The most important work which God delegated to His co-worker, man, is the instruction, guidance and moulding, by example, of human Souls for a better, higher life here, and the Soul's immortalization for the hereafter.

There is no greater opportunity for this service than in the home. You are familiar with Alexander Pope's maxim: "As the twig is bent, so the tree's inclined." This twig is the child. The lessons of life and behaviour, learned at the mother's knee in the home, by the conversation, teachings and especially the behaviour of the parents, make an indelible impression that is ineffaceable and will consciously or unconsciously guide the child throughout life.

Conditions, circumstances and environments may be changed, perhaps very much for the worse, and it is possible that in later life the person may be led astray; nevertheless, it will be only temporarily; the man or woman correctly taught and moulded by example, will usually fall back into the grooves made in early life.

All the legislative enactments, all the police powers ever administered, all the Courts in existence, all the mundane forces at the command of man are impotent to fully correct the erroneous, degrading, false impressions made on the impressionable mind during childhood. A comparatively few of those raised in undesirable family environments retrieve themselves because of some conscious awakening experiences, but the vast majority will follow the "bend of the twig," the inclinations and predilections implanted in childhood.

Very often we hear the common complaint of parents: "I tried so hared to teach my child, or my children, correctly, the proper thing to do, the right way to behave, and now - look at the result!" Yes, but what was your actual behaviour in the presence of these children? Did your actions belie your inculcation?

A thousand most wise precepts may be utterly destroyed in the mind of the child by a single contradictory act. The child may not think or reason, but is impressed subconsciously. Its unconscious thought is: "If mother and father do these things despite what they say or teach, they cannot be so far wrong, so why may I not follow their example." the groove of action for the child's future behaviour is cut, not by works, but by the acts of parents, teachers, officials.

The blame for today's rising tide of misbehaviour, dishonorableness, degrading practices and crimes among adolescents must be placed where it belongs: at the doorsteps of the parents and their failure to be all that parents should be.

In the list of contributing factors, we must also consider the ineptness, ignorance and irresponsibility of teachers in public schools and institutions. Last, but by no means least, we must not overlook the perfidy of public officials whose irresponsibility and dishonorableness are of universal knowledge. The misdeeds, the treachery and downright wickedness of those in high position as broadcast through the daily newspapers, the magazines, the radio and television, present a shocking example to impressionable teen-agers whose moral fibre is in the critical, formative stage.

The groove of misbehaviour, disobedience and degrading practices having been cut, and cut deeply throughout childhood, it is a foregone conclusion that the coming generation will follow the path established by the parents: thus "the sins (habits) of the fathers shall be visited upon the children unto the third and fourth generation." Numbers 14:18.

Reverence and Responsibility for the Child

The child is a Soul enrolled in God's great school of life. The child is the responsibility of the parents who called it into being. Try to evade this Law as they will, and under whatever excuse they may conjure up, they are still held responsible under God's Law.

The Soul that in past lives was defective, criminal or immoral and is reborn under unfortunate, but fitting circumstances, into adverse conditions, is forced to fight blindly toward a far gleam of light, using whatever spiritual instinct is still left. Although hampered by poverty, squalor, unfortunate environments and criminal examples, he is, nevertheless, as precious to the giver of Life as the daintily-cared-for-darling welcomed by birth into refined, luxurious surroundings. Heaven cannot be complete until the last Soul, no less than the first, has fulfilled its destiny.

The new concept, or concept of the New Dispensation, recognizes that in each child there is a part of god, the eternal Being of Existence. While each child is necessarily born with the sin of previous incarnations, it is not equally true that it is born in sin. Here is the Nazarene's statement, spoken for all time: "Of such as these is the kingdom of heaven." __Matt. 19 :14.

We must become conscious of the fact that within each normal child is hidden the Divine Spark or Light of a Soul, and that this may be kindled into a Flaming Fire by love of the parent or the Divinely Guiding Spirit that all true teachers possess. If this love and essential quality be lacking in the instructors, then this Light, this Spark given the child at birth, may be more deeply covered over or be turned into a deadly destructive force.

In this sense the child is as clay in the hands of parents and instructors, and may be modeled or moulded according to their own nature, their desire, or their ignorance. In this same light we must recognize that, with rare exception, parents and instructors are responsible for the ultimate nature of the child and predetermines, to an incalculable degree, whether it is to become an "angel of goodness and mercy," or a "demon of evil and destructiveness." The Law of the New Dispensation places this responsibility squarely upon the parents and those employed to teach children.

Reason, sound judgment, patience, affection and love must guide authority in commanding the respect and obedience of the child. Sterness may be necessary, but this must be modified by reason and a recognition of the child's welfare. Punishment for deliberate infractions of the rule of right is as essential as is reward for obedience and faithfulness. One is the positive of the other negative. The pendulum of the clock swings as far to the left as it does to the right. This is the Law of Action, and in turn of Reaction; Likewise of exact Justice.

