rs to advan ce to the plan e on which it begins to recognize adequately the simple truth taught by Jesus an d explain ed an d

n elucidated more clearly by Sai t Paul. The truth of communion between the two worlds was vividly illustrated by the Christ in the

an a s familar all ns a of m y w y i to . I te d the teachings of the gospels being construed in to

s m m s andin m r ns s m o sm o e y tic co p ehe ible y b li , they should be received in their direct and

s m wa . W a a an ta me i ple y h t dv geth it ,

sa a n aul if a r s n ot Let us id S i t P , the de d i e ” - eat an d r n f r to morr . T a d i k, o ow we die h t is sa s a f is all n to y if the phy ic l li e , the n n ma rs All the moral si nifican ce othi g tte . g

Th mos of life is destroyed. e ut t possible achievement of eighty years on this plan e of

f is s of ns u n om ara li e till little co eq e ce, c p tively, if this plane of life were all. The boy in Dickens who rebelled at learning the alpha

’ bet on the ground that It s n o use to go

rou so mu e so l u th gh ch to g t ittle, wo ld be quite right if the alphabet were all; if it The Encirciin g Spirit World. 79 were n ot the appointed mean s to lead out to rea era ures re on of a g t lit t , to the cepti gre t

ou Th s an of if is a a e so th ght. i pl e l e the lph b t,

o s ea is e r m n a n t p k . It the xpe i e t l a dthe rudi men ar as of s n e but b mea n s o t y ph e exi te c ; , y f i ts rela tion a ndex ten sion in to the in n ite l e fi if , it en e omes a v al a r of all fu ure th b c it p t the t . While it is n ot the provin ce of this volume to r sen re r n omen a on e or two p e t co ded phe , citation s of actual experiences will be given

b wa of lus ra on Dr. y y il t ti . Alfred Russel Wallace well says that the phen omena of S piritualism in their entirety do n ot require further con firmation . They are proved quite as well as any facts are proved in other scien ces ; an d it is n ot den ial or quibbling t a can s r e an of m but on fr s h t di p ov y the , ly e h facts an d accurate deduction s from these fa ts T se n m n m r n ze c . he phe o e a ust be ecog i d a s formin g a portion of the general phen omen a

o f f an dn ot as so a o urren es un re li e , i l ted cc c , l a e to o r ex er en ces . A rof E l t d the p i s P . l iot

on es has remar e in r a u st n C k d, eply to q e io regardin g his belief: 80 The World Bea ut ul if .

Do I then believ e in spirits an d in spirit ill

’ tercourse l Assuredly I do ! For am I n ot a

s irit like ever on e of ou ? Do I n ot co mu p , y y m

n icate with this visi le worldb m n atural od b y y b y, my visible apparatus of relation with the phen om

en al world without ein there shut out from , b g by my spiritual prerogative of commun icatin g with

such other s irits as can reach on an other lan e p I p , by the spiritual body appropriate to that plan e of ex isten ce ? Ask me for my a uthority for this state men t an d oin t first to the ascertain ed facts of , I p

s chi i n But if other authorit be acce t p y c sc e ce. y p a le I ma uote on e whom n ot ma n will be b , y q y in clin ed to dispute when I repeat the solemn words : There is a n atural body an d there is a

’ s iritual od p b y.

To recognize the truth that life is a whole of which the even t of death does n ot brea k

on nu and ha mme a e n o g e the c ti ity, t t i di t k wled of God an d of the en circling spirit-world is our n rma sta of x s en is to ou o l te e i t ce, t ch the ke - n o and fin d o n of e ar ur in y te, the p i t d p t e all philosophies. To kn ow God: that is to comprehend the laws and their workings The Encirclin irit World 1 g Sp . 8

God has ma e in s s one which d , thi lie the

’ obj ect of man s ex isten ce on earth . He does n ot come here to buy or to sell ; to produce

r nter r ses in omm r in s in g ea t e p i c e ce, politic , those inven tion s which en ter in to an d cc o perate with the laws of n ature ; n ot primarily does he come to this world for any of these ; bu — d o o ers of his own ou t to evel p the p w s l. All these great and important activities are m ans an end an d a end is s r ua e to , th t pi it l

n n on an development. The importa t inve ti s d enterprises that subdue a wild contin ent ; that tun n el its moun tains ; that build towns and cities in its forests ; that perform marvellous r s ts in n n r n in r n of e ul civil e gi ee i g, the b idgi g rivers an dchasms ; the carrying of railways up a moun tain side ; the improvement of harbors and of the mouths of rivers ; the great invention s of the electrical world that carry a cable un der the ocean ; that convey the soun d of the human voice a thousa n d m s a r of on ea ma ile th t with a batte y c c led a n ets hold a battleship imprison ed by this subtle an d invisible force as completely as if 6

The En circling Spirit World. 83

ac n is a a s and n re the mora tio , which lw y e ti ly l

h m r ol s in world . It is t e o alun iverse that h d

o un rs s lution an d con trols the material ive e.

Man en is a ar of D n f rc and , th , p t the ivi e o e, it is his province to cc -opera te with God in

m n of s r a a the develop e t pi itu l l ws.

All ro r ss scien tific and mora fin ds its p g e , l, un ity in the recognition that two orders of life are in drec re a n and rodu in orr i t l tio , p c g c e

' s on din efiects on e in the e n one in p g , S e , the Un seen an dthat these two realms are

n r ene ra e en in a os wa in i te p t t d, ev th t cl e y which the psychic andthe physical bodies are un ited and in terpen etrated while a man re ma ns in s ca or is mor an i the phy i l w ld . It e th two great realms in correspondence to each other like the two hemispheres on earth ; it is t o rea ms inter eri r d h r a in ven w l p et ate . T e g e t tion s are simp!y the recogn ition by certain m n s E s n T s a ando ers of as i d , like di o , e l , th , ide

m n revealed to the fro m the U seen realm. The larger an d the more intelligen t is the recognition of this compan ionship about us of

s a on on n o n se n tho e who h ve g e i t the U e , the 84 The WorldBeautiful. more exalted does the quality of person al life become .

An d so on e o s n ot r ar ru o f , d e eg d the t th the in tercommunion between the two worlds in the light of mere phen omena for occasion a l

onso a n or sa sfa on but ra r as a c l tio ti cti , the great practical working force of life. Faith in this great truth is the initial condition o f s r ua r and s r ua re e v t pi it l eceptivity, pi it l c pti i y

he on t on of r a s men is t only c di i g e t accompli h t . Waiving a con siderable area of con sciou s an d un ons us ece t on anda so a con sid c cio d p i , l crable territory of mental phenomena due to o er aus s re s i lr ma n s an in creasin th c e , the t l e i g mass of communication apparently existing be

n an h tween the See dt e Un seen . A clergyman of distin ction whose n ame

u some ha w r n ze ere wo ld be w t idely ecog i d, w

r n has r for som few ears it he e give , eceived e y a n umber of commun ications under these cir cumstan ces . The minister referred to is the pastor of a church in an Eastern city : the psychic is a person living in a village in the middle West who is (as is alleged) clair In tha t Hi h om n ~ 85 g C pa y.

a u en an d who als o r s some for di t, w ite by ce

n outside herself. This psychic is k own to be in capable of producing the quality of writing that is given ; an dthere have been sen t to

m n s er un x e to him messa s the i i t , e pect dly , ge bearin g upon his movemen ts and work in matters totally un kn own to any on e but him se f un ess as is ale e unse n l , l l g d the e frien d compan ion ed him and saw his move men s an d r a h u t e d is tho ght .

Some da or other I shallsurel come I n th at High y y (3°u ! Where true hearts wait for me ; Then let me learn the la n gua ge of that home While here on ea rth be I , L est my poor lips for wa n t of words he dumb

In that High Compa n y .

Lo w sn CHANDLER MOULTON .

S ome of the imperson al portions of these

' messages ofierin g a ration al ex plan ation of the immediate life after death seem to invite

on ra on an d from em the fo o w n c side ti , th ll i g ex tracts are made

The ethereal realm is a con dition rather than a localit the s irit takin on differen t con dition s y, p g 86 The World Bea utiful.

as it advan ces . A great spiritual advan ce en ables on e to ass thro u h several realms at on ce n o t p g ,

rr i h Th n ta y ng on t e way. e tra sportation of spirit is atten dedb ex uisite music y q . The kin gs an dprophets of other times received their kn wled e from on hi h h l t o g g . T ey ta kedwi h

God an d heard His v oice but n ot m re clea rl , o y than ou ma do if ou live a ri ht God did y y y g . n ot call them an y more ea rn estly than He calls

ou The differen ce etween them an d the eo y . b p ple of today is in that when they received these dee im ressio s the list n d The heededthe p p n y e e . y messa e an d res on ded or in other words a ve g p , , , g

Go h n u e h m The full realize d a c a ce to s t e . y y d that in order to have the Divin e aid they must

d His v oice hee .

God did n ot speak to His people in warn

w The de ree of ing then an y more than n o . g

rece tivit makes all the differen ce. n deed if p y I , all the won derful demon stration s of God an d

His power amon g men to-day were recorded as they were in an cien t times the presen t man i

a or l foetation s would impress men f r m e deep y.

ower reat ower elo n s to the man who P , g p , b g will heed the Divin e call; who will listen to n tha t Hi h om an 8 I g C p y. 7

o t a s e k o him Reme er the the v ices h t p a t . mb do wn fall of those in olden times who turn ed

w om hese v oices a ay fr t . “ Godhas giv en you a body within which your

h m Kee it soul liv es for its temporal o e. p pure ” that you may receive true impression s .

In reply to a question as to how the frien d in the Un seen speaks to on e in the

Seen the fo o n was r n , ll wi g w itte

I tran s ort m self to our side an d sa p y y y, s eakin ust as o u would to an frien d p g j y y ,

‘ ome l ha ve somethin to sa to ou ome C I g y y . C

’ with me I in sist un til ou fa irl hear m . y y y voice The flesh is stu orn a n d it is often . bb , almost impossible to make myself heard. An other im ression is when dan er threaten s I p g . see it an d o to ou la m han ds on ou g y . I y y y an d will n ot un clas them an d the li htn in p , g g

flashes in to our r in hat u are warn e y b a t yo d. You see we ha ve complete con trol of these thin gs when ever it is best that calamities should

be averted There is ur ose in allthin s . . p p g

“ But ou ask in referen ce to calamities wh y , , y does an All- Seein g Go dallow them? The an swer 88 The World Bea ut ul if .

is A lesson must be tau ht or He would n ot be , g ,

a us Go in ce man is a free moral a n t j t d. S ge an dis allowed his freedom to carry on the busi

n ess of the world calamities must ha en ex ce t , pp , p

when r n c a v r hem for a ur ose All P ovide e e ts t p p .

i l th iri ual ein s hen space s peop ed wi sp t b g . W you leave the body you en ter this space (as

ou call it but which is more solid than a y ) ,

million earths an d all the la n ets of the un i , p

com Earth v erse are but a pebble in parison .

has a reat work et to erform. Ever lan g y p y p ,

m this side All ev er movemen t is directed fro . y ,

i veries all the n ew in v en tion s are ro the dsco , , p

s ere Our surroun din s are jected from person h . g

a ted to our uses . We have homes real a dp , houses an d arden s a n d streets but there are , g , mysteries here beyon d your power to compre

i from realm to realm all hen d. As on e r ses , ” thin gs become gra n der a n d more beautiful.

In all ese ommun a on s Poet an d th c ic ti the

Pr° h°t ° P identity between the dealin gs of God in the remote past an d in the present is ia s s u on As in f ow n ara ra i ted p . the oll i g p g ph o P et a nd Prophet. 89

The prophets of oldlisten edto the voice of God an d h on ored it with erfect o edien ce hen p b . W

ev er the turn ed aside disaster followed. Now y ,

Godis the same to -da that He was then an dthe y , vo ices that spoke to the prophets speak to you n ow He has said If ou hear m oi e an dl ve . , y y v c o

me w me ou illo e . , y b y

The reply to a question regarding the im mediate experien ce attendan t on death eli

e fo o n c is ven era cit d the ll wi g, whi h gi lit lly without the con den sation applied to the pre cedin g ex tracts

N o w I wish to impress upon your min dsome

thin ou sh uld all kn ow h t g y o . W en he soul de

arts from the od in other words when the p b y, ,

o d dro s awa from the soul this soulor b y p y ,

s irit does n o imm ia t leave To be sure t ed . p e ,

i is f oes n t im t ree, but unlike the locust it d o me

dia l ike the seed lan ted in te y take its hight. L p

the earth th n w life ermin ates Now d o e e . o n t , g un derstan dme that there is an y attachmen t hold

in a soul to the od but there is a lin erin in g b y, g g

the vicin it f this d e l n o y o bo y. Th sou feels re

ret ex ce t it for ho wh o rn In case g p p y t se o m u .

Poet a nd Prophet. 91

in with him for his soul. He eliber tel r g , d a y tu n s

awa turn s rom thi in n y, f s flue ce you all call the H ol host. When it ce ses to strive with him y G a , he ecomes harden ed and n othin touches him b g .

This infl uen ce withdraws its lf kn owin h e , g t ere is n o salv a tion for this soul; so when it enters here there is n othin g left but the mere semblan ce or d in em ers of what was on ce h m y g b a u an soul. ” Hen ce tota an n ih l io , l i at n .

To a question regardin g the occupation s in the ethereal world the reply was as follows

There is j ust as much busin ess carriedon here

as on earth Ea h on e is us sa in ouls . c b y v g s .

What is the ultimate en dan daim of their ex ist

‘ en ces l Are they simply to be saved? Why shouldwe come here an d have on e thin g to do ?

Go h o hel man i d as busin ess f r us all. We p pu late the busin ess on earth through differen t av e

n ues b a corres on din usin ess here man i a y p g b , p lated in a very different way and much further

advan cod.

0 v ma rial n o clan in machin er N hea y te , g g y,

is heard but we all have occu ation s. We have , p

ou ma to man u our tools to work with, r terials 92 The WorldBea utiful.

u an d ut in use We ha ve our io fact re p . stat n houses where we go for in formation a n d in

T rk s eak of is o the hi her struction . his wo I p n g

lan e of heaven l ex isten ce after we ave work d p y , h e ’ out our souls salvation .

Labor is performedwithout fatigue or weari

ess If on e should take a microsco e an d hold n . p it over a glass of water he would see million s o f

i thin s Hea ven ca n n ot be illustra te i liv n g g . d n

ha wa but on e ma realiz e th t th r t t y, y a e e are

f s ov in h i i e mean s o di c er g t e n v sibl . On e kn ows th hea ven is allaroun d but creat a w are at , , ed s e , we can n ot see ehin d the veil un less it Ts lifted b , .

There is etween the min d of man and man b , dartin g backwardan dforward with the speed of li htn in an attractive force an electric curren t g g, , ,

hich if un ite at bot en ds create ir l w , d h , s a c c e.

Ou the higher plan e we live in a n atmosphere

f hol communion W vi it an d lan o . e s o y p , g forth when an d where we will ecause after w , b e have reached this lan e we are su osed an di p pp , n realit ossess a urified ex isten ce an d thi in y p , p , s ” fre dom sures e . The Wed e o uccess 93 g f S .

Rega rdin g the immediate experiences at death the following was written :

“ The first a waken in g of the spirit is to realise

the ex isten ce of God. Then the u liftin e in s p g b g . The a n gels an d archangels are n ot merely beings who ha ve een createdfor this ur ose but the b p p , y have been on ce u on earth an d this heaven to p , which you come belongs to earth an dis the on ly

o d ri o the w rl t n e I can esc be to y u. O r o ds here

are other heavens there are but on e s irit of , , p

d on e a h r — hr f r them all. On e Go t e ha C ist 9 , F d you a tb usan d years to live you couldn ot hear

a art of these marvello s hin hun dredth p u t gs.

If s u a a a from The Wedge pec l tive d t the “W world j ust beyon d this held n o ethical relation to the present life it would n ot be the part of common -sense to dwell

u n po it. The only true preparation for the

fu ur is to se in resen t e live wi ly the p t . Spirituality of life is n ot achieved by rhetori

cal ras n but se f-sacrificin ser ph i g, by l g vice,

a n r s a n r us ou o n by ctive e e gie , by ge e o , tg i g

o d - l ve an good will . These are the elemen ts

of our w r in a mos r M n o k g t phe e. editatio must 94 The World Bea utiful. tran slate itself in to action andserve as the ao

u ca of res n ro ms O e of l ti p e t p ble . n the pro b lems of latter-day life is tha t expressed in the fa miliar question : How can the educate d woman earn her living ? It is the problem at least a problem ofthe day. Ho w can the un educated woman earn her living ? the reader ma r h a on vi on a the cc y eply, wit c cti th t n un drum propoun ded in this in terrogatio n quite ex ceeds the other. But a little reflec

on ma su s a u An hou f ti y gge t do bt. y t ght ul survey of the in dustrial pan orama will in clin e the observer to believe that the purely mate r a and mme a e a ns at r s n m i l i di t g i , the p e e t ti e, are far more on the side of the women whose tastes andtradition s do n ot debar them from the more r m e forms of ser c an e p i itiv vi e, th th y are for the scholarly woman who has n ot an overmastering enthusiasm for some special

r . W a ft ro em of fe i wo k ith th t gi , the p bl li s

g solved . The path to success may lie throu h

e ous andun erta n a s rou re d vi c i w y , th gh evil

or and oo re or rou en a s ndde p t g d p t , th gh d i l a fea s but to an a s t , b orbing en thusias m it is as The Wed e o uccess 95 g f S . assured in finalresult as the course of the sun d d a ns. A fix e efinite ur s o in the he ve , p po e n t only leads to success ; it is success .

