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1 9 0 4 February ¿¿$ Vol. 6 SU Ten Cents a Copy One Dollar a Year 134 The New York Matg^zme of Mysteries THE NEW YORK She is 104 Years in the Body—A MAGAZINE OF MYSTERIES Beautiful Christian Life X aa North William Street. New York City Oh, how blessed is the spiritual life! It is always crowned with blessings, such as a long, useful, force­ 1 CHARLES E. ELLIS. Proprietor ful, happy and peaceful life here and now. The W h atever yo u r occupation may be, and PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY Mystics know that it is blessed to reach a sweet ripe however crowded your hours with affairs THOMPSON CO. old age of body while here in this great and beautiful .to not fall to secure at least a lew mlnut« SUBSCRIPTION PRICE*, f t .00 PER YEAR world that God has given us. Here is an account $ every day for refreshment of vour Inner life with a bit of poetry.-Prof. Charles To nil parts of the United States, Canada. Mexiro and Cuba. of the earth life of a sweet Christian soul, taken from Subscribers in Foreign Countries please &dd 4# cents for extra postage. the Boston daily papers: Eliot Norton. SINGLE COPIES, 10 CENTS " Nov. 27, 1903, at Berlin, Mass., was the anniver­ Snt»flcrlt>pre? names are entered in our bonks as soon as received, sary of the birth of Miss Rebecca Whitcomb, which ni;d pajxTS promptly forwarded. Subscriptions always com­ occurred in 1799, one year before the last century mence with the current issue. began. Living in three centuries, Miss Whitcomb Urvseerv Friends WHEN YOUR SUBSCRIPTION EXPIRES is to-day at the age of 104 in remarkably good It Is of the utmost Importance that It should lv renewed early A DEDICATION In order that there may be no delay in receiving the next Issue of health and in perfect possession of all her facul­ TliK Nrw York M aa.xzrxK "i M ymkiurs, as we ure generally liy Henry Wadsworth Longfellow unable to furnish lwick numbers. ties—probably the oldest woman in Worcester Address all letters to County. She received many friends during the day, As one who, walking in the twilight gloom THE NEW YORK MAGAZINE OF MYSTERIES and among others her pastor, the Rev. Charles E. Hears round about him voices as it darkens White, with whom she sang hymns with a voice that And seeing not the forms from which they come Entered à i Second-Class Matter at Xoe I ori Pod-^jjice still shows its former sweetness. Miss Whitcomb wtis one of eleven children born to Silas and Lucy Pauses from time to time, and turns and-hearkens- Whitcomb, of Bolton. Mass. Hundreds of people So walking here, in twilight, 0 my friends! now in their seventies and eighties remember her as I hear your voices, softened by the distance a devoted Sunday school and day school teacher. And pause, and turn to listen, as each sends For many years she lived in the family of Dr. Ed­ His words of friendship, comfort and assistance. m m X-tLIFESH ward Hartshorn, but of late years has resided with her nephew, Capt. Silas Sawyer, who, though ninety- If any thought of mine, or sung or told, j Q i VIBRATIONS two years of age, is wondrously active and youth­ Ibis ever given delight or consolation, ful. Within a half-mile dwells another woman of Ye have repaid me back a thousandfold, advanced years. Mrs. Mary Crossman, who has just By every friendly sign and salutation. * passed her ninety-seventh birthday.” F ebruary! A month short of days, but a blessed Thanks for the sympathies that ye have shown! month to reach eternal bliss. Oh Sacred Life, free from strife; Thanks for each kindly word, each silent token, May it remind us that life is not counted in days, Yet busy, devoted to the soul’s needs. That teaches me, when seeming most alone, hut is eternal, yet that life here is too short for any Friends are around us, though no word he spoken. bitter feelings. The spiritual man sees good in all things, all be­ Come, let us crowd into this month of fewer ings, all events, because he is coming into oneness Kind messages, that pass from land to land; davs more and greater joys and blessings! with the omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent Kind let ters, that betray the heart’s deep history, How? One, who is in, through, tinder and above all there In which we feel the pressure of a hand— By coming into God’s Kingdom and stopping is. He who sees much so-called had and fights One touch of fire—and all the rest is mystery! our foolishness; being more sane, kind, gentle anil and resists so-called “ evil” may he entering the considerate. Path of Eternal Light, but. is not yet Christ-like nor The pleasant books, that silently among truly a spiritual man. In a while the resisting man “ Life is too short for any bitter feeling; Our household treasures take familiar places, Time is the best avenger, if we wait; will, through much failure and much distress, dis­ And ¡ire to us as if a living tongue The years speed by, and oil their wings hear healing; cover that he cannot resist the One Eternal Change­ Spake from the printed leaves or pictured faces! We have no room for anything like hate. less Law and will cease to do so, and change from This solid truth the low mounds seem revealing mere natural man to divine man. This was the Perhaps on earth I never shall behold, That thick ami fast about our feet are stealing— blessed teaching of the Master, iterated and reiter­ Life seems too short.” With eye of sense, your outward form and sem­ ated; it is the teaching of all Masters. Tltere is blance ; All life is eternal! only power in love, and only weakness and failure Therefore to me ye never will grow old. But how important for each and the All that we in resistance. The blessed Quakers and Shakers But live forever young in my remembrance. live every blessed moment of it with God and the are fine examples of spiritual development; so were Angels! the early Christians.—.4 Mystic. Never grow old, nor change, nor pass away! flow important that we live in Love and Faith! Your gentle voices will flow on forever, Come, rouse thee! Work is not work if it obscures the vision of our When life grows hare and tarnished with decay, Let us love, and work, and do, and live; God, seeing God in it.—A . Z. As through a leafless landscape flows a river. the eternal Creator, Ls nearer to us than all else. Help and Power are ever nigh! What’s all this babble about God “ scorning” Not chance of birth or place has made us friends. The great God is here while we read these words. this and that, and being “angry” and “wrathful”? Being oftentimes of different tongues and nations, “ No help!” says carnal mind. God is love! God is the All in All! God is God! But the endeavor for the selfsame ends, “ Nay, 'tis not so!” says the soul. All is Good! Come, let us cease to label and libel With the same hopes, and fears, and aspirations. “ Though human help be far, thy God is nigh, the great God.— Frank Harrison. Who feeds the ravens hears his children cry. Therefore I hope to join your seaside walk, He’s near thee wheresoe’er thv footsteps roam, Strengthen your soul with eternal and universal Saddened, and mostly silent, with emotion; And he will guide thee, light thee, help tliee home.” love; all men need is soul-food, perfect love.—.4. Z. Not interrupting with intrusive talk “The Lord is my strength and song, and He Ls The grand, majestic symphonies of ocean. become my salvation.” In the last analysis we find that all the brain and body needed to make a perfect man, the image of Therefore I hope, as no unwelcome guest. “ To those who love and trust the Lord His help stands forever sure; God, was soul-food. The world to-day is lean and At your warm fireside, when the lamps arc From age to age His promise lives, hungry only because it seeks all else but God, and lighted, And the performance is secure.” is not willing to have all blessings added, in the To have iny place reserved among the rest, scientific or spiritual way.— Frank Harrison. Nor stand as one unsought and uninvited! I W ILL TRUST IN t h e e ! He is mine! I am His! Seek Him and He will be found within thee. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Says “ Luck ” May Be the Possession of S e e r H im a n d H e a n d t h e A n c e l b w i l l s e e k E veryon e t h e e ! And now, to-day, blessed February, is the time to ES, luck is a mental state, or, rather, a spiritual state, for spirit is greater than mind or seek, and— and governs both. All about us we may see people who are dwelling in the physical only, am who lead gross, immoral lives, ignoring both the mental and spiritual, and yet who seem to w “Though Winter liowleth at the gate, In our hearts 'tis Summer still.” what is generally termed “ lucky.” They have money, luxury and all the pleasures of m senses.

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