Awakening within themselves a consciousness to prize as jewels the innate qualities hidden within the bodies of the little faces that look up to them with confidence and expectation, parents and teachers should, aye, must, cultivate within themselves actual reverence for each small personality placed in their care. Unless they have a proper appreciation, love and reverence for the children placed in their care, prizing each of them as a gift from God, a valuable addition to the state and nation, parents and teachers are not fitted for the position they have assumed.

The child is never a chattel, never one of a mass, a cog in a machine, but an individual, inherently with possibilities as great as that of any man or woman who ever lived. Each and every child is the possible heir to freedom; the good things of life; the privilege of Immortality. If they fail to achieve these ends, the responsibility, aye, the damnation, is not upon the child, but upon those who guided, or failed to guide, their childhood and youth. This is the edict of the New Dispensation. All who fail to accept and adhere to it, constitute the "chaff to be burned" of Revelation.

In all instances, and under all conditions, parents and teachers must appeal to the child's higher instincts and deeper impulses and, with confidence, expect the response to be of like nature. If the desired response is not forthcoming at once, patience must be exercised. If the child is told, or commanded to do a certain thing, the reason for doing should be carefully explained. If punishment is meted out for infractions, the it is even more essential to explain why punishment is necessary.

Subconsciously, a child is a reasoning being. It knows by instinct whether a reward is earned or is offered as a bribe, and whether or not punishment is justified. It resents and despises bribes and unjustified punishment, as it should, and as do all reasonable beings.

Love is the foundation of the Throne of the Universe. Love must be the ethical guide of all action, if such action is to be constructive. No one is fitted for parenthood whose basic action is not founded in love or affection. The teacher who does not love her work, is unfitted for such a position. She brings heaven's condemnation, instead of heaven's blessings, to those entrusted into her care. This is the prime cause for present-day juvenile delinquency. This condition must be corrected if the present race is not to follow in the wake of all precious races.

The inner light of those who have attained and know is lighted from the throne of love. It is our duty to keep this light burning so that it will illuminate the path of those who follow. The Nazarene, and John in revelations, gave warnings of the most positive nature to parents, teachers, and all those into whose care children are entrusted. If these warnings are unheeded, then the punishment assured in the teachings of the Illuminated are certain to be realized.

These warnings are actually commands, not mere requests. It is the will of the Law that not one of these little ones be permitted to go astray. If all else fails in guiding children, then the rod of punishment is not to be spared, lest the child lose it way, but justice is to be tempered with mercy; the sense of justice being strong in the child's nature, even while it resents direction and even punishment for disobedience or wrongs of which it knows itself guilty.

All spiritual teachings are positive in their statements that to wantonly lead astray one of these little one, or to permit them to be led astray, when preventable, is to bring upon our heads a punishment so severe that it were better a millstone were hung about our necks and we be cast into the sea; for "their angels do always behold the face of the Father.

Thus far these commands have been heard but not heeded. They have made little impression upon the parents, teachers and those into whose care children have been entrusted. Now, however, the time of reaping is at hand and it were well indeed for all concerned, to take careful heed of the instructions and warnings given by those who know.

Higher Ideals In Teachers

At no time in the history of the world were the ideals of teachers so high, or the good accomplished by them so lasting, as during that period known for its "little red school house." This was a period when the teacher's moral - his religious faith, love for, and price in his profession - and the hickory rod, went together. Parents did not interfere with the teacher's idea of discipline and, as a result, statesmen, leaders and literary geniuses, not cheap politicians and gangsters, were the finished products.

Consolidated Schools, colleges of higher learning and all the educational institutions combined are wholly incapable of producing men of the caliber of that period. Today's lack of sound training is proven by the present irreligion, irreverence, lack of respect for authority in the home, the church, and the state. The once high ideals of reaching statesmanship and sound education - all passed into oblivion with the interference of politics in the school, in conjunction with the authority over teachers to forbid the punishment of pupils of infractions.

Today our schools, colleges, and institutions of learning are little less than hotbeds for insubordination, atheism, immorality, dope and alcoholism, and communism, all combined with wholesale disregard for property rights. Basically, the fault lies with the parents who have ceased to guard the proper education, guidance and protection of their children.

The church, or the ministry of the church, which once exercised jealous care over the "little flock," religiously visited the schools and took good care that all was in order, ceased its vigilance with the consolidation of the schools. Except for a few rare instances, there is a complete lack of moral courage among the religious leaders of today to strongly voice their disapproval of that which is not to the welfare of the youth.

In all too many instances the educational leaders have become converts to the foreign idea that children should be given free rein to express their "natural" emotions and inclinations, no matter where this will lead to, and that the rod should be safely hidden from view. This has resulted in universal juvenile delinquency; youthful vices; disrespect for parents, for all authority and property rights.

The teachers during the period of the "little red school house": were as different from those of today as is night from day. In their eyes their thoughts and their hearts, teaching was a profession; it was a position of honor; it was a holy duty. What is more, they took up exactly where the parents left off when the children left for school. Proper behavior on the part of the scholars was a "must." Unseemly behavior on the part of the boys and girls was unthinkable. The parents frequently "looked in" unexpectedly and the teachers prided themselves on having the scholars prepared to be at their best both in behavior and examination on all subjects studied. The teachers belonged to church and upheld the principles taught, although they never or rarely referred to them as religion. They followed teaching as their greatest love - and only secondarily as a means of earning a livelihood.