H r to r urn for a mom n oweve , et e t to the outlook for the college girl who has n ot the special ben t leading to a profession : Does her outlook differ widely fro m tha t of the man

has n o rof ss n ? The r is refined who p e io gi l , more or less cultivated (beyon d the mere fa of e n u a e - re a rac v ct b i g ed c ted), w ll b d , tt ti e, a girl who would make a charming Nile as

u r of a a om Bu re i the da ghte h ppy h e. t the s

o m r a s r has n o n her n ho e. Pe h p the gi l t o ly

r on r but a of a own futu e to c side , th t delicate

r a ca h do anddepen dent mothe . Wh t n s e to earn money ? Full of that con fidence which is born of

n ran — and is s i l a m s im ig o ce, which t l o t

fa r in ro m of v n portant cto the p ble li i g, the girl andher mother seek a large city. They secure a furnished room or two and take

ir m als out ere or re as e the e h the , th y

ns her s r m can . The girl begi ea ch for e

o n he is n a r ss an d a rae pl yme t. S e tly d e ed tt The World B ea ut ul 96 if .

d o u u e e a fa r erar an s a r . tiv , with i lit y ci l c lt But what can she do ? She has n ot ex actly

r m n s for a u -sc oo tea er the requi e e t p blic h l ch , although she is probably more liberally edu osted than many who succeed admirably as

he u s oo . Moreo er teachers in t p blic ch ls v , there is n o probability of her securing a place in them if she tried . She speaks an d rea s two or r an ua es ma be an d d th ee l g g , it y , very likely she is sulfi ciently musical to play an dsin g in a man n er to give pleasure to her

and fr n s But all s 1 o n family ie d . thi s n thi g from the poin t of view of the professio na l market . To teach the languages requires some gift beyon d that of even a good college a ua n an e em a nd c es are cq i t c with th , the iti fu of ea ers of an ua s es es the ll t ch l g ge , b id sc oo s a ma hem th s e al ur h l th t ke t e p ci ty. O heroin e is n ot a writer in the sen se of the special gift ; she has doubtless con tributed sketch an dverse to her college paper which she ex s w some r e but in the hibit ith p id , literary or j ourn alistic market such efforts are

totally valueless. The application of the law of exclusion s t s som o n H r i n n et le e p i ts. e e s a e gaging youn g college woman who can not teach in the public schools or give special tuition in musi or an ua s or ca h c l g ge . N n s e be a journalist or an author ; she cann ot sew ; she sees n o fitting opportun ities as a saleswoman she has n ot the special exact training

u r for a as er or a - r thou q i ed c hi book keepe , gh more than likely she has far greater range of general culture than many ex perts in these lin es ; she cann ot compete with the ex peri en ced typewriter ; factory anddomestic ser vice are n ot for her ; andthe question as to

a she can do s a s so u on wh t till l ck l ti . There are three other kinds of work that might especially commen d themselves to the college n on -profession al wo man : that of the

on s r e f teleph ic e vic , o assistan ts in public

rar s and of r f-r a ers in o b lib ie , p oo e d bo k pu

ous s Bu ur lishing h e . t c iously the pay here

v is ro or ona is ery d p p ti te to the requirements. A woman proof-reader os a ‘ ' ’i good degree of schol plfl bghh

15th SI RIU BRM

Fortune Seeketh Thee. 99

There lies the deepest wisdom in these lin es of Emerson

Eat thou the readwhich men refuse b , Flee from the oods whi h fr g c om thee flee, Seek n othin l Fortun e g c seek th thee.

For the law of affin ity between man and

his a n as for r s ru an d ppoi ted t k eve hold t e, the things that are for thee gravitate to ” thee. Nor does it make the slightest difference in the world so far as ultimate success goes as

to where one begins. Success is in the indi

ual n ot in r ums an . n s s s vid , the ci c t ce It co i t

in ns or ns n as s m solely the i ight, the i ti ct it o e

imes is of n n how ut in n er t , k owi g to p the e t

in e . If r a r a an can g w dge the gi l, e ge to dv ce, simply secure any on e roun d of the ladder on

s an a m r foo o she has which to t d, e e th ld, then ev ery conceivable opportunity. The rest f is nn r ur s lies with hersel . It the i e p po e,

o r n n n e a n ro s des n ot the ute co ve ie c , th t co t l

on fin ds a s a a mus tin y. No e pl ce ; pl ce t

be made. 00 The World Bea ut ul 1 if . a large city who had lon g been tryin g to secure a place as typewriter foun d on e in

’ o office of n or n n the may r s a eighb i g tow .

Th sa ar was but ten ars a ee and e l y doll w k, board cost her six dollars. The surplus was n ot ar e is ru s four ars a k l g , it t e ; till doll wee on the plus side is better than so much on

m nus s as mus on e run c the i ide, it t be to n n in As e from s o er i g debt. id thi , h wev , here comes in the gospel of the en terin g

T er are a s and is wedge . h e both vi ible visible side to every un dertaking. The lat ter is the more determin ing. The girl who

o n her r an or fa fu is d i g wo k y w k ith lly, who is paying her expen ses and something mor : who in a a e of m n h e , th t pe c i d whic fin an cial solvency gives her (for solven cy or

an ru ma us as sa sfa r or b k ptcy y be j t ti cto y,

us as r ur n on a sma s a as on a j t to t i g, ll c le

ar one r who has s m con l ge ) , the gi l i ply quered stan ding-groun d on the visible and material side may n ow proceed to build up her success on n s h is th the i vi ible, w ich e more real side. Fortune Seeketh Thee. 1 01

To gain the res pect and the con fidence of the employer is often a most potent and

permanent factor in success. In the instan ce

t ou a n one of r a a ci ed it w ld h ve bee g e t v lue. There was n o opportun ity for prefermen t in

a s ecific a e but ma r was a th t p pl c , the yo man of a wide range of acquaintan ce and inha

n e one os r ommen a on ou a rr e c , wh e ec d ti w ld c y weight in favor of securing elsewhere a place

m u ra and sa sfa or An d re . o l c tive ti ct y , too, a ’ margin of leisure with on e s self on a basis

a is at as a n x ns s is a n e th t le t p yi g e pe e , e ded

r n er n on a r ass of p elude to e t i g wide cl work. In this case the girl did not see the oppor

tun it she o n saw four o ars a y ; ly d ll week,

and was n ot or earn n decided it w th the i g.

So she left s f o o ns a of n r n thi o th ld, i te d e te i g

her of fa of n r of n on wedge ith, e e gy, co victi , and r urne r a a n to en et d to the city, the e g i gage in the struggle. A young woman in j ourn alistic work on ce remarked that she did n ot try to do very

oo r as the a r a m her g d wo k, p pe th t e ployed “ ’ didn t a mu . Ah but on an far p y ch , e c

Fortune Seeketh Thee. 1 03

ou n an r in an n ou if sh ld begi ywhe e ythi g w ld, she had the right combination of en ergy an d fa ev o an in of a cl n a ith, d el p y k d ew i to

a n su le di g to ccess.

u s n a for a im a rlma s S ppo e, eve , th t t e gi ke n o mon ey at all besides that required for

u e n s s Aft r all she is n act al xpe e . e livi g, and life itself is an achievement . If she is n in a and o wa she is livi g high h ly y, gathering forces to con trol the outward situa

’ on h i in o s or she is r a ti . S e s G d w ld ; e dy to en ter on the work that He gives her to do he is n n er n e a r . S gai i g exp ie c , th t p ice

ess u r m n h is arn n rac l acq i e e t. S e le i g the p

i a a u the in finite n of ra r. t c l v l e, pote cy, p ye

r ua ra on be in som me an d Pe pet l aspi ti will , e ti

wa transfi ured n o n s ra on . Let one y, g i t i pi ti not un dervalue the entering wedge of success . It is this power of though t that the college

r n ar 011 on n s woman should b i g to be c ditio , a power impossible to the less trained and

u a e man She mus rea z a c ltiv t d wo . t li e th t thought is the greatest of the creative forces that her in tellectual disciplin e is a poten t 1 04 The World Beautiful. factor to shape an dtransform con ditions ; and that to begin anywhere she ca n obtain a foot

o an d on n ra e her n er and fa h h ld, c ce t t e gy it u on ro is wa e o the p the p ject, the y to d vel p most limited conditions in to a broad and n oble outlook. Mere circumstan ces a re of

onse uen c for e are to little c q e, th y plastic the n o ou andof ur os And pote cy f th ght p p e . here as elsewhere is the potent comfort of the truth that the en circling spirit-world is about on e as an atmosphere ; that guidan ce a nd counse are en God rou h the l giv by , th g n atural mean s of those dear to us who have gone on into the Unseen world. Are they n ot all ministering spirits ?

5 5 5 5

T r are few r rs on e n o Date in he e w ite p y tho Bm s chic subj ects who do n ot depre cate person al allusion an dcitations from their own x r en s fr m r n a ur of e pe i ce , yet, o the ve y t e the ase ob ective ven s an d c urren es are c , j e t o c c the data from which truth must be deduced

an d as a r an Lo n on au or sa in , b illi t d th id contributing to the Nineteenth Cen tury D n The a te i the Ring. 1 05 a pa per on psychic phenomen a : Scien ce kno ws n othing of secrecy ; andits votaries in ho wever humble a groove are bound in ho n or to share their in formation with allwho are n eres To un ers an r n i t ted. d t d the elatio of matter a n d spirit is to attain to life an d the truth is revealed to us in the thrilling

or s of w d J csus This is life eternal , to know the on ly true God. To kn ow God; to kn ow Him in the sen se of a growing capacity to a r n His D n a s is n ot h s pp ehe d ivi e l w , t i ,

n de su r m ob of s n ? If i ed , the p e e ject exi te ce the Divin e laws in clude the speech that

r d asm of ea how in fin itel b i ges the ch d th, y momen tous it is ; andhow in fin itely comfort ing a n d illuminating if we may come to the realization of so sublime a truth ! In the little book of min e entitled After ” H r D a h : S or of a Summer a e e t the t y , series of psychical experien ces following the

a of m e o e fr en a F are de th y b l v d i d, K te ield,

n arra . S n e its u ca on o e r ted i c p bli ti , h w ve , these experiences have multiplied an d have increased in significance ; and among them

The Da te in the Rin g. 1 07 hadprominen tly figured; in con n ection with

h e ne sh Be e ad e . I h t e ll tel pho , d d advaguely kn own tha t she haddon e much to introduce the n in Lon n s n n ro telepho e do , i gi g th ugh it to the u n an d o n mor or ss r n Q ee , d i g e le w iti g ; but allthis hadoccurred some years previous to our first meeting and was only fragmen

r i m m n Nor n ta y n y i d . did I k ow the approx imato date at which the invention was fairly

a for u La r I oo at pl ced be e the p blic. te , l ked a little book she hadwritten o n the Bell tele

hone an dds r a was u s in p , i cove ed th t it p bli hed

L n on in 1 8 8 so s es a s e ro a o d 7 , thi t bli h d p b bili t ies but a thorough search among allherpapers a ndmanuscripts did n ot disclose to me any s a n 1 4 peci l record of that date (J an ary , n or n n of a n r M first , i deed, eve th t wi te . y meeting with her hadbeen n early three years la r so a had n o rson a n o e te , th t I pe l k wl dge

on to r . The summ r ass and which d aw e p ed, , altho ugh I was supposed to have in my pos session allher papers (preparatory to writing her o ra ou fin d n o r or of bi g phy) , I c ld ec d the

r 1 8 8 . Ear in r r a yea 7 ly Octobe , howeve , 1 0 The World Beaut ul 8 if .

series of unforeseen even ts revealed that there

’ was still an other trunk of Miss Field s papers which on e of her executors had placed in

saf n and c was mm a s n t ekeepi g, whi h i edi tely e

m All s rcums an n to e. the e ci t ces are co n ected with so many persons that they are

as verifiable an d ou be ma e n a e ily c ld d evide ti l ,

en for a our of l w In d h ev be e c t a . ue time t e

o r run of a rs r a e me andin the t k p pe e ch d , it I ’ foun d Miss Field s journal for the year in

ues on 1 8 8 an db nn n en r q ti , 7 , egi i g with the t y

for J ann ar an d on n u n anuar 1 9 y 7, c ti i g to J y ,

n us e fo n is a r a m o of i cl iv , the llowi g ve b ti c py the record with the ex ception of certain omis

s ons of n am s n r a as n i e . U de the d tes give Miss Field wrote

a n . h o da d J 7 t Mn . have alrea writte , y I y n twen ty-on e articles on the Telephon e an din spired

he i a n o w in ite t ot rs. My de is to v the Press o a Matinée Téléphon ique an dget on e gen eral chorus of gratuitous advertising before the open in g of

arliamen t when ever thin will o to the wall P , y g g .

8th Tuesda a ouchere told ash the solic , y. L b N , itor that the Tele hon e was s len didl man a ed , p p y g , 0 The Da te in the Ring. 1 9 t hat he watchedthe way the subject was kept be fore the public without in an y way havin g the

us i ion o e i i e lit le thin ks that s p c f adv rt s n g. H t Puss of his Truth has hadthe man agemen t

of it all. In m o in ion women of discern men t y p , ma n age the diplomacy of busin ess in fin itely better

me tha n n .

h W — n h n vi d ell 9i ednesda . The uee as i te , y Q B to ex hibit the Telephon e at Osborn e House on the ’ n en l ll ela the ress meetin 1 4th . Co sequ t y I d y p g un til two da s after which willbe the da efore y , y b

w in allthe in vitation P a rliamen t meets. Am rit g s

m self which is n o oke. Shall be articular to y , j p

clu e all he leadin rovin cial a ers The in d t g p p p . y

o ion m ake pin .

d erman 1 0th Thursda . Dr. arston an H n , y M V ezin met at my rooms to discuss with me the S pan ish play the former has written on my adap

zin n or like the secon d act ta tion . Neither V e I , a n r much discussion arston has romised d, afte , M p

r be to make the chan ges we thin k n ecessa y. I liev in t la When shall be a le to ro e he p y. I b p

’ duce it i Ah when l All comes to those who ,

can wait.

1 1 th Frida . The Tele hon e n eeds man a , y p g

The Date in the Ring. 1 1 1

ta s where Sir Thomas iddul h in vited g , B p me to h come in the even ing. Arrivedt ere allfin e in my

n ew own at 8 P. u . Met ad i d g } L y B d ulph, Sir

Thomas eneral onson Mrs . o so , G P by, P n n by and others. V er olite an dv er cu y p , y rious about Tele

san K thleen phon e. I g a Ma vourn een to the

e n who was deli h Qu e , g ted a n d than ked me tele ” ’ ’ hon icall . San Cuckoo Son Comin thro p y g g,

’ the R e an d recited osalin i o e A l y , R ds ep l gu . l

Then delighted. I went to Osborne House an d met the uke of n au ht Ex rimen ts a re t p Co n g . pe g a success.

’ th Tu Didn t et t d n il A. 1 5 , esda y. g o be u t 3 M.

T oa an d ea he on don at Up at 5 . ook b t at 7 r c d L Drove to Associa ted Press an d sen t off

Am ri Wen t h me an d re ared telegrams to e ca. o p p ” or New York Herald Newcastle telegra ms f , ” ” l iver ool ost an chester uar Chron ic e, L p P , M G ” ” in ner wrote n otices for Times dian . After d ,

“ ” Tele ra and ail ews. Then with g p , D y N

drov in a o m to the several offi ces Mr. e h n s

ivered co an ddel py.

dnesda To-da town allalive with h We . l6t , y y,

ished me Our Ma ti the Telephon e n ews furn by .

c e uite two hun aée Téléphon ique a great su c ss . Q 1 1 2 The World Beautiful.

dred erso ns were resen t in cludin the Ameri p p , g can Min ister Sir J ulius en edict Herman n V ezin , B , ,

Gen evieve Ward Colon elForn e Du Maurier an d , y, ,

illiam la ck All deli h wi h Tele hon e . W B . g ted t p

a ood an dn o d wa n ted to leave The lun ch w s o . g , b y I was on my feet from 1 1 un til an dwhen I

h e wa deathl ill got om I s y .

ursda . Tir fearfull Took an 1 7 th Th ed . , y y

h eviv me olon el came electric bat to r e . C in durin g the even in g an d saidboth he an d Bell

te w h i were deligh d it my ma t n ée. B ell says my Times a rticle on Telephon e is the best that ever

w itten Now wan t to ive some e was r . I g t lephon e con certs an d olon el has romised to ca le , C p b ’ wer s el h n e for Go t ep o harp.

1 8th Frida . All the we kl a e l , y e y p p rs fu l of

’ the Os orn e House ex erimen ts a n d m con sid b p , I ’ ered a great creature because I ve sun g to the

i W r ueen . ss a d Colon el an d wen t to Q M , I ’ ra A oorer o a hear L Omb . p pera n da worse per forman ce n ever listen ed o On l n r I t . y the te o

la deserved app use.

1 9th Saturda . Took electric ath an dwrote a , y b ” column on Tele h n e or p o f the New York Herald.

Sir harles ilke came in lookin ver well. He C D , g y The Da te in the Ring. 1 1 3

does n ot elieve there will be war but thin ks e b , th peace bein g patched up can n ot last more than a

r mi r year or two. He p o sed to in te est House of

Common s in Telephon e.

T s r or n om e s a n arra on o hi ec d, the , c pl te ti f the followin g facts : that on J une 5 ( 1 897)

the an of s a s ran r Mss h d the p ychic, t ge to i

F d ro a the a e en rav in her iel , w te th t d t g ed r n c had ome to me e e ra e a i g whi h c , c l b t d

ma tin ée télé hon i a e Fr n rase e n p q the e ch ph , ve

a en s e n orre wr n al to the cc t , b i g c ctly itte , tho ugh the medium is totally ig norant of the

h r Fren ch lan guage . Had t e eply been from r a n the hou in m m n m own con e di g t ght y i d, y jecture regarding the ring would have been

r en A a n the ourn a re or s o s a w itt . g i , j l c d h w th t while Miss Field hadintended the press ma t

' in ee a ace on an uar 1 4th s an to t ke pl J y , thi pl was changed on accoun t of the comman d from the Queen to ex hibit the telephon e at Osborne on ha a an d a h r l cc t t d te , th t t e ma tinée eal y

urre on 1 6th two a Now c d the , d ys later. , fo ow n the ana o of fe in s or ll i g l gy li thi w ld, m n ot the u s ion i n ight q e t , f sudde ly asked 8

The Da te in the Rin g. 1 1 5

bilit an d h r s ms n n the y ( t e e ee to be o e), infor mation to the sudden question was obtained in an er wa ou a n y oth y, it w ld h ve bee likely

to follow literally those facts . The question was also asked as to where she obtain ed

r n and r the i g ; the eply, written through the

han of me ium wa a h d the d , s th t she erself

u andhad n r e T bo ght it it e g av d. his is nega

tivel rro ra rofess r Gra am B y co bo ted by P o h ell, to whom I wrote asking if he gave her the

r n or if had an n of it an i g, he y k owledge , d who replied tha t he had n ot ; so the law of

’ exclusion supports Miss Field s statemen t that she herself purchased it and had the

da n ra te e g ved. The n umber of commun ications purporting to from Mss Fi made m rou be i eld, to e th gh

a n of s s u of emse es the h d thi p ychic, wo ld, th lv ,

fill o u To a ons ra n e a v l me . c ide ble exte t th y con tained statemen ts of a nature that could

verified an d is s m ru sa be , it the i ple t th to y that there was n ot a statemen t of this char

a r ma but a was verifi d on ria cte de th t e t l . These statements not only included objective orl Bea ut ul 1 1 6 The W d if . facts so in woven with the affairs of this life

rifi tion was ss but also in that ve ca po ible,

v ua c arac r s s and oft n cluded indi id l h te i tic , e bore referen ce to so me intimate matter of per

nfiden ce a had n ma ur n son al co th t bee de, d i g

n her nd m f er f a s . Not n u h li e, betwee y el frequently would I see a question bein g

r out in c a n me n am w itten whi h, c lli g by e,

ask if remem re sa in to her she would I be d y g ,

- - t a v n me u h ues ons so audso, a gi e ti ? S c q ti as these often referred to the most intimate an d sympathetic interchan ges of thought which hadpassed between us during her life

A a n s n on ar . s n r e th g i , the e itive ess of spi it to thoug ht would be demonstrated by refer en ce to some matter of which I had been

n n and m s ecified as thi ki g, the ti e vividly p , , for instan ce : Las t night when you stood by the window lookin g out andthin king of

ma r n s a was ou (the tte bei g t ted), I by y .

saw ou a e es m ur an d en I y pl c lili by y pict e, th go to the bookcase for a volume that you took wn do . Ou one day I hadgon e with a friend to The Da te in the Rin 1 g. 1 7

Bi t Au urn t flowers a e a ov the . b wi h to pl c b e u rn co n taining her ashes. The n ext day at the sta nce the s she as a ln with p ychic, ked, c l i g me n am Who was a h by e, the l dy wit

ou s r a ? r n the nam y ye te d y I eplied, givi g e,

a n d as e amaz m n if she saw us ? k d, with e e t,

to she r urne : Y es our erra n which et d , y d

ra ted me a tt c . It is impossible to n arrate in stances which a re inwoven with the most in timate personal

e x r en e in a man n r n e e to the pe i c , e i t lligibl

ea er can o n affirmed a r d . It ly be th t the results of close ex perimen tal study corre

s on ded rfe h n u e r o n on s p pe ctly wit i t itiv ec g iti , a ndco rrobora ted them in a man n er to attest the reality of the in timate companion ship of s pirit which may be ex perien ced between

h n n those in t e Seen an din the U see .

