the Law comes to those who seek for it sincerely. The rule may not be described in intellectual terms. "Seek and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you." This inner door is opened in various ways-all that is necessary is a receptivity and willingness to let go the old ways, the old thoughts. Felix was terrified at the revelations of his own shortcomings when the Truth reasoned of righeousness, temperance and the judgment to come, but said, "Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season I will call for thee." He was not quite ready to give up the ambitions of personality.

One must be willing to give up the desires of the personal man in order to enter into the joys of the Universal. This is a hard thing to do. The whole life has been devoted to worldly aims and sensual attainments, and the thoughts are fairly glued and cemented to the material. Yet it can be done, and it must be done eventually. If one does not give up willingly the law itself brings about that precipitation of error thoughts into the visible life that dissolves its temporal structures. It usually

ends in a tragedy, as in the case of Felix, as recorded in history.

A man, whom the writer knows, was prosperous and apparently happy when the Truth was first presented to him. His first attitude was, "I do not need this — I have everything I require." But the Truth kept up its exhortations in the mind and he let it work in a quiet way. He was not religious but honest. He began to ask the Lord to show him the Higher Law, and little by little there was an inner revelation, until now his whole life is given up to the work. He says he thought he was happy in the old way, but it was not to be compared to the joys of the new. It has taken him fifteen years to reach this place of security in Truth so we see that it is not always a burst of glory that opens the door toward heaven,

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A MESSAGE OF JOY.

MRS. ROSE L. AMOS.

O WE love Nature? Do we know her beautiful messages to the soul of man? Do we hear her melodies, see her warm tints of color, and drink her health-giving breaths? If we have not yet realized the lessons she has to teach, let us halt a little in our walk of everyday-life and listen. It is worth it; it is worth laying down our tools for a short space of time, and rest by the wayside. We will take them up again when we have drank in to the full the waters of life.

Stand on the hillside and watch the ever varying tints of rich, warm color of the sun's glow as it gradually disappears from our sight, yet shedding its glory around far and wide, lighting up here and there some dark spot until it, too, reflects some of this light, and remains for a time a little sun within itself. It has gone, and night comes, but does the effect of it go from your mind, from your soul's inspiration? No, it is there, implanted within you, for man contains it all.

We, too, can radiate about us and to those around us, the rich, warm light, and here and there some soul in darkness needs it, and we can shed it on them until they respond and reflect back some of the same light, and sometimes it will be as dazzling and brilliant.

Let us walk in the woods. How cool, how peaceful, with hardly a sound to disturb the soft, balmy atmosphere. But now and again one of God's creatures stirring among the brambles at our feet or a sweet cooing of the wood pigeon overhead; all else is still, and we wend our way quietly, almost reverently, through the little half-hidden paths, where now we see a glimpse of bright color and light through the opening of the trees; here again it is

almost dark, for the copse has become so thick that we have to gently push aside the over-hanging branches to continue our way. But we walk patiently, faithfully on, until suddenly we come upon a glorious view, a great expanse of rich, inspiring country, stretching for miles before us and around us, all to be explored and known.

And what does Nature teach us here? The woods, what are the secrets of the woods? Listen! Sympathy. Yes, it is sympathy we learn in our walk through the wood, and the sympathy leads us on to love. But the love does not stop there, for it needs to be known, explored and practiced, and the journeying thereof shall take us to many countries, and the light will ever be ahead to beckon us on the way, ever onward and outward.

And in the grand roar of the ocean, as the great waves roll and toss upon its shore, throwing its healthgiving spray around, we learn something of the health-force and robustness which lies within ourselves, and in giving out we heal others, who have not yet realized their powers which, too, lie within them waiting to be aroused, for God is our Life, their Life. Listen, yet again, to the gentle lap of the tiny waves as they ripple upon the sandy shore; then the great sea is tranquil and at rest. Still it speaks to us of health, of sweet tranquility, of peace, of gentle repose, and we lay our souls open and drink it in. Yes, it is all there within. Man contains all that Nature is and has. Within his soul is the whole universe. Oh, let us not miss the glad song of life, the melodies, the harmonies that are all around us, and only waiting for us to make them our own.

Ever keep alert, and listen to the celestial choirs, drink in the gifts and pour out the powers within us which shall enrich the lives of those around us, not only to enjoy ourselves, but to radiate it out far and wide until we only see everywhere a world of wonderful love, health and wisdom. The new era is coming with the new year, has come, is here now,

when man shall stand right straight up before his Creator, and sing glad praises, and ever rejoice in being made after the image of God. Have we realized God before, have we known Him? Let us try, however little, and away with all fears, all errings, all morbid fancies of a life to come, to satisfy our longings, for right here is the life we seek, close to us, around us, within us, everywhere, ever leading us onward to fuller and richer life, life more abundant. Live it evermore, for God, and God alone is our Life! Sutton, Surrey, Englaud

CHRIST IS RISEN.

W. B. HOLMES.

On this glad Easter morn
My soul its homage pays,

To Him who lives for evermore,

To Him of endless days.

O soul of mine, O heart, rejoice

That thou hast made the Christ thy choice.

The Lord is risen indeed!

My soul its homage brings

To Him who is my heart's desire,

My Lord, the King of Kings.

Oh, bid my fears and doubting cease,

And hush my spirit unto peace.

For evermore my Lord is risen,
He whom alone my soul desires;
Thou, Thou the King of glory art,
To whom my inmost love aspires.
O heart of mine, O love most dear,
Be still, and know thy Lord is here.

LOVE.

O Love, that dost with goodness crown
The years through all the ages down!
'Tis in thy strength the mountains stand,
The seasons roll at thy command;
And rooted are all things that bless
Deep in thy everlastingness.

-J. W. CHADWICK.

FAITH.

JOHN H. RİPPE.

Eighth Lesson of a Series delivered by different members before the Wednesday meetings of the Unity Society, at Kansas City, Mo.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had trans lated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.- Heb. 11:1-5.

Some men cannot believe this. Why? They do not know their own Maker. "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets; I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill." (Matt. 5:17.) God is Spirit, and who prays to Him must pray in spirit and in truth. Idea, thought, word; esse, exist, substance; man in God, God in man-- this is God, the Hope not seen. Love, Spirit, Wisdom, Power, Word, Truth; Will, Light, Understandingthat is the Esse and the Substance not seen, still hoped for.

The Divine Esse cannot be described, because it is above every idea of human thought, into which nothing falls than what is created and finite, but not that uncreated and infinite. The Divine Esse is Esse itself, from which all things are, and which must be in all things that they may be, for esse means "to be."

The one God is Substance itself, and Form itself. Angels and man are substance and are therefore from Him, the image and likeness of Him. To be implies the power to exist (existere) in itself. The all-creating word is God, filling heaven and earth. Therefore He (or It) is omnipresent. Where shall I flee from thy presence? In heaven? Thou art there. In hell? Thou art there present. If I take the wings of the morning and fly to the uttermost part of the world, behold, thou art there. No idea, thought or word in