These men, and later women, accepted as a truth and fact that the foundation fathers of America considered the educational system as a sacred duty to prepare the youths for sound citizenship on the one hand, and statesmanship of the other. They recognized that the parents were responsible for the training of all children before school age, and that this training was continued in school to the end of youth.

This was the very foundation of good and sound government. Teaching school therefore was a noble work; a holy work; a work having the blessing of God; not lightly undertaken and uninterfered with by inter-school and college intrigue, politics and union gangsterism, or the domination of foreign destructive and disruptive ideologies.

The parents of those "little red school house" day were firm in their thought and belief that the school was sacred to the younger generation, even though it did not teach religion as such. The conduct of the teacher, the language he used, his tone in speaking and teaching, set the example for his pupils. The parents saw to it that his conduct out of school was in keeping with his actions during the hours of teaching.

Teachers and parents formerly worked together. The parents upheld the authority of the teacher, even though at times it was severe. Many now living who "graduated" from this little corner school are still aware of the "light touch" of the hickory stick. At the time there may have been resentment, but there also was the inner feeling that the punishment was deserved and was "good medicine."

If America is to remain the land of freedom, of manhood and womanhood, of statesmanship and the clean government our foundation fathers dreamed of, if we are to fulfill the vision of John in Revelation, we must return, at least in principle, to that system which produced such great statesmen, orators and authors. If we change our ideals and follow in the path of all decadent nations, we are doomed, because there will be no other great, rich and powerful nations to help us by pulling us out of the mire.

Good Neighborhood Centers

In cities, due to the immense population, it may not be practical or feasible for parents to visit schools and fraternize with the teachers as was the custom when "teaching school" was really considered as an honored profession and not as now all too frequently, a means of earning a livelihood with as little effort and responsibility as possible. Good neighborhood centers, the present parent-teacher associations (as free from politics as possible), the Mothers' Clubs can be formed and, correctly governed, will be of inestimable help in bringing together those interested in the proper education of children. At such meetings they can discuss the problems confronting both parents and teachers; bring parents and teachers together, consult on ways and means to accomplish objectives, and above all, bring about a close cooperation between teachers and parents.

From such meetings of parents and teachers can come the organization of Little Mothers' Clubs; classes to be held after school where girls are instructed in the knowledge that so vitally concerns them, with instructive talks by nurses and physicians who have their well-being at heart. This is especially desirable in the crowded districts of large cities, where poverty and ignorance go hand in hand.

Such instructions should include cleanliness of every description; proper dress for health and social well-being; proper food correctly prepared; bodily care and physical functions; hygiene; behavior at all times and discussions between themselves and with others. These instructions should be simple but fundamental, and designed to constantly instill, within the children, respect for themselves as well as others.

Classes should be formed and maintained in which courtesy and good breeding are emphasized and constantly illustrated, so that these become a habit. With such an educational program, we, God's greatest nation, need no longer be accused as the world's most ill-bred people; an accusation all too true as every traveler knows.

In these centers the child should be instructed how to cope with the "awkward" age with its frequent embarrassment, mental suffering and loss of health, and how it may safely pass through this period with all the attendant pitfalls and evils of this plastic, formative age. Such information should be made attractive by means of drills in behavior; in gentleness and correctness of speech and mannerism; courtesy to ladies and elders; the cultivation of promptness in the performance of all duties. These things will serve the child, the nation and God in a most practical manner, and are a God-ordained must, if this nation and its people are to survive during the dispensation now upon us. We have the biblical assurance that the wheat will be separated from the chaff, and the chaff destroyed.

The vital necessity of purity and cleanliness in personal habits is to be emphasized in relation to health, personal well-being and individual spirituality. In this present age we can no longer attempt to separate the material from the spiritual, because it will be spirituality alone which will save both the individual and the nation. Let there be no mistake here! The child must be taught, from the very beginning of its comprehension, that the body is the Biblical or spiritual Holy Temple; that the eyes are the windows of the Soul, and that within the temple is the shrine or sacred dwelling-place of the Day-Star or Soul from on high.

If these things are taught, each Soul will assume its full responsibility placed upon it when born into this mundane sphere - a sphere that is potentially a heaven or hell, depending entirely on man's own actions.

Instructions In Eugenics

Voluminous as have been the discussions on this subject, there seems to be no universal agreement regarding the advisability of introducing such instruction in the public schools. If competent teachers of the proper temperament could be found teachers who had the welfare of the child fully at heart, and who could forget their own personal interests, then such instructions should be endorsed. But since teachers of the type mentioned are exceptions rather than the rule, all instructions should be arranged for and given under the joint supervision of a well-selected group of parents, teachers, physicians, and ministers of the church. Each of these has, or should have, an equal basic interest in the well-being of the child, youth and future citizen.

The surest and most certain method for eradication immorality, unmorality, weakness and disease, is be same, sensible and easily-understood instructions on these subjects; instructions that will apperar reasonable to the young mind, and not too difficult to follow.