THE RING OF AMETHYST.

Mortal if thou art elov ed , b , ’ Life s offen ces a re removed;

n th f l hin s tha t h ke th A d e fate u t g c ec d ee,

Hallow hearten a n d rotect thee . , , p ’ Grow st thou mellow What is age ’ Tin ct on life s illumin ed a e p g , Where the purple letters glow

Dee er aintedlon a o . p , p g g ’ What is sorrow Comfort s rime p , ’ h I dia n umm r clim Love s c oice n S e e . Sickn ess l thou wilt pray it worse

For so blessedbalmy n urse . An dfor death ! when thou art dyin g ’ T will be Love eside thee l in b y g. Death is lon esome Oh h v , ow bra e Shows the foot-frequen tedgrave l Heaven itself is but the ca sket

’ For Love s trea sur ere h k e, e a s it, Ere with burn in g heart he follow i i h ’ P erc n g t rough corruption s hollow. If thou a rt eloved oh then b , , ,

Fear n o grief of mortalmen .

MI CHAE FIE D L L .

FR E DSH A SA AM T I N IP CR EN .

MONG the papers of Kate Field

was foun o e in her ear d c pi d cl , beautiful han d these lines from Thoreau

Is your frien ds uch a on e that an y in crease of worth on your part will really make her more

our frien d? Is she retain ed is she attractedb y , y more n o len ess in ou b more of that irtu b y , y v e

' which is peculiarly yours ? Or is she in difl eren t an dblin dto that ? Is she to be flatteredan dwon by your meeting her on a n y other than the as ' cen din g path ? Then duty requires that ydu ” se arate fr m h r p o e .

The paragraph assumes an even deeper sign ifican ce from having been stamped with h r r on r n s in its e n oble app eciati . F ie d hip

r u s ns is D n ar of f an dthe t e e e the ivi e p t li e, commun ion with the angelic is best learn ed

mmun on of s r ts — for uman by the co i pi i , the h

2 Friendshihi a Sacra men t. 1 3

r scious choice. Our companion ships a e our

n e sms The fr en os a earan e mag ti . i d wh e pp c

er n rru s but alwa s n s res n ev i te pt , y i pi ; with whom o n e would always choose to share mus a n n oe r rama in os ic, p i ti g, p t y, the d ; wh e compan ionship the delights of travel are doubled ; the frien d whose presence is al

a harmon us an d in fin itel ear is w ys io y d , one with whom mutual relations are deter min ed by something higher than the con

us f mo men To a e all scio choice o the t . h v frien dly feelin g an dgood- will toward an other does n ot in the least presuppose this magn etic r n m an n T m s es a elatio of co p io ship. hat u t t b

s se f or can n er s a s e . li h it l , it ev be e t bli h d It can n ot be deman ded as a right or en treated

f or as a av . The species of selfish exaction which some times masquerades under the n ame of friend ship ign ores all these spiritual laws. It

a s s - a ran n est blishe it so called love s ty y. It calls sharply an dreproachfully to account the fac of an n ns ere e er an un a a t u a w d l tt , p id c ll, a failure to inaugurate in timate social role. 1 24 The WorldBea utiful.

u f n has n n at allof ov e tions . S ch eeli g othi g l for an o er is mer s f- o that fa n th ; it e el l ve, , ili g

c s urn to r d and to realize all it exa t , t s hat e

rn ess . True o is a en s r n e bitte l ve p ti t, e e e, h lp

ul r ua i of s n ss o f f . Its ve y q lity s that weet e

a l a n spirit . If it f i to receive person al tte

m n r is tion at the mo e t, it can ejoice that th

en on is n v n to on erns ha are att ti bei g gi e c c t t ,

r a s m or an in r ren an d os pe h p , i p t t thei t d p ’ sibilities If n e s fr n is oc u w h . o ie d c pied it something more importan t than person al at

n on s to ms f sha he n ot a an d te ti hi el , ll be gl d

' rejoice ? Shall he n ot realize that the bes t of a ny in dividual life is the contribution tha t it makes to the gen eral uplifting of alllife ? Nor can any on e ever fail to receive all the

o e an d n r s a ns res con l v i te e t th t he i pi , while, versel no n rea or eman can n fo r y, e t ty d d gai him that which he does n ot in spire . The on e n ot all the powers of earth or air could withhold ; the other n ot all the powers of

ar or air ou e th c ld bestow. The sympathetic magn etism that sprin gs Spon tan eously between two persons can n ot Frien dshi a S a cramen t 25 p . 1

m r un be ade o made by con scious choice . It is the mutual recognition o f the higher selves of a Su a re a on en ures ou e ch . ch l ti d , th gh it

n ot su r e ou war n ma As be ppo t d by t d i ti cy. Emerson so vividly ex presses this truth

“ fan iedhe wa s fled I c , An d after ma n a ear , y y , Glowedun ex ha ustedkin dlin ess ” Like l sun ris h dai y e t ere .

Some subtle an d intimate communion of s r rres v of ou war meet n ee pi it, i pecti e t d i g, k ps

rue fr en sh a ve Does n ot fa t i d ip li . this ct ten d to con firm the theory that we live

ar e er an d no w the fe of the s r l g ly, h e , li pi it to a degree n ot always registered by the lower con sciousn ess ? An other practical ques tion of all right purpose recurs to on e in the

ula on as to wh er is or is n ot spec ti eth it , it , possible to live the daily life of peace an d good-will toward men ? Not merely to those who are n earest an d dearest to us ; n ot re stric in to our own fam l fr n s an d t g it i y, ie d , pleasan t acquain tan ces ; but also to live the life of peace an d goodwill toward those

Frien dship a Sacra men t. 1 27

the r ss of a eman s for er is the p e d ily d d , th e v er ea r of its a on er fibre of y th t e cti , the v y its rea A r ous r us ma fin d his lity. eligi ecl e y person al luxury in giving himself up to per son al devotion to religious ecstasies ; but the

eacher in a sc oo ese w ex ac n de t h l, b t ith ti g

man s aw er in his cihoe h r m d ; the l y , wit c i e ,

n us e ssues of fa s oo on with i j tic , with ti l eh d c fron ting him in the difficult problems of his

or su er n en en of r an ze a or w k ; the p i t d t o g i d l b , with un reason able deman ds or complain ts ringin g in the air about him ; the laborer h mse f suffer n from efe v on on s i l , i g d cti e c diti ,

from ran n us or ur the r va k i j tice, t t ed by p i

' tion s an d suflerings of those dearer to him

n m r tha hi self the saleswoman at the coun te ,

’ fa n a a n a on a s as ma un u ci g g i l g d y t k, de d ly hard by the thoughtlessn ess an d selfishn ess

of man of her us om rs how s a l e y c t e , h l th y live this life of the spirit ? What is the

f of s r ? is o ea an d o . li e the pi it It j y, p ce, l ve

Ca n man or oman in a r sad an d the w h d, ,

a n on t on s e the fe of o ea e ex cti g c di i liv li j y, p c , and ? love Here we face the problem. 1 28 The World Bea utiful.

Our standards of value are somewha t

u rem ur o e of th wrong. The on e s p e p p s e ’ soul s sojourn in this world is to develop its spiritual powers in this co mplex plan e o f

er r u s an d man ifestation . Whatev ci c mstan ce con dition s con duce to this en d are fortunate

r ums an s an d ond ions n o ma r ho w ci c t ce c it , tte difficult or how un comfortable they are . Whatever circumstances hinder this develo p

en are unfor un a e n s n o ma r ho w m t t t o e , tte allurin g to the senses . The qualities that fit the spiritual being to enter on the n ext stage of life are those o f

n er a n e ers s en ce of n e ec ua e gy, p tie c , p i t , i t ll t l

ras of mora ba an e or s r ua as ra g p, l l c , pi it l pi

o n T are the cu ur of s e n ess o f ti . hey lt e we t s r of s m a of un r n he fuln ss pi it, y p thy, ti i g lp e h andunselfish in terests . T e culture of these qualities is that which promotes the life o f the s r is erefore the if a ma pi it. It , th , l e th t y be lived here and n ow. There can be little question that the higher ’ se f on s r al s f e s r etual in the l , e e el , dw ll pe p ly unseen andin a more direct commun ion with F shi r riend p a Sa c amen t. 1 29

for s T the Divin e ce . o the degree in which we

n r alz s r s f es a n ca e i e thi highe el , t blish a iden

h it a e r can man fes i tity wit , to th t d g ee it i t ts powers on this physical plan e of life . That is

a is s m m s ale su m na f wh t o eti e c l d the bli i l sel ,

os ers n unlo no wh e pow , whe cked by the hyp tic

r n or s m su en n d r m o ur t a ce, by o e dd a sup e e cc r n c r a so mar ous an d un sus c e e e, eve l vell pe t d

s r of n r or of no r o er a to e e e gy k wledge o p w . To live constan tly the life of the spirit instead of the life of the senses is to live in receptivity

s her f an dits r mar a o rs to thi hig sel e k ble p we . It is so to live that one may avail himself to an in creasing ex ten t of this illumination an d

force. 8 0 to live is richness of life ; so to live is to

ua o ea an d o is fin d perpet l j y, p ce, l ve ; it to

m r radiate happin ess. On e may iss pleasu es — andpleasure ; but happin ess is the Divin e

r d ma e in if i mos an . at phe e, we y liv it we w ll Pleasure appeals to the senses alon e ; but

ha n ess a a s to s r d is ppi ppe l the pi it, an it

an d o - crea ted by love g od will .

r l and r a s far fr m makin Pe p exities t i l , o g 9

Frien dship a Sa cramen t. 1 3 1

' so e efe fulfilmen t of s law l ly to the d ctive thi ,

a law c we all n ec ua l a c whi h i tell t l y c ept, which we con sta n tly affirm with our lips an d as consta ntly deny With our lives. The largest part of the un happiness of life springs from

scor s the x a on s rr a ons of the di d , ve ti , the i it ti ill temper an dof selfishn ess . In the holding

ou of a is due ourse es in the th ght wh t to lv , s ea of for e fu n ess of ourse es es a t d the g t l lv , li large proportion of our un happin ess. Now the on e most precious an d priceless

ss on on ar is ea e of m n is posse i e th p c i d . It the men tal capital out of which all worthy i work springs. It is the first andthe one n dispensable condition of any achievemen t

or n ame An d en on e comes to w th the . wh

n of it his a of m n is se om in thi k , pe ce i d ld

a e o rs but ns a his own v d d by the , i te d by

m o s his own ra n s of reflection . L fe o d , t i i s ou ra an a un n ser n w h ld be di t, bo di g, e e, ith the positive seren ity of high purpose an d n o e e ara on n ot m r ass re bl xhil ti , the e e p ive pose or even inertia that is sometimes mis

a n for s r n r n is s a of t ke e e ity. Se e ity the t te 1 3 2 The WorldBea utiful.

oun n ur s of n r us n us asm ab di g p po e, ge e o e th i , of the continual outgoing ; n ot at all of ’ ass or of r din o r n s r a or p ivity, b oo g ve o e e l imagin ary trials . There are persons who are like a clock

a mus un andr u a r da th t t be wo d eg l ted eve y y. They are in the state requiring perpetual re

a r. L ft to mse es il p i e the lv , they develop ev s a es aft r fas on of a s a nan oo of t t , e the hi t g t p l wa er T roo r a are t . hey b d ove wh t they

as ca n if are n ot calle ple ed to ll eglect, they d

u r n oo aft r. The m n a p, w itte to, l ked e e t l attitude that they term their frien dships is a a s disinte ratin and e a in aus lw y g g d c y g, bec e preyed upon by the con ceive element of self

o If one o s n ot re l to n o r urn l ve . d e p y the te, et the call or o r s a ci en , the wi e p y some spe al att

on s of erson n n su s mm ti to thi type p , the e e i e da f n n i te ill eeli g. I stead of generating the

oo n rous ou o n an d u g d, the ge e , the tg i g, the p lft n r is n era e morose eal i i g, the e ge t d the , the j

ous x a . Let a m n a a e , the e cting eeti g t ke pl c between the disaffected person an dthe one to ward whom he is cherishing this morbid con di F hi riends p a Sacramen t.

on of f e n and r the c b s ti e li g, ve y likely o web are

ear a a andallis fa r But cl ed w y, i . it will n ot

ma n so he rson f ln re i . T pe whose ee i gs are in

a ron sta of in ur se oo em r ch ic te j y, who g d t pe

has to oun u and r ual re be w d p pe pet ly paired,

wi mm a dis r som new rievan ll i edi tely cove e g ce, an d will require to be pacified or placated

o er a a n or e s r a se n o hi r n v g i , l e el p i t s da k a d

e s a Su o a re a s m. vil t te . ch pe ple ocial proble

The n e h an d el ms of n o y e d elp, yet h p see a a For n o nf of em ramen can v il . i elicity t pe t

r om from ou but h be ove c e with t, must rat er

r om from h n . T a is n o on be ove c e wit i h t , e

can do for an o r but a mus do for it the , e ch t it

ms f T r is n no r a er r a hi el . he e , i deed, g e t t i l than any association with a person who is

n hr nié s a n h always i a c o t te of bei g slig ted . In sult an d slights are something that the

w r do n ot r o n ze n a n e ell b ed ec g i . O ly ge tl ” man uld nsu me sa a - n o n co i lt , id well k w ” En s wit an d a en tlema n ou n t. gli h , g w ld o

Now if a oor nsu s or s s one or at , b i lt light ,

em s is n ea s f-r s ec to n o ce t pt to, it be th el e p t ti

i er han if n t ; on the oth d , he does n ot inte d

Frien dship a Sacra men t. 1 3 5 so live as to hold his perpetual peace of min d an dsweetn ess of men tal attitude l If on e has don e you inj ustice has wronged you for

it for e it and ur ee un r a r urn give , g t , b y it d p de et of s d r u - oo weet an gene o s good will , an d g d

e s if be oss e Thus f d ed , they p ibl . will the li e of each be n ewly invigorated with the Christ

r Spi it. There is n o better remedy for the morbid men ta lstate that gen erates bittern ess an ddis

or an the o n air s len im erce c d, th pe ; the i t, p p

e but o n influen ces of n a ur The tibl p te t t e. a mos er is s r ua r s ora e The t ph e pi it lly e t tiv . win ds of heaven blow away the discordan t

n on s F a s c wor co diti . ill the d y with a tive k an d u a os ve oo c tho ght, with th t p iti g d whi h

ffe ua u es e a nd fe s a ro e ct lly excl d vil, li h ll g w clear an d sparklin g an d fair as the crystal brook leaping on its course .

’ a the s e s wo s ou Pl y weet k y , uld t th keep ” m in un e oun se s o the t , c l the p et.

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Askest How lon shalt thou sta , g y Deva stator of the day 1 3 6 The WorldBeautiful.

Devsstator of The interruptions that occur daily

“1 ° my' an dhourly in the lives of busy peo ple have n ever been embodied in the Litany as on e of those temptations from which we pray

e r n means the Lord to d live us , but it is by o sur a some of the r a s t a s us an d e th t t i l h t be et ,

are u s ecified ur h are which d ly p by the Ch c , n ot after all of ess mme a m or an e , , l i di te i p t c to n a than this same matter of the little an d in si nifican t n rru on s in a re g i te pti which, the gg

a e n sum andfr er a a im a g t , co e itt w y the t e th t should have been resplendent in results ; which are corrosive and destructive in their action ’ f upon one s storage of energy. Each in itsel is a trifle all in the a r a c m o os ; , gg eg te, be o e c l sal an d assum the a u of a rus n , e ttit de c hi g,

s ru e sas rous for . And ause of de t ctiv , di t ce bec this the matter of in terruptions is one that assumes the place of a very real problem in the lives of all of us . Shall they be accepted as

’ a feature of the Divin e will o ershadowing our life ? Shall they be rej ected as merely on e of the insidious forms of temptation which on croach on the weak individual will andpara Devasta tor o th f e Day. 1 3 7 lyzc its en deavor ? However trifling are the

a a s a o ma u is ro m d ily det il th t g to ke p th p ble , allbusy people can hardly fail to agree that it is an n s ru a an d an u o r m i c t ble ns lved p oble . The casua l looker-on might n aturally suggest that in terruptions are of allgrades an dquali t es a som of em are n e fu an d a re i ; th t e th ed l, the Divine call at the moment that some of

h m are triflin and ou ru m An d t e g with t t e clai .

s is ru But how e thi t e. to d cide ? How to

s r m n a ? Eac on e is as a ru a n ew di c i i te h , le, e r m n andthe a era e m n n ot e n xpe i e t, v g i d, b i g

a r o an can on u e af er es n it cl i v y t, ly j dg t t ti g , after the m is ro n and on an d which ti e b ke g e, ,

’ alas ! n ot unfrequently oue s patien ce and seren ity have gon e with it. Not that they

h n t a r ea sho uld ave go e. No th t we e we id l

n s n an ea lfe e ou a van bei g , livi g id l i , th y w ld h ve

ut m of na are s ru n mor ished. B the ost t ggli g e or ess ns s en as ma be o ar our a s l i i t tly, y , t w d ide l , keeping the idealquality of life in sight and n e er v n u its ursu but st far he v gi i g p p it, ill hin d it ; still so remote from its realization that we should despair were it n ot for the

t t r o th Da 1 3 9 Devas a o f e y.

a n dthat as he would n ot wish his n extdoor n eighbor to inflict him with a note of in tro duc on to is romo r of s m s so he ti th p te che e , will n ot agree to the deman d that he inflict his n e or an dthe zealous r m r baffl ed ighb p o ote ,

n his selfis h an d is s r s n o means i egot tic de i e , by c o nceals his m ons Oi ours one ma e oti . c e y w ish the guest had assimilated the coun sel of

Ta ran but he has n on of su e of lley d, e the btl ty th e Fr n c an dhis a n ua su as e h wit, l g ge ch it — ' is reveals his sentimen ts to a degree that 18 a ll the more jarring because it is so absurd a nd so devoid of any reason for disappoin t m n or re roa An d to a ra er e t p ch . the ve ge p son such an episode j ars on his n erves and a ua r a s u his o er s a fu da ct lly b e k p th wi e pe ce l y, especially if repeated every hour or two . And a a n one as s Wha t is r ourse g i k , the ight c ?

