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T h e P U R P O S E o f th is M A G A Z IN E is E D U C A T IO N A L and U P L IF T IN G .

R e c o g n iz in g k n o w le d g e is p ow er, i t is th e aim o f th is m agazine to

g i v e such in fo rm a t io n in l i t e r a t u r e and s c ie n c e s , th a t one can a cq u ire e l e

m en ta ry in fo rm a t io n in such a w ay as t o s t im u la te in t e r e s t f o r fu r th e r study

th a t m ay b e o b ta in e d a t th e n ig h t s ch o o ls f o r a d u lts .

T h o s e who w o u ld b ecom e p r o f i c i e n t in l i t e r a t u r e com m it to memory

s a y in g s fro m w e l l known a u th ors . Each issu e o f th is m agazine w i l l con ta in

q u o ta t io n s fro m n o ted au th o rs . M em o r iz in g th ese passages w i l l c u l t iv a t e

la n g u a g e and sow th ou gh ts th a t w i l l r e f l e c t in b e t t e r c o n d it io n s . "A s he

th in k e th in h is h e a r t so is h e " P r o v . 23 :7 . In sp eak in g o f qu o ta tion s ,

E m erson in h is " L e t t e r s and S o c ia l A im s " d e c la r e s :

" T h e g r e a t man q u o te s b r a v e ly , and w i l l n o t draw on h is in v e n t io n

when h is m em ory s e r v e s h im w ith a w ord as g o o d ."

H a v in g d e v o t e d m ore than 25 y e a r s to h e a l in g and d ie t e t i c s , g iv in g

s p e c ia l a t t e n t io n t o n e rv e s , e y e s , stom ach , h ea r t , d ia b e te s , o v e r w e ig h t, o r

u n der w e ig h t , and a ls o a i lm e n ts p e c u l ia r to c h ild r e n ; a t the requ est o f

f r ie n d s f o r in fo rm a t io n , th e C h ir o th e s ia n M agazin e , is p u b lish ed m onth ly,

h o p in g to b e n e f i t th e many who can n ot a t te n d ou r c la s s e s o f in s tru c tio n s .

Dr. Vim. G ran t H ess, E d it o r and P u b lis h e r .

V O L . 1. MARCH, 1932 NO. 2

Wm. G ran t Hess, N .D . , D .C .

C o p y r ig h t 1932. by

Wm. G ra n t H e s s ,P u b l is h e r ,

2010 S o . W es te rn A v e . ,

L o s A n g e le s , C a l i f .

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A P S A L M O F L IF E

What the heart of the young man said to the psalmist.

T e ll me not, in mournful numbers,L ife is but an empty dream!

For the soul is dead that slumbers,And things are not what they seem.

L ife is real! L ife is earnest!And the grave is not its goal;

Dust thou art, to dust returnest,Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,Is our destined end or way;

But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and Time is flee tin g ,And our hearts, though stout and brave,

S t i l l , like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad f ie ld o f battle ,In the bivouac o f L ife ,

Be not like dumb, driven ca ttle !Be a hero in the s tr ife !

Trust no Future, howe’ er pleasant!Let the dead Past bury its dead!

A c t,-a c t in the liv in g Present!Heart within, and God o ’ erhead!

Lives o f great men a ll remind us We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind usFootprints on the sands o f tim e ;-

Foot prints, that perhaps another,Sailing o ’ er l i f e ’ s solemn main,

A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,Seeing, shall take heart again.’

Let us, then, be up and doing,W ith a h e a r t f o r any f a t e ;

S t i l l achieving, s t i l l pursuing,L ea rn to la b o r and to w a it .

-H e n r y W adsw orth L o n g fe l lo w

R e l i g i o n

T h e S o n g of H ia w a t h a

The Indian Legend of the Great Sp irit (God), by the beloved poet,

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:

Y e who love a nation’ s LEGENDS, Love the ballads of a people,That like voices from afar o ff Call to us to pause and listen,Speak in tones so plain and childlike, Scarcely can the ear distinguish Whether they are sung or spoken;- Listen to this Indian LEGEND,To this Song of Hiawatha!

Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have fa ith in God and Nature,Who believe, that in a ll ages Every human heart is human,That in even savage bosomsThere are longings, yearnings, strivingsFor the good they comprehend not,That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness,Touch God’ s right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened; - L isten to this simple story,To this Song of Hiawatha!

On a half-effaced inscription,Written with l i t t le sk ill o f song-craft, Homely phrases, but each letter Full o f hope and yet of heart-break, Full o f a ll the tender pathos Of the HERE and the HEREAFTER;- Stay and read this rude inscription, Read this Song of Hiawtha!

THE SONG of niAWATHA.

The Peace-Pipe.

On the Mountains o f the Prairie,On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty,He the Master o f L ife , descending, On the red crags of the quarry Stood erect, and called the nations, sSSfisa tViA tribes of men together.

A ll the tribes beheld the signal, Saw the distant smoke ascending,

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The Pukwana of the Peace-Pipe- And the Prophets of the nations

Said: "Behold it, the Pukwana!By this signal from afar oil, Bending like a wand of willow. Waving like a hand that beckons, Gitche Manito, the mighty,Calls the tribes of men together,

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All the warriors drawn together By the signal of the Peace-Pipe,To the Mountains of the Prairie,To the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry.

And they stood there on the meadow, With their weapons and their war-gear, Painted like the leaves of Autumn, Painted like the sky of morning,Wildly glaring at each other;In their faces stern defiance,In their hearts the feuds of ages,The hereditary hatred,The ancestral thirst of vengeance.

Gitche Manito, the mighty,The creator of the nations,Looked upon them with compassion,With paternal love and pity;Looked upon their wrath and wrangling But as quarrels among children,But as fueds and fights of children!

Over them he stretched his right hand, To subdue their stubborn natures,To allay their thirst and fever,By the shadow of his right hand;Spake to them with voice majestic As the sound of far-off waters,Falling into deep abysses,Warning, chiding, spake in this wise:-

"0 my children! my poor children! Listen to the words of wisdom,Listen to the words of warning,From the lips of the Great Spirit,From the Master of Life, who made you

"I have given you lands to hunt in,I have given you streams to fish in,I have given you bear and bison,I have given you roe and reindeer,I have given you brant and beaver, Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, Filled the rivers full of fishes;Why then are you not contented?Why then will you hunt each other?

I am weary of your quarrels,Weary of your wars and bloodshed,

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Weary o f your p rayers fo r vengeance,

O f your w ranglings and dissensions;

A l l your s tren gth is in your union,

A l l your danger is in d iscord ;

T h e re fo re be a t peace henceforw ard,

P And as b ro th ers l i v e togeth er.

" I w i l l send a P roph et to you,

A D e liv e r e r o f the nations,

Who sh a ll gu id e you and sh a ll teach you,

Who sh a ll t o i l and su ffe r w ith you.

!F YOU L IS T E N TO H IS COUNSELS,

YOU W ILL M U L T IP L Y AND PROSPER;

IF H IS WARNINGS P A S S UNHEEDED,

YOU W IL L FADE AWAY AND PE R IS H !

"B a th e now in the stream b e fo re you,

Wash the w ar-pa in t from your fa ces ,

Wash the b lood -s ta in s from your fin ge rs ,

Bury your w ar-clubs and your weapons,

B reak the red stone from th is quarry,

Mould and make i t in to P ea ce -P ip es ,

• Take the reeds that grow bes ide you,

Deck them w ith your b r ig h te s t fea th ers ,

Smoke the calum et to ge th er,

And as b roth ers l i v e h en ce fo rw ard !"

From the r iv e r came the w arrio rs ,

C lea n and washed from a l l th e ir w ar-pain t;

On the banks th e ir clubs they buried ,

B u ried a l l th e ir w a r lik e weapons.

G itch e M anito, the m ighty,

The G rea t S p ir i t , the c rea to r ,

S m iled upon h is h e lp le ss ch ild ren !

And in s i le n c e a l l the w arrio rs

Broke the red stone o f the quarry,

Smoothed and form ed i t in to P ea ce -P ip es ,

Broke the lon g reeds by the r iv e r ,

Decked them w ith th e ir b r igh tes t fea th ers ,

And departed each one homeward,

W h ile the M aster o f L i f e , ascending,

Van ished from b e fo re th e ir fa ces ,

In the smoke that r o l le d around him,

The Pukwana o f the P e a c e -P ip e !

R e l i g i o n is a system o f fa i th and worship. I t is the mode o f worship o f d i f

f e r e n t t r i b f s , na tion s, o r com m unities, and is the unconscjous growth o f generations.M y t h o f o V S the s c ien c e which tre a ts o f the myths that deal w .th the a c tion

o f the cods o r o f b e in gs c o n ce iv ed as d iv in e or possessed o f d iv in e a ttr ib u tes . The

m y t h o l o g o f a p L p l e T s a c o l le c t io n o f myths, which not on ly d escribes th e ir gods,

but a ls o th e ir r e l ig io u s customs and p ra c tic e s . _ , ,

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people was a traditional story told about creation and of nature: the forceS “ d objects of nature were personified, usually as gods, demons, giants, and the like, ?ust as 1 personiify the" myth, or story, of giving at Christmas time by Kr.ss Krin- gle, who was later called Santa Claus. Every myth, or story, endeavored t ° ex plain natural phenomena as understood by these primitive peop e, " earlymeant to still the wrath or to win the favor of the powers over people had no control. Each myth, or story, originating with an 'nd'v‘d f’ ^ handed down to posterity, if accepted by a community. The superstitions of tia y are but the relics of the superstitions of primitive man, who feared the dark, tne dense forest, the lighting, the wind. etc. Tribes and nations adapted from one another what appealed to them. So they had their gods of wind, of thunder and lightning, of rain, of seed sowing, of harvest, etc. The planets as wel as e sun and moon were worshiped as gods. Departed heroes were also worshiped. Some invoked the spirits of departed ancestors to help bring aid. Tree worship and stone worship were quite general in prehistoric times, and a few remains of both have survived in ancient faiths as well as in some modern cults. J. H. Wilson in his book on China says: "No one can see the decay of imperial tombs without being impressed with the reflection that the worship of parents and emperors alike is no longer an active cult in China.”

We find instances of the survival of the worship of stone in the black stone • of Kaaba, the stone at Bethel, the stone in the temple of the great goddess of Cy prus at Paphos, at Edessa, and elsewhere; also by the 7 black stones representing the planets as gods at Erech (Oruk) in Chaldea. Kaaba is the venerated shrine of Mecca, in the direction of which all Mohammedans face when praying. It encloses a sacred black stone, said to be a ruby brought from heaven. The stone, apparently a meteorite about 7 inches long, is built into the northeast corner of the shrine at a convenient height for kissing. This shrine, now in the court of the Great Mos que is 18 paces long by 14 wide and about 40 feet high.

Holy mountains, believed by the ancients to be the abodes of the gods, are very frequent. Mt. Horeb and Mt. Sinai were still worshiped in the 6th century B. C. ^

The family hearth was consecrated by the Romans and others, who worshiped their ancestors. The images of their ancestors were kept in a sacred place. Re member images were but a symbol or representation of the real, just as a treasured picture of a dear departed is but the representation of the departed. The homage paid to the picture is the feeling for the real individual.

tb* r ers °f ”ature were worshiped, these separate powers were not thl A *,h°le ??Wer’ but only ln charge of certain conditions; for instance, P I as, the god of the forests and the field. Although Jupiter was

to fSSeJ s i “ T “ ! “ d *“ “>»•“ ^ father * 1 , 5 , ' y“he called the son of Saturn who was said to be born of the All- Father.The

springs, the' toiws nd iUtops the birds airf* b^sts60"^' W S the S I strange and uncanny powers M v ds. 11 beasts> were creatures possessed of of the earth whkh ^d e th JS , *the? Was I s*irit I the 1 1 recessesdepths of the waters dwelt 81 11 trees tlouri% while in theruled the overhanging sky. As thl G r^ rT r ^ ^ SB another sPiritthe rolling thunder or grateful for H I ‘ ! ! ed by tbe jagged lightning andgraieiui for the gentle falling rain, looked up

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into the sky, they often saw an e&gle. Thus some of the Greek tribes worshiped the eagle, whom they thought to be the mighty spirit or god of the sky, and who smote the trees with fire of lighting in his wrath, or in kinder moods sent down refreshing rain. These spirits of the world became to the early Greeks their gods and goddesses, for which arose their worship with its sacred customs and usages. After the Greeks overran and took possession of the country occupied by the Ae- geans they continued the worship not only of their own gods but also accepted the gods and goddesses of the Aegean world, that appealed to them. Many of the early gods were pictured as part animal and part man. Ilomer speaks of a goddess as owl- faced or cowfaced; while the merry gods of the forest, the Satyrs, had goat’s hoofs and horns, and the Centaurs were described as men with the bodies of horses. The Greeks slowly gained higher ideals of their gods, whom they invested with the forms of man with the gift of immortality. Zeus, their sky- god, with the scepter of lightning in his hand, ruled other gods, like an earthly king. The Latin name for Zeus was Jupiter. Each god had, as his own, a realm of nature or of the af fairs of men. So that petitions for special purposes were addressed to the god in charge of that especial purpose The gods were supposed to dwell in veiled splen dor among the clouds on the summit of any local mountain which they termed Mount Olympus.