"Cleanliness (both of mind and person) is next to godliness." This is an old familiar saying, and its truth is uncontradictable. To be clean of body, pure (clean) of mind, to live on the best and most correct diet, and think clean, exalting thoughts, is the surest and most certain method to build the Immortal Soul.

Admittedly, it requires concentration of mind, observation, application, determination and power of Will to maintain an all-around cleanliness in the daily habits of life. This is possible only if the parents and teachers see to it that the child forms a habit of such living in early youth. Teaching alone will not do it, because teaching, as such, is superficial. Conscious effort is needed to form right habits. Once the habit is formed, efforts are no longer necessary, even thought is not necessary, since the habit itself forces compliance with the Law.

The world judges us at a glance by our neatness and propriety in dress; or precision in the details of grooming, our cleanliness of person, behavior and attitude under all circumstances. We ourselves, should and must, come to regard the body for what it truly is - an holy temple in which we dwell for a little while. Not for a moment should we forget that life is given to us as a blessing - an opportunity to develop all our faculties and potentialities, so that we will grow Godward.

It is therefore important that we keep the body, God's temple, clear of the rubbish and filth of uncleanly living and unholy thinking. This truth we must also teach our children, while constantly bearing in mind that such teachings are worse than worthless unless we make ourselves examples of the instructions we try to convey to them.

Beautiful, well-kept homes are never surrounded by rubbish, straggling hedges and broken-down fences. The well-kept lawns, the gardens, the cleanliness of the windows - eyes of the house - appearance of the entrance-hall and the neatness in dress and behavior of the children who come from the house, beget approval or condemnation for the host within. This is equally true of personalities. Man's appearance, his habits, his behavior and his perfection are reflected in the simplicity of the ensemble as a whole.

A clean, wholesome and pleasant habitation, irrespective of the humbleness, is an absolute essential to the environment of that precious gift from God, the only reality, The Soul. It is our duty to so live and instruct the child that it will instinctively and unconsciously follow the example we set.

Personal Example

Personal responsibility is the foundation of strength and true manhood and womanhood. Coercion - command without reason or explanation - will develop antagonism and contrariness of Will. Law must be explained to each child or pupil in a common-sense manner and with the recognition that the child is a rational human being, able to comprehend truths and facts when properly conveyed. We must appeal to the child's pride, the subjective self, innate common sense, and sense of right, justice and propriety; varying the language and application of the truth of the Law to suit the age of the child.

All of the years of childhood, from the cradle to adolescence, are os supreme importance in teaching truth, establishing trends of thought, character and habits. During these years the child should be helped into a full understanding and comprehension that he is not "just here," but is here for a great purpose; That life is a great and glorious opportunity to bring into manifestation all his possibilities and capabilities, and that these are little short of those of the one who created him and who promised that he (or she) may, if desired, become like Sons and Daughters of that Creator.

The child must be taught in an easily understandable manner that in all things a positive attitude is essential. It must be told that half-hearted desires and efforts necessarily result in failure; that success begins in being faithful to the small and seemingly unimportant things of life.

The child must be taught that it, no less than every other individual, is a free agent with the privilege of building for itself a fine, strong, dependable character. He must be made to realize that he, himself, must do this; that no one else can or will do it form him and, further, that because he has free Will, he is governed by the Law of Personal Responsibility, the two phases of the law working, or operating hand in hand. He should recognize that in his own hands he holds the means of a glorious future of honor and success; that his is the power to make or mar his life, both here and hereafter. Once he becomes fully conscious of this law, he will have the means and the method for transforming himself from weakness and inefficiency into a pillar of strength and self-mastery.

The way of bringing about this transformation is, admittedly, the way of the cross, but so is all of life. It is the path of many stumblings; of heavy burdens and possibly many backslidings; of heavy burdens and possibly many backslidings; but the goal is ahead. Every effort adds greater strength toward the final overcoming and achievement. Accepting the cross, the challenge, is to gain the crown.

Simplicity

Plain living, nourishing food and simplicity in desire, was the rule not only with the Pilgrim fathers, but also with the religionists from many countries, who sought freedom to live according to the high ideals of their simple religious beliefs.

The ideas and ideals of these Pilgrims and sectarians formed the foundation of the educational system of the early Americans and upon this philosophy the safety of the republic must rest. Any interference with this freedom of religious thought and simplicity of life, is dangerous to the American system.

Our forefathers, forced by circumstances and environments, as they were, to live in an unpretentious manner, nevertheless gave birth to some of the greatest statesmen the world has ever known, and these were the keystone of the democracy. Lincoln was a rail splitter, who became Immortalized because he did not compromise with falsehood, deceit and crime; he emancipated the slaves.

Grant, unbendable, simple, sincere and a peerless leader, the driver of a canal horse; Franklin, sectarian and Friend, simple in life and religion, a penniless lad with lofty ideals and the brotherhood of man in his heart; careless of profit, lowly, but not vulgar, in his tastes; Washington, a simple farmer, though in power he could have been next to a King; in fact, a King of the new country - all of these were Immortalized, not because they sought power, glory or possessions, but because they glimpsed the spiritual light so much hinted at in Revelation, and so very much concerned with the new world.