Not a is m r as a is s f-indul wh t e ely e y, wh t el

n but a is r ? W a u i ge t, wh t ight h t is the d ty n the way of our close human relation s ?

T r is a so u n an d s in o he e l tio , it lie l ve . It lies in the achievement of that aboundin g spiritual grace which transcends mere petty rl Bea ut ul 1 40 The Wo d if .

o n o an es An one who s ru an xieties r an y c . y c ti n izes his own conditions carefully will see tha t it was not the five or ten min utes which the interruption consumed that ruined his day ; but that it was the state of min d in which it

ef him anno e as ra d as ma be l t , y d, ex pe te , y andthat could he have kept intact the spirit of and oodw he ou ns an a e love g ill, c ld i t tly h v resumed his work an dkept the even ten or of his wa y. And surely if our religion means

or u m n h s m ans e e f s it ea s t i . It e the achi v ment of the spirit of Jesus. Is n ot this the

c or er urs l es r of our vi t y ov o e v , the victo y

r n a ur over our o r r h highe t e l we , one wo t y an effort ? Is n ot this that positiveness of the Divin e life which is to be our realized ideal Then the doing of your work shall be n o

m ra but ou s a a m ra . Ever i cle, y h ll be i cle y da s a en n o e and ns r n filled y h ll th be bl i pi i g, with the richn ess of the life which has come ” u from d to yo Go . The perpetual interruptions an d demands of the natural life are the mechanism for Devasta tor of the Day. 1 41

r ual row T e a th developin g spi it g th. h y re e

’ s a on e s ua i es mea n by which e ch q lity s t ted . In these one is brought face to face with his

i . bro ther whom he has seen . Here s his call Here is his opportun ity to express on his pres en t plane of life all those beautiful ideals he h u from a er an r is hi as ca ght high pl e. He e s o pportunity to lift up his heart. Happiness an d harmon y must always be held to be in the n ature of spiritual achieve m n T a r n r s n o a s e ts. h t ve y i te e ti g bo k, the l te t,

an da as !the ast or of G r Ham , l l w k Philip ilbe t ” er n a The ues of Ha n ss to , c lled Q t ppi e , a ppeals to the thoughtful reader in a way to

fa s n a e a n on The su i ci t the tte ti . bject s the most practical of any of the daily issues of

fe. Ha n ss is not a s ecific n er se li ppi e p thi g, p ,

but is a r sul a fine inflorescence o it e t, f

r a a n fin r on spi itu l ctivities a d er ha m ies. In

’ a certain sense it is on e s own fault if he is

n ot a a is to sa if is in a a e h ppy ; th t y, he st t

of unr s of men a suff r n from n e t, t l e i g jars a d

an no an s aus s in h mse f ma y ce , the c e lie i l . It y n ot be in a spacific and conscious w rong

t t the Da 1 43 Deva s a or of y.

ca n be a o e is n ot or e v id d. It w th whil

as e ener in en a s an d scuss on s to w t gy d i l di i , bu t n or all the o er roun and r s to ig e l w g d, i e h t e seren e an dfair upper plan e of thought.

Mr Ha m on en um ra es man of a e . ert e t y the c us s

a ea to n a n ess E r n ar th t l d u h ppi . ve y e l ge

m n o f fe er mu cat on of re a on e t li , ev y ltipli i l ti ,

is an o n oor ea n to n ew oss i s pe d , l di g p ib litie

for un a ness as e as for a n es h ppi w ll h ppi s. By the ex ten sion of our interests in life we are con stantly seekin g for n ew kin ds of ” a n ess sa s and at sam m h ppi , he y , the e ti e

x os n ourse s n ew rou es of c e p i g lve to t bl , whi h in a n arrower existence we might have re

ma n n oran If h n om e a i ed ig t. , t e , c pl te h ppi

n ess ere oss e in or ou mo w p ibl the w ld, it w ld st probably be realized by person s of a very

s m e n a ur ea n a er n arrow fe and i pl t e, l di g v y li , placed in such a situation that their few and limited faculties would fin d sufficien t ex er ” - cise without the strain of over fatigue . There is a Chin ese proverb that it is n ot

’ worth while to cut off on e s feet to save

buying shoes. It may quite typify the truth 44 1 The WorldBea utiful. that it is n ot worth while to limit our ex cur sion s in to life for fear of possible i n felicities attending each en largemen t ; for it is this

nlar m n for v T s is e ge e t which we li e. hi tha t

r r ss for uman fe is es ned p og e which h li d ig , an d is its ru a m n An which t e chieve e t. d

r w mus ou we ou r all we g o we t, th gh tg ow ” o Dr Ho m s . ro mus sa . ress l ve . id l e P g we t, even though we en ter on region s of difficulty

a nd r a . The en d n o t m a is the t i l , the e ns,

m r an o n i po t t p i t. Success is so often n amed as a syn onym for a n ss a nv t s a n t on n d h ppi e th t it i i e tte i , a the terms might well be in terchange able

re erm su ess t a we the t cc ruly pplied. As

mmon use a man is a su ssfu co ly d, c lled cce l w en he n s a rea fame or ma s a h wi g t , ke m lon of o ars or s ure som os o il i d ll , ec s e p iti n of owman n o er Y et hese n s c di g p w . t thi g ,

h e ma cc-e s t su ss a r w ile th y y xi t wi h cce , e n ot n essar su ess in and of mse es , ec ily, cc the lv .

True su cess es in the ua of f in c li q lity li e, the s m e u r en erous an d o n n a i pl , p ight, g , l vi g

r us mu h su ss h tu e. It is j t as c cce to live t e Deva sta tor of the Day. 1 45

lfe of n r a nd as ra on m i i teg ity pi ti , as to co pass so m s r n a men Mr am r e t iki g chieve t. . H e ton says that the elemen t of happin ess lacking in his own case was that of success in his

r B t s is a fa s m asur m n for wo k. u thi l e e e e t, ha n ess s u in ser n dus fu n ss ppi ho ld lie vice a e l e , rather than in the wi nning of fame . He who is l fr m the h r for s in u iving o ighe ce , to ch with '

D n f annot unha . He h the ivi e li e, c be ppy as gain ed a peace that the world can neither give n or take away.

The cheerfulplay ” Of love a dho e an dcoura n p ge, those are indeed the elemen ts of the higher felicity of life . The secret of living is to realize in outward

s ir ua rea se f. acts an dexperien ce the p it l, the l l

o f r of is but n r The p sitive o ce will, which e e gy

h o n i na an one broug t to a high p te cy, w ll e ble y

to act from this nobler plan e . To bring the will in to perfect harmony with the Divine plan is to secure allthe infinite force of the Divine o and s a e a ur s is invin p wer, thu id d p po e 1 0

Deva sta tor o the Da f y. ure of life is in n ot layin g sufficien t emphasis on valno of res n an din as r n the the p e t, c ibi g

muc m or an an unre a fu ur too h i p t ce to ve led t e .

As a ma er of fa are r a n a tt ct, we c e ti g th t fu ur an d a a man be an d t e, wh t will will have a year ten years from a given day depen ds precisely on the quality of his life on a da an d su ee n on s T a th t y the cc di g e . h t on e shall reap what he so ws is as inevitable

l n as the aw of gravitation or of attractio . The differentiation of life is n ot in circum s a nces but in the ua of erson a t , q lity the p l

o r rou o rcums an es p we b ght t bear on ci t c . ” The on on ha f is a a e of ars c victi t t li e v l te , but that sometime andso mewhere marvellous

om n sa on s a a the om r is a fata c pe ti w it c e , l fa ac i e rea ru is a n o n ll y, wh l the l t th th t thi g awaits on e save what he himself creates out of the conj un cture of his own powers an d of c r ums an es He who so s to i c t c . w the flesh of the flesh reaps corruption ; but he who sows to the Spirit reaps life overlast ” ing. An dit rests with one himself whether

s all sow to the S r or to flesh he h pi it the . 1 4s The World B ea utiful.

If on e were to kn ow that a certain day o r w r his as in s ar of f eek we e l t thi p t li e, ho w en r us how ou h fu g e o ly, th g t lly, an dhow te n derly would be live it ! Then the questio n

re urs not so e n ow a da ach c , why liv , e ch y, e

’ e a mon thus rea n w ek, e ch th, c ti g for one s self the most beautiful future ?

Q C Q Q

T s a so u e rs n n mt up the hi b l t pe o al co trol of each man over his own future lies in a twofold power : the one being that

n e r mora ur ose as ra ons ha e a i t g ity, l p p , pi ti , v creative power of the most poten t character ; and the other being in that on e attracts to himself the spiritual companionship an dsym pathetic cc-operation of j ust such quality a s

hi own . T r is an o e on often re s he e bj cti , p f rr to the fa in the om an ons and e ed, ith c p i hip

mmun n ose in ns en — ha co io with th the U e , t t o nly those of a lower order in the life beyon d death are attracted in to the sphere of this

r n ou be mor r mo wo ld . Nothi g c ld e e te from the truth . On e might as well refuse allsocial

n erc urs os in s r o n th i t o e with th e thi wo ld, e L t u the Hea r t 1 49 if p .

ea a if a om an on s at all e pl th t he h ve c p i , th y mus be of a o r r er an d erefore t l we o d , th he

’ w av n one Now the or er of on s ill h e . d e compan ion s and associates depends on him

se f. If he is n o e an d ex a ed he oes l bl lt , d n ot attra ct n or is he attracted to the ba se an dthe unworthy : an do nly more deeply an d un failingly does this law hold true in the rea m of s r One at ra ts to mse f from l pi it. t c hi l the un seen world compan ion ship of the sa me or r n d uali as a of his own s r de a q ty th t pi it, with the ex ception that in proportion to the purity of his a spira tion does this quality of companion ship come to him of a still higher or an h n T us on e rea es his der th is ow . h c t own world. He n eed n ot abj ectly feel that he mus a e sorro r a efea an d dis t cc pt w, t i l, d t, as er at the mo men e aus om en sa on t t, b c e c p ti

ome here a wa ts him The law of transmu s w i . t tio n su ers es the law of com en sa on a p ed p ti .

One ma r n to ear o n the momen the y b i g b , t, poten t force that tran sforms all that changes

u n ss n o ra an e r a n o o e ree d l e i t di c , t i l i t j y, d p sion into exaltation . Andhow ? Simply by

I! t u the Hear t 1 5 if p . 1

r attestation that egister the movement. With

’ the n ew year came in Tesla s discovery of the vacuum tube and its wonderful light ; an d hardly a week later came the an n oun cemen t of the discovery of a perpetual light foun d by a certain chemica l combination placed in a ass o e c en the air was ex gl gl b , whi h , wh han s an dthe o e sea ed o u urn as ted gl b l , w ld b

on a s o e as The ds o erer c m l g the gl b l ts . i c v lai s

a ere is but one force in all n a ure th t th t , that of vibration ; that all space is pervaded

ma er c is en er erta n th by tt , whi h gy . C i ly e

or is on the eve of n ew reve at on s an d w ld l i ,

fe is to be ifte u even ere an d n o w to li l d p, h , the Divin e plane. Perhaps the most practical coun sel in the

’ way of determin in g on e s own future is con veyed in the words

Begin n ow the etern allife of trustfulcon secra tion a n d sa n ctified service con sciousl dra win , y g ” o in n ermost life from God y ur .

Often must the question occur as a vital

r em to a mos er on e — Is er an p obl l t ev y , th e y t ul 1 5 2 The World Bea u if .

’ way of keeping one s life up to date ? so to

Is er an on e a e an o r speak . th e y c c iv bl pl

c o ne ma a r se free an d method by whi h y i ,

e in the morn n a n n n o un trammell d, i g, w ke i g i t aboun ding en ergy an d exhila ration to take u a n ew fe for the n ew da ns a o f p li y, i te d coming to a n in stant a nd discouraging con sciousness t hat the things of yesterday an d

as ee a n d of the as season even are l t w k, l t , ,

n u on him e r ur en on em pressi g p th i b d . C t porary life in the city is an embarrass men of r ches and ou often s em t i , it w ld e ,

’ n ee as if on e s fr en s and a ua n ances i d d, i d cq i t

re allan ma ed a o mmon zea a un e we i t by c l , it d

ur ose to de r ve a or er of fa n es p p , p i w k the i t t possibilities of pursuing his aims an dfulfillin g

es One on fron s he t a i his duti . c t t si u t on in despair. It is ma dness to wish that on e had n o fr en s hat wou fe ou i d , w ld li be with t them ? It is perhaps even un wise to wish

ere n ot all suc e i fu eo e they w h d l ght l p pl , a ou were e ess harm n ou lth gh, th y l c i g, it w ld

’ be far easier to deny on e s self the multifold o or un s of so a n ercours B pp t itie ci l i t e . ut the Lift up the Hea rt. 1 5 3 last an alysis of the situation gen erally results in revealin g to one that the root of the entire

i is ro ras n a on an d the a on his ev l p c ti ti , l ck,

ar of m ln ess in a c on . T er own p t, ti e i ti h e

mes for n s anc a da on c is co , i t e, y whi h it all but impossible for him to yield to the

’

a on s of r X . s arm n re on tempt ti Ms. ch i g cepti ; b\1 t he recalls that this is the last on e of a ser es a n d ha he has eak an d n e li i , t t w ly g gen tly delayed throughout all any on e of

c at the m he m a e on e to whi h, ti e, ight h v g

on fron the ast en er are to be c ted by l , Wh th e

w r a o s ac es in a . A ee efo e re lly b t l the y w k b , a mon h efor m hav on e as t b e, he ight e g well

T n om r h n as n ot he c es the calle , w o se ds up a card with an unkn own n ame an d a s e a r ues be seen One sen s a p ci l eq t to . d message beggin g him to kindly write his

rran but res o a omes the s r an e d ; , p t , b ck c e v t w or our eous rase ha the ith the w d, c t ly ph d, t t

’ ’ lady s or the gen tleman s business is n ot of a nature that can be communicated by writ in but if ou l n am an our f g, y wi l e h o another da s r l a ar at ha m But y the vi ito wi l ppe t t ti e.

Lift up the Hea rt. 1 5 5

ca n a i e is an a but be ch ev d. It ide l, ideals

ca n be r a ze . T a is a e stan fo e li d h t wh t th y d r.

It is the purpose of an idea!. The key to

v this achie emen t is timelin ess. The clew to

the a r n is un uali and orou n l by i th p ct ty th gh ess. The secret of gain ing the van tage groun d is

to re eem nden rocra n d the te cy to p sti ate . It is far better for a busy worker to overtax

h mse f a e e en a he ma a n i l littl , v , th t y w ke

a ear mar n n x morn n an to cl gi the e t i g, th it is to arise to take up the work that should

ave en fin ished s er a un ua i h be ye t d y. P ct l ty the habit of doin g the right thing at the right momen t has n ever been can on ized as a

r ue n or has r ras na on een re r e vi t , p oc ti ti b ga d d

as a ere are som of the re u a vice. Still th e g l tion virtues which make less real differen ce in the con duct of life than this quality of

m ln ss w is n ot n u ed in s ti e i e , hich i cl d the li t ; a nd there are vices which do less practical a nd absolute harm than the pern icious habit

o f ro ras na on n o on e er r ams p c ti ti , which ev d e

o as n mon the s n s of uma f cl si g a g i h nity.

Yet n on e m s n of it me is whe co e to thi k , ti 1 56 The World B ea utiful.

m m s r ous m ortan e an ele ent of the o t se i i p c . The letter that is an swered at the hour when the reply is n eeded may be productive o f infinite comfort or value to both the writer andthe receiver ; but a delay until the matter in question has gon e beyon d the decision or

n n ma es r a ue ss the shapi g eve t k the eply v l le . An dso with the words of social intercourse

fitl s en on on e da are which, y pok y, with out significa nce or influence on some other

f is r s e. E n da . L r s ts rcum y i e p og e iv ve , ci h s an es n ai . T e a ves t c , cha ge d ly deed th t sa

ma r n a on if on a n o a ti , d e at the right mom n is ors an us if e e t, w e th eless d layed un man andthe our a ass b til the h h ve p ed y. There are poin ts of mutual agreement a mong

m a an d r ums an but n un m ti e, pl ce, ci c t ce ; o ce i

ro e an d O or un re urs n n p v d the pp t ity c ot agai . Could there be a more !hectical form of person al reformation for the L en ten period than the vigilan t correction of the habit of procrastinatio n ? Life would be trans forme ou ac on e r s to n da d c ld e h i e a ew y,

a m rn n filled nl i m rs e ch o i g o y with ts own atte , Lift up the Hea rt.

a n dnot hose of da for . T n with t the y be e he , in e mi one en r u on f d ed, ght te p the li e of

n trustful co secration andsan ctified service. It may always be set down as a working a x iom of life that discord and trouble can be elimin ated ; that one may live each day and ev ery day above petty an n oyances andworries. For all this region of fret is en tirely distinct from the region of sorrow . The latter is n ot in fre quen t!y a Divin e messenger bearing its hea n -sen m ssa n its a o n e ve t e ge, givi g pp i t d m as r of sc n an d r en ra ion and e u e di ipli e eg e t , the Angel of Sorrow an d Renunciation is often the one that leads man out of darkn ess

n orro n o es and a i to light. S w en bl ex lts ; bu e ra an d emora z t fret an dworry d g de d li e. S orrow comes with ministry ; worry comes as a corrosive an dpernicious thing . For its causes are very largely the action of the o er ua es of selfishn ess nv l w q liti , , e y,

ea us of all n ee r su s from j lo y, , i d d , which e lt

If on o es h h the absen ce of love. e l v is n eig bor is n ot a ous of him if he sel , he je l ; love,

n n v r fishn ess a de y are c owded out. Beside

I!ift up the Hea rt. 1 5 9

— ha s heard that So and-ao has made about him and drama z s to ms f a sar as , he ti e hi el c tic an dscathing reply . He gives himself a bitter — enj oyment in reflecting how crushed So and so l n r s wi l be whe he eceives thi , which he

eser s T n r au f i o d ve . he he f ets bec se o th s r

a oss or ac n or ill urn f for un th t l cide t t o t e, a n d frets again because of some loss or ill

urn a has n ot o sur o urre but t th t , t be e, cc d,

f ars ma o ur som m an d which he e y cc , eti e so m er An d s ul s es n ewh e . if it ho d, he e ple ty o f isas r us r su s Now as we are allfal d t o e lt . lible e n s a n d as on f ss on is sa to b i g , c e i id be

oo for the sou oul n ot mos of us ea g d l, c d t pl d guilty to more or less such hours of men tal ” orm n as se The o r da r a e t e t the ? the y, el t d

A n m rn n , I cha ced to remember in the o i g that B told me he had spoken so-an d-ao to ’ 0 ou m d had n rra e s re a e an a O . b t , t d ply I began to won der what else had been said

a n ot me an d su e in th t he did tell , cc eded working myself up to resolution s to treat them

bo er oo en efor . W n a a n th v y c lly h c th he , g i , it dawn ed on my mind how very un wise as well B 1 60 The World ea utiful.

un o was su an a u as for as l vely ch ttit de, I ked Divin e help an dguidan ce to bring me aga in in to the state of love which is the state ofjoy and a n ss an d ro to B n n him h ppi e , I w te , i viti g to n me n x da He ame a n d di e with the e t y. c , some turn in the con versation revealed to me how utterly baseless andwrong hadbeen my

us us andun n u and arn d s picio ki d tho ght, I le e ” a lifelong lesson from the circumstance .

