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and Upholder of the universe. Let all the little annoying cares and anxieties go for a while, and by effort, if need be, turn your thoughts away from them to some of the simple words of the Nazarene or of the Psalmist. Think of some Truth statement, be it ever so simple.

No person, unless he has practiced it, can know how it quiets all physical nervousness, all fear, all oversensitiveness, all the little raspings of everyday life --- just this hour of calm, quiet waiting alone with God. Never let it be an hour of bondage, but always one of restfulness.

Some, having realized the calm and power that come of daily meditation, have made the mistake of drawing themselves from the world, that they may give their entire time to meditation. This is asceticism, which is neither wise nor profitable.

The Nazarene, who is our noblest type of the perfect life, went daily apart from the world only that he3 might come again into it with renewed spiritual power. So we go apart into the stillness of divine Presence that we may come forth into the world of everyday life with new inspiration and increased courage and power for activity and for overcoming.

3. In keeping with Cady's original writings, pronoun references to Jesus are not capitalized. For clarity's sake, we have made an exception when the pronoun refers to the inner Christ, in Jesus or us. These pronouns are capitalized.