Like these, who were great because they were simple in heart and lofty of Soul, we must guard the rising generation that it will not drift farther away from the true way of life that leads to spirituality, and fall into the morass of all that is destructive. This must be our mission. Unless we prove true to this mission, not only will the rising generation be thrown into the maelstrom of the hells now rampant, but we, having failed in our duty, will also follow them.

The modern Babylonian habit of late hours, little sleep - hence insufficient time for physical and mental reconstruction - heavy foods that lead to congestions and the modern fatal diseases, vulgarity in dress and lack of common decency, immoral and degrading entertainment - all lead to mental, physical and moral decay, physical degeneracy and spiritual annihilation. Even those who so indulge, reluctantly admit this, but are not strong enough to break the habit.

Innocent amusements, which result in joyfulness and laughter, are necessary to true, all-around development. Greater satisfaction is to be found in games and recreation which bring into activity the innate wit, tact, alertness, courtesy and originality of the child than in the many questionable forms of entertainment to which the child is all too frequently subjected.

The truly sensible and patriotic mother will aid the educational staff of the school in constantly directing the attention of the children to the higher ideals; with one standard for all, poor and rich alike. This precludes select parties from which the many are excluded, and which promote jealousy, resentment and deeply hurt feelings - these to manifest, in later years, in anti-special feelings and consequent inharmony between various classes of the social structure.

There is probably no one thing that is more discouraging to a greater number of children or one that leaves a deeper wound, than the lavish display of rich parents for their children, bringing them into the lime-light, while many of the poor, but possibly more brilliant, receive little or no attention. Brilliancy of mind, adaptation, application, obedience and accomplishment should serve as the basis for public recognition and should be the incentive toward greater effort by future graduates.

In some schools a uniform dress for all girls is the rule and should be encouraged in all schools. Special favors to some, which actually means disfavor to others, is always to be discouraged. It does not tend to establish unity and harmony among all classes when a comparative few who really can afford it are brought to and from school in expensive automobiles, while by far the greater number may barely be able to afford good shoes to wear. Walking is a good exercise for the youth, and helps to prevent hear-burnings which are always undesirable. That which is beneficial for the child, all children, is good for the nation and is a means of establishing good-will among all classes.

The presentation of gifts to principals and teachers at public functions, especially at commencement time, is to be strongly discouraged. It is a tax upon the many less fortunate because they cannot afford even small gifts. To be forced to watch those who can easily give such gifts, is to open wounds that, in all too many instances, never heal and may be the beginning of social unrest.

Simplicity in all respects should be the keynote of every educational institution which is American in spirit. This should especially include private and select schools to which are sent the children of the rich and more fortunate. Only upon such principles of brotherhood and equality can rest with safety the future of a Democratic nation and the spiritual future of the nation's citizens.

The Dignity of Labor

Each star in the universe, and the Drama of Heaven, has its appointed place and must by compulsion of an exact Law, fulfill its duty. Each tree and flower, each animal and bird, each ant and bee, reacts willing ly and in harmony with this Law. Man alone, of all creatures, does everything in his power, commits every thinkable crime, to evade, sidestep, and set at naught this primary Law, and of all creatures, is the most unhappy, discontented and dissatisfied.

If the New Dispensation, the goal of human achievement, is to be attained - and Revelation emphatically states that this will be, even though three-fourths of all human creatures must be thrown into the discard, (the "chaff" to be burned up or destroyed) - then there must be the elimination of all drones from the human family and God's great school of Souls. The brains and hands must be occupied with some useful, constructive labor.

Man must not expect, or be permitted, to live in idleness, or as the result of the labors of others. The Law emphatically states: "Only the laborer is worthy of his hire.' Nowhere is it even indicated we may lawfully take from one who labors and give to one who evades his duty.

The Law expresses the dignity, the absolute necessity of labor, if health, well-being and happiness are desired. It should be taught to the child as soon as it is able to comprehend the meaning of words. It should be taught, and the inculcation fortified by example, that each man and woman should prepare for some definite purpose or work which will be of benefit, first to the person, and secondly to the nation.

The menial laborer, if he performs an honest in exchange for fair wages, is as important, though no more so, than the inventor, the director and executive. The labor is worthy of his hire and has a God-given right to live in comfort. Brain and brawn harmoniously combined can remove mountains and build cities out of the wilderness. Frugality is to be encouraged, and the one who saves part of his earnings, carefully investing his surplus, has a God-given right to receive returns as a result of his frugality and to enjoy them.

It is also a Divine Law that "he who wastes his substance in riotous, or any other manner of living, must suffer the consequence of his wastefulness." This is well illustrated in the Biblical story of the "talents."

Patience, persistence and thoroughness in small tasks bring success and its rewards and prepare one for greater trusts. Work - effort rightly directed - regulates the world, bringing order out of chaos. Contentment, the basis of happiness, is impossible except as the result of duties well performed. It is well said that in "work there is salvation." Labor, that is, effort, has never been productive of harm; but the work of an unstable, unsettled and fretful mind, combined with idleness of hands and mis-directed energy, weakens and destroys.