T s ark s a es of m’ s rus sus he e d t t gloo , di t t,

icion n or a r are of rea m p , e vy, h t ed the evil l

are Ha s so to s a . Do s on e they de , pe k e choose to live in -perdition ? Even if one has

n ron to e u n er bee w ged, dw ll po it with bitt

sim n r a n ur We thought ply i c e ses the i j y.

n r urt our souls are ur sa s are eve h till . h t, y some one. Andit is n ot in the power of any

n the soulof an o er He human bei g to hurt th . may harm him in various ways of the losses andcrosses of temporal affairs ; he may harm him in e ma n of rs but on l the sti tio othe , y hi one himself can hurt his own soul. Let m persistently return good thought an d hold r ur s r un us and un nd ight p po e, howeve j t ki L t u the H rt 1 61 if p ea . the r ma be and i othe y , n the end he shall

c n u r. o q e It is the law andthe prophets.

For man is a s u us n for an o l, i g the body ” in s rum n As a s u is n t e t. o l he , eve while c o l thed with the physical body, an inhabitant o f s r ua or nd n a of the pi it l w ld, a a associ te the s r ua e n s om n pi it l b i g by wh he is companio ed.

Let him live worthy this high companionship. Let him assert his privileges as one akin to the Divine and formed to partake of the Di v n mmun on The r n f i e co i . ecog ition o the n atural and easy possibilities of communica tion between those in the Seen and in the

’ Un seen is the strongest aidin lifting up one s life to this higher plan e of daily experience .

S ir s r in the s a in p it to pi it, phy ic l body, the

s a are m an n and as p ychic l body, we co p io ed sociated In ha au fu fa . t t be ti l ith how the petty jar and discord of lower conditions fade from con sciousn ess . Life becomes a per

etual r n of ra an o and a . p expe ie ce di ce, j y, pe ce We are learning to recognize that the even t we call death is simply the change to a more

orro in tense life. The s w caused by this change 1 1

o the Best 1 63 Love f .

r s n en r too mu eat too e po d ce to w ite, ch to ,

i r r an d oo after much apparel to keep n o de l k , too many deman ds an d complications of

f in r form. o r ma a its s li e eve y P ve ty y h ve ill , but it is a question if too great material afilu ence has n ot even greater hin drances andlimi tation s. One becomes stifled and stupid in physica l comforts un til he fairly longs to be un comfortable for a time by way of chan ge.

He stan s a as r a s at fac s d gh t, pe h p , the ilitie with which every con ceivable thing heaps

s f u ou him it el p ab t . ’ B aus aft r all a man s l e onsis ec e, e , if c teth not in the abundan ce of thin gs that he pos sesseth His l e is ma er fa rs . if de by oth cto ; it is s ar m of s r ua ua es the di tilled o a pi it l q liti .

' It is made by the exercise of intellectual facul

i s mora o rs and s r ua s rnm n . t e , l p we , pi it l di ce e t In the last an alysis it is the product of the

es s r ua za on of a r is high t pi it li ti ch racte . It good to hold in min d that the supreme pur pose of our life in this physicalworld is the con version of material in to spiritual force

a s f ma r th t thi is the use o te ial resources. It r Be ut ul 1 64 The Wo ld a if . is good to have allthat we can thus tran smute

n r form i r anddistil i to highe s. It s disast ous to have more than we are able to transmute

forms into higher . One may fin dan alogy in material for cloth

i o m in for ns an e . s o for a o an to g, i t c It g d w

a as mere si or mus n she re have wh t c h , lk, li

s f r her o ns but u be sas quire o g w , it wo ld di

. trous to her to be so smothered un der bales

hm r s k or ssues as be un a e to of cas e e, il , ti to bl convert any of the raw material into costumes

ndso on th s m r n e is for use. A e a , e p i cipl , it n ot desirable to have so much coal on the fire that it cann ot burn ; so much to read that one

a s no n caus he n n t re to re d thi g, be e k ows o whe begin ; or to have a house so overfilled with treasures that it suggests a museum rather m than a ho e. Thoreau expresses a helpful truth when he says

do elieve in sim licit t is aston ishin I b p y. I g as well as sad how man y trivial affairs even the wisest man thin ks he must atten d to every day ; how sin ular an affair he hinks he must omi g t t. Love o the B t f es . 1 65

When the mathematicia n would solve a difficult

roblem he first frees the e uation of all en cum p , q

ran cos an dreduces it to its sim lest terms So b , p . sim lif the ro lem of life distin uish the n eces p y p b , g sar an d he ro e the earth o se where y t real. P b t e ” ur main yo roots run .

If there has been a ten den cy of the age to the over-elaboration of everything it is n ow correcting itself in the way of evolutionary

r p ogress. The mechan ical side of life is a perpetual illustration of the correlation of

f E r is re o u oniz n eu orces . lect icity v l ti i g the

h ru tire tren d of external affairs. T e c der and the clumsier forces give way to the finer an d

In ma er of n more con cen trated. the tt lighti g,

for n s an as am r u r n so mu h i t ce, the l p eq i i g c

m re wa as so as troubleso e ca gave y to g , the g ,

r n ma e es wa r requi i g tch s, giv y to the elect ic burn er which requires only the tuming of the

ke T s is s m f n all r ss of y. hi i pli yi g the p oce

n n T n o n ow a the illumi atio . he ew h uses h ve

en ran s fed as us n a a kitch ge by g , th doi g w y with all the crude and clumsy process of

s ra of coa an d n lin s and to ge l ki d g , with the

Love o the Best f . 1 67

n on s of s r ua r t Th co diti pi it l g ow h . e family who e in sl and eat an d a s u liv it eep, , pl y, t dy, an d or s an dare s n ot r n w k, vi it vi ited, fo a y

or all of es n s er se but for ro th e thi g , p , the p cesses they provide in the developmen t an d a van men of the s r T a i su d ce t pi it. h t s the

r me en d T a is all p e . h t man takes with him

out o f this world . If out of all the vicissi tudes an dex perien ces of his years on earth

r s s a ru u ur for his sou n is he w e t t e c lt e l, the hi fe n o es su ss Th s is onl s li the bl t cce . i the y stan da rd by which the thing we n ame success

m ure If hi rim r ca n be as . s a e e d , by pilg ge h e, be on or s or has e o mor it l g h t, he dev l ped e

n eros more s n ss an d o if ha ge ity, weet e l ve ; he s a chieved in sight in to spiritual laws andreal

n n izod his respo sibility to live divi ely, then

ulfill di a H ha has his life f e ts highest ide l. e s distin guished from the trivial andthe transi

o n d erman n t ry the real a the p e t. Possession s are n ot un frequen tly a weari

n ess rather than a joy. There is a truth worth

considering in the words of a French philoso~ pher who says l 1 68 The Wor d Beautiful.

He who shouldbe alwa s sim le in his tas tes y p ,

st desires w ulde ca mode in his , o s pe a large pro por

o e ri ulation s of lif It is he sam ti n of th t b e. t e

with re ard to s irit life the sufferin s of which g p , g are always the con sequen ce of the man n er in

which a s irit has livedu on the earth t de p p . I pen ds therefore on each of n a to free ourselves

from matter b an action in this r sen life y p e t . wil m Man ossesses free l. Let hi con uer hatred p q ,

en v ealous ride let him thro w off the oke y, j y, p y of selfishn ess ; let him purify his soul by culti y ating n oble sen timen ts ; let him attach to the thin gs of this world on ly the importan ce they deserve an dhe willhave effected his urifica tion , p , a n d achieved his deliveran ce from the in fluen ce ” matter of .

The ideal of life lies in that service which

erfe free om. es too in a realza is p ct d It li , , i tion that all material thin gs are really but

fes a on Ma er is s ex res man i t ti . tt the vi ible p

on of the nv s e fe a n dits ua ee s si i i ibl li , q lity k p

ace t the a an e of s r ust as the p wi h dv c pi it. J grain s of sa n d arrange themselves from a n ote

f mus in o ence to the ra on as o ic, bedi vib ti ” The atoms da n ce in tun e, Love o the Best 1 f . 69 so do the circumstan ces of life arran ge them selves as the result of vibrations from the spiritual chords . Carlyle saw this truth when he said : The impedimen t is in thyself. Here ” or n owhere is thy kingdom. N0 one can any more run away from his circumstan ces

an n es a hi ha I th he ca c pe s s dow. f he would a r h m mus a er nn r fe an d lte t e , he t lt the i e li

an e th r n of his for s In r ch g e di ectio ce . eve y act an dthought we are building up a substan

al fe man fes n s f in r o ti li , i ti g it el the ethe eal b dy which is the on e that survives the chemical chan ge called death . This ethereal form which we are building will be the body we sha n a e an d to a rea an d an in ll the h v , , g t

reas n en ma be ma man f s n ow c i g ext t, it y de i e t

r or n o and here . Just in p op tio as we devel p this n obler self are we en tering on con dition s

er a n ess in r s n 01 high h ppi the p e e t.

The fr en of Em rson Mr. ar es Ma o i d e , Ch l ll y, whose bea utiful an duplifting words are amon g the fin est for es of the da s o e re en ! in c y, p k c t y an address of some an tique book in which

r had ro hesied a ar the nutho p p th t the e th,

Love o the Best f . 1 7 1

nitel r a er ness to e es o e so y g e t vivid the t l c p , will in strumen ts that register a finer degree of hear n o er is an s n ow im ss i g v d t ce po ible, be

erf p ected . The higher powers that are the endowmen t ofthe psychic man are developing daily . Com

are to his o en a se f his r sen se f i p d p t ti l l , p e t l s as on e n ea f and um is to the or nar bli d, d , d b di y man s s an d ars an d s ea s Th who ee he p k . e great spiritual epoch of the world will be the fu realza n of es r o rs ll i tio th e highe p we .

Dr ohn F s in his ook a Th . J i ke, b c lled e ” n s n Wor r en en -two ar U ee ld, w itt tw ty ye s ago (the length of time that has elapsed is a measure of the vast progress that has been ma in no of s ir ual a s de k wledge the p it l w ),

An un seen worldcon sistin g of purely psychi cal or spiritual phen omen a would accordingly be demarcatedby an absolute gulf from what we call the material un iverse but would n ot n ecessaril , y be discon tin uous with the psychical phen omen a which we fin d man ifestedin con n ection with the worldof matter Our h othesis is ex ressl . yp p y 1 72 The World Beautiful.

framedso as to ex clude all in tercourse whatever between the un seen worldof spirit un con dition ed by matter an d the presen t world of spirit con di tion ed by matter in which all our ex perien ces ” ave een athered h b g .

T h ro m in his states t e p ble , philosophic

rms as a eare to s o arshi a n d te , it pp d ch l p scien ce in the middle of the decade of the

n a m m seve ties. At th t ti e the odern psychic phen omen a hadbeen kn own for some twen ty

five years . Its man ifestation s were largely on h s ca an e an d was r the p y i l pl , it eceived with a mingled degree of ignorant credulity an d s o ar n o eran but th n e n ch l ly i t l ce, e i t llige t scien tific r s arc had n ot e e h then begun . A little later in 1 878 the Society for Psy

al Res ar was foun e F chic e ch d d. or the first time scholars an dthin kers began to ex amin e critically the phen omen a whose manifestation s

- were almost world wide. As a result the gulf that yawn ed between the two r f s r a ndm r o s o a e a Dr. w ld pi it tt , s

F s e sa w em is r In con i k th , b idged. the tex t

Dr. Fiske stated that there was no eviden ce Love o the Best 1 f . 73 that min d could ex ist ex cept in con nection w ma r al The s o r an d ith a te i body. di c ve y the scien tific recognition of the psychical body is ru a r es s u and su the t th th t b idg thi g lf, p plies the con dition that the emin en t philoso pher and scien tist saw must exist . The speculative theories of spiritual thought an d of s h ru are su r s p yc ic t th ppo ted, tep by st a an n s o r s of sci ep, by the dv ci g di c ve ie

u n on ence. Spirit al i tuiti postulates the ex isten c a u us of r a r a m an d e bo t the ethe e l e l , scien ce authen tically declares it in the n ew

s o r of the n n r r. Th r is en di c ve y i e ethe e e , th , this stupendous andsupremely importan t fact

f re r to - da a all a ou us be o the wo ld y, th t b t there lies the hitherto un discovered coun try that in the atmosphere that surroun ds us is a r fr m s n me e an wo ld o which, i ce ti b g , man has constan tly received intimations in a

rea ar of a s but s rue n a ur g t v iety w y , who e t t e has n ot dawn ed upon him. The discovery of this realm an dwe are j ust on the eve of its authen tic and authoritative discovery will be the greatest even t that has ever taken place

o the B est 1 5 Love f . 7

r m of r appear as results . This is the eal highe poten cies ; the realm governed by those laws which to us appear as the supernatural ; the realm where thought an d purpose are creat in forc T s realm is n a o g es. hi i h bited by th se wh a orm r e ere and who a o h ve f e ly liv d h , h ve

as rou h the c em a ha n e of ea p sed th g h ic l c g d th, which is merely to emerge from the physi

l o d a re a on The ia ca b dy an the physic l l ti s. habita n ts of this realm con stitute the cloud

c m u a ou Not of witn esses that o pass s b t. on our ac ons and e s but our ou s ly ti d ed , th ght , are o en to em The re a ons e en p th . l ti b twe those in the physical andthose in the ethe real worlds are more or less in timate accord in to mu ua a ra on the sa m as re g t l tt cti , e he , sav e that when there is the attraction of spirit to spirit the relation is in finitely closer

mo n r m a e an d re intimate a d mo e sy p th tic. The fri en dships with those in the ethereal world may become so marvellously n ear an d

ear in r re o n za e res onse e r in d thei c g i bl p , th i

ma s m a a e ran s n n r ti te y p thy, th t th y t ce d e ti ely an y possible relations in this world. 1 6 The WorldBea ut ul 7 if .

These co mpanionships are satisfying a n d inspirin g beyond measure ; these j oys may constan tly be en tered in to an d apprehen ded by the spiritual self un til man realizes tha t he is an inhabita nt of both worlds. In this r a m of the os ve f r es man fin ds the e l p iti o c ,

ru on t ons for his or os ff s t e c di i w k , wh e e ect shall appear in the visible plane. An dthis is the new in heritance on which

n is n t r n huma ity e e i g.

Du and es n the mm a ty d ti y, i edi te

a on of mo m n re oblig ti the e t, the

lt in the far fu ur of its fulfilment — how su s t e , inseparably are the two conj cinod . The in i tial truth which forms a basis for our con ceptions of our own future in the spiritual

of a so ut un of f world is that the b l e ity li e, here andhereafter; the realization that death is as B s o Broo s so ru sa mer , i h p k t ly id, ely

th e n s in f an dn ot the n d o on e of e ve t li e, e f life ; that work bega n here may be com pleted there ; that the relation between the Duty a n dDestin y. 1 77 life before an d the life after death is as contin uous as that between childhood an d m n o a ho d .

Our times are in His han ds, ’ Wh o saith A whole lan n ed. , I p outh shows but half trust God see all n or be Y ; , , ” afraid.

All the differen ce between the divin est stimulus an dthe most depressing discourage men e een a er ua r of u ft n t, b tw p pet l th ill pli i g happin ess an dthe weight andsorrow of dis

on ten s e we n the con v t on of n u c t, lie b t e ic i broken con tinuity of life or of the termination of s r s n f a and m r thi p e e t li e by de th, the e e vague con ception of some un comprehended an d n om re ens e mmor a be i c p h ibl i t lity, which, in va u and n m re ns off rs as g g e i co p he ible, e to in the presen t little of practicable aid. If the

onsc ous n i e f of r s n has c i , i tell gibl li e the p e e t a defin ite m n a un re ars an d li it withi h d d ye , if its a v men s a e er e be are chie e t , wh t v th y ,

om r s n h s r od ou all c p i ed withi t i pe i , then w ld

ffor os in n n din v v e t l e dig ity a alue. For e en the greatest scholar or thinker cann ot achieve 1 2

1 9 Duty a nd Destin y. 7 environ ed by a series of in visible checks that hin der him from entering any sphere be

on a for i he is fitted n y d th t wh ch , a d which,

t r u v n s and r ums an s ac him h o gh e e t ci c t ce , pl e

on a roun has on s won th t d which he h e tly ,

by faithful purpose an d n oble as piration . But these deeds done in the body gen er ate on se uen s a rs s an d a de c q ce th t pe i t, th t termin e the quality of his life after the chan ge ca e ea And the om r alza on ll d d th . c plete e i ti i h of this s t e basis of right living.