A contest in arms and athletic games was handed down as an early custom of honoring the burial of a hero. These contests finally came to be practiced at stated seasons, in honor of the gods. As early as 776 B. C. such contests were celebrated as public festivals at Olmpia. These Olympian games have been revived in modern times as an international project of sports.

Some of the tribes of the Indo- European race after conquering the Semites of Asia Minor settled in Persia. This branch was called Aryan later Iran. Zoro aster, an Iranian, felt the need of a new religion for his people. His teachings were slowly accepted and became the leading religion of Persia, about 1000 B.C. Zoroaster taught there was a struggle between a group of good beings on one hand and of evil powers on the other. The good became to him a divine person, whom he called Mazda, or Ahuramazda, (a ho ra maz da) which means Lord of Wisdom and whom he regarded as God. Ahuramazda was surrounded by a group of helpers or lower gods much like angels; of these one of the greatest was the god of ligbi, called Mithras. Opposed to Ahuramazda and his helpers, he believed there was an evil group led by a great spirit of evil, named Ahriman, (ah ri man) whom the Jews and Plater the Christians called Satan. Zoroaster maintained the old Aryan veneration of fire, „ a e*nbol of the Good and1 theancient fire- kindling priests. Besides the hymns, fragments of bis M p lm descended to us in writings, forming a book known as the Avesta, whichbible of the Persians.

Mithras though earth born, had so aided man in his struggles against ad-

ein that pe.ee .tight reign. Hot** £ .2

the Christians resembling the Mithraists.*1 though Ahuramazda 1 1 1 1 M B jSaM fc

Wisdom, while Mithras the god of light was only regarded as helper

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y e t M ith ras as a sun | | f l » “ t sh° " e w k lT n o t

S " ‘ K / U ^ o u g f t h a R . ^ ‘ Empire, and afterwards became a competitor

o f C h r is t ia n it y .

re c en t e x ca v a t io n s a t Rome have un earth ed the tem p le o f Mithras, the go d

o f l i g h t . H is w o rsh ip f i r s t came to Rome about the t im e o f t h e b „ - h o f Jesus fo

Rome a t th a t t im e had about ou tgrow n the w o rsh ip | th e I I S *

phenomena and was read y fo r a change. The c u lt o 1 ras . d e n v in eand much more co n v in c in g , as i t was sun w orsh ip ; amd th e re c o u id b e no den y:in g

th a t th e sun was the g iv e r o f l i g h t and caused l i f e to f lo u r is h in th e J | g and on

i t s in h a b ita n ts . Fu rth erm ore M ith ra ism a p p ea led s t r o n g ly to th e m asses, f o r < ,

w h eth er e x a lt e d o r lo w ly , w ere equal in the s ig h t o f th is g o d . I t was a ls o th is

fe a tu r e o f the C h r is t ia n fa i t h th a t most s t r o n g ly a t t r a c t e d i t s e a r l y a d h e ren ts , who

w ere n e a r ly a l l o f them poor and lo w ly fo lk . P e r io d ic a l ch an ges in th e M ith r a ic

r i t u a l and ten e ts e v e n tu a lly brought about i t s d e ca y and c o l la p s e , w h i le u n ch a n g in g

C h r is t ia n d o c tr in e s s tren gth en ed and spread th a t fa i t h th rou gh ou t m ost o f th e w o r ld .

Th e head o f M ith ras , the God o f l ig h t , th a t was taken from a b ro n ze s ta tu t e l o c a t

ed in a su b terran ean tem p le , is now a t the V a t ic a n .

Mars H i l l , b e t t e r known by the name o f A reop agu s , was a ro c k y h e ig h t in

A thens, o p p o s ite the w estern end o f A c r o p o lis , I t was the m ost a n c ie n t and v e n e r

a b le o f a l l the A th en ian co u rt p la c e s .

The 16th v e rs e o f the 17th ch a p te r o f A c ts r e la t e s : "N o w when P a u l w a it e d

fo r them a t A thens, h is s p i r i t was s t i r r e d in him , when he saw th e c i t y w h o l ly

g iv e n to id o la t r y . " Th e names o f d i f f e r e n t gods w e re o v e r d i f f e r e n t a l t a r s . L e s t

th e re shou ld be a god some one w anted to w o rsh ip n o t named, one s u p e r s c r ip t io n

read " T o The Unknown G od ". From the 22nd v e r s e to th e 31st in c lu s iv e o f th e

17th ch a p te r o f A c ts , we read :

"T h en Pau l s to o d in th e m idst o f M ars ’ h i l l , and s a id , Y e men o f A th e n s , I

p e r c e iv e th a t in a l l th in gs y e a re to o s u p e rs t it io u s .

F o r as I passed by, and b eh e ld you r d e v o t io n s , I fou n d an a l t a r w i t h th is

in s c r ip t io n , TO TH E UNKNOWN GOD. Whom ye ig n o ra n t ly w o r s h ip , h im d e c la r e I un to y o u ."

i n th e South S ea Is lan ds, the tr ib em en who a re r e l i c s o f p r im i t i v e man h a ve

th e ir ra in gods and o th e r gods. R e c e n t ly Dr. R a lp h L in to n , a s s is ta n t c u r a to r o f

O cea n ic and M aylayan e th n o lo g y , w h ile on an e th n o lo g ic a l e x p e d it io n le a rn e d fro m

n a t iv e s th a t id o ls o f gods w ere k ep t in a sacred v a l l e y o f A tu an a fa to o a n a l

on th e is la n d o f H iva o a , (h e va o a ) one o f th e F ren ch o L d S u e ^ ( m « k a

sa s ) grou p in the m idd le o f the South P a c i f i c O cean . A r r i v in g a t th e p la c e Dr L in to n d is c o v e re d th e id o ls surrounded by th e bones o f n h o „t uhad b een o f f e r e d as human s a c r i f i c e s . He H t w X r f ? +ab,o u t 25 tr ib e s m e n who

a c q u ir in g and ta k in g away th e ir r e v e re d cods firm I on t e<* W1^ th e p ro b le m o f d isp u te a rose f e S S § g U s e l t w hen a

happened to be lo c a te d . T h in k in g th a t Dr L in t r »P 1 1 a,nd on w^ lc h th e go d s

and b e l ie v in g th a t a paper t r < T a w M te maJ '“ ^ d T e le V * “ S “ T thE « “ » •

(n o t o n ly as a le g a l docum ent but because o f t h e ir w in rv! f -V* th e F ren ch c o u r t

p o w e r ), each o f the n a t iv e s came s e c r e t ly to the - W0U d h a ve ma8 icgods i f he w ou ld g iv e them a r e c e n t V !th n o lo 8 , s t and ° « e r e d h im th e

a cq u ired t i t l e w h ich ever way the case m igh t be

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D r. L in t o n s o lv e d th e p ro b lem o f rem o v in g th e fo u r h ea vy id o ls by em p loy in g a

g ro u p o f p o r te r s b ro u gh t from a n o th e r is la n d . T h ese p o r te rs w ere members o f an

o th e r t r ib e , w hose god s w e re d i f f e r e n t and so th ey had no fe a r o f taboo from id o ls

o f H iv a o a (h e v a o a ) . In th e P o ly n e s ia n and Sou th S ea Is lan d s the id o ls and tem

p le s o f ea ch t r ib e a r e c o n s id e re d sa c red b y th e r e s p e c t iv e t r ib e and a curse or

ta b o o is b e l i e v e d to com e to th e p a r ty d e s e c r a t in g th e gods . In the dead o f n igh t

th e p o r te r s c a r r ie d th e id o ls h a s t i l y to th a t camp o f Dr. L in to n , w h ich was near

th e sh o re . T h e H iv a o a p e o p le soon le a rn ed w hat had happened to th e ir gods. About

h a l f an hou r a f t e r th e god s a r r iv e d in camp th e re was a downpour o f ra in th a t b e

cam e h e a v ie r and h e a v ie r , la s t in g 24 hours. Dr. L in to n r e la te s : "T h e r iv e r on

th e is la n d was r i s in g r a p id ly and th e n a t iv e s w e re b a d ly fr ig h te n e d . I t was a l l due,

th e y in s is t e d , t o th e w ra th o f th e d is tu rb e d gods . T h ey s a id the gods w ou ld con

t in u e th e r a in u n t i l th e r i v e r f lo o d e d , w ash in g aw ay my camp and the e n t ir e v i l l

a g e , s w e e p in g e v e r y th in g and e v e r y b o d y in to the sea . The tribesm en w ere becom ing

m en a c in g t o me, and so m e th in g had to b e done to ca lm them. I c a l le d in the e ld e rs

o f th e t r ib e , and b e fo r e them I ad d ressed the gods in the t r ib a l language. I to ld

th e w o o d en id o ls th a t th e y w e re m is tak en as to my m o tiv e s , th a t I was m ere ly m ov

in g them to th e is la n d o f H a w a ik i, (h a w i k e ) re g a rd e d as a s o r t o f Olympus o f a l l

n a t i v e go d s , w h ere th e y w ou ld b e m ore c o m fo r ta b le . But, I th rea ten ed i f the ra in

c o n t in u e d much lo n g e r , I w o u ld t i e them to cocoan u t t re e s , w here th ey would be

im p o te n t and unhappy go d s . T h is sp eech p la c a te d the e x c i t e d tribesm en . H a lf an

h ou r l a t e r th e r a in s to p p ed . 1 m anage to g e t the id o ls loaded on a schooner and

s a i l e d a w ay . T h r e e o f them a r e in a museum a t H on olu lu . The fou rth , the Mar-

q u esan (m ar ka sa n ) r a in g o d , w h ich was c a rv e d from a t r e e trunk, is now in the

F i e l d Museum o f N a tu ra l H is t o r y o f C h ic a g o . "

A ^ a n k in d o f th e p r im i t i v e a g e as w e l l as o th e r a ges has e v e r b e l ie v e d in a

c o n t in u a t io n o f th is e a r th l i f e and th e im m o r ta l ity o f th e sou l. E v id en ces o f th is

a r e o b ta in e d from e x c a v a t io n s , as w e l l as in mounds, pyram ids, and the l ik e .

B o d ie s o f p r im i t i v e men a re b e in g c o n t in u a l ly found, ly in g in su ccess iv e s tra ta o f

r e fu s e w h ich c o n t in u e d to c o l l e c t f o r a ges , the lo w e s t b od ies som etim es fa r down*

a t th e b o tto m o f th e d e e p a ccu m u la tio n s w h ich g a th e red o v e r them. Th ere is one

n o te d c a v e rn c o n ta in in g la y e r s o f th e dead a t G r im a ld i, on the I t a l ia n coas t o f

th e M e d ite r ra n e a n ju s t o u ts id e o f F ra n ce . Th e f l o o r o f th is ca vern s h o n t t e j r -

i g in a l r o c k a t th e b o ttom ; w ith la y e r s ab ove , th a t w ere 30 f e e t deep. The s ap

o f th e s e s k u l ls and bon es in th e d i f f e r e n t la y e r s show th a t s e v e ra l d i f f e r e n t r c

f o l l o w e d ea ch o th e r in E urope d u r in g th e s ton e a g e . In th is cavern a t G rim a ld i

a r e fou n d th e rem a in s o f th ese p r im it iv e s w ith th e ir custom ary ornam ents a

fe w f l i n t im p lem en ts , p r o t e c t e d b y a rough c i r c l e o f s t o n y v

w as b u r ie d in th e c a v e b en ea th th e fa m i ly hearth . The ashes o f

h e a r th f i r e s show ed each h ea rth must h ave been k ep t g g y

many y e a r s .

Th P d is c o v e r y o f a n c ie n t b u r ia l p la c e s shows th ese p eo p le exp ec ted a c o n t in

u a t io n TohfC t“ y o°f l i f e th e y l i v e d , though £ a

b u r ia l p la c e c o n ta in e d th e p e rs o n a l th in g s n ecessa ry

k in d o f l i f e .

N o t o n ly th e id e a n t God §§jj w ith p e o p le g th ey advance, hat a ls o

t h e i r id e a o f a fu tu re c o n d it io n .

A n d r o g y n is m , (an d r o j i n izm ) o r the

fo u n d ^ v e n n o w ™ c t e ^ U Sm al'anTm an , thus show ing the e f f o r t o f nature

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9 H » f i ” »toward a former condition

1 o 'S T 't t e f ° » « T S Cross fe rtiliza tion iB B W H S K f ^ K S ! Since the animal closely follows the plant in its p e c u i a m i e ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

the same condition with animals also

of sexes with two separate t h i ^ ^ ^ ^ H

Since the animal closely follows^ the^plant ; bou\” a'separate indivdu"l for each

sex.

A g a m o g e n e s is b e in g the rep rod u c tion w ith o u t M | | g § is th e re fo re the product o f one in d iv id u a l; as in the h ig h e r p la n ts b y buds, and in

Jhe low er^organ ism s by c e l l d iv is io n s . P r o f . H u x ley says : "T h ro u gh o u t a lm o s t th e

w hole series2 o f l i v in g bein gs, we f in d agam ogen es is o r n on sexu a l g e n e r a t io n .

