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thus rekindle the light of that Divine in man, by which
he should see his way to the Father, and understand the
tie that eternally unites him with his Divine Source. That
"tie" is the Divine Nature in man, which Paul speaks of
as the "Christ in you, your hope of glory." This unites
man with God, and is the at-one-ment, which Jesus revealed, or brought to light. Only now is this being truly
understood by man.
"The path of the just is as a shining light, which
shineth more and more, until the perfect day." Our
"light" within must increase until it blends with the
Eternal, or enters the "Perfect day." At first, "We see
through a glass darkly" -- this is when understanding is
feeble. "But then face to face." When our consciousness is clear, we see without any veil.
Truth is not changing -- our light upon it is growing.
Our forefathers lighted their rooms with a tallow candle.
Electricity with all its possibilities was right with them,
but they understood not its use. It was better to have a
candle than no light, but would that satisfy them now?
Would they not now accept the brighter light, and shall
not we? Do we show disrespect to their memory when
we use electricity instead of candles?
Do not let us put the new religious "light" out of
our lives, because our fathers had it not. May we not
imagine that they too have gone on into better light?
We need not worry about leaving their light, they have
left it too.
We pray for spiritual understanding, but are ready
to refuse it, if it comes through a channel unknown to us.
A simple story is told of a nest full of birds which were
deserted by the mother-bird. Hunger beset them and
an attempt was made to give them food for which they
were crying, but as the strange hand approached them,