To be happy at the end of day is possible only when we have done our full duty. We must be proud of the efforts we have made; of the work performed; of our faithfulness to duty. If that which has occupied the mind and hands is not to our liking, then the blame is ours. We have free-will. We have the means, the opportunity, and the ability to prepare ourselves for something better, for that which we would rather do.

In the meantime we must fulfill the Law: "Whatever they hands find to do, do with all thy might" and to the best of your ability; gladly, willingly and happily.

No man or woman is born to be a drone; to live upon the labors of another. No man, however great, has the right to take from the producer and give to the non-producer, the careless, shiftless, irresponsible individual who refuses to fulfill his part in the world of action. The drone is a parasite upon society. By some means or another, he forces one person to do duty for himself and the drone, while the drone subsists - he can hardly be said to live - upon that which he has not honestly earned and to which he has no right. Only the laborer is worthy of his hire. He who fails to use his "talents" according to the Divine Law will have everything taken from him, and rightly, justly, Divinely so.

The Imagination

Imagination is man's supreme possession. It has been the builder or creator of all that man has created. It has been the destroyer of all that has been destroyed; the creator of all evil; the serpent in the garden of Eden; the betrayer. We hall asleep revelling in it - planing what is to be done. We awaken, ready to proceed with what was first imagined, and then planned.

Of all the powers with which man was endowed by a benevolent Creator, the imagination is the greatest; yet it receives the least consideration. All the good which man has accomplished has been the result of the activity of his imagination. Conversely, all the evils man has been subjected to were born in the imagination. The fact that the imagination may be controlled, is as yet dimly realized - and by only a few.

The little girl we look upon as incapable of thinking and reasoning is nevertheless entirely capable of playing the role of mother. To her, the dolls are children, as real, as true to life, as though made of flesh, blood and bone. She has the ability of following, step by step, all that her mother did for her, and never for a moment are her dolls less than real children. It is right at this point that the child should be carefully directed in the use of the imagination. The Wise mother will direct her daughter toward motherhood and all it implies, together with its blessings and responsibilities. Whether the mother wills it or not, the little daughter is, in her imagination, all that the mother is, with the one exception - conception - and reproduction.

The boy, if healthy and mentally normal, is the man. He is the statesmen, the soldier, the navigator, the inventor, the discovered. To be a cowboy or Indian fighter is in his blood; of, he is the hoodlum, the gangster, the dictator. Which is he to be in real life? It is the father's privilege and duty - his responsibility - to direct the child's imagination in the right channels.

Whether he will or no, that child's imagination is both active and vivid, and, undirected, is liable to follow a destructive trend. From the imaginative days of childhood to those of manhood, the parents are responsible for what the child will become. They must guide and guard it thoughts and its desires throughout the formative years. "As the twig is bent, so the tree is inclined." this tree is the imagination.

Even when the little girl is playing with her dolls, or the boy with his tools, the Soul's welfare, the spiritual side of life, must not be neglected. At the first indication that the child is beginning to think and reason for itself, he or she must be taught the completeness of life - the fact that each of God's children is, in itself, a complete being possessed of an Immortal spirit.

The child must be told that it has the mental ability with which to think an plan constructively; is possessed of a glorious birthright, with the possibilities and capabilities of becoming a power in the world of action; a saviour or a destroyer; that to become a saviour is to also save himself, while to be a destroyer is to destroy himself or herself along with others.

"The thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts," some one has said. This may be because they are as yet uncertain, not fully directed. This may be because they are as yet uncertain, not fully directed. The thoughts of youth become the dreams of youth, the incentives to later action. The thoughts of youth are far-reaching, aye, beyond our conception, and have a lasting influence upon the whole of life. Let the parents beware of allowing the child to concentrate the imagination on that which is neither normal nor spiritual, and which step by step, unless recognized, carefully watched and guided, ends in actions and habits which lead only to ruin.

Instruct the child to use its imagination properly, and not to be used or controlled by it. This is not difficult if the parents follow the proper procedure in guiding the child. If that parent, the mother for instance, will watch her little girl and "listen in," unobserved, she will probably be horrified to hear her little girl use exactly the same language she does when addressing, instructing or correcting the child, and will find that neither her language nor her methods are what she thought they were. The child follows the example rather than the words.

Examples will leave impressions upon the innermost being and will be followed throughout life, unless some special incident changes the trend, thought and desire. What is true of mother and her daughter is equally true of father and son. Both parents should make it a duty to frequently, unobserved, listen to their sons and daughters at play. They will see a vivid picture of themselves and this may not always be a pleasantly flattering one.

Faith

All too frequently we hear repeated, without qualification or application, the Biblical statement that "By faith we may remove mountains." Basically, this is true; but the faith must be such as to induce us to proceed with the necessary effort required to remove the mountain. Mohammed was practical, he commanded the mountain to come to him, but when the mountain remained where it was, Mohammed went to the mountain. This required effort, of course, but the desire was accomplished.