When A l f r e d R u sse ll W a llace in form ed Ream er th a t he had r e a r e d p e r f e c t s i l k w oim

from eggs la id by v ir g in moth, i t was d is c r e d it e d . H ow ever , a f t e r th is had b een

proven re p e a te d ly by many oth ers , i t was u n iv e r s a l ly a c c e p te d . Am ong ou r common

honey b ees ", says H aeckel, "a m ale in d iv id u a l, a d ron e, a r is e s ou t o f th e e g g s o f

the queen, i f the egg has not been f r u c t i f i e d ; w h ile a fe m a le , a queen , o r a w o rk

ing bee is the resu lt i f the e g g has been f r u c t i f i e d . " M iv a r t , (m i v a r t ) L y e l l ,

Owens, H uxley, and many o th er noted s c ie n t is t s a s s e r t : "T h a t th e la w o f a p e r

fe c t in d iv id u a l may be v i r g in a l l y born, ex ten d s to the h ig h e s t fo rm o f l i f e . " S i r

James Y . Simpson, in the C yc lo p ed ia o f Anatom y and P h y s io lo g y , m en tio n s s e v e r a l

in te re s t in g cases, as does a ls o S teen stru ps in h is w ork on th e s u b je c t , 1876. P r o f .

R ok ietansky p resen ted a case in 1869 to the M e d ic a l S o c ie t y o f V ien n a , o f a m ost

com plete human androgn. In h is work, P a th o lo g ic a l Anatom y, he m en tion s m any o th e r

cases o f human forms h av in g the com p le te m ale and fe m a le o rgan ism s w ith in ea ch

form. Nature, it seems, had m ere ly r e v e r te d back to a fo rm e r c o n d it io n , w h ich

would be p rodu ctive o f the b es t re s u lts when mankind has a r r iv e d a t a suprem e

h e igh t o f in te l le c tu a l and m oral g rea tn ess .

Anyth ing o f i t s e l f is pure. M ix i t w ith an o th er in g r e d ie n t and i t b ecom es

adu ltera ted ; fo r exam ple, m ilk and v in e g a r a re each pu re o f th e m s e lv e s , m ix them

and they form a c h em ica liza t io n . Through sensual m in g lin g man f e l l fro m h is pu re

s ta te o f an in d iv id u a l w ith the m ascu lin e and fe m in in e e le m e n ts w ith in h im , c a u s

ing the m asculine and fem in in e to s ep a ra te in to tw o in d iv id u a ls . When a man,

fam ily , t r ib e , or n a tion becom es s e n s u a lly d e g e n e ra te , i t f a l l s in to d is in t e g r a t io n and is thus separated in to p a rts .

w J ^ US lt- W° Uld ?eem th a t a11 P la n ts and a n im a ls o r i g i n a l l y had th e e le m e n ts ° J ° ntaBSf x .e ? ? " ° ne in d iv id u a l, but the m ascu lin e and fe m in in e e le m e n ts becam e

th few th SouLh! fn t J 6 th T r ° f thC Ist Chapter o f Genesis records: "A n dy i d d S fm T t w h n L gr„aSS’ and h-e rb y ie ld in g seed a f t e r h is k in d , and th e t r e e

gooS " g N o U c ; ! s £ s S" w L r ‘ h ltSC lf> a f t e r h is k in d : and G od th a t i t was la te r had I I i r f i J K L , 3 1 p J S ,n B l 1 I f f l in d iv id u a l t r e e , w h ic h

w ith the f r u i t . e6S 0ne *be m a le th e p o l le n , th e o th e r th e fe m a le

age o f God Cr,C ated man in h is own im age, in th e l l

"c re a te d he h im ". Him m eja JSL f f “ a.le. / r f a te d * th e m ." N o t i c e i t s t a t e s

ual is s ta ted in the ex p la n a to ry w ord* &nd th e d u a l i t y o f th a t in d iv id -

™ « « « * * »b le I . » a U " “ttin Ih e 'L n " " fe "'a le " ' S° lhiS

The record is summarized in the 1st l l i 1 I , .Genesis: in e l s t and 2nd v e r s e s o f th e 5th c h a p te r o f

"In the day that God created man,in the likeness o f God made he him;

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M a le and fe m a le c r e a te d he them; and b lessed Adam, in th e d ay when th ey w ere c r e a te d . "

them, and c a lle d th e ir name

Now Adam is the name o f one in d iv id u a l, so th is in d iv id u a l was c rea ted w ith

the m a le and fe m a le e lem en ts w ith in h im s e lf. The teach ers and prophets a lso p res

en t th is id ea o f the c r e a t io n o f one in d iv id u a l c o n ta in in g the elem ents o f m ale

and fe m a le . One o f i t s e l f is pure and so cou ld not be corru p ted ; w h ile two in d i

v id u a ls a re ap t to be. In the 15th v e rs e o f the 2nd ch ap ter o f M alach i, the p ro p h e t says :

"A n d d id n o t he make one? Y e t had he the re s id u e o f the s p i r i t . " (Hence

he c o u ld h ave made w ith th e re s id u e more than one, i f i t had been w is e . ) C on tin

u in g th e p ro p h e t says : "A n d w h e re fo re one? T h a t he m ight seek a g o d ly s e ed ."

T h e one in d iv id u a l w ou ld be pu re, u n m ixed - g o d ly .

J e s u s a ls o exp resses th e id ea o f th e one in d iv id u a l co n ta in in g the m asculine

and fe m in e e lem en ts in the 4 th v e rs e o f the 19th ch ap ter o f Matthew, when he sa id

to th e P h a r is e e s : "H a ve y e n ot read , th a t he w h ich made them a t the beg in n in g

m ade them m a le and fe m a le . " Man w i l l r e v e r t to h is o r ig in a l pure s ta te o f on e

n ess, in c lu d in g m a le and fe m a le , when he is a ga in one w ith God, re co g n iz in g God

as th e one and o n ly p ow er. Th en he w i l l be regen e ra ted . The m ale and fem a le

though in d iv id u a l iz e d , w i l l becom e as one in id eas . The babe w ith in the mother,

though each is in d iv id u a l iz e d , is as one w ith in the mother du rin g g e s ta t io n . The

m a le and fe m a le o f man h a v in g been in d iv id u a liz e d w i l l not lo se the in d iv id u a lity

o f each , though th ey becom e as one in thought and a c t . Man, though submerged in

God d oes n o t lo s e h is in d iv id u a l i t y though one in thought w ith God.

Man f e l l in to a lo w e r s ta te o f consciou sness when he began a t t r ib u t in g p rop

a g a t io n t o in d iv id u a ls as a p a rt from God. I t is the l i f e o f God that produces.

W ith ou t th is l i f e n o th in g c o u ld be produced . But man f e l l in to the dream, o r i l l

u s ion o f the m o rta l sen ses , w h ich seem ed in th is dream o r i l lu s io n a ry s ta te more

and m ore r e a l . Th e re c o rd o f th e f a l l o f man from the dependence upon God as a l l

p o w er and th e o n ly l i f e , in to the dream o r i l lu s io n , th a t in d iv id u a ls had pow er o f

th em se lv e s and so c o u ld p rop a ga te on the sense p lan e, is found in the 2nd and 3rd

ch a p te rs o f G en es is . Man in d u lg in g in th is m orta l thought, o r i l lu s io n o f pow er,

was a s le e p to th e con sc iou sn ess o f the pow er o f God and d id not r e a l iz e that a l l

p o w er and a l l p ro d u c t io n was from God. In th a t c o n d it io n o f s le ep , o r unconscious

ness o f God, w h ereby th e m orta l senses becam e a c t iv e through sen su a lity , the f e

m a le e lem en t becam e sep a ra ted , fo rm in g an in d iv id u a l c a l le d woman. T h is m ortal

o r sen se con sc iou sn ess o f man thought i t was p rodu cin g and th a t i t was a go . e

2 1 st, 22nd, and 23rd v e rs e s o f the 2nd ch a p te r o f G en esis records :

"A n d th e L o rd God caused a d eep s le e p to f a l l upon Adam, and he s le p t ; and

he to o k one o f h is r ib s , and c lo s e d up th e f le s h in s tead th e re o f;And th e r ib , w h ich the L o rd God had taken from man, made he a woman, and

brought her unto the man, ; 2 f .And Adam sa id , T h is is now bone o f my bones, and f le s h o f my f le s h , she

s h a l l be c a l l e d Woman, because she was taken ou t o f M an."

W h e n th e p h y s ic a l senses becom e dorm ant, one s le ep s and dreams. The i l lu s

ion s in th a t d r e i seem r e a l to the s le e p e r . So when the

dorm ant, th e dream o r i l lu s io n o f the p h y s ic a l senses s e ®“ r | | con.

sc io u sn ess . When the m orta l con sc iou sn ess cause am in d iv id u a lsc iou sn ess o f God, the fem in e p a r t o f Adam becam e m a t e d , a s g g g l m M

P a u l, the a p o s t le , e x h o rts the Ephesians in the 5th ch ap ter

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. . i i f p in th e 9th v e rs e lie says : " F o r th ea l l u n clean conduct and to l i v e a g 7 | | B 9 9 and t r u th . " C o n t in u in g he

fr u i t o f the s p i r i t is a l l goodnes. * B con sc iou sn ess to th e con sc io u sn ess o f

urged a l l to awake means th e e n lig h te n e d on e. W hat w e under-the pow er o f God Th e w one w ith th e l i g h t o r

I HMMIT 2 S S 4 M rru,tIn«

fo r £ “ in th e 15th v e rs o , " S e e th en th a t y e wa.k c—

sp ec t ly , not as fo o ls , but as w ise .

In P a u l ’ s e p is t le to the Romans, a f t e r com m ending them to l i v e a g o d ly

he d e c la re s in the 10th and 11th v e rs e s o f the 13th ch a p te r th a t:

l ife,

"L o v e w orketh no i l l to h is n e igh b or:

law.And th at, know ing the tim e, th a t now,

th e r e fo r e lo v e is the f u l f i l l i n g o f th e

i t is h igh tim e to wake ou t o f s l e e p . "

S a v a g e s , d e l ig h t in g in n o ise and con fu s ion , have gods o f thunder, w in d ,

storm, ra in , e tc . W arring t r ib e s , even when advanced beyond th e many god s to one

god, in ves ted th e ir god w ith p erson a l a t t r ib u te s o f a f i e r c e and f i g h t in g q u a l i t y .

T h e ir id ea l was to have o th e r tr ib e s fe a r them as w e l l as to con qu er t r ib e s : so

th e ir god was a god o f war and to be fe a re d . H ence we o b s e rv e th a t o n e ’ s id e a o f

god v a r ie s a cco rd in g to h is moral and s p ir i tu a l u n ders tan d in g , f o r an id e a l is

on e ’ s h igh est concep tion . H ow ever fa u lt y o n e ’ s c o n cep tio n o f an id e a l may b e , he

holds in mind that id ea l, a lw ays s t r iv in g to a t t a in i t . H en ce o n e ’ s id e a o f God

changes w ith h is understanding, which marks h is p ro g ress a lo n g th e jo u rn e y o f l i f e .

Man was crea ted in the im age o f God, th a t is l ik e unto H im , pu re and h o l y -

innocent as a babe. The f a l l o f a c h i ld l ik e man, in to the sen su a l c o n d it io n and

h is return to p u rity , changes him from the c h i ld l ik e in n ocen ce to a man o f i n t e l l i

gence w ith an understanding o f the lo v e and pow er o f God. Y i e ld in g t o th e

m ortal consciousness o f sense, the c h i ld l ik e man o f in n ocen ce f e l l in to a c o n d i

t ion , whereby he thought he was a c re a to r . Thus he lo s t th e f e e l i n g o f d ep en d en ce

upon God as the on ly l i f e and pow er and g ra d u a lly f e l l in to a c o n d it io n bu t l i t t l e

removed from anim als. H ow ever the id ea o f God was la te n t , and th is cau sed p r im

i t i v e man to w orsh ip what seem ed a pow er o v e r him . Thus he w o rsh ip ed n a tu re .

The elem ents o f nature b e in g many, p r im it iv e man had many gods, w ith an o v e r r u l

ing god c a lle d the A l l — Father. T h is le d to the w orsh ip o f o th e r th in g s th a t com

manded h is respect, g ra d u a lly g iv in g way to the w orsh ip o f but one god .