Humanity is entering on a n ew cycle . The law of evolution works in the spiritua l as well as in n a ura n om and the r the t l ki gd , spi it ualevolution of man correspon ds to his physi cal evo u on The nt re ra e is n ow e n l ti . e i c b i g prepared for a new and larger revelation of the Divin e laws new on ly in the sen se of its ar er r a n and can mea n l g eve li g , by s of the s a e rea evo u n r e v t g ched by l tio , ec i e what those of former ages could n ot have

om re n e The van e s who c p he d d . e g li t shall n ow have the positive illumination of this larger disclosure of truth ; who shall realize its 1 80 The World Bea utiful.

t o s uls of men an dwho potency to ac n the o ,

a o for and r a m it the sh ll g th p ocl i , will be

e er and r of his a e The m l ad the helpe g . ti e is past for the n egative suggestion that if

n is mmorta er a n r on ion s ma i l, c t i othe c dit

o Ho e is oo fa is r a must f llow. p g d ; ith g e t

ut no e the a so u r a n of b k wledg , b l te ce t i ty scien ce that discusses and defines spiritual

mor w a s is at an . T s a s u n o l w , h d hi e b ol te k l

e is ma e s f the s an ar n et as edg to k it el t d d, j the more absolute kn owledge of astron omers in the closing years of the n ineteenth cen tury

n ow our s an ar ra r an the a u is t d d, the th v g e an d imperfect speculative theories of the

n ur The no fifteen th ce t y . k wledge of Edison and Tesla is n ow the sta n dard in electrical

s en ra r an a of F n n . As ci ce, the th th t ra kli

uman a an es ar er r e n r h ity dv c , l g ev latio s of ete

n altruth are perceived . The spiritual truth of

’ man s destiny is as real as the truth of astron

o m or of e r c h y el ct i ity. T e astron omers an d the electrician s a h undred years hen ce will discern knowledge n ot perceived by Edison

an dT s a —da ro r e l to y. P g ess is the law of life . Duty a ndDestin y. 1 81

Th worldmoves n ward a n din time out rows e o , g ’ ” e s tha t in our fa thers da s were est Th la w y b ,

Phases of exact kn owledge are being discov ered an dverifiedby the careful and thought ful work of researchers in psychic scien ce . The speculations of the pas t have deepen ed to the positive aflirmatio n of facts in such a rray as to make truth that is demonstrable in the presen t .

Oi presen t con sequences Rev . Charles Gor

don Am s D D. has el sa e , . , w l id

ut if we thin k lon an dseriousl it must B g y, come home to us that the presen t con sequen ces of

o ur con duct are n ot allwe have to meet. The lin es of moral an d spiritual la w must run on

hr u h ll worl n l e n Th t o g a ds a d al states of b i g. e chan ge which is ma de by droppin g the body can

he n ot arrest the effect of deeds don e in t body. S o far as those deeds were don e by the min d an d will the work their results in the min d an d , y

will.

These words carry their high warnin g a a ns the lof n e a oo n ss of as g i t evi g tive g d e , p

Dut a n d Destin y y. 3

who has n ot a m ss on and w s o o i i , I ill h w y u ” o n e fit for Bedlam. For a man to say The eternal laws of progress prevail ; the law of evolution is un changing in effect ; the world of humanity will go on developing and progressing because that is i ncluded in the

D v n an a n d ft n o fin er c -o i i e pl , li g to o perate

ese a s is so mu n v with th l w , by ch a egati e

o er in re a on to the oo a v p w l ti g d, nda positi e “ o p wer in relation to the evil . He who is

n ot t me is a a ns me sa the r s . wi h g i t , id Ch i t

B wa of an a o let us su ose ha y y l gy, pp t t Garrison an dPhillips an dLydia Maria Child had a en the roun ha uman s a er of t k g d t t h l v y,

ourse was ron but a was n ot c , w g, th t it an n umix ed evil ; many of the slaves were better cared for than they could have cared for them se es and a in a n even s was a or lv , th t, y t, thi w ld of ro r ss an d at ver was ron wou p g e , wh e w g ld be sure to r tse f some da ou the ight i l y, w ld ” o er row o f s sum of all an as v th thi vill ies,

ohn Wes e so e erme it a e een as J l y w ll t d , h v b surely an d swiftly wrought ? There can be but on e an r s e n ot a mus swe . Wi t y th t I t 4 The World B ea ut ul 1 8 if .

’ be about my Father s busin ess ? asked Jcsus. The words are of typical suggestion to every

uman n . Man ma e in ma e of h bei g , d the i g his r ator is a in s or to n r C e , pl ced thi w ld e te actively in to the great work which the ortho dcx religious world has well called Salva

on o es na on u r. The ti . N d ig ti co ld be bette sa a on of the n v ua the sal a n of the lv ti i di id l, v tio ra e s n ot is om r s the or of fe 2 c , doe th c p i e w k li Salvation is too great a term to be restricted to the observan ce of certain religious cere

on A man is n ot ne ssar in the wa m ies. ce ily y of salvation because he attends Divine service

re u ar or a s s of oca ar es . g l ly, le d the li t l l ch iti

f he r s from his m o ers or un ust I w e t e pl y , by j

ransa ons in ra ur n six a s the sur t cti t de d i g d y ,

u of w he is era on the se n he pl s hich lib l ve th, is n ot in the way of salvation . Look at your fac or er is ur ur t ere is our t y, th e yo ch ch ; h y ” field of h an ro ex a me a fer n t p il th py, cl i d th t ve

v Dr. Herron en e ious ra a Re . a r lig dic l , , wh parishion er declared that he must make mon ey out of his factory in order to have means to

r s con tribute to the church and to cha itie . Du ty a ndDestiny . 1 85

T he man who oppresses the laborer an dgrinds him o n to the s arva on wa g e ecause d w t ti , b it is in his o er do so an d who at hi p w to ; , s

ea en o s o e s an d os a s an d r d th , d w c ll ge h pit l a t

al er s — oes on r u in the on run a g l ie , d c t ib te, l g , service of which it may almost be said that the Divin e power for good is so overruling that God makes even the wrath of men to praise him ! Out of evil has come certain material

oo andma n suc men fee e are o n g d , y h l th y d i g

l The soc a s n e o n n o . e es a w ll, d i g b y i li t d i th t there is any possible good in this ; but per ha ps a more reaso n able view is to recognize that it is a great feature in civilization an d in on ward progress that colleges should be en

‘ d a er es a nd brar e mu e o we an s t . d d, g ll i li i l ipli d But is there n ot a more excellen t way ? Are we n ot entering on that fin er quality of civili sation in which the radiation of person al influ ence is more important than the providing of a an es for e u a on and u ur owe er ppli c d c ti c lt e, h v importa nt they may be ? To reduce the case to in dividual application : Was n ot the life of Phillips Brooks more valuable to the com

Dut a ndDestin 1 y y. 87 tion of power an d delicacy ; she carried the refin ed courtesy of the drawing- roo m into all her public life ; she gave of the in finite riches of personal love an d ten dern ess n ot on ly to

’ n ar fr n s bu a e r assoc a e ie d , t to wid ci cle i ted with her on ly in public in terests ; she made of even the casual acquain tan ce a devoted per

fr en he hada ft h can ar sonal i d. S gi whic h dly

be ara er ze as o er t an na on ch ct i d th h divi ti , which en abled her immediately to establish

rec r a ons ea erson she met di t el ti with ch p .

She had n o n fferen e to an on e T a i di c y . h t

a r of sou a ara ze on on leth gy the l, th t p ly d c diti of affection an d sympathy which we kn ow as

ndiffer n e was u er fore n to her n a ure i e c , tt ly ig t .

Her e a s r m n a n s m a and en d lic te, di c i i ti g y p thy ke interest andearn est good- will so wen t out to every human being that they were as a mag n e urr n ft n e r ob ect to a er tic c e t, li i g th i j high plan e of livin g an d revealing to him a truer

ur os in fe She n s r on e a n p p e li . i pi ed with aim even if he hadn ot heretofore held before himself definite ideals . Nor was this don e

ns us w an a tu n z n in the ro co cio ly, ith y tti di i i g le Th e WorldB ea ut ul 1 88 if .

of oun se lor but was ra er the unco n c l , it th scious effect of her n oble perso nality . There was always about her an atmosphere of angelic

ur as of o ne a a a r from co m p ity, little p t the mon a s of fe n ot in l ast an a oof w y li , the e l n ess or a s ra on for her in erce in e er b t cti , t t v y one who came n ear her was greater than are even the usual frien dships of social con tact . The truth is that she was more alive than most people with that larger andmore in tense

f s r o ot r Amer a oma life o the pi it. N he ic n w n ever inspired such un iversal love an d still

is e ua ru ou s em a ara ox it q lly t e, th gh it e p d , that n o wo man has been less adequately inter

reted s m in a she was far rea er an p , i ply th t g t th

n W was r a z . Fra es ar e ra e li ed c ill d liv d, lite lly,

- the Christ life on earth . She was more Divine

an uman more s r ual an m ra i th h , pi it th te po l, n

he ua es of her ara er t q liti ch ct . Wealth is a meagre offerin g compared with

ounse an d of ur se high c l l ty p po .

What material resources could be compared

the unfa t r n oura s n er with l e i g c ge, the ple did p Dut n dDestin y a y. 1 89

s s en ce the ero evot on of a e F e to i t , h ic d i K t i ld a series of great enterprises bearing importan t relation to n ation al progress ? Hor varied and pris matic life flashes before on e like a

oman of es n was ran r i r ce d ti y. It st gely ich n un u er n s was she who con iq e exp ie ce . It tributed so largely to the higher criticism of the drama ; it was she who secured the pur ’ chase of John Bro wn s farm an dthe proper

of h rave was a e F e ho care is g . It K t i ld w ren dered such service to Art that the Fren ch govern men t decorated her with the Palms of

A m Her ar or in o a the cade y. v ied w k p litic l

ur s influen ced e s a on an dthe ev o lect e l gi l ti , d el p men t and an n ex ation of Hawaii enlisted her en ergies to the degree that for this cause she

era e her fe Ou s or for lit lly gav li . thi w k Hawaii she haden tered with that in telligen t zeal an d thoroughness of method which so

ara t r z her he in ra a rse f ch c e i ed . S g ti ted he l with the n atives and gained the con fiden ce

u or s Her r n was r u of the a th itie . w iti g ve y j di ciousl an dle an d n she s e of the y h d, whe pok

o f n r h r g vernment o the cou t y, er letters we e

Dut ndDestin 1 91 y a y. lulu paper of her after the touching pathos of

r he death . ’ This last remarkable chapter of Kate Field s

if was n one of su r m s in t n l e , i deed, p e e di t c io

In m s of h r sor a nd beauty . the id t e ab bing wor ar en -f ur urs of k, with h dly tw ty o ho ill

n ss she n out and on n ew f . e , we t to the li e The riddle of progress hadalways haun ted her

ea r m n All her fe had n a u s . ge i d. li bee q e t Always had she fared forth in search of new rea ms of u nd ur se l tho ght a p po .

S ns a fau her f w s m hin e itive to lt, li e as o et g of that spiritual tragedy which results when such a spirit beats again st the adverse condi tions of s wor But she had too a n thi ld. , , kee sen se of humor andan in finite gift for seeing

the funn s of n and she was fortu y ide thi gs, n ate in always having a largeness of outlook that lett n o room for un due dwelling on petty

ai s. She was ar s rn and o det l the ti t bo , b th by gifts andgrace this temperamen t dominated

her. Her culture was as exquisite as it was

x n an d her n rsa on was of e te ded, co ve ti the

es ua A man of ma us choic t q lity. wo rvello 1 92 The World B ea utiful.

fts of the m s n rous and n na ure gi , o t ge e oble t ,

n n r she and i the ife inte se in e e gy, lived d ed l

f n The n rfu u uri o f o a heroi e. wo de l o tpo ng love and admiration for her by the people

of Hawaii was deeply impressive . Her body was placed in the flower-heaped casket draped with the stars and stripes fit emblem fo r one with whom patriotism was a passion

r h un d with almost royal hono s. T e people po out lavish tributes of love andrespect to her whose whole life had been service to truth

d s an progre s. Kate Field was on e of whom it might well be said

The goodstars met in her horoscope

Made her of s irit fire an ddew ! p , ,

us man or oman lives n b Th the w who o ly, who contributes to literature the impress o f high thought ; who aids in putting into circu

' a n fin r s of n u t oflers a w h l tio e ideal co d c , th t it which all the wealth of the Indies ca nn ot

m We are a wa s in an r of r co pete . l y d ge ove

ma n s and an an esti ti g the vi ible the t gible, d Dut a nd Destin 1 93 y y. underestimating those forces which lie in the un seen un iverse . Andyet these are the true causes of allthat is manifested in the visible

A most remarkable illustration of the force of a life which refused to acquiesce in the evil of the worl was that of peerless Lucy

r can na n mu Ston e. Neve the tio give too ch homage to that sublime courage that n ever

i of n o n s o r ar or dis lost s ght ble e d , h weve h d

m E r m of tasteful the eans. ve y ho ely detail

r v i nd sacrifice is lorifi Th her p i at ons a g ed. e girl who picked berries to buy books ; who

’ ’ set her un tried girl s life against the world s

ron and who ou fam fr n s w g ; , with t e, ie d ,

a or r s set out n and we lth, p e tige, to wide upliit the lives of women and of humnu

as e and who a a su ss ity w ll, chieved cce grea ter than her youthful vision could have

m a a on r u n r r drea ed, wh t c t ib tio to p og ess

hers l Dan in his x d o r was te, e ile an p ve ty, was n ot more n oble than this New England

’ m r s au er her m a on s i far e d ght , with li it ti n the

ma er a her ns on s for rs f and rs t i l, exte i he el othe 1 3

Dut a nd Destin 1 95 y y. range himself with the forces that make for

n s H ma a of n rin righteous e s. e y t lk e te g ” a n and a is his u n o ss han he ve , th t d ty le t his r e n ot in s m a u far fu ur p ivil ge, o e v g e, t e,

’ n but n ow an d here . It is o e s busin ess n ot on n r a n but ma h a n ly to e te he ve , to ke e ve ,

o da s r our. An d s endmus t y, thi ve y h to thi t he n e fit ms f for r u , i d ed, hi el it th o gh the practice and mas tery of virtues which consti tute immortallife .

PARADI

I see the gleaming gates a n dto wardthem press What though my path leadthrough the wilderness

sn n n n m a M Lom C a oum ou.

There is a city buildedby n o hand Andn n approachable by sea or shore ; An dun assailable by an y ba nd i rmin sol ier f r v r O sto g d y o e ermo e .

There we no lon ger shalldivide our time B acts or lea sures doin ett thi s y p , g p y ng Oi work or warfare mercha n dise or rh me , y , But we shallsit beside the silver springs

’ Tha t flow from Gods own footstoolan dbehold Sa es an dmart rs an dthose lessedfew g y , b Who lovedus on ce an w re elov edof old d e b ,

To dwellwith them a n dwalk with them an ew.

In altern ation s of su lime re ose b p , Musicalmotion the er etual la , p p p y 01 ev ery faculty that hea ven bestows

Throu h the ri ht us a n detern alda . g b g , b y, y

THOMAS WILLI AM Pa a sox s .

F LL W THE LE O O G AM.

HE determining event in the life of Alfred Lord Ten nyson was the

a of Ar ur a de th th H llam. Un

n s ious to ms f s am co c ly hi el , thi c e as the all-s a n influen ce of his fe r h pi g li , the p edes

in of his art The tw t ation . o young men met at Cambridge and were closest friends during their college days. Hallam visited his n at his om frie d h e, the rectory of

S m rs and r met and o the s o e by, the e l ved is ter Em la T n n s n an d soon aft r r , i i e y o , e w ote to assma : am r not on as a cl te I he e, ly

fr n of A fr but as o r of the ie d l ed, the l ve his s r He au her talan and iste . t ght I i , r ad her fr m Dan Tass rar e to o te, o, Pet ch,

n d r os In Au us o 1 8 he a A i to . g t f 3 3 went

for his al Hi r n f abroad he th . s pa ti g gi t to his betrothed were copies of the Pensées de

as a and Si P c l lvio Pellico. Ou the follow 200 The World B ea ut ul if .

' ing sixth of September he hadwritten to her from V ien na a letter full of enthusiasm over

the picture galleries . Ou the fifteenth he

was f un ea n on a s fa andat o d d d, lyi g o , first

thought to be asleep. He had broken a

- ss and ass d ns an and ai blood ve el, p e i t tly p n

a fr m Hi r ss a ar . s fe le ly w y o e th bet othed wi ,

a ir of n - two who fe a sh g l twe ty , lt th t e cou not an r da on s m ld live othe y, lived by o e s ran s in to a e of s n - t t ge de t y, the g eve ty eigh , ’ n in 1 9 Ha am s ea dyi g 88 . At ll d th Alfred

- Tennyson was twenty four years of age. He had already achieved some little recognition

n i his as a poet, a dwas steadfast n devotion to a a ms To him n in a m s im ide l i . the th t o t pressible period of his youth came sudden!y the great grief that was also the great spirit

ualu ft n . E e for s is m r a pli i g xc pt thi , it o e th n probable that Tennyson would n ever have achieved that supreme power that made him

s r a in r To u the pi itu l seer poetic a t. the yo th of u s rs as in r e i exq i ite powe , pl tic ec pt vity, fam for all andn o a m s m nts ed high ble cco pli h e ,

am s s ft su en u f n s r c e thi wi , dd pli ti g to the pi it Follow he m t Glea . 201 u alplan e in the guise of the deepest desola m tion an dgrief. It ight have been ex pected to x n u s f r r o ar or n stea e ti g i h o eve the p etic d i d, it was to make of the fitfulflame an enduring

A chapter in literary history here becomes

a r in s r ua s r n a ch pte pi it l hi to y. I the latter day illumin ation of psychic scien ce we read

n m n n H r w in to it ew ea i g . e e were t o per s ns unusual f rar and ex ui o , ly gi ted, with e q sitely tuned n atures ; formed on ly for high

s n s and a ssess n for r a de ti ie , e ch po i g the othe secr m s r ous all- n a rac on r et, y te i , pote t tt ti ove

n r m n or an n or a which eithe ti e ch ge, de th

s f u ho r The o e e it el , co ld ld powe . l ve b tw en them was of that celestial type as of beings

rn un r one s a r an ds ar rs of a mmon bo de t , h e co

o destin y. Such fii endships as that of Tennys n andHallam are the rarest ties on earth ; they are not s en n e in a n ur ardl n e in e o c ce t y, h y o c a z n en ur T infin itel m r do e c t ies. hey are y o e

e na an a nd of D n exc ptio l th love, they are ivi e or n igi , an dare thus the n earest andholiest tie

ha is n n f t t ever k ow in li e.

Follow the Glea m. 203

as of urs all are a er a n e en , co e, we to c t i xt t, ’ but Tennyson s fin en ess of n ature per mitted him the un usual and ex ceptional

r of s r ua e deg ee pi it l rec ptivity . When the dearest companion ship of his life was within the Unseen its sympathetic attraction drew him n a a mos ere and us s am i to th t t ph , th t ped his poetic art with the high impress that has

m s m of n u ade it the upre e power this ce t ry.

This n was Ar ur a am , the , why th H ll died that Tennyson might live in the n oblest sen se possible ; that his dearest relations should

m n n ot on be with un seen co pa ion ship, ly

f r he lif and art of oe but for all o t e the p t, that life and art should mea n to the world ;

r all u f n the um n a on s ou fo the pli ti g, ill i ti , it h ld

n ar alcu ate give . Hallam was si gul ly c l d to draw the respon sive n ature of Tennyson with

Of a am Mr. him to the higher plane . H ll Gladston e wrote : His min d was calculated by its n ative tenden cies to work powerfully an dfor good in an age full of import to the nature an d destinies of man And of him ’ an other said : Never was a man s powerful 204 The World Beautificl.

r intellect join ed to a pu er andholier heart.

So r w r n a ur s a x a e and he e e e two t e , e ch e lt d

l a and in rf mu ua r s nse de ic te pe ect t l e po , the

one w ra n n o ns n o r ft ithd w i t the U ee , the the le

in n and us r s r ua con the See , th we e the pi it l

r u a dition s prepared for a great wo k . S ch combin ation of perfectly responsive forces has

s r never before been seen in allliterary hi to y .

Th m or of Tenn s n e result is the i mortalw k y o .

” Follow the Gleam,

a was m ssa e The n war e th t the e g , i d voic told

him n ot fa n - ear but fo o his to be i t h ted, to ll w ideal with a simple and sin gle devoted n ess and a desire to enn oble the life of the ” v world . E er companion ed by that un seen presen ce of his beloved frien d in the ethereal

or u sa w ld, he co ld well y,

ehold drea m a dream of ood B , I g

An dmin gle allthe worldwith thee .

On e follows the Gleam when he realizes that the true bas is of living is to hold that ’ on s r a s f is his s r ua self andhis r a e e l el pi it l , e l

a r of a on he s r u r T the t e cti t pi it al wo ld. his Follew the Glea m. 205 at on ce uplifts all our living to the plane

of n ur and ru . is m dig ity, p ity, t th It assu ing

’ on e s true attitude toward allthe complicated m an sm of ma r a r ne s ech i the te i l wo ld. O stand before it as the skilled engineer stands before his ma chinery ; as the electrician stan ds be for his m a and a in struments ; e co plic ted , delic te as an s s an s for his an a the pi i t t d be e pi o,

n of on and un rea r s n in thi g t e t e, dy to e po d harmonious vibrations to the right touch .

All fa ur s of fe all rou all the il e li , the t ble,

r has its roo in the fa a the pe plexity, t ct th t the individual has n ot assumed the proper attitude toward that spiritual creation which

f n s is a e is called his li e . U til thi chi ved the

is r n The rs an d r a focus w o g. pe pective el

are fa s an d s mus first tive values l e, the e t be

h mom n one s n adjusted . T e very e t di ti ctly

m a s r ual n realizes hi self as pi it bei g, the

f s r ua or immor in habitant o a pi it l w ld, the tal who dwells in the region of causes an d

s in or r ro u on has to do with the e de to p d ce,

an s r s of ff s the visible pl e, the e ie e ect which he

mom n r z s him calls life, the very e t he eali e

Fallow the Glea m. 207 should deliberately put his pia n o out of tun e ; or a writer who should select a poor rather tha n a good pen ; or a railroad president who should insist on defective engines rather than perfect on es . The more perfect the mechan

ism r is r su . M fr n s , the bette the e lt y ie d , get s me n on ! s Broo s ou sa o thi g d e Phillip k w ld y. Got something don e ! Do n ot go on forever

n rm s n sa m foe i idle ski i hi g with the e . Real ize as ou sit r who our f n m is , y he e, y chie e e y ,

of m n or o a t false or fou what vice i d b dy, wh l ha r out to God for s r n t e bit. C y t e g h. S t your face resolute!y to a n ew life in which that vice shall have n o part. Go out and

a e a n of n ew a s an dne le v it de d. Ple ty b ttle w foes but n o on er a a and a foe , l g th t b ttle th t ! Get something don e ! Here is the ringing call

a n a s a e em n is r at th t i dic te the chi v e t. It el ed of a philosopher of old that be instructed his servant to call him each morning with the f rmu a Get u u ! ou a r a o l , p, get p y h ve g e t ” n s t do n e ma l la to ar thi g o . O y we l y he t these words . An especially favored little group of invited 20 Th or B 8 e W ld ea utiful.

guests were privileged on e day to assist a t a

r a a n om ara e mus a l ar s ecit l by th t i c p bl ic ti t,

Mr Perabo The ou was a dr a o . . h r e m f en

chantmen t. Such in terpretation of the great masters of oldby the great master ct: to-day is an ex perience so rare andso won derful that

is n au u n the ea en it like bei g c ght p i to h v s,

andhearing words n ot lawful for man to utter. After this the artist spoke of his Chickering grand which respon ded to his touch almost

as s ri an s ers s r n ot a n of r s pi t w to pi it, thi g wi e

ands r n s an d e s but a erfe n s rum n t i g k y , p ct i t e t

of a so u e me o of u s e harmon o us b l t l dy, exq i it , i

res on The or s su es e ea of p se. w d gg t d the id l the human body ; to be train ed to such per fection that it shall perfectly an dharmoniously respon d to the comman ds of the spiritual self

c is the rea man Nor oes a c whi h l . d the thleti trainin g which ex alts more physical strength as an aim in a ndof itself make the body a perfect instrumen t respon sive to spiritual pur

ose but n s ea the h en rac h p , i t d, ygi ic p tice whic makes all proper physical con ditions a n eces sar asis a m ans an end y b as e to . 20 Follow the Glea m. 9

The real man liVes in the unseen realm of causes which project their effects in the visible

n s of fe a r world . The eve t li h ve thei origin

n ro sses. T ou is a r i in me tal p ce h ght fo ce .

l m r o n an e ri finite y o e p te t th el ct city. It is the

rea or a ndafter ar the o r a on ro s c t , w d p we th t c t l

l ra on s The on e su r m ne in f a lvib ti . p e e ed li e i i in r n n H h n s n be g t ai ed to thi k. e w o k ows ho to n has the ke to un e w thi k y the iv rse.

Th a e om s rea to him n or can e ide l b c e l , the impression s of the outside world disturb his

nn er fe i li .

' n s a of n su mer in aflairs as all I te d bei g b ged , who lead busy an d more or less useful lives are a t to be he s a rea z a is in p , h ll li e th t he ,

r ll m reality, apart f om a this echan ism of busi n ss ll r a ze a is a D n e , he wi e li th t he ivi e

n e n in a D n or in om au bei g dw lli g ivi e w ld, c p ion shi rea m of s r s and e p with the l pi it , y t dir n on rol n and ro ucin ecti g, c t li g, p d g events in the material world because he can create in thought .

And us on e ma rea z a e r ss on th y li e th t xp e i , to l to or of God is to ive the gl y . It dwell 1 4

Alive to Gen tle Infl uence. 21 1

n ur n s n or of chara r is the e d i g ple d cte , which thus prepared to be more andmore a receiver

r anda t an smitter of the divin e en ergy. Q i i f 0

He must be musical,

Tremulous im ression al , p , Alive en tle in fl en c to g u e, n dca e an dof sk Oi la s p y, An dten der to the spirit touch ’ ’ r m i en s e Oi man s o a d ye.

But to his n ative cen tre fast.

’ Shallin to Future fn se the Past ’ An dthe worlds flowing fates

In hi s own mouldrecast.

EMERSON.

The fun damen tal truth of life in the sense even of intellectual progress an dma teris l prosperity is to realize ourselves as spiritual beings whose real (or psychic) body has attracted a temporary casing of matter in order to fit it for contact with a material en vir n ment an d us as in r a on e is a o , th e lity spiritual being having to do with spiritual for s all n o e is n ial his own . ce , k wledg pote t ly

Man shoul affirm as esus All o r d , did J , p we ” e is given to me in heaven an don earth . Th ‘ 2 1 2 The World Bea utiful.

first condition toward using this po wer is the

rea za n a is ours. No w no li tio th t it , the k wl

lan on e and en edge of the p et which we liv , ev

of r is a read e ns e ras ed othe plan ets, l y xte iv ly g p

s n s s The n e s in the n a ural by cie ti t . xt tep t progress of life is to discern the con dition s

of e s n e To this of the succeeding stage xi te c . both terrestrial and psychic scien ce con trib

ute Th orm r h s o re a the . e f e as di c ve d th t

a mo r r a e an nn r e er t sphe e is pe v d d by i e th , which is as much more subtle and impou

der hl air air i an m er Ps a e than as s th att . y chic science discovers that this finer ether is the atmosphere of spiritual life ; it is the air

that the psychic body may breathe . The law of gravita tion governs matter ; but the law of attraction governs spirit. The psychic body is formed it is already pretty well demon strated of magn etic andelectric forces. In its appearan ce it corresponds to the physical body which follows its form : the psychic body

n the r u f r bei g di ect res lt of thought o ces. We are often o a the sou ma s o t ld th t l ke the b dy, but we see the in congruity of very beautiful li 2 A ve to Gen tle Infl uence. 1 3

s u s in ain or un a n es and r o l pl g i ly bodi , ve y dwarfed and selfish and un lovely souls in

on is n evertheless ru ou its a i a ti t e, th gh ppl c tion begins in the rea l life (that on which we

n r at a an d is n ot rea z in e te de th), li ed this

resen ru men tar sta e The n o p t di y g . oble p et,

So ev er soul as it is more ure y , p An dha th in it the more of hea venl li ht y g , 80 it the fairer body doth procure To ha bit in a n dit more freel di ht , y g ; or f the s ulth bod f rm doth ta k F o o e y o e, ” For soulis form an ddoth the bod make , y .

all n o s rue ra i all Ide y, we k w thi to be t p ct c y,

v th it is n ot true . We see on e ery han d e

n ho i fa r an dthe Mar Rosamon d V i cy w s i , y Garth who is plain : the Hetty Sorrel who

u f an a arac r and has the bea ty o ide l ch te , the Din ah Morris whose exquisite soul has n o corresponding bodily grace . George Eliot has dra matized this salient truth in her characters

n s But h r and now we with unfaili g kill. e e are learning to live ; after death we then be

Alive to en tle In uence 21 G fl . 5

that haun ted the brain ofColumbus n ow haun t the brain of the psychic researcher regarding

the e rea or a ma the l w ld, th t he y brea k a ” pathway to the un known realms . This ethe real world lies in the in n er ether ; it is a

oun r ar the orres on n on n en so c te p t, c p di g c ti t, Th to s ea of s or . e s c o p k, thi w ld p ychi b dy withdrawing from the physical enters this

erea rea m andis n o on er un er law eth l l , l g d the

of ra ta on but un er a of at ra on g vi ti , d th t t cti

n a a s the air as we a the i ste d. It w lk w lk

r In h s erea or are omes ea th . t i eth l w ld the h ,

f orsh rar es ha s for mus temples o w ip, lib i , ll ic,

c ur s all a a r to fac for le t e , th t we h ve he e ili

the f of art of ro ress of wors onl tate li e , p g , hip, y

on a far n oblerscale than ours . The inhabitants of that realm travel by j ourn eying through the

r the mo or e n ou h c is as mu ai , t b i g th g t, whi h ch more poten t than electricity as electricity is

- T more potent an dswift than horse power. hey describe this sen sation of riding through the ” n air as a delicious o e. The spiritual powers of man are fitted to m h penetrate in to spiritual truths. It ight wit 21 6 The World Bea ut ul if .

as mu ro r a n sa for t ch p p iety h ve bee id, be e he

n ew as ron om a was un days of the t y, th t it n atural for man to attempt to learn anything of the nature of the heavenly bodies as to assert that it is unn aturalfor man to push his discoveries of the n ature and con dition s of

if As e m ht l e beyond the event ofdeath. w ll ig it be said that it was unnatural to sail the o ean and erefor art of na a io n c , th e the vig t should n ot be studied ; or that it was un n a t ura see moons of u iter a nd a l to the J p , th t the telescope should n ot thereby have been

erfe e p ct d . The gen eral nature of life falls in to the fo ur

s ns of uman the s r ua divi io the h , pi it l, the an and h e s a ra from t e e . Ea s gelic, c l ti l ch d w the on e a o it Eac is a r e co m b ve . h to deg e panion ed by the higher sphere . Each is a

r p eparation for the succeeding stage .

An dwhat care I for ook or riest An devery b p , Star is Beth Or sibylfrom the mummiedEa st ? l h m Star ” o e . r When every star is Bethlehem sta .

The development of our own spiritual facul ties that we may live the life of the spirit is And ever ta r is Bethlehem t r y S S a . 21 7 the preparation for the easy an d constan t commun ion between the two worlds of the Seen andthe Unseen ; and what is the life of s r ? is o e o an d a the pi it It l v , j y, pe ce. It is fire and ua f a f the high q lity o d ily li e . If the life of the spirit is simply a devo tion al ux ur oss on fe of l y, p ible ly to the li

e sur or a of a o un ar re us hen l i e to th t v l t y cl e, t

is n ot f as e for the a era man We it e ibl v ge . fin d ourselves in a world whose demands tax every en ergy the spirit is housed in a physi cal body which must be cared for in order that it serve well as the instrument through which to work ; and in the struggle for the

r mar n of foo s e er an d o n p i y eeds d , h lt , cl thi g man of a s are su mer e a a n er is the y b g d ; g i , th e s ru arr on ar en r r ses or to t ggle to c y l ge te p i , effect great achievemen ts ; and again the de man s of is the an en u f d the v ible, t gible, g l the

or er How is to ft u his art an d w k . he li p he live the life of the spirit ?

F rs ma a ar and defin ite i t, it y be by cle realization as to the n ature an d purposes

fe is n ot a o f . is of that li . It n ex tic li e It

A ever ta r is Bethlehem ta r 21 n d y S S . 9

of its o wn so u n of a ra roa a ross , the b ildi g il d c

on nen the arr n of ca under the c ti t, c yi g the ble

r usan m es of o an mar ous th ee tho d il ce , the vell feats of civil en gin eering that bridge rivers and construct the applian ces of a higher

za on or of a r a man ufa or civili ti , the w k g e t ct y, the organization or the individual work in an sco e or re on e r art or y p di cti , wh the it be ar e ur m n s r or man ufac ures oharit chit ct e, i i t y t , y or omm r all are s m l the ma n f s a c e ce, i p y i e t

ons on s a an d s ane of ti , the phy ic l vi ible pl , the spiritual en ergies of the spiritual beings who in em rar s a s , clothed t po y phy ic l bodie , inhabit this world for a limited period of t me The f of s r is as ru f i . li e the pi it t ly the li e for the us or er in con flict of a n b y w k , the ex cti g

man s a s is for s r a or oe de d , it prie t, p el te, p t .

o n n s an 01? a e so N w whe o e t ds littl , to

s n orama of speak, an d considers thi pa the

or are in as som n a ar fr m his w ld we , ethi g p t o r a s f as the m r han ma sur his e l el , e c t y vey s r o r the r r his manus r n on e to e, w ite c ipt ; whe can attain that angle of vision by mean s of which he clearly perceives that his real self 220 The WorldB ea ut ul if . dwells in an unseen world an d is allied to its forces ; that this real self is in close a n d direct relation to the Divine life of which it can receive to the utmost degree of its o wn

a ac t for r e on and a n r as n c p i y ec pti , th t i c e i g the receptivity to this Divin e life it in creases its

o r r r ums an c s andm s on from p we ove ci c t e , ove

r h r on on s on r a z n highe to hig e c diti , ce e li i g

s all anorama of fe assum s an n ire thi , the p li e e t ly

ffe n as The man fe s s m n di re t pect. el o ethi g like a prin ce in disguise encountering temporary

ar s r a or m sun rs andin a in h d hip, t i l, i de t g, th t n o way affects his real identity or his subse

uen om n on over em orar r a The q t d i i t p y t i l . very moment that man recogn izes an dasserts his Divin e birthright he assumes a n ew atti

u in an n or of a aran s t de the ch gi g w ld ppe ce , tho flowin on di on s of f Em r g c ti li e, as e son well phrases them.

h v nf ren of re on T e ine itable i e ce as , as well as r a on of fa is s T a th the evel ti ith, thi : h t e limited terms of years on this plane of con sciousness is an ex perimental phase ; that in the life j ust beyond this Which is probably l t r 22 1 And every Sta r is Beth ehem S a .

m e and r ee s to the n ex sta an li it d, p oc d t ge by even t as determining as is death in this life

a in s lf us e on ven s n th t thi i e j t b y d, e t a daffairs an dex r n s ome s mor more pe ie ce bec till e vivid,

m or an m r ee si n fi i p t t, o e d ply g i cant than they are her as x er en es e, the e p i c of mature life are more vivid an dmore sign ifican t than those of childhood . To be fittedfor en tering this life

on r u r s ll n s of s n and bey d eq i e a ki d di cipli e, it is the end not the m an s w is be con , e , hich to

sidered. If a man is selfish s a n ot be , h ll he

ra fu and for ha s n er g te l glad t t di cipli e, howev se r and or ur n at mom n a shal ve e t t i g the e t, th t l kill selfishness in him? For un til this is

on a arr r ann o ass n r d e, b ie which he c t p i te poses between him an dthat life of the spirit

If an is rou which is peace andjoy. a m p d and ars aus his ou oo is too n arro h h, bec e tl k w for him to realize his relation to the uni

ers his r mus be ran smu n o v e, p ide t t ted i t the

D n ra of uml his ars n ss mus ivi e g ce h i ity, h h e t

be ran sform r u a m n o t ed, by spi it al lche y, i t

s e n ess of s ir efor can in we t p it, b e he live

ns joy and peace . Should n ot these tra

! ea l to Authen tic M ion iss . 223

toward the fuller comprehension of its ser

e Th vic . e con scious self whose acts an d tho ughts we kn ow is perpetually compan

ion ed rea se f s r u n by the l l , the pi it al bei g o f which all the manifestation in the physi cal body on the physical plan e is but frag

men ar and s Th is th e n t y light. is e b i g that s m r rs ca su on s ous se f but o e w ite ll the bc ci l , it is n ot clear but that the superconscious

h r would be n earer the truth . T is spi itual bein g (which is o ur real self) inhabits the

and is s se f i Spiritual world, it thi l wh ch comes into the in tercommun ion with the in habitan ts of that world . This higher or

f is in finitel s n s to m r ss n s real sel y e itive i p e io ,

the r man fes a to suggestions . Where lowe i t

n d m r ous r a s f is tion is dull a i pe vi , the e l el a er an r l t d eceptive. How vividly Browning images this truth !

What fairer z eal ShallI require to my a uthen tic mission Than this fierce en ergy this in stin ct strong Because its n ature is to strive Q Q Q Q 224 The World Beaut ul if .

How kn ow I else such glorious fate my own

But in the restless, irresistible force

That works wi thin me Is it for human will To in stitute such impulses stillless To disregardtheir promptin gs What shouldI Do ke t amon ou all? our loves ur c , p g y Y , yo ares, our life allto e min e ? Be sure tha t Y , b Go d ' Ne er dooms to waste the strength he deign s impart l

The su ssfu u a r is ho eith cce l ed c to he w , or

n o e or n ui on a a s by k wl dge by i t ti , ppe l to this s f in T s r e n el the child. hi highe b i g can be

nc ura s mu a on and o e o ged, ti l ted, led , devel ped to a far greater degree than has ever been realized ; an d it is the problem of existen ce to en f s o er ons ous if i id ti y thi l w , c ci l e with th s ”

er one an dso to v in s r . high , li e the pi it It is this higher self that is so receptive and

- plastic to the auto suggestion . In matters o f a of m n a a em n of con c he lth, e t l chiev e t, s ien

us e s on of mora en us asm — in tio d ci i , l th i , all these and in other directions is it plas tic to the moulding of the will . The studen t can accomplish far greater intellectual work with perfect ease by recogn izing this real self and su es n a n of r r li e gg ti g to it li e esea ch. The t r ! ea l to Authen tic Mission . ary worker can suggest to himself a lin e of

fin er an d n o r or andhe w ble w k, ill achieve

f r r it. The seeker a ter a t ue and holier life huds his stren gth in the spiritual quality of

al this more re self.

r li n The e is ttle eed of drudgery, weari n ss a n or of r a one who li s e , vex tio , t i l to ve aright. All discords are the result of the

f a n m n r lack o ad ptatio to the environ e t. Fo

n ir n men of f is D n an dman is the e v o t li e ivi e, ,

r mari a D n ein and on n p i ly, ivi e b g, ly whe he lives from this consciousn ess is he at peace . The perception of the Spiritual law trans

ou i f r f r forms ex istence. Th ght s a o ce a more potent than electricity and the flow ing conditions can be entirely controlled by m n r is a n s s e tal powe . It the he ve ly hip always that are born e on ward without a

The interpen etration of the ethereal body with the physical body is an essen tial fact

ll m r ss ons ma on regarding health . A i p e i de

a an s the ethereal react on the physic l, dthi is the un derlying prin ciple of Christian sci 1 5

! ea l t Authen tic Missi 22 o on . 7

curren ts an d working in accord with them for thus do allthe stars in their courses fight h for the achievement, and t e personal effort is supported by the polarity of the universe

itself.

Not nl au - su s on but a so o y by to gge ti , l

b r h a s of s m n shou on e y ig t h bit i ple livi g, ld keep' himself at the poin t of ex hilaration an d

n er The s ra er an the e gy. p ychic body th th physical is the on e to be considered in allthe

a s of ea n s e n a n and z r h bit ti g, l epi g, b thi g, e e

s We mus earn a us om ourse v s ci e. t l to cc t l e

the rea za on of our s o our to li ti p ychic b dy,

s r ua s f as the ru and r a s f pi it l el , t e the e l el ;

an o s a o ob e tivel so dto h ld the phy ic l b dy j c y,

m n to speak , as the mere in stru e t or case of

the real self. Now the psychic body is com

o of e r and ma n sm and the p sed el ct icity g eti , food taken should be of a n ature to con tribute to these qualities rather than to n eutralize

em Let on e er men on mse f and th . exp i t hi l , he will soon fin d that a diet of fruits and grain s gives him infinitely more of this ex hilaration and ur n r an on e of m a s p e e e gy th e t , 22s The World Bea utiful.

v ta es an d as r . The m n mum of ege bl , p t y i i

' food will be foun d to be the maximum o f

a Air wa r and u are the he lth. , te , tho ght great invigorators and restorers of the psy chic body which is the one to be consid

r an d is oss a a n a r e ual e ed, it p ible to tt i pe p t

ur x l r n n r state of p e e hi a ation a de e gy.

A o and on all ru ix r of b ve bey d , the t e el i i h life s love an dsweetness of spirit. T e for getfulness of self in the remembering of

ers is n ot a ra t a r n oth , th t the p c ic l wo ki g formula of health and success and resultant happin ess ? This thought is curiously all

r a n of at and r ss n a p ev ili g l e, the exp e io th t the reign of Christ shall begin is n ot a mere

ras of r r but m s ph e heto ic, the o t practical truth regarding daily life . How does the reign of Christ begin ? What does it mean ? It begins in all our personal relations to each o er in fami s in fr n s n n o th ; lie , ie d hip, i eighb r

oo s in the n r un h d , ge e al comm ity. The reign of Christ is n ot complete in the heart of him who willingly causes pain or un kin dness to any human being. The reign of Christ means u tic Miasion 229 ! eal to A then .

re n of and re n of m an s the ig love, the ig love e

f a n s the reign o h ppi e s.

For love is God

An dmakes Heaven .

There is n o life on which sometime and somewhere there does n ot dawn the Heavenly

V ision . There is n o eye on which its splen dor does n ot rise ; there is no car that does n ot ca tch the voice of higher and purer as piration . And all the after euccess andhap

nosa of f is assure if aul one ma pi li e d , like P , y say I was n ot disobedient un to the Heavenly

V ision . The larger discoveries constantly being made in finer forces in clude that of this in finite poten cy of thought which is as swift as l un rr n as r ta n R ar n ight, as e i g g avi tio eg di g t s for e re are man n u ries one e n hi c the y i q i , b i g

a if ou is so o en how s a on e th t th ght p t t, h ll shield himself from evil thought directed toward him ? This inevitable question is most clea rly an d ably met in an article on ” T u Forms A n n who ho ght , by n ie Besa t,

! ea l to Authen tic Mission . 23 1

an s rn a in a ns. T s with h d , ete l the he ve hi

fine an d su m n a b is m btle e t l ody the te ple, ” ous of n n s r and the h e, the i dwelli g pi it ; da da ar a r a one is rea n y by y, ye by ye , e ch c ti g this body by the quality an dcharacter of his m n al f n h s i aiter e t li e. It is i t i body n which

a h he i find ms f and r s s w h de t w ll hi el , it e t it

fu him to make it beauti l or the reverse. It

ima ual of hi ua f will ge the q ity s spirit l li e. It

in a ns a is in h will be the he ve , th t , the et e

r d mm a su is real wo l , which i edi tely cceed th

E r ur ou and n as world. ve y p e th ght oble piration contribute to its beauty. There can be n o question but that the significan ce and usefulness of life is in ex act

r n er of r a n s f propo tio to the pow el ti g it el ,

u ra r D n . To urn thro gh p ye , to the ivi e t away from the world of sense an d to en ter the world of spirit is the o ne supreme privi

of um n f is r of o n lege h a li e . It the powe d i g this that accen tuates the great gulf fix ed

een h s a an dthe s r ua r s betw the p y ic l pi it l wo ld ,

f h of h man is a n an o bot w ich n i habit t. ” Wi su s an ia as S n h le the b t t l body, wede 23 2 The World Beautiful.

borg so truly calls the spiritual body which

n l s cal is permane t, whi e the phy i body is fleet

an in and n ta disa ars ing and ch g g i evi bly ppe ,

in m n r urns us h ti e, a d et to d t, w ile the spiritual man in his substan tial body is still

o as and t us envel ped in the physical c e, h held

the s ca or s ar s erfor to phy i l w ld , he h e , p ce, the

s al fe o the an ma But the re phy ic li f i l. deg e to which he shares this is optional with him

s f. f he oose ma li fe os el I ch , he y ve the li wh e chief events are dinin g anddressing an ddelv in r on an e of u ur g, whethe it be the pl l x y

an d s en or or of o r an d m a n pl d , p ve ty li it tio s. There is j ust as much materiality of life among the multi-millionaires as there is

among the very poor. Nor is this material ity a n ecessary condition for either extreme it is in no sen se an in evitable accompan imen t of ea or o v r but n s in w lth p e ty, depe d each

as on the n i ua on e ree c e i div d l, the d g to which he has achieved his spirituality . The mo men t on e realizes himself as a spirit ual e n n b i g, belo ging by right to the spiritual

or one os ru n r s are n w ld, wh e t e i te e ts i andof ! l ut t M n ea to A hen ic issio . 23 3

a r a m and om ommun n th t e l , to wh c io with

D n e is er r a of e s n the ivi the v y b e th xi te ce, on e r of ife a m the elixi l , th t omen t he asserts

m f ar Fr m hi sel ight. o that hour his life

om s a si n ificant fa t r in bec e g c o true progress. This spiritual truth is closely linked with

r a n sci ntifi ce t i e c facts . The scientists have theories of in ner others by means of which psychic power is conveyed andwhich trans

la n ac n te it i to tio , as the wire tran slates the

e r urr n e r lect ic c e t to xp ess a message. A new scien tist asserts his conviction that there

are no var ous s a s of r bu a all i t te ethe , t th t space is filled with matter in various states of vibration ; andthat what we hadhereto fore called air and other is simply all on e substance in degrees of lower and higher range . It is conceivable that this latest theory may approximate to the truth more n ear an an r ous one No one has ly th y p evi . yet discovered those forces of n ature by m ans of sen se re s se f s r e which late it l to pi it.

T r is r ain som r a law s un he e ce t ly e g e t , till r n z an dunf rmu a a and ecog i ed o l ted, which cts

M ! ea l to Authen tic ission . 23 5

’ ’ li entl on s rela tedn ess to God an d on e s g y e ,

o n r er s su ma r a w powe ov thi btle tte , wh tever

be a fills alls a is to ar s in n n it , th t p ce, i e ew ess

’ f to rea z n s se f as a s r o life. It is li e o e l pi itual

n r an dn ow a ndan in a an of bei g, he e , h bit t the

’ r r is to realze a on e s r spi itual wo ld . It i th t e lation to the physical world is a merely inci

ental n — a fa a has its ur s its d thi g, ct th t p po e,

r s o ns l s as a as of e e o m n e p ibi itie , ph e d v l p e t, a n dwhich it is most important to use aright

but which is in evitably transien t. ’ nz B l a In Mr. Macke ie el s be utiful biog

h o r s na R sse n n i m rap y f Ch i ti o tti , othi g s ore significa nt than the fact that this great reli gions poet received her power n aturally by the con stant relating of her soul to the Divin e ; her a s of o on and of ommun on h bit dev ti c i , which en abled the higher curren ts of life to

flo w rou her or an s ra r ma be th gh g i m. P ye y a fo rma and er mon a act an d mean l c e i l , n othing ; it may be the absolute surrender ’ of on e s sou D n en ers l to the ivi e, when it t

e n n o b hi d the veil i t the very glory of God. And as Miss Rossetti said of an artist that 23 6 I M WorldBea utW.

the sacred themes he treated were a part of hi if and a is was s r of his s l e, th t th the ec et

on rfu r so is s r of r w de l powe , it the ec et powe

uman n on the part of every h bei g.

L f 11 to God rans en s a and i e d t c d de th, those in the Seen andin the Unseen meet and min gle in the deepest sympathy of spiritual c mmun o ion.

t c e t

r life with all it ields of o a n d Fo , y j y BuildTheo woe, ho e a n dfear elieve the a ed An d p , b g

frien d,

’ Is us ur chan ce 0 the riz e of learnin love j t o p g , H w l v mi ht he hath been in deed an dis o o e g , , , An dthat we holdthenceforth to the uttermost

Su h riz des ite the en v of the orl c p e p y w d,

An hav n ain truth kee truth that is all. d, i g g ed , p ;

Ba owx me .

The will is a current of force which is to ’ on e ua fe m a s in divid l li like the hel to ship . It can be conserved to the highest use in con

ro n all flowin n ons of f and t lli g the g co diti li e, steering its possessor on his upward anddown ward course ; or it may be frittered anddis More ta tel M 2 Build Thee S y ansiom. 3 7

ated a r a n a sip by idle ch tte , by eg tion of

ur ose ra ua as of p p , by the g d l w te life in aim

he fel it die a little ever da S t y y,

Fl tter less wildl an dmore fee l ra . u y, b y p y tiller it rew at times she f lt it ull S g ; e p , m lorin thin l somethin eautiful I p g y g b , An din the n ight was painfuuy awake An dstru ledin the darkn ess tillda reak gg yb . For n ot at once not without a n strife , y , It di ed at times it sta rted ack to life ; b , Now at some an geleven in g after rain

Buildedlike early Paradise again . Now at some flower or human face or sk , , y, With silent tremble of in fin ity ; Or at some waft of fields in midn i ht swee g t, m n Or soulof sum er daw in the da rk street .

The poet has referen ce to the soul in these

’ remarkable lines that thrill through on e s deepest consciousness with a regenerating and fairl a ransform n o r is m r y t i g p we , th i p essive picture of the real self imploring something beautiful by which it may live . Physical starvation touches whole n ations into sym pathy ; but what can be said of that spiritual starvation which pervades the world ? What

u m Mor B ild Ti e e Sta tely Ma nsions . 23 9

T en a is be ? h s a s e l h wh t A p y ic l h l , so to s ea r ft n an d a m ss as p k, d i i g idly i le ly a ship

hou ru er or om ass wit t dd c p .

The a so u on ness of all s r tual f b l te e pi i li e, whether in the physical body in the physical

r h wo ld, or in t e psychic body in the ethereal

or is rha s fun am n a ru w ld, pe p the d e t l t th on which to base all speculative theories of pey chic problems. The grea test obstacle to the general comprehen sion ofthe supreme truth of intercommunication between the two worlds of the Seen andthe Un seen lies in the fact that the change wrought by death has been

ra e an d has a s n greatly exagge t d, l o bee rele gated to the regions of the un knowable as

T s difli t well as of the unkn own . hi culy is

m Fi rs of l o r o . al the in itial on e to be ve c e t , let us accept the truth that the physical world is a rudimen tary an d an ex perimen tal con di tion ; that the physical body is a temporary

n s rumen es ne ser the rea a s i t t, d ig d to ve l ( p y chical) body for its con tact with matter dur in its so ourn here but a n ua g j , th t the i divid l, whether in his psychic body in the ethereal 240 The orld Be ut ul W a if .

or or er is s n as e i w ld, wheth he till e c d n the

m rar s a o in ma er al or te po y phy ic l b dy the t i w ld,

is ra t a sa me and a us commu p c ic lly the , th t th nication between the two worlds is possible

n t on comi g to a recogni ion of spiritual la ws . The change we term death is simply in the withdrawal of the psychic body from this phy

sical ase Th rea or in t n c . e ethe l w ld which it he

en rs is r alwor or of finer te the e ld, the w ld

r f r s Sc e fo s o nces an . n ce ce , highe pote i , th thi i ,

in its o r of h nn r r offer disc ve y t e i e ethe , s a

r asona b or an d on e h ma er e le the y, whic y v y

ss verified s researc a po ibly be by p ychic h, th t this composes the atmosphere of the spiritual

or a as we r rea e the air w ld ; th t , he e, b th aroun o s so in rea m u be d , they, the l j st

on r a s nner r. T r n y d, b e the thi i ethe his b i gs o ur perception s of that realm in to a somewhat defin ite form an d na es us to ras s me e bl g p, to o

e re at eas on e on of n r d g e, l t, the c c pti the i te penetration of the two worlds It is sometimes objected that the spiritual — an dthe physical can n ot co ex ist in the same space . But let a s keep to therealization that 24 B uild Thee More Sta tely Ma n sion s. 1

all erson s in o or s are s r ua e n s p b th w ld pi it l b i g , an d that the life of the spirit is n ot deter min ed or controlled by the in ciden t of being i u of h s ha ffer n or o t t e phy ical body. W t di ent degrees of life are practically co-ex isten t

r in same sam ous e n . he e the block, the e h e, ve

Ta a o n n ro ms in an o e an d ke two dj i i g o h t l, how vast a gulf may yawn between the quality of life lived in each ! Scien ce has discovered that the atmosphere is electric, an d

a ou is the most o en for and th t th ght p t t ce, these two truths suggest a very reason able clew to the process by means of which thought darts through space andreaches those in the

er a or eth e l w ld . The magnetic sensitiven ess of the spirit

u urr n is as oun n has to tho ght c e ts t di g. It long seemed to many person s that the very a ir conveyed messages an dso it does . On e ma a u an o r in r s or or y c ll p the , eithe thi w ld in rea or at an m s m the ethe l w ld, y ti e, i ply by directin g to him a strong curren t of thought. The thousan d little thin gs gen erally ran kecl as coin cidents are really illustrations of this 1 6

B uild Thee Mor t t l e S a e y Ma nsions. 243 a ndan importan t on e ; but they are included among a thousand other things that make up the life of the spirit. Man is primarily an d

ermanen l a s r ua n an d on n p t y pi it l bei g, ly i ci den all an d m rar a h s a n t y te po ily p y ic l bei g. The power of each individual life is multi plied in definitely by achievin g a clear a nd well-settled view of its relation to the un seen world an dthe recognition of the poten t and sympathetic compan ionship of the unseen fr en s an d ers n r ro r on i d help . U de p pe c di tions we can all of us go in to the ethereal

or n me As mus c a m a w ld at a y ti . ( we t l i th t

r sen or is a so a s r ua or is the p e t w ld l pi it l w ld, it clearer to use the term ethereal to designate

h n r r t e s a e e e at ea . ra e the con t te t d d th ) P y ,

en ra on of as ra on the n n s a c t ti high pi ti , i te e c ll of the sou o ens our s r ua s n ses the l, p to pi it l e

r o n s of r m us e on highe p te cie the eal j t b y d.

On e ma ra to mse f mus al rea n y d w hi l ic c tio , or e r roman e n en ons al ru po t y, c , i v ti , ethic t th, the o er so ma ma ca ro ems p w to lve the ti l p bl , an n n ee of h c he ha in ms f ythi g, i d d, W i h s hi el

ma n e rm is b in the g tic ge . It y plac g himself 244 The World Beautiful. in this rapport with higher spiritual forces that he is en abled to create in the as tral

aft r ar a ar ob ectivel that which will e w d ppe j y. One may sit do wn alon e at n ight the last

to r s and a ua thing before retiring e t, ct lly create all the n ext day for himself its in ci

n s its rou n of erson s its a e e de t , g pi g p , chi v men h a mos r er men ts. T e t phe e holds ev y ele t that goes to make up the combination s of o u ar f and can r from at tw d li e, we d aw it pleas ure . The astral world is plastic to the

ou E r form can r be mou e t ch . ve y the e ld d. It is perfectly possible for any one to study the spiritual laws that control all life in the physical andin the ethereal worlds an d

earn to rea his own fe ot on i l c te li . N ly s this

’ possible ; n ot only is it o ne s privilege ; but

is a so the u the res ons of e er it l d ty, p ibility, v y individual . Sweetness an d light are to be had on the same terms as bitterness an d

n darkn ess. It is o ly a question of spiritual s on on f r niz electi . It is ly a question o ecog in the on en ssof fe c u v e g e li , whi h, tho gh di id d , is not an e .b the f a The e n o . ch g d y. ve t de th B uild Th e More ta tel Ma nsi n S y o s. 245 intimate andmagn etic in terrelations between life in the physical an din the ethereal worlds can ar be sufficientl r a ze h dly y e li d.

The immortal self of man implores some thing bea utif on which to live ; cries out un ceasingly for its spiritual food of thought an d ur s a n d ove and n ea or p po e l high e d v . The secret of allhope andhappin ess ; the key to allachievement that is of value ; the claim to the n er an e of mmor a even ies i h it c I t lity , l in the degree to which this spiritual self may be develo ped an dmade the dominan t power fully realized in the outer and temporal per sonality in that it takes complete control an d

sumes su rem as n en e en ere in as p e ce d cy, v h , the life o n earth ; as it shall hold hereafter in its ro r ss o ar the D vin in its un on p g e t w d i e, i

od in its fe ern a in ra s with G , li et l the Pa di a

Gloria .

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