To become, or attain to what we are privileged or desire to be, several things are essential: we must have the knowledge necessary; must be willing to make the necessary effort, continue unceasingly, and must have the faith that we can do the things we want to do, or become what we want to be. We must have faith in ourselves and faith in the God who gave us life, opportunity and the priceless heritage of free Will.

This will not be altogether easy, because there may not have been one in our youth to instruct us, show us the way and instill in us the proper confidence. Our parents did not possess this knowledge and could not convey it to us, nor guide us. We, on the other hand, do know, and it is our imperative duty to help young parents instruct and guide their children in these immortal truths. Training the youth and instructing him in man's possibilities is part of the duty of parents and teachers under the New Dispensation.

Every great discovery, invention, every new-and-out-of-the -ordinary building construction, painting sculpture; in fact, everything that was new, or is new, is the result of faith, the incentive to achieve and the efforts necessary to bring the idea into manifestation. Faith, it is truly said, is "the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen." this faith is not sufficient in itself. Behind the faith there must be an idea or an ideal. This idea or ideal forms a a picture or pattern of itself in the imagination, and must be followed by patient, painstaking effort, until it is brought into existence.

By faith and effort we create the visible out of the invisible. By faith and desire, followed by effort, we come into touch with all that is of benefit to ourselves and hence to others. Faith induces us to use our "talents" and increase them, meriting our reward under the Law: "The laborer is worthy of his hire."

Faith is not in itself an at-one-ment with God but, followed through, it brings about this desired accomplishment, and changes the mortal son of man into the Immortal Son of God. This is the "mortal putting on Immortality." It is the fulfillment of the Divine promise given us - a promise we must accept in good faith and make the necessary effort to bring about the desired end. As we become conscious of these great truths, we must teach them to all who are willing to receive them, so that they, in turn, can instruct others. In this manner, and in time, the younger generation will be fully informed, capable and anxious that their children also be instructed and properly guided.

Application

The uncountable failures throughout the world are not always the result of ignorance, or lack of knowledge in the method of procedure, but, more often than not, are brought about through the lack of application. Almost any individual, however ignorant, if ready, anxious and willing to apply what little knowledge he does posses, will gradually gain the knowledge necessary to proceed, step by step until he achieves success. A general Law, briefly stated, is this: "Be faithful to your duty, or the work in hand, every moment and with all the force and power in you.." A familiar Biblical precept puts it this way: "Do with all they might that which thy hand findeth to do." This however, is not enough. More correctly and fully this command should read: Whatever is to be done, do it at the time it should be done, in the manner it should be done, and in the spirit in which it should be done. This law, and it is a Law, followed faithfully, brings into manifestation all the powers, forces and potentialities inherent in man, and would insure the success of the individual if in business for himself, or assure his rapid advancement if employed by another. There is need for millions of such men, and what employer would not gladly welcome such an employee?

It is impossible under the Law to live earnestly, work faithfully, and apply oneself honestly, with but one main object in view, without coming into the knowledge and power assuring success. True, such success must be won step by step. That is the law of growth and progress. Every new victory won develops the strength and will to win greater success until finally the goal is attained.

Men fial because their Wills are feeble; because their desires are not strong enough to let them forget; because their desires are not strong enough to let them forget all else by the effort engaging their attention; and, most of all, because the right spirit is lacking; the spirit which beings pleasure and joy in the doing. It is this spirit which draws man into the vortex leading into success, whatever his efforts may be.

Honor

Honor and self-respect are inseparable and are an integral part of the human Soul; a part of the Individuality; hence the basis for Immortality or Sonship with God. Our word, once given, must be kept. A promise to perform an act or duty must be equivalent to performance. There can be no retraction with honor, and dishonor tarnishes the Soul itself. Self-respect, that which makes the true man, is impossible where there is a lack of honor and resulting indignity. Dignity and self-respect are hand-maidens of honor, and honor is the step next to Godhood because it is true manhood.

The finest sense of honor is found in the performance of duties which are neither compulsory nor incumbent upon us; in the performance of acts, which, were they neglected, there wold be neither present punishment nor criticism. The man who recognizes a duty to be performed, and proceeds to perform it, though it is not directly his duty, displays the height of honor and character.

Such a character is outstanding; nevertheless should be natural and normal. It usually attracts consideration and respect, even from those who are utterly lacking in this characteristic. Chivalry, knightliness, noble-mindedness and nobility, are the characteristics of such a man. These characteristics are the foundation of a manhood which leads to Godhood and are demanded by Revelation under the New Dispensation.

Stealing, lying deceit, undependability, neglect of duty, lack of respect under all circumstances and irrespective of person or persons, are not part of the honorable boy or girl, man or woman; but the result of decadence in their makeup or inheritance. Each little falsehood, every infringement, however small, of the code of truth, opens the gates wider to greater dishonor, to weakness hidden, to failure in every walk of life and to final failure.

All of these make their impression upon the features; give an expression of shiftlessness to the eyes and show the Soul's desperation to all who have eyes to see. This "stamp upon the features" was early recognized by those spiritually advanced and, as a result, those who actually lived in honor - saints and saviours - were given the halo of light; the badge of honor and spirituality.

Dishonor, with all the weaknesses and vices this term includes, is the result of ignorance and false teachings; of the wholly wrong concept that temporary possessions, easy power and authority can give anyone true joy, happiness and /or peace; the peace that constitutes the "kingdom of heaven." Because of this misconception, children steal (take things they have not earned), lie, practice deceit, and commit all the other misdeeds which end in the decadence of manhood, and the ultimate loss of everything worthwhile.

Misguided and self-deceived, these children are not made to realize that only that which is honestly earned, by self-effort and, in a manner of speaking, by "the sweat of the brow," can give one the satisfaction of true joy and peace.

As a rule, the parents do not set the example by speech or act; on the contrary, they generally discuss the ease by which they obtained the things they desire; how they outsmarted their fellow man; how they misled their business associates; how they evaded payment of just debts. The children follow the examples set by the parents and dishonor continues to rule the world.

If we have never known or accepted the fact before, let us now come into the consciousness that, in this New Age, this New Dispensation, man's mission on earth - if the Soul is to survive - is to live such a life as will build unto Immortality. The Soul which was entrusted to our care is the most perfect and precious possession ever given to man. To lose the Soul is to lose all; for it is written: "The Soul that sinneth it shall die." To commit any deed that is dishonorable and disrespectful is a "sin unto the Soul," for which the Soul must pay. Such acts, if continued, destroy man's inheritance and an himself becomes the "chaff" that Revelation promises to destroy or "burn up with fire."

W, the elders, must first become conscious of the fact that it is a truth, and we must teach the children in early childhood, that to violate one's word of honor or pledge, or to betray one's integrity, is a dire disgrace both upon the person and the Soul. Such action will bring, in turn, a bitter reaping (of tares) in years to come. Worse still, these evils have a way of building up to still greater violations of all that is sacred and holy, both within our own temples and the world as a whole.

Courtesy

"With the loss of the Art of Courtesy, man ceases to be a gentleman, and reverts to animal instincts: the tooth and the claw." __Anon

Courtesy is the result of good breeding - the habit of doing the right things - the kindly things. This quality, beginning in childhood as instinct, consists in subconsciously doing the right thing at the proper times. It demands respect for others and, in addition, an inner, perhaps wholly unconscious, nicety of being.

True courtesy is really a feeling and, as such, belongs mor to the emotional side of man than the mental. This is proven by the fact that all those who are spiritually awakened and developed, are instinctively and unconsciously, courteous; never thinking of themselves or their own interests, benefits or self-advancement when showing courtesy to others.

Courtesy goes hand in hand with inner, unconscious, i.e., natural, not simulated, honesty. Courtesy, a result of breeding - inherent - expresses itself by the unconscious recognition of the rights of others, or what is due to others for one reason or another; the reason itself being immaterial.

Whether our courtesy to others is appreciated through expressed recognition, is wholly immaterial. Courtesy, like goodness, is self-compensating. We should do that which is good, or right (the correct thing) because we love the good; and not for an expectant reward, because such an expectation stems from selfishness. Both in choosing to do good and in being courteous to others, our real duty is to ourselves and to our character.

Fundamentally, courtesy, like honesty, is part and parcel of one's character; and character is something that we build into ourselves. It is as much a part of us as are our emotions; our kindly feelings, or affections. This being true, even the smallest deeds in life are important and are stepping-stones in the building of a still stronger, greater deeper character, which we will transmit to our offspring, and follow in the after life. The lost art of removing the hat in the elevator, or an expression of respect to older persons, is not actually in deference to them, but is an outer expression of our own innate refinement of character. It is a manifestation of the Law that whatever we do, we do primarily to ourselves and only secondarily to others.

To remain seated when ladies or older persons remain standing, whether this be in street cars, public places or churches, under the excuse that we posses the same rights and privileges they do, or because they have equal rights, is to show our innate lack of courtesy. To fill the air about us with tobacco smoke because we have a "right" to do so, but which may nauseate or cause discomfort to others - to eat peanuts in public places, littering the floor with peanut shells - to chew gom noisily in the face of defenseless and innocent fellow passengers or associates - and to do the all too many other things which may give offense or cause hard feelings, is to give expression to our own inner crudeness; our lack of refinement; our dormant inner nature and is to heap public condemnation upon the parents who gave us birth and who, obviously, failed to instruct and train us properly.

Such acts are, moreover, a mark of inner, unthinking selfishness, because they display the self-evident fact that we are thinking only of our own pleasures and satisfaction, without a thought of what our actions may mean or do to others. To behave in such utter disregard for the feeling of others is to leave a duty unperformed, because it is our human, spiritual duty to make life a little more pleasant for others; and this in turn will rebound, or react upon us and our own welfare. That which we do to others, someone will, in turn, do to us: "As ye sow, so shall ye reap."

The girl, young lady or woman, who fails to kindly thank the gentleman for the seat tendered her, the door opened for her, or acknowledge the polite courtesy of lifting his hat to her, fails even more in her duty to society and herself, than does the man who overlooks such courtesies, because her inