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,o f a mighty void. We leave that for the prodi gies of intellect, who are fitted for ju s t such work. As for us and our house, we believe we have- something to say tha t will be of interest to the people. ‘Therefore we are going to say it, to the best of our ability.

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KNOW THYSELF.

wa*> a°d still-is, the most im portant injunc- ition to man, from the lips of profound wisdom, to “ know thyself.” This has been so accepted

all historic time. I t iB the universal cry of ...leHterateurs, scientists and savants of to-day.

.echo anil re-echo. the. truism, that “ the ‘" ..prqper study of mankind 1b man.” W hen, how:

.ever, wfe seek direction and guidance, 'they tell

' appeals only to the personal sense. We must, say they, understand of what elements, muscle,

• sinew, tendon, blood', viscera and bone are built. We m usi^on template their size, color, weight, and action, singly and as a whole. We must, distinguish the material of the liver, from that of the lungs, heart or other muscles. We are to carry our analysis, by the use of the microscope, down to the ultimate atoms. When this has all been done, can the wisest of them all tell us a single certain word regarding the origin of life ? Can they give us axiomatic basis from wfiich to deduce the reason, why the molecular forces, within the ultimate atom, moves on to the formation of a sequence from which life and growth result ? Not a bit of it

Tbe protoplasm]’. rh< • r 1 lit.* pbisi,-.-, which cover up the lack of the true knowledge of ourselves. Delving in the mines uf the physical, does not bring us one inch on our way toward the true and the real

The whole physical condition is but a bundle of the Hindoo Maya or illusion. To-day it is, to-morrow it is not. Can there be anything more unsubstantial, more unreal than man's physical body, which is constantly changing, every single moment as it presses forward from infancy to old age, undergoing the while, all the varying incidents of human life?

Wo say life is bound under the law. W hat law? The law of Infinite Creative thought. To the carrying out of that law, man’s real self ie appointed. W'ben we say we are acquainted with a person, we do not mean that we have the honor of being familiar with his clothing, nor do we deem his dress of any importance in our esti mate of his regard for u s ; neither are we acquainted with a man, because we know tbe fashion of his garments for years. I t gives us no clue to the appearance of'the body it covers, by its outward seeming.

This is eminently true with tbe physical man. If we do not know the sou! and spirit we have failed to comprehend the Real.-'

How few of us have ever stood face to face ‘ with o»>r own .“mils,, or even the astral refic'-tion.

ourselves. ,The glimpses tha t have come to us, ̂ u n fo ld s into sp irit; spirit descends and findi-------------— _ — s-------------------------- ’ — -1 embodiment in hum anity. 'Thoughts of thii

Tcind do not degrade nor befittle God, the] ■f . . . r .- V. 1 i , merely exalt and ennoble man."—Solar Biology

f.' \ are as one sees his face in a mirror, and then straightw ay forgetteth what manner of a man

~. r he is.' ‘ I t is this potent, all pervading principle we

m ust seek for, when we strive to know ourselves,. ( T his is the esoteric meaning o f the teaching of

' the ancient philosophers, when above all things / e l s e they urged upon their students the brief

/ command: “Know thyself." . / ■„I t is the Real we are to seek to comprehend,

the power behind the physical throne. T hat is ^controlled by, and can, in turn, control the ln> visible and wonderful forces of the Universe, m when the laws are learned. By their study we shall come to the knowledge of the Highest Wisdom possible to the human creature, “ Know thyself."

FRAGMENTS PROM ARNOLD’S LIGHT!; PF ASIA. ^

the Master“ My s is te r! thou hast found/said, ..........

“ Searching for' what none finds—that bitter balm

I bad to give tbee. He thou lovedst slept Dead on tby bosom yesterday ; to-day Thou know’st the whole wide world weeps

with thy woe:The grief which all hearts share grows less for

one.So ! I would pour my blood if it could stay Thy tears and win the secret of that curse W hich makes fcweet love our anguish, and

which drives O 'er flowers and pastures to the sacrifice—As these dumb beasts are driven—men their

lords.I seek that secre t; bury thou thy child!"

THINGS TO REMEMBER.

“ You and your fortunes are no more th e things of chance than is the tree from its earliest growth. You are the product of the elements, and that product through the w orking of a law. You can as you find out the law, make of your self whatever you please."— White Groat Library.

“ Having obtained the use of the |nnet senses, having conquered the desires of the outer senses, having conquered the desires of the individual soul, and having obtained knowledge, prepare now. Oh disciple! to enter upon the way in reality. The path is found, make yourself ready to tread it.”—Light on the Path.

“ There is a law of involution, and there must he some point where forces meet and balance, or* find equilibrium. Humanity ascends and

. f* Question your own soul- Read the promise! and doubt no more. W e trust our lives w itt our cook, pur coachman] w ith the drug doctor, with the engineer. But we cannot bring our selves to trust the promises of the Infinite God, to heal w ithout drugs, when we know all heal ing is from Him."—Physics and Metaphysics.

“ Don’t think tha t sorrow, 'anxiety or even injustice can crush you or rob you of one atom of that strength and peace which is yours by divine r ig h t ; for that admission of pqwer puts the weight in the wrong balance, and deprives of the consciousness of ultimate victory which should be yours, because the Lord of Hosts is your leader 1q battle ."— What is Mental Medicine.

“ There is no work you cannot do, beginning in Truth. Truth is a Silent Principle, pregnant with power. You apeak it into an ’action that puts old conditions out of eight. You speak the still forces into action, into life movements. All changes for better, date back to the time when Truth, spoken by some conscious mind—either your own or another’s—sets your unconscious mind to work a-right. Persistent insistence of any tru th by mortal, conscious mind, will set into harmony with. T ruth .”—Emma Hopkins’ F ifth . Lesson. -

“ Though a land of dusky forms, Egypt stands as a white flower among other races of the earth, and the hieroglyph readers of the old hieratic writings, the professors and the thinkers of the day will be unable to stain the petals of that grand lily-blossom of our planet. They do butT see the stem of the lily, and the sunlight shining down through the petals. They can see nothing of the real blossom, neither can they disfigure it by modem gardening, b ecau s^ it is out of their reach. I t grows above the smture of man, and its bulb driuks deep from the river of life.” —Idyll o f the White Lotus.

“ Wise men holding Wisdom highest, scorn delights more false than fair;

. Daily live as if Death's fingers twined already In thy hair.

'T ru ly richer than all riches, better than the best of gain,

Wisdom i s ; unbought, secure—once wdn, none loseth her again.

Bringing dark things into day-light, solving doubts that vex the mind,

Like an open eye is Wisdom—he that hath her not is blind. .

• •—Sioedenborg the Buddhist.

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