A s p eop le advanced out o f th e ir darkness, we f in d t h e i r p ro p h e ts n o t o n lj

p ro c la im m g what the p eop le cou ld understand but a ls o s t im u la t in g t h e i r f o l l o w e r

l L hlw m ? iV ^ nCriPt-10nfu ?nr L lh e tim e was r ip e fo r th e com in g o f Jesus th e C h r is t have nh ilfino f S r • hn G o d * as a lo v in g H ea ven ly F a th e r and H is c h i ld r e n shouh

heavens a t 'th e h ir t l '/ 'n f 'i ' w lth oa t L i t t l e wonder th e re was r e j o i c in g in th<

bv show ino manltinH th j?C^US w^ ° 1| j” s tea ch in gs and a c ts w ou ld redeem th e ra c e

cou ld one huH n W , f T thV ° y a l road I H M h a p p in ess , f o r ho-

the aaes the fo lln w * ° W ? an ’ messaKe o f lo v e has sounded dow n th r

to nature “ ° r e and m ore- L o w ly shepherds, l i v i n g nea

would show man a means 8rf° |\e a v e a ly h o s t. r e jo i c in g a t th e b ir th o f one wh would show man a means o f s a lv a t io n from e r ro r thru lo v e . T h e a n g e ls sang a

r e c o rd e d in the 14th v e rs e o f the 2nd ch ap ter o f Luke: I

" G lo r y to God in th e h ig h es t , and on ea rth p eace , good w i l l toward w en ."

in g th e m essage o t lo v e toS °GodS and'” o v e ' t o ' f e i f * 1 humbl“ ess ' ™ > t about teach-

19th ch a p te r o t M atth ew , Jesus saTd ° "Th ou h a l t T ^ t h " “ “ - g » verse <* « * T h e new tes tam en t is f u l l o f m essages n f t ?u th y n eighbor as th y s e l f . "

th e 15th ch a p te r o f John, Jesus s a i d f ‘ ° | l| 12th and 13th verses g j

" T h is is my commandment, T h a t y e lo v e one an oth er, as I have loved you.

fr ie n d s ^ "&tCr ^ n0 man than th lS ’ th a t a man B down h is l i f e fo r h is

/ e su s and h is d is c ip le s p reach ed and p ra c t is e d b r n t w w i m,u 1 ,, .

o f T s t John S s : | g I f e | H 1

H "I f WC l0V e 0ne a n o th e r . God d w e l le th in us, and h is lo v e is p e r fe c te d in

"G od is lo v e ; and he th a t d w e l l th in lo v e d w e lle th in God, and God in h im .”

I w i l l lo v e th ee , 0 L o rd , my s tren g th .

T h e L o rd is my rock , and my fo r t r e s s , and my d e l iv e r e r ; my God, my s tren gth , in whom I w i l l tru s t . (P s . 18: 1 ,2 . ) g ’

I w i l l p r a is e th ee w ith my w h o le h ea rt. (P s . 1 3 8 :1 .)

" F o r th in e is the k ingdom , and the pow er, and the g lo r y , fo r eve r. Am en."

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L ord, /’m C oming H omeby ffm. J. K irk p a tr ick

I ’ v e w an dered fa r aw ay from God,

Now I ’ m com in g home;

T h e pa th s o f s in to o lo n g I ’ v e trod

L o rd , I ’ m com in g home.

I ’ v e w asted many p re c io u s y ea rs ,

Now I ’ m com ing home;

I now rep en t w ith b i t t e r tea rs ,

L o rd I ’ m com ing home.

I ’ v e t i r e d o f s in and s tra y in g ,L o rd ,

Now I ’m com ing home;

I ’ l l tru s t Thy lo v e , b e l ie v e Thy word,

Lord , I ’ m com ing home.

My sou l is s ick , my h eart is sore,

Now I ’m com ing home;

My s tren gth renew , my hope res to re ,

L ord , I ’m com ing home.

Com ing home, com ing home,

N e v e r more to roam,

Open w id e T h in e arms o f lo v e ,

L o rd , I ’m com ing home.

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396 A .D . 469 A .D .

T h e l a g o f God is an em inen t p a r t o f r e l ip io n , and

p a rt o f r e l ig io u s w o rs h ip .

, „ form o f th e r e v e r e n c e w h ich man f e e l s f o rWorship is the express g io n s a c r i f i c e is th e e s s e n t ia l e le m e n t o f w or-

M T S L J S - S c to arouse o r ex p ress em o tio n p re c e d e s th e s a c r . f . c e ,

w h ile p ra yer ends the cerem ony o f w orsh ip .

D ru id is m was a system o f r e l ig io n , p h ilo so p h y , and in s t r u c t io n f c u g r t b y th e

Druids; and a D ru id was a member o f a r e l ig io u s o rd e r am ong th e a n c ie n t C e l t s ,

whose o f f i c e combined that o f p r ie s t , p h y s ic ia n , m a g ic ia n , h is t o r ia n , and ju d g e .

A C e lt is an in d iv id u a l o f any o f the v a r io u s C e l t i c sp ea k in g p e o p le s , o f d i f f e r i n g

ra c ia l typ e , o f whom the a n c ien t G au ls and B r ito n s and th e m odern B r i t i s h , W elsh ,

Ir ish , and G a e lic S co tch a re the b es t known.

The Romans h av in g f i n a l l y conquered the G au ls , h ea rd th a t th e rea so n f o r

the long s tru gg le o f su b ju gation was due to th e a id ren d e red th e G a u ls b y th e

C e lts . R ecogn iz in g a p ow erfu l enemy who m igh t a t any t im e in c i t e an in s u r r e c t io n

among the Gauls, the Romans sen t an e x p e d it io n a g a in s t th ese B r ito n s , who w e re

conquered. Then a w a ll , as a f o r t i f i c a t i o n , was b u i l t around th e lands t o be c u l

t iv a te d . A Roman gen era l w ith troops and r e ta in e r s was p la c e d in c h a rg e . Am ong

these was a devout deacon o f the C a th o lic Church, named C a lp u m iu s , who w as th e

son o f P on titu s , a p r ie s t . Ca lpurn ius, o f n o b le b ir th , was a m a g is t r a te as w e l l as

deacon, and w is e ly brought h is son S u ccat up in a d evo u t w ay. T h e term p a t r i c iu s

l ik e Augustus was commonly used, even down to the 7th c en tu ry , t o m ead a n o b le

man or gentlem an. Thus Succat was spoken o f as p a t r ic iu s S u c c a t and s h o r te n e d to

P a tr ick , by which he became known. C a lpu rn iu s h a v in g a sm a ll e s ta t e , h is son

P a tr ic k (S u cca t) helped t i l l the s o i l .

The Romans having trouble in Gaul were forced to ca ll fo r the help o f the soldiers stationed at Britain, leaving only a small number to guard the wal l and settlement. Shortly after the Roman legion had le f t Britain, the P ie ts , a prehis toric tribe of marauders who lived in the mountains o f Britain, began raiding the Roman settlements. During one of their raids over the wall , they carried away captives whom they sold as slaves. Among these prisoners was Patrick, about 16 years of age, who was sold in Ireland to Milchu, a Druidical high priest fo r whom he herded six years. During this time he learned the native C e lt ic language and

SZZJZS, r r W1! h S * . i Ctai-ls o f D ru id ism - thus I * ™ th e fo u n d a t io n f o r h is have been in P a t r ic k j becom e u n re c o n c ile d to h is c a p t i v i t y , h e w o u ld

that he could a f t e r 0" h X° n °t m lnd to r e c e *v e th is ed u ca t io n f o r p rep a red n ess , so

H a t t i e I I S S P rT , ! SC p e° p le in th e ir own la n gu a ge and o b ta in a

S T ^ e , kneW h0W th ey l i v e d - f e l t > and b e l i e v e d . B y h is

U t e in l i f e S r i c k . 1 ? “ v-’ he was lo v ed H a l l and c a l l e d a h o ly yo u th ,

m ight r e a l iz e God wa«s & 1S la g raPky h op in g th a t o th e rs , b e in g t r i e d as h e ,

Because he ended the arrn* ready t o k e lP and le a d on e t o w h at was b e s t .

S r T l die " th e b i ^ ° f 1 1 1 with W words: "Th is is my confessiondie, the biography was called Patrick’ s Confession (Confessio).

herd, he prayed° m^ny’ time^ dur! the^da B E i B 1 caPtivity, while tending thegrew in me, and the soirit I day’ S.° that P I love o f God and the fa ith

ana tne spirit was so roused that I fe l t uplifted, fo rgetfu l o f

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d is tu rb a n ces o r an n oyan ces , b ecau se th e s p i r i t was then fe r v e n t w ith in me " H is

d a i l y p ra y e rs pu t h im in tune w ith th e H e a v e n ly F a th e r , so th a t God was a b le to

re a ch h im in dream s and v is io n s . One n ig h t he heard a v o ic e , d u rin g h is s le e p ,

sa y : " L o th y sh ip is r e a d y . ” H a v in g no doubts, he p rep a red fo r f l i g h t , le a v in g

d u r in g th e n ex t n ig h t . T o a v o id o b s e rv a t io n he c ra w le d through brushes. ’ He sa id

he p r o b a b ly t r a v e le d 200 m ile s and a f t e r many days reach ed the sea w here he found

a s h ip re a d y to s a i l . A f t e r some r e b u ffs , he was a l lo w e d on board. One m isses

many o p p o r tu n it ie s b y n o t l i v i n g n ear to God in s i l e n t communion (p ra y e r ) , so th a t

the H e a v e n ly F a th e r can im press us what to do. He n e v e r cou n se ls us to do what

w ou ld b e h a rm fu l to o th e rs o r what w ou ld be im p o ss ib le to accom p lish .

i a t r i c k t e l l s us th a t n o t lo n g a f t e r h is escape from s la v e ry , he was among

th e B r ito n s w ith h is k in d re d , who r e c e iv e d him as a son. H e expressed to h is r e l

a t i v e s th e f e e l i n g h e had to becom e a p r ie s t and g o back to Ir e la n d and teach h is

f a i t h ; b u t th e k in b eseech ed P a t r ic k n o t to le a v e as l i f e w ou ld be e a s ie r w ith them .

In a dream P a t r i c k saw a g rou p o f h is I r is h fr ie n d s w ith hands ou ts tre tch ed

to h im , th e le a d e r s a y in g : "W e p ra y th ee , h o ly you th , to come and w a lk aga in

am ongst us as b e f o r e . " T h is d e c id e d P a t r ic k to p rep a re f o r the m in is try . A f t e r

14 y e a rs o f s tu d y , he was c o n s e c ra te d a b ish op . P op e C e le s t in e I . app o in ted him

in c h a rg e o f th e a p o s t o l ic w ork f o r th e I r is h p e o p le , g iv in g him h is b le s s in g .

P a t r i c k was a ccom p an ied t o I r e la n d by o th e r p r ie s t s and r e l ig io u s w orkers.

T h e p ra y e rs and f a i t h o f P a t r ic k r e c e iv e d a g lo r io u s trium ph. He met the

I r is h l ik e on e o f t h e i r own, u s in g t h e i r lan gu age and custom s. He founded churches

and m o n a s te r ie s in th e is la n d . In th e m on a s te r ies he e s ta b lis h e d sch oo ls , which

becam e th e fo r e m o s t in Europe f o r abou t th re e c en tu r ie s .

T h e p e o p le w e re accu stom ed to h a v in g the D ru id p r ie s ts g i v e them law s on

m ora l q u e s t io n s , so P a t r i c k d id l ik e w is e . P a t r ic k may be lik en ed to Moses. As

M oses is c r e d i t e d w ith h a v in g c o l l e c t e d and c o d i f i e d the law s o f h is p eo p le , so

P a t r i c k is g iv e n c r e d i t f o r th e a u th o rsh ip o f th e fam ous Brehon Law s. L a te r there

was a c la s s o f p r o fe s s io n a l I r is h la w y e rs and ju d ges , c a l le d brehons, whose occu

p a t io n passed on to t h e i r p u p ils . T h ey a d m in is te re d a body o f le g a l ru le s ( c a l le d

th e B reh on L a w ) d e v e lo p e d from th e a n c ie n t D ru id ic a l law s, and the canon law .

T h e c h i e f r e c o rd s o f th ese law s a re th e "B o o k o f A i c i l l " and the Senchus Mor;

th e y w e re f i n a l l y a b o lis h e d in th e r e ig n o f James I.

A l l r e l i g i o u s e x p e r ie n c e s a re som ewhat s im ila r . W hatever t r i a l s and t r ib u la

t io n s a re n e c e s s a ry f o r on e in o rd e r th a t he may le a rn r igh teou sn ess , that in d iv id

u a l is s u b je c te d t o j o y and d is c o m fo r t a c c o rd in g to what he needs to lea rn g o d l i

n ess. T h e r e is no f l o w e r y road to th e su ccess o f any endeavor, be i t p h ys ica l,

m en ta l, m o ra l, o r s p i r i t u a l . T h e g r e a t a re e v e r m odest. Tho P a t r ic k s tu d ied 14

y e a rs t o becom e a p r ie s t , he f e l t hum ble and ign o ra n t and so was in a r e c e p t iv e

mood to le a rn m ore and m ore. As th e I r is h had been tau gh t by i l lu s t r a t io n and

p a ra b le , P a t r ic k tau gh t them in th e same way. The r e la t io n o f the H eaven ly

F a th e r t o p e o p le as H is c h ild r e n , he i l lu s t r a t e d by the v in e and branches. The

v in e is l ik e n e d to th e F a th e r ; th e b ranches, p eo p le (c h i ld r e n o f G od ). I f _ the

b ran ch es w e re cu t o f f th e y w ou ld w ith e r and d ie , h a v in g no l i f e o r pow er o f them

s e lv e s ; f o r a l l l i f e and p ow er is in th e trunk o r v in e , and th is l i f e and pow er is

o f God, w h ich f lo w s th rou gh H is c h ild r e n . As the branches a re a p a rt o f the v in e ,

so w e, th e c h i ld r e n o f God, a re a p a r t o f God. As the branches a re in the v in e ,

and th e l i f e o f th e v in e in th e bran ch es; so we a re in God and the l i f e o f God m

us. Thus God and H is c h i ld r e n a re one. . . .A snake is th e sym bol o f the tem p ta tio n o f Adam and E ve. I t rep resen ts the

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f a l l o f mem in to the sensual s ta te ; so when a man is by th e lo v e o f God,

tem pta tion , as sym bolized by a snake, has no fu rth e r in flu en ce upon im ' '

P a tr ic k , im buing Ire la n d w ith the lo v e o f God, thus d rove out the snake e lem en t

o f tem p ta tion .

I t was the custom in e a r ly C h r is tia n c en tu r ies to c e le b r a te th e d a te o f a

good man’ s death , ra th er than the d a te o f h is b ir th ; because the t im e o f h is e n try

in to a rea lm o f happiness fo r those who have l iv e d r ig h t ly was more im portan t,

than b e in g born in to th is e a r th ly rea lm o f s tru gg le . Hence, the 17th o f March, the

day o f P a t r ic k ’ s death has been one o f the g re a te s t f e s t iv a ls in Ire la n d .

S t . P a t r i c k taught the lo v e o f God, the message Jesus ga v e to th e w o r ld .

S in c e the soul yearns fo r lo ve , the lo v e o f God appea ls and s a t is f ie s .

L is te n to the encouraging song o f ff. H. B e llam y:

" 0 trou b led h ea rt, th ere is a home,

Beyond the reach o f t o i l and ca re ;

A home where changes n ever come,

Who would not fa in be r e s t in g th ere?

"Y e t when bow ’d beneath the load

By heaven a l lo w ’ d, th in e e a r th ly lo t ;

Look up! th o u l’ t reach that b le s t abode,

W ait, m eekly w a it , and murmur n o t . "

H ave T hine O wn W ay, L ord

Have T h in e own way, Lo rd !

Have Th in e own way!

Thou a r t the P o t te r ;

I am the c la y

Mould me and make me

A f t e r Thy w i l l ,

W h ile I am w a it in g ,

Y ie ld e d and s t i l l .

Have Th in e own way, Lo rd !

Have T h in e own way!

S earch me and t r y me,

M aster, today!

W h iter than snow, Lord ,

Wash me ju s t now,

As in T h y presence

Humbly I bow.

b y G eo. C. S teb b in s

Have T h in e own way, L o rd !

H ave T h in e own w ay !

Wounded and w eary ,

H e lp me, I p ra y !

Pow er— a l l pow er—

S u re ly is T h in e !

Touch me and h ea l me,

S a v io r d iv in e !

Have T h in e own way, L o rd !

Have T h in e own w ay!

H o ld o ’ e r my b e in g

A b so lu te sw ay!

F i l l w ith T h y S p i r i t

T i l l a l l s h a ll see

C h r is t on ly , a lw ays ,

L iv in g in m e!

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East erEaster day is the f i r s t Sunday a f t e r the fu l l moon th a t occurs a f t e r the

21st o f March, the t im e o f the v e rn a l equ inox, c a l le d the paschal or fu l l moon.

A t th is t im e the seeds bu rst fo r th from the ground o f darkness in to the g lo r io u s

l i g h t o f th e sun. A n c ie n t c e le b ra t io n s , from the e a r l ie s t ages o f man, have e x

p ressed the u n iv e rs a l ou tburst o f r e jo ic in g o ve r the reaw aken ing o f nature a fte r

the lo n g s le e p o f w in te r . The word E aster is d e r iv e d from the name Ostava,

E a s tre , th e goddess o f the heathen Saxons that rep resen ted the p e rs o n ific a t io n o f

sp r in g .

I t was the in v a r ia b le p o l ic y o f the e a r ly church to g iv e a C h ris tian s i g n i f i

can ce to such e x ta n t pagan cerem on ies as cou ld not be roo ted out. In the case o f

E a s te r , the c o n ve rs io n was p e c u l ia r ly easy. Joy a t the r is in g o f the natural sun,

and a t the aw ak en in g o f n a tu re from the darkness o r death o f w in ter, became jo y

a t th e r i s in g o f the Son o f R ig h te o u sn ess - the re su rrec t io n o f Jesus C h ris t from

th e d ea th o f th e .s en se s in to the consciousness o f the s p ir itu a l l i f e . The church

c e le b r a te d the r e s u r r e c t io n o f Jesus the C h ris t, w h ile a l l nature p rocla im ed the

r e v iv a l o f s p r in g w ith i t s b u rs t in g fo r th o f lea ves , p e ta ls , f lo w e rs , and hopes.

Th e in d iv id u a l who has been p r o f ic ie n t ly endowed to be the instrument fo r

the b e tte rm en t o f hum anity has had h is Gethsemanes. W ashington, the Father o f

Our C ou n try , had to con ten d w ith s e l f i s h p o l i t i c ia n s who m aligned and handicapped

him , even c a l l i n g him a t r a i t o r and in c i t in g the popu lace to b e l ie v e he aught to

be hung. H is s u ffe r in g s , m e n ta lly and p h y s ic a l ly , w ere so keen during the w in ter

a t V a l l e y F o rg e th a t h is b e a u t ifu l h a ze l h a ir turned w h ite ; h is b r ig h t eyes became

so dimmed th a t he was fo r c e d to w ear cheap s te e l rimmed g la sses fo r read ing; and

h is p le a s a n t c h e e r fu l e x p re s s io n g a v e p la c e to sadness, w ith deep iron lin e s re s e t

t in g h is fa c e . D u rin g h is s e r v ic e s in the r e v o lu t io n a ry war and a fte rw a rd as p res

id e n t, he was so b e s e t by je a lo u s p o l i t ic ia n s , and the screams and taunts o f un

g r a t e fu l p e o p le , th a t the jo y o f l i v in g was lu l l e d in him, the o ld ardors dead.

Th rou gh h is agon y our g lo r io u s cou n try was made the land o f the fr e e , and a con

s t i t u t io n was adop ted , p r o v id in g a c e n tra l governm ent w ith s trength power, and

re c Q g p iiz e d ^ a iith o r it ie s . I t has s to o d the te s t o f t im e . M H H D | S g | 9 G eorge W ash ington , whose s u ffe r in g s made easy the way fo r our earth >

ments.

L in co ln became another martyr for his country when he was assassinated

a fter freeing the slaves.

J esu s our b e lo v e d M aster, in whom was no g u i le , taught us 1 p recep ‘ ’ l“w ay o f s a lv a t io n , w hereby we cou ld lea rn the folly of wrong d o , .g and _ t t e b »«

f i ts accruing now as well as hereafter,

ness.

i f we would seek the ways o f righ teous-

As W ash ington through h is s u ffe r in g s h elp ed

Jesus through h is s u ffe r in g s h e l p e d us in s p ir itu a l

s a c r i f i c e , th e g r e a te r and h ig h e r g a in ob ta in ed .

us in e a r th ly cond itions,

con d ition s . The g rea te r

so

the

"Jesus, ’ t i s He who once b e low Man’ s pathway tro d m id pa in and woe,

And burdened ones where e re He came

Brought out th e ir b lin d and s ic k and

The b lin d r e jo ic e d to hear the c ry

Jesus o f N azareth passe th by.

lame.

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fe adore Washington for his sacrifices, through which we have a country for our earthy homes.

We love and reverence Jesus who sacrificed His life that we might learn the way of spiritual unfoldment and realize life is immortal.

"All hail the power of Jesus name Let angels prostrate fall;Bring forth the royal diadem.And crown Him Lord of all.Let every kindred, every tribe On this terrestial ball,To Him all majesty ascribe,And crown Him Lord of all.”

The seed becomes a plant; the caterpillar becomes a butterfly; the tadpole, a frog; man, an angel. Each has within the divine life— the spirit of God— ready to unfold to more beautiful and glorious manifestations. The shell of the nautilus is many chambered. Each chamber is occupied in succession, the animal advances as it increases in size, forming a larger chamber and partitioning off the last one occupied. Oliver Wendell Holmes in observing the changing form of the nautilus remarked:

"Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell,As the frail tenant shaped his growing shell.Tear after year beheld the silent toil That spread bis lustrous coil;Still as the spiral grew,He left the past year’s dwelling for the new.Stole with soft step its shining archway through.Built up its idle door.

Stretched in each last- found home, and knew the old no more.”After musing on the different shapes of the outward covering, or shell, of

the nautilus, Holmes, turning bis attention to man’s physical body, or shell, ex claimed:

"Build thee more stately mansions, 0 my soul,As the swift seasons roll!Leave thy low vaulted past!

Let each new temple, nobler than the last,Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,

Till thou at length art free,Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!”Jesus prophesied immortality of the soul, declaring that in three days after

the physical form had succumbed to death, the spirit being immortal would rise a^in clothed in a proper outward habiliment for ascending to heaven. John 2:19 reads, "Jesus answered and said unto them. Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Paul in the first verse of the fifth chapter of second Corin thians declares: "For we know if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dis solved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens."

Pontius Pilot is quoted as saying that Jesus was a just and good man, and

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that because of the great things performed by Jesus politicians became so envious as to incite the mob to demand his crucifixion.

After the burial of Jesus the Christ, he arose from the death of the senses into the consciousness of the spiritual immortal life. The spirit of God causes the seed to burst forth from the earth tomb of darkness, and the caterpillar to burst its shell so that it comes forth from the darkuess into the light clothed as a butterfly; and that spirit or life made it possible for Jesus the Christ to come forth from the tomb of darkness into the glory of God’s radiance with a conscious ness of the spiritual life, that is immortal.

How joyously Henry Ware Jr. protrays this idea in his song:"Lift your glad voices in triumph on high,For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die;Vain were the terrors that gathered around Him,And short the dominion of death and the grave:Glory to God, in full anthems of joy;The being He gave us death cannot destroy;Sad were the life we may part with tomorrow,If tears were our birthright, and death were our end.But Jesus hath cheered the dark valley of sorrow,And bade us immortal to Heaven ascend Lift then your voices in triumph on high,For Jesus has risen, and man shall not die.”

The resurrection of Jesus is a symbol of the resurrection or rising of the soul into higher and better conditions. He the great exampler was.

Notice the utterance of Rev. Phillips Brooks of Boston:"Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the reve

lation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, 'Christ has risen, but 'I shall rise.' Not merely, 'He underneath all death and change was unchange able,' but 'In me no stain of earth can tarnish, and no stroke world canbruise. I too, am a part of God and have God’s immortality in me.

L ift Y our G lad V oices

by John Edgar GouldLift your glad voices in triumph on high.For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die;Vain were the terrors that gathered around Him,And short the dominion of death and the grave.He burst from the fetters of darkness that bound Him, Resplendent in glory, to live and to save:Loud was the chorus of angels on high.The Savior hath risen, and man shall not die.

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T e n d e n ie s f r o m C o n d it io n s a t B ir t h .

In my Father’s house are many

CHAPTER II.

ise are many mansions. John 14.2

— — — 'T— The major pi:

Neptune, Pluto.lie u tu u t ) & *“ **5" , iv • „Stars are too far away to send us anything

unequal density of the waves of air sweeping ove: dancing before our eyes in a twinkling manner, from a planet is that the star twinkles.

"Twinkle, twinkle lit t le star How I wonder what you are, Dp above the world so high Like a diamond in the sky."

The proximity of the dazzling rays of our sun hinders us, during daylight, from seeing other stars, since those other stars are at so great a distance from us.

The planets shine with a steady light similar to the moon. The stars are luminous bodies, while the planets are no longer luminous, but shine from re fle c t ed light received from our sun, which is itse lf a star.

The other stars travel very fast, but their great distance from the earth, makes them appear fixed to our naked eye. Everything moves; not only the proton and electron of an atom, but the atoms themselves, as well as molecules, sub stances, planets, suns, systems, universes.

The planets have not only the two simple movements of each revolving on its axis and around the sun, but other movements from various causes, one being the influence the planets exercise on one another. The planets as part of our so lar system follow the sun in its movement toward the bright star Vega in the con stellation of the Lyra.

Thus our solar system travels as a family, with each individual turning on its axis, from the sun down to the smallest planetoid; while the satellites circ le around the planets, and the planets travel around the sun. A wonderful complex beautiful arrangement!

The axis of the earth is an imaginary straight line passing thru the center of the earth, around which it revolves in 24 hours. As the earth revolves, the part next to the sun is light having day; the other side being away from the sun is in darkness called night. The revolving continually changes the position of the earth toward the sun every 24 hours, giving alternately day then night.

The ends of the earth’ s axis are called its poles.The earth is inclined on its axis 234 degrees.The equator is an imaginary great circle at the center of the earth. Latitude is the distance north or south nf th*

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A nof Cancer, Tropic of Zone.

imaginary circle 23$ degrees north of the equator and an imaginary circ le 23$ degrees south of the Capricorn. The area between these two circles

is called the Tropic equator is called the is called the Torrid

North 1 ( § § i I S i B | g j | S 1

od t h e l t r T e ^ iL ° e,. CiPri" rn | | I M I Pole: Summarization of zones in their order from the North Pole to the South

Circle.

the Antarctic Circle to the

would always be 12 hours of

North Pole.

lort* £rigid Zon®’ extending 23$ degrees from North Pole to ArcticNorth Temperate Zone.

Torrid Zone, extending 23$ degrees each side of equatorSouth Temperate Zone.South Frigid Zone, extending 23$ degrees from

South Pole.South Pole.

I f the axis of the earth were upright, there _____ „ . . ^ a M | UOUI5 olday and 12 hours of night everywhere on the earth except at the poles where the sun would always appear at the horizon. Since the axis of the Earth is inclined 23$ degrees causing the north pole to be turned slightly toward the sun during a part of the year, and away from it during another part; the days and nights are not of equal length in any place except at the equator and at the time of the equinoxes in the temperate zones.

The time when the sun crosses the equator about March 21st and September 22nd is called the equinox, the time of equal day and night. One period is called vernal (spring) equinox; the other autumnal (autumn) equinox.

Besides the terrestial sphere (the earth) there is the celestial sphere (the heavens) surrounding the earth, which has its imaginary axis, poles, equator, etc; just as the earth has its imaginary axis, poles, equator, etc. To the observer of the heavens from the earth, these axis, poles, equator, etc. are but a continuation of the axis, poles, equator, etc. of the earth. As the axis, poles, equator, etc. of the earth are used to determine position and distance on the earth; so the axis, poles, equator etc. of the celestial sphere are used to determine position and dis tance of bodies in the celestial sphere. Just as the ends of the earth’s axis are called its poles, so the ends of the celestial axis are called its poles.

The celestial equator is but the extension of the earth's equator. The line in which the plane of the earth’s equator is extended to meet the sky forms a great circ le called the celestial equator, or equinoctial.

This celestial sphere contains within it not only our solar system with its planets, of which our Earth is one, but those systems that can be observed from our earth.

The path which our sun seems to follow in the heavens is called the eclip tic, that is the sun's path or orbit in the heavens.

The stars were divided by the ancients into groups or constellations. Each of the early constellations was named after some mythological personage, animal, or inanimate object whose image has a seeming correspondence to the configuration of the stars thus classified. The divisions of the sky into constellations were made at a time when instruments were lacking to make accurate positions, so that the divisions of the heaven into constellations helped in remembering the number and arrangement of the stars. There are now over 90 constellations recognized by astronomers; 31 are north of the zodiac, 49 south of the zodiac, and 12 of the zodiac.

The zodiac is an imaginary belt in the heavens 16° broad through which the

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into 12 divisions or signs,• {+ q hA£n divided ** — - * -For convenience, it ____ || illustrated by the almanacs. In

12 constellations of the zodiac,

dividedplanets tour. For convenience, “

Sisrewaynoneg may study the heavens S g W in the zodiac. In

S e ' S / T £ SSL r . V r agCS y T in e 5 m » the e C 'p f c (e « P . £tt>

which is the sun’ s path or orbit in the heavens.The names of the signs of the zodiac are

1. Aries, Ram2. Taurus, Bull3. Gemini, Twins4. Cancer, Crab

5. Leo, Lion6. Virgo, Virgin7. Libra, Balance8. Scorpio, Scorpion

9. Sagittarius, Archer10. Capricornus, Goat11. Aquarius, Water Bearer12. Pisces, Fishes

in the Father’ s house, or" In my F a th e r ’ s house are many m ansions" means i f l

the twelve d ivisions o f the heavens,

made by drawing great c irc les thru the north and south points o f the horizon. The

houses are regarded as fixed in respect to the horizon and numbered J r?” 1t h e ° nve at the eastern horizon, called the ascendant, f ir s t house or house o f l i f e . They were numbered downward, in the direction o f the earth s revolu tion . The stars and planets passed thru these houses in the reverse order every 24 hours. The houses form an imaginary fixed map of the sky: the signs o f the zod iac being in motion pass thru the houses, or this imaginary map o f the heavens as view ed from

earth.An aspect is the s itu a tio n o f p lan ets o r s ta rs w ith r e s p e c t t o on e a n o th e r .

The c h ie f aspect which two p lan ets can assume a re f i v e :

S e x t i le , when the p lan ets are 60 d eg rees ap a rt;

Q u a rt ile , or quadrate, when th e ir d is ta n ce is 90 d e g r e e s , o r th e

qu arter o f a c i r c le ;

T r in e , when the d is tan ce is 120 d eg rees ;

O pposition , when the d is ta n ce is 180 d eg rees , o r h a l f o f a c i r c l e ;

C on junction , when th ey are in the same lo n g itu d e .

A horoscope is the rep resen ta tion made o f the a sp ec t o f th e h eaven s a t th e

moment o f on e ’ s b ir th . T h is g iv e s a map o f the s itu a t io n o f c e l e s t i a l b o d ie s in

the heavens w ith respect to o th er c e le s t ia l b od ies a t the moment o f o n e ’ s b ir th .

T h is map o f the c e le s t ia l sphere is d iv id e d by g r e a t c i r c l e s in to 12 eq u a l p a r ts ,

each c a l le d a house; namely: the house o f l i f e , o f r ic h e s , o f b ro th e rs , o f p a ren ts ,

o f ch ild ren , o f hea lth , o f m arriage, o f death , o f r e l ig io n , o f d ig n i t i e s , o f f r ie n d s ,

o f enem ies. The in te rp re ta t io n is made in accordance w ith f ix e d ru le s .

A c e le s t ia l body ju s t appearin g above the h or izon is c a l le d a r i s in g body,

because i t appears as r is in g o r ascend ing in the heavens;, as, r i s in g sun, moon,

. . 11 ve ry imP ° r t ant to know the s ign o f the z o d ia c th a t is r is in g a b o ve th e

S V*- V * ? “ ( W h oroscope. A m ^ o r T a g r a n , ,

12 equal pa rts each c a l l e d . I f *a sp.^?r e ' w h ich is d iv id e d b y g r e a t c i r c l e s in to

o r m “ r T e ' c t o c t o S i c s ^ ^ S d t ^ “ “ “l i f e un less he r e s is t* ami P e . “ .by the r is in g s ig n a re a p t to r u le one s

i e s S n s ^ f “ V " h is g0 ° d ' Rem em ber thC

o f the zod iac ; fo r th ? houses com prise ’ the fT x e T ™ 1" 2 r th * S im ila r d iv is io n S as seen from the horizon . These houses f a ° r d ia Bram > o f the h eaven s

ta ls w h ile on earth , fo r e a c K ^ n ^ s t h f ^ > ^ p re s e n t tb e w ork o f raor- o th er in the way o f parents, m arriage ch ild ren e ‘ a t .,on sh ,p o f “ o r t a ls t o on e an-

Each in d iv id u a l has inherent n il .5?” ’ bu s,nessi and so fo r th .inherent a l l p o s s ib i l i t ie s , th e r is in g S ig n a t b ir th o n ly

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indicates strong tendencies. One’ s training and experience develope the latent po- tentia lites. As one resists detrimental impulses, one overcomes, until temptation has no power and the one slowly ascendes toward perfection.

A wise teacher in the public schools does not allow a pupil to omit learn- ing the m ultiplication table or any lesson, because irksome to the pupil. The teacher realizes each lesson is necessary for further instruction. Hence there is outlined a course of instruction for each profession.

So in the school of l i f e ’ s experience we have our joys and sorrows to pre pare us for something higher. The teacher in the public school is ready to show one how to solve problems, i f you but let the teacher help you; so God is ever ready to show you how to solve a problem in l i f e ’ s experience, i f you but let Him hel p you .

I wi l l l i f t up mine eyes unto the hil ls, from whence cometh my help.My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.He wi l l not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee wil l not

slumber.Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.The Lord shall preserve thee from a ll evi l : he shall preserve thy soul.The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time

forth, and even for evermore. Ps. 121:1—8

PlSCIANS

What it means to start on the journey thru l i f e betw een

FEB. 19 and March 21.

I he p e o p le born in the s ig n o f P is c e s a re u su a lly k ind, lo v in g , easy go ing,

im p u ls iv e , g en erou s, m agn e tic , t im id , m odest, la c k in g s e l f esteem , e a s i ly in f lu

en ced , r e l ig io u s , f e a r fu l , c a r e le s s , in c lin e d to be despondent and stubborn.

T h e ir g r e a t lo v e f o r hum anity o f t e n causes them to s a c r i f i c e th e ir own com

fo r t s to h e lp o th e rs . The fo o l is h and in d is c r im in a te c h a r it ie s o f P is c ia n s are a

d e tr im e n t to th ose th ey w ou ld h e lp ; o f t e n c o n v e r t in g the r e c ip ie n ts in to vagran ts

and paupers, f o r p e o p le seldom becom e s e l f r e l ia n t as lon g as depending upon help

from o th e rs . H ence when a P is c ia n f e e ls the im pulse to g iv e , he o r she should be

on h is guard , u s in g judgem ent and common sense in h e lp in g o th ers .

B e in g fon d o f the lo v e ly th in gs in nature and a r t , the educated and cu ltu red

P is c ia n s d is c e rn the b e a u t ifu l in e v e ry th in g .N a tu r a l ly honest and purem inded, th ey ex p ec t such t r a i t s in o thers. Unto

th e pure a l l th in gs a re p u re ." (T i t u s 1:15)Some o f these P is c ia n s com m it s u ic id e , on account o f m orbid gloom y fo reb od

ings, w h ich a re n e a r ly a lw ays g rou n d less . When these p eo p le r e a l iz e that God is

e v e r w a tc h fu l, w a it in g to h e lp , th e ir fe a r s banish. "F e a r thou not; fo r I am w ith

T h ee : ....................... I w i l l s tren g th en th ee ; yea , I w i l l h e lp thee; yea I w i l l uphold

th ee w ith the r ig h t hand o f my r ig h te o u sn ess :" ( Is a . 4 1 :1 0 .) . ' ,L o n g fe l lo w , a P is c ia n , b e in g s u s c e p t ib le to the em otiona l im pressions o f

m e lan ch o ly , s a id th a t he had "a f e e l in g o f sadness and lon g in g , that is not alun

to p a in " . Our b e lo v ed s e n s it iv e p o e t, r e s is te d th is fe e l in g u n til he overcam e it ,

as to ld in h is song:

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u i ,a « hficn d iv id e d in to 12 d iv is io n s o r signs, p lanets tour. For conven ience, t i l lu s t ra te d by the almanacs. Incorresponding to the 12 months o f ou y , - c o n s te lla t io n s o f the zod ia c ,

which is the sun’ s path or o rb it in the heavens.The names o f the s igns o f the zod ia c arc

1. A r ie s , Ram

2. Taurus, B u ll

3. Gem ini, Tw ins

4. Cancer, Crab

5. L eo , L io n 8. V irg o , V irg in

7. L ib ra , Balance

8. S corp io , Scorp ion

9. S a g it ta r iu s , A rch er

10. Capricornus, Goat

11. Aquarius, W ater B earer

12. P is c e s , F ish es

" In my F a th e r ’ s house are many mansions” means in the F a th er s house,

heavens, a re many mansions o r sm a lle r houses. . . . .A ccord in g to a s tro lo g y a House is one o f the tw e lv e d iv is io n s o f the heavens,

made by draw ing g rea t c ir c le s thru the north and south p o in ts o f the h orizon . The houses are regarded as f ix e d in resp ec t to the horizon and numbered from th e one

a t the eastern horizon , c a lle d the ascendant, f i r s t house o r house o f l i f e . Th ey

were numbered downward, in the d ir e c t io n o f the earth s re v o lu t io n . The stars

and p lan ets passed thru these houses in the reve rse o rder e v e ry 24 hours. The

houses form an im aginary f ix e d map o f the sky: the s igns o f the zo d ia c b e in g in

motion pass thru the houses, o r th is im aginary map o f the heavens as v iew ed from

An aspect is the s itu a tio n o f p lan ets o r stars w ith re sp ec t to one another.

The c h ie f aspect which two p lan ets can assume a re f i v e :S e x t i le , when the p lan ets are 80 degrees apart;Q u a r lile , o r quadrate, when th e ir d is tan ce is 90 d eg rees , or the

quarter o f a c ir c le ;T r in e , when the d is tan ce is 120 d egrees ;

O pposition , when the d is tan ce is 180 degrees , o r h a lf o f a c i r c l e ;

Conjunction, when they are in the same lon g itu de.

A horoscope is the rep resen ta tion made o f the aspect o f the heavens a t the

moment o f on e ’ s b irth . T ills g iv e s a map o f the s itu a tio n o f c e le s t ia l b od ies in

the heavens w ith respect to o th er c e le s t ia l b od ies a t the moment o f o n e ’ s b ir th .

T h is map o f the c e le s t ia l sphere is d iv id e d by g re a t c ir c le s in to 12 equal parts ,

each c a lle d a house; nam ely: the house o f l i f e , o f r ich es , o f b ro th ers , o f parents,

o f ch ild ren , o f hea lth , o f m arriage, o f death , o f r e l ig io n , o f d ig n it ie s , o f fr ien d s ,

o f enem ies. The in te rp re ta t io n is made in accordance w ith f ix e d ru les ,

A c e le s t ia l body ju st appearing above the horizon is c a l le d a r is in g body,

because i t appears as r is in g or ascending in the heavens; as, r is in g sun, moon,

sta r, s ign ,I t is ve ry im portant to know the s ign o f the zod ia c that is r is in g above the

horizon a t the moment o f b ir th to ob ta in an accu rate horoscope. A map, or d iagram ,

is then made o f the whole c e le s t ia l sphere, which is d iv id e d by g rea t c i r c le s in to

12 equal parts, each c a lle d a house, w ith the ascending, o r r is in g S ign as the lo rd

or ru le r . The ch a ra c te r is t ic s represented by the r is in g s ign are apt to ru le o n e ’ s

l i f e , un less he re s is ts and overcom es in c lin a tio n s not fo r h is good . Remember the

houses are not the s igns o f the zod iac , tho corresponding to the s im ila r d iv is io n s

o f the zod iac ; fo r the houses com prise the f ix e d map, o r d iagram , o f the heavens

as seen from the horizon . These houses are intended to rep resen t the work o f roor>

ta ls w h ite on earth , fo r each house shows the re la t io n sh ip o f m orta ls to one an-

o th er in the way o f parents, m arriage, ch ild ren , business, und so fo rth .

bach in d iv idu a l has inherent a l l p o s s ib i l i t ie s , the r is in g S ign at b ir th on ly

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in d ica tes strong tendencies. One’ s tra in in g and experience developc the la ten t po-

t e n t ia l i t c s . As one re s is ts detrim en ta l impulses, one overcomes, un til temptation has no power and the one s lo w ly ascendes toward p erfec tion ,

A w ise teach er in the pu b lic schools does not a llow a pupil to omit learn

ing the m u lt ip lic a t io n ta b le or any lesson, because irksome to the pupil. The

teach er r e a l iz e s each lesson is necessary fo r further instruction . Hence there is o u tlin ed a course o f in s tru ction fo r each profession .

So in the school o f l i f e ’ s experience we have our joys and sorrows to pre pare us fo r som ething h igh er. The teacher in the pub lic school is ready to show

one how to s o lv e problem s, i f you but le t the teacher help you; so God is ever

ready to show you how to s o lv e a problem in l i f e 's experience, i f you but le t Him

h e lp you .I w i l l l i f t up mine eyes unto the h i l ls , from whence comcth my help.

My h e lp cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.

He w i l l not s u ffe r thy fo o t to be moved: he that keepeth thee w il l not

slumber.Behold, he that keepeth Is ra e l sh a ll neither slumber nor sleep.

The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy righ t hand.

The sun sh a ll not sm ite thee by day, nor the moon by night.The Lord sh a ll p reserve thee from a l l e v i l : he shall preserve thy soul.

The Lord sh a ll p reserve thy go in g out and thy coming in from th is time

fo r th , and even fo r everm ore. Ps- 121:1-8

P lS C IA N S

What i t means to stu rt on the journey thru l i f e between

FEB. 19 and March 21.

T , s i „ n 0r P isces are usually kind, loving, easy going,

fo r ts to h e lp others. The | g § | . a " t A h ? ^ c J p J e | sd etr im en t to those they would help , o en lon„ as depending upon help

on 1 i educatcd i cu,turedp u c ia n N8a t "a c nr; s b Ih B expect such IS I i l Hthe pure a l l th ings are pu re ." (T ifu B 1:15) gloomy forebod-

Some o f these P is c ia n s commit, su ic id e , on account o ^ reQ|{ze that God is

ings, which are n ea rly alw ays « r° “ " f ,cf8S‘ Danish. "F ea r thou not; fo r I am with

S ee w ith the r igh t hand o f B,y .r , f ‘ ' ^ S b l e t o 't h e emotional impressions o f L o n g fe llo w , a P isc iu n , „ befIn« ^ ^ ^ V u d n e s s and longing, that is not akinS I I t?l ..I 19

us to ld in h is song:

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T i i e B r id g e

I stood on the bridge at midnight,As the clocks were striking the hour, .

And the moon rose o ’ er the city,Behind the dark church-tower.

And like those waters rushing Among the wooden piers,

A flood o f tho’ ts came o ’ er me That f i l le d my eyes with tears.

How often, 0 how often,In the days that had gone by,

I had stood on that bridge at midnight And gazed on that wave and sky!

How often, 0 how often,I had wished that that ebbing tide

Would bear me away on its bosom O’ er the ocean w ild and wide!

For my heart was hot and restless,And my l i f e was fu ll o f care,

And the burden la id upon meSeem’d greater than I culd bear.

But now it has fa llen from me,It is buried in the sea;

And only the sorrow o f others Throws its shadow over me.

Yet whenever I cross the r iv e rOn its bridge with wooden piers,

Like the odor o f brine from the ocean Comes the thought o f other years.

And forever, and forever,As long as the r iv er flows,

As long as the heart has passions,As long as l i f e has woes;

The moon and its broken re flec tion And its shadows shall appear,

As the symbol o f love in Heaven,And its wavering image here. -L on g fe llow

W h a t one can accomplish or overcome another may. Born with tendencies common to Piscians, Longfellow resisted and overcame them. Rev. Martin L W illiston eulogizes the best loved poet o f the English race: "Lon g fe llow was apure, upright, beautiful soul, whose l i f e was love, whose necessity was kindness whose action was blameless! This man thought no e v il, spoke no b it te r word, nor touched another l i f e ungently. He went across this world with a song, the song o f peace on earth and good w ill to men, and none o f the immortals has le f t m o re re - freshing or ennobling music to th r ill our sad humanity on its d a ily march than has our own, our brotherly Longfellow ." I ’ tnan

C hildren B orn under the P is c ian S ig n.

The little ones born under this sign are ilSIfl lili j- , mg generous, impulsive. Their tendency to give away S S I B 111tl.ve’, lov‘ restrained, else they will lose their oersoectivlof theyT P°ssess should being of their own things away they lookTnnn ft ub,elonglnes- I this lavish giy be had if desired. This X to*tailing °f °therS’ as als° togrow into stealing. Being naturally careless8 thet ll°'Hll to them’ which would E |[b H BIthe latIntyteSdeicybthatUallUs E 1 i overcomeed with them, that will lead to stubbornness Since th? ' f K be exercis- explain why they should do certain things’ And f * amenable to reason,their playmates. This will inculcate justice in them kT h '" “ P hUrt or Pleas* H a Stead,ness I t m, which will be most vaSable late/ n'life. | | | | | H

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unci hands well trained will give these little ones a wonderful start on life's voyage.

Proper instruction w ill g ive them poise, so they wi l l become calm, quiet, and thoughtful, attracting conditions that wi l l make them happy, contented, suc cessful, and lead to renown.

The ch ild ’ s g r ie f throbs against the round of its l i t t le heart as heavily as the man’ s sorrow; and the one finds as much delight in his kite or drum as the other in striking the springs of enterprise or soaring on the wings of fame:—Chapin

S ome of the P rominent P ersons B orn B etween

FE B . 19 and MARCH 21, A LSO M ASTE R PIE C E S .

B e l l , A le x a n d e r G . , S c o t t is h A m erican , E le c t r ic ia n , in ven to r o f the speaking

te le p h o n e ; born March 3, 1847; d ie d Aug. 2, 1922.

B ryan , Wm. Jen n in gs, A m erican o ra to r and statesm an, born March 19, 1860; d ied

J u ly 26, 1925.Burbank, L u th e r , A m erican n a tu ra lis t (new f r u i t s and f lo w e r s ) ; born March

7, 1849; d ie d A p r i l 11, 1926. . r H H H |C aruso , E n r ic o , I t a l ia n o p e r a t ic ten o r ; born F eb . 25, 1874; d ied Aug. 2, 1921.

C le v e la n d , G ro v e r , 22nd and 24th P r e s id e n t o f U .S . ; born March 18, 1837; d ied

June 24, 1908.C u r t is , G eo. Wm., A m erican c r i t i c , e s s a y is t , and p u b lic is t ; born Feb . 24, 1824;

d ie d Aug. 31, 1892.

H a rp e r ’ s W eek ly , H a rp e r ’ s M on th ly .E l i o t , Chas. W ., A m erican ed u ca to r , P r e s id e n t H arvard U n iv e rs ity ; born March

20, 1834; d ie d Aug. 22, 1926. | . _F lam m arion , C a m il le , F ren ch astron om er, born Feb . 25, 1842; d ie d June 4, 1925.

H e r s c h e ll I I , S i r John, E n g lis h astronom er and p h ilo so p h er ; born March /,

d ie d May 11,18/1* 1 . . , «» nn iq q r

Hugo, V ic t o r , F ren ch p o e t and au th or; b om Feb . 2b, 1802; d ie d May 22, 1885.

L e s M is e ra b le s . . 1KJackson , A ndrew , A m erican g e n e ra l and 7 tli P re s id e n t U .S . ; born March 15,

1767; d ie d June 8, 1845.L e o X I I I . , P o p e ; born M arch 2, 1810; d ie d J u ly 20,1903.L o n g fe l lo w , H enry W ., A m erican p o e t ; b e s t lo v e d p oe t o f the E n g lish race,

born F eb . 27, 1807; d ie d March 24, 1882.A P sa lm o f L i f e . S o n g o f H iaw atha.

C o u rtsh ip o f M ile s S tan d ish The B r id g e ,

E v a n c e lin e i a t a l e o f A c a d ia , m e » , 9 9

L o w e l l , James R u s s e ll , A m erican p o e t, e s s a y is t , and d ip lom a ; • .

1819; d ie d A u g. 12, 1891.

V is io n o f S i r L a u n fa u l, h Am erican R ev iew .

F i r s t e d i t o r o f A t la n t ic M onth ly , f f r o ‘ e t0 , J d June 28,1836.M ad ison , James, 4 th P r e s id e n t U .S . , t o M u ch 16, 1751, d u d June 4 ,

M ic h e la n g e lo , I t a l ia n p a in te r and s cu lp to r ; b o m March g | | |

18, 1564.

NewmanStaC a rd i0nfa U r n H enry, E n g lish th eo lo g ia n , au thor, p oe t; born Feb.

21, 1801; d ie d Aug. 11, 1890.

L e a d K in d ly L ig h t . Madrid o f I t a l ia n parents,P a t t i , B aron ess A d e lin a , operatic soprano; born in M adrid | |

March 19, 1843; d ie d S ep t ^ i g i ^ g j | D ec. 8, 1765.W ash ington , G eo ., F i r s t P r e s id e n t U .S . , born | g g g g

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T houghts from thee P e n s o f P r o m i n e n t P i s c i a n P e o p l e .

r a t a ling o f vagran t unorgan-Growth is a v i t a l p ro c e s s - an e v o lu t io n - a m a r s h . ' G“ owt u I some |

ized fo rc e s in to d e f in it e forms o f beauty, Jia r “ ° n^ , j| expresses about e v e ry th in g

* I H i -^-K‘Slir,3,,SlS-2,5or id ea l.

T o l i v e is to understand To l i v e n s to b a la n ce ', ; f |

to see o ve r the w a ll o f the fu tu re . . j v e , ^ ju s t ic e ( tru th , r e a s o n , d e v o t io n ,

to w eigh in i t good and e v i l . ’ d d ty w e ided to the h ea rt. T o l i v e isn rn b itv s in c e r ity , common sense, r igh t ana au iy

to know what one is worth, what one can do an s | ^ | 0 Hugo; Th e Way 0 f L i f e .

Once to every man and n ation comes the moment to d ec id e .

In the s t r i f e o f Truth w ith Fa lsehood , fo r the good o r E v i l s id e ,

Some g rea t cause, God’ s new M essiah, o f fe r in g each t h e ^ ° ° “ or. b l l g h t ’ P a rts the goats upon the l e f t hand, and the sheep upon the r ig h t .

And the ch o ice goes by fo r e v e r ; ’ tw is t that d a r k n e s s * * !

W a s h i n g t o n ' s F a r e w e l l A d d r e s s

T o the P eo p le o f the U n ited S ta te s . Septem ber 17, 1796.

Frends and F e llo w -C it iz e n s :The p eriod fo r a new e le c t io n o f a c i t iz e n , to a d m in is te r th e e x e c u t iv e

Government o f the U n ited S ta tes , b e in g not fa r d is ta n t, and the t im e a c tu a l ly a r

r iv ed , when your thoughts must be em ployed in d e s ig n a t in g the person , who is to

be c lo th ed w ith that im portant tru st, i t appears to me p rop er, e s p e c ia l ly as i t

may conduce to a more d is t in c t express ion o f the p u b lic v o ic e , th a t I shou ld now

apprise you o f the re so lu tio n I have form ed, to d e c l in e b e in g co n s id e red among

the number o f those, out o f whom a ch o ice is to be m ade......................................................

In terw oven as is the lo v e o f l ib e r t y w ith e v e ry liga m en t o f your h ea rts , no

recommendation o f mine is necessary to f o r t i f y or con firm the a ttach m en t.

The u n ity o f Government, which c o n s titu te s you one p eo p le , is a ls o now d ea r

to you. I t is ju s t ly so: fo r i t is a main p i l l a r in the e d i f i c e o f your r e a l in d e

pendence, the support o f your t r a n q u il l i t y a t home, your p eace abroad ; o f your

sa fe ty ; o f your p ro sp e r ity ; o f that ve ry l ib e r ty , which you so h ig h ly p r iz e . But

as i t is easy to fo re see , that, from d i f fe r e n t causes and from d i f f e r e n t qu arters ,

much pains w i l l be taken, many a r t i f i c e s em ployed, to weaken in you r minds the

c o n v ic t io n o f th is truth ; as th is is the p o in t in your p o l i t i c a l fo r t r e s s a ga in s t

which the b a tte r ie s o f in tern a l and ex tern a l enem ies w i l l be most c o n s ta n t ly and

a c t iv e ly (though o ften c o v e r t ly and in s id io u s ly ) d ir e c te d , i t is o f in f in i t e mo

ment, that you should p rop erly es tim ate the immense v a lu e o f you r n a tio n a l U n ion

to your c o l le c t iv e and in d iv id u a l happiness; th a t you should ch erish a c o r d ia l ,

h ab itu a l, and immovable attachm ent to i t ; accustom ing y o u rs e lf to th ink and speak

o f i t as o f the Pa llad iu m o f your p o l i t i c a l s a fe ty and p ro s p e r ity ; w a tch in g fo r i t s

p rese rva tion w ith jea lou s an x ie ty ; d iscoun tenancing w h a tever may su ggest even a

susp icion , that i t can in any even t be abandoned; and in d ig n a n t ly frow n in g uoon

the f i r s t dawning o f e v e ry attem pt to a lie n a te any p o r t io n o f our coun try from

the re s t, or to en feeb le the sacred t ie s which now lin k to ge th e r the va riou s parts

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F o r th is you h ave e v e r y inducem ent o f sympathy and in te re s t . C it iz en s , by

b ir th o r c h o ic e , o f a common cou n try , that coun try has a r ig h t to con cen tra te your

a f fe c t io n s . Th e name o f AM ERIC AN , w h ich b e lon gs to you, in your n a tion a l capac

i t y , must a lw a y s e x a l t th e ju s t p r id e o f P a tr io t is m , more than any a p p e lla t io n d e

r iv e d from lo c a l d is c r im in a t io n s . W ith s l ig h t shades o f d if fe r e n c e , you have the

same r e l i g io n , manners, h a b its , and p o l i t i c a l p r in c ip le s . You have in a common

cause fo u gh t and trium phed to g e th e r ; the Independence and L ib e r ty you possess are

th e w ork o f jo in t cou n se ls , and jo in t e f f o r t s , o f common dangers, su ffe r in gs , ands u c c e s s e s .............................................................................................................................................................

I t is im portan t, l ik e w is e , th a t th e h a b its o f th in k in g in a fr e e country

sh ou ld in s p ir e ca u tio n in th ose in tru s ted w ith i t s a d m in is tra tion s , to con fin e them

s e lv e s w ith in t h e ir r e s p e c t iv e c o n s t itu t io n a l spheres, a v o id in g in the e x e rc is e o f

the pow ers o f one d epartm en t to encroach upon another. The s p ir i t o f encroach

ment tends to c o n s o lid a te the pow ers o f a l l the departm ents in one, and thus to

c r e a te , w h a te v e r the form o f G overnm ent, a r e a l despotism . A ju st es tim ate o f

th a t lo v e o f p ow er, and proneness to abuse i t , wh ich predom inates in the human

h e a r t , is s u f f i c i e n t to s a t i s f y us o f the tru th o f the p o s it io n . The n ecess ity o f

r e c ip r o c a l checks in the e x e r c is e o f p o l i t i c a l pow er, by d iv id in g and d is tr ib u t in g

i t in to d i f f e r e n t d e p o s ito r ie s , and c o n s t itu t in g each the Guardian o f the P u b lic

W eal a g a in s t in va s io n s by the o th ers , has been e v in c e d by experim ents an c ien t and

m odern; some o f them in our cou n try and under our own eyes . T o p reserve them

must be as n ecessa ry as to in s t i tu te them. I f , in the o p in io n o f the p eop le , the

d is t r ib u t io n o r m o d if ic a t io n o f the c o n s t itu t io n a l pow ers be in any p a r t icu la r

w ron g, l e t i t be c o r r e c te d by an amendment in the way which the C o n s titu tio n d es

ig n a te s . But l e t th e re be no change by usurpation ; fo r , though th is in one in

s ta n ce may be the instrum ent o f good , i t is the custom ary weapon by which fr e e

G overnm ents a re d e s tro y e d . T h e p reced en t must a lw ays g r e a t ly overba lan ce in p e r

manent e v i l any p a r t ia l o r t ra n s ie n t b e n e f i t , w h ich the use can a t any tim e y ie ld .

O b serve good f a i t h and ju s t ic e tow ards a l l N a tion s ; c u lt iv a te peace and h ar

mony w ith a l l . R e l i g io n and M o r a l i t y e n jo in th is conduct; and can i t be, that

good p o l i c y d oes not e q u a l ly e n jo in i t ? I t w i l l be w orthy o f a fr e e , en ligh ten ed ,

and, a t no d is ta n t p e r io d , a g r e a t N a tio n , to g iv e to mankind the magnanimous and

to o n o v e l exam ple o f a p e o p le a lw a ys gu id ed by an e x a lte d ju s t ic e and ben evo

le n c e . Who can doubt, th a t, in the cou rse o f tim e and th ings, the fru its o f such

a p la n w ou ld r i c h ly rep a y any tem porary advan tages which m ight be lo s t by a

s te a d y adh eren ce to i t ? Can i t be that P ro v id e n c e has not connected the permanent

f e l i c i t y o f a N a t io n w ith i t s V ir tu e ? The experim en t, a t le a s t , is recommended by

e v e r y s en tim en t w h ich en n ob les human nature . A la s ! is i t rendered im possib le by

i t s v i c e s ? ............................................................................................................................................. ——

E ntanglements with F oreign P owers

A g a i n s t the in s id io u s w i le s o f fo r e ig n in flu en ce ( I con ju re you to b e l ie v e

me, f e l l o w - c i t i z e n s ) , th e je a lo u s y o f a f r e e p eo p le ought to be c o n s ta n cy awake;

s in c e h is t o r y and e x p e r ie n c e p rove th a t fo r e ig n in flu en ce is one o f the most bane

fu l fo e s o f R ep u b lica n G overnm ent. But that je a lo u s y to be u se fu l, mus * '

p a r t ia l ; e ls e i t becom es the instrum ent o f the v e r y in flu en ce to be » 's tea d o f a d e fen se a g a in s t i t . E x cess iv e p a r t ia l i t y fo r one fo r e ig n N ation , and

e x c e s s iv e d is l ik e o f an oth er, cause those whom th ey a c tu a te to see d a gger on ly on

one s id e , and s e rv e to v e i l and even second the a r ts o f in flu en ce on the o th e r

R ea l p a t r io ts , who may r e s is t the in tr ig u es o f the fa v o r i t e , a re l ia b le to become

su spected and od ious; w h ile i t s to o ls and dupes usurp the applause and con fid en ce

o f the p e o p le , to su rren der th e ir in te re s ts . i f f i f s i e x tend-Th e g r e a t ru le o f conduct f o r us, in rega rd to fo r e ig n n a tion s , is , in extend

in g our com m erc ia l r e la t io n s , to have w ith them as l i t t l e p o l i t i c a l con n ection as

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have already formed engagements, let

K h pifect^ood' faith. Here let us stop. none, or a very re-B p e has a set of primary H | Controversies, the causes of.

mote relation. Hence she must be engaged in qu thereforc, it must be unwisewhich are essentially foreign to our concerns. E ordinary vicissitudes of01 her IIf i H M M and distant periodent course. If we remain o ^ Peopl^ under a ^ ann0yancei when we

is not far off when we may defyl“ at®lia l L lity we may at any time resolve may take such an attitude as will caus . nations, under the impossibili-upon to be scrupulously respected; when b 2 hazard the giving us provoca-ty of making acquisitions upon us, g g not E g g ^ shalltion; when we may choose peace or war, as oui interest, gume y

f f M forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to

stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our ambi!part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European amDition rivalshio, interest* humor, or caprice? , . . •

It is our true policy to stear clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infideliy to existing engagements.I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that hones ty is always the best policy. 1 repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be ob served in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would beunwise to extend them.

Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a res pectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extra ordinary emergencies.......................................................................................... ..........

In offering to you, my countrymen, these councils of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions or prevent our Nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of Nations. But, if I may even flatter myself, that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism; this hope w ill be a full recom pense for the solicitude for your welfare, by which they have been dictated.

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A n uplifting thought held in mind daily w ill tend to bring the individual into such harmony with God, as to receive answer to his prayer.

L iv in g in H a r mo ny with D iv in e L aw .

In ancient times, people worshiped what they feared. Since the touch of a snake by its sting could k ill, the snake seemed powerful and was held in rever ence. Snake worship has been handed down in various forms.

The dragon, a dangerous large snake, figured prominently in ancient and me dieval mythologies, and about it gather many of the most heroic exploits. As an embodiment of the evil principle, it has been superstitiously dreaded and even worshiped, as in China, where it is the imperial emblem. It is also referred to in the scriptures. "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field ." In the third chapter of Genesis, the serpent is represented as temptation, causing the fa ll of Adam and Eve into the sensual condition, whence arise all seeming dis cords of mind and body. Dis means not, then disease means not at ease.

A prominent physician said: "Barring accidents and injuries, over exertion and under exertion, there would be no disease and no sickness except from the a- buse of sex; for the v ita lity within the body can renew each cell when there is a well balanced condition of cells from neither overwork nor underwork." Hence the fa ll of man into the sensual state is the cause of mental and physical disabilities.

The spirit is pure (holy); but the mortal consciousness having been subjected to sensations of the flesh perceives things as clouded to the extent its attention is given to sensual desires, which hold one in bondage to sin, sickness, and death. A person in love has a bright clear expression, while the eye of one when under the dominance of mere sensuality is dull. As one resists impulses not for good, that one w ill throw off the chains of bondage, until arisen to the consciousness that God, the Heavenly Father, careth for nis children and giveth to each what isbest for the individual unfoldment.

Lessons are given at the public school to teach a principle, whereby prob lems of similar nature are solved. These lessons may at times seem irksome, yet they are necessary to learn certain conditions for advancement into a higher grade, until one graduates for a certain condition or profession. Lessons are confronted in the school of l i f e ’ s experience, until a problem is solved, whereby one advances step by step (grade by grade) in conscious unfoldment, maturing in understanding.

Whereas before the fa ll, man was innocent with a childlike faith, this ex perience matures him with an understanding so that he realizes God is the only power and that He lovingly provides for each what is good, that he may learn and advance in the wisdom of spiritual consciousness.

I f one finds conditions in life unpleasant, think why it exists, that youmay correct the mistake causing inharmony. . .

A teacher in the public school is ready to help those desiring assistance. A pupil whose mind is a litt le clouded on the subject, may not at once grasp an explanation given by the teacher; but the teacher continues presenting the matter, in other ways, until a comprehension of the problem dawns upon | p pupi •

God is ready, lovingly waiting to help. Then turn to Him and say God show me what is right." Your conscious mind may be so clouded w^h “^conc p- tions that you may not at once grasp this problem, in life s school of experience Z. is confronting you; but a continual desire for God to ^own to you what is right, w ill cause changes until a comprehension of the matter will dawn upon

y°U' In resisting temptation (impulse not for good) one is bruising |§i head. ofthe serpent (temptatioj under one’s foot. "And the God ofJieaceSatan under your feet." (Rom. 16:20.) Temptation as represented by the serpent,

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then overcome, cast out. "And the great dragon was cast out, that old se P

called the Devil and Satan." (Rev. 12:9.) . „,.cl financially by men-A certain person realized much mentally, physically and financially

tally repeating each day, the following prayer: , .. romf0rts of life.God I thank you for my daily bread. I thank you for the comforts o i^

I thank you for the health and strength you pour into me. Lead me, gu protect me. I love you, 0 God, my strength and my redeemer

As this person rode or travelled the streets the silent piayer was, Goct

save and protect me. . . . ,, ___...Some people repeat wordy statements without realizing the meaning,

more you comprehend what you are repeating, the quicker the result. For is pur pose was issued a pamphlet, "Metaphysical Teachings", by Dr. W. Grant “ ess’ little book contains an explanation of our relation to God, our Heavenly Father, besides daily statements and prayers, with explanations. The continued reading of explanations and statements will awaken one more and more to the conscious under standing of the words, until there dawns upon one the way to health, happiness, and prosperity. "Pray without ceasing." (Thes. 5:17.)

If you were the child of an earthly king who had absolute power in his king dom, you would have no fear, knowing your earthly father was abundantly able to take care of you. If you heedlessly ran into danger or did things to injure your self, that would be your own fault. Deep within you would be the realization that your earthly father could amend conditions for you, if you would let him. When you ask him for help, he shows you how to adjust conditions, so more pleasant re sults can be obtained.

Since God created the heavens and the earth and all therein, then He has complete power over His kingdom, and is ready to help you so to adjust conditions that will bring you happiness, if you but let Him.

God being the only power can so take care of you, that nothing can harm you if you call upon Him for help. "And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him." (Ps. 37:40.)

To banish the great stumbling block, fear, one should silently repeat: God is the only power, He takes care of me and will remove all unfavorable obstacles.

Our daily thought for the month is

I WILL FEAR NO EVIL FOR GOD IS WITH ME GOD S LOVE AND LIFE SURROUNDS ME AND FILLS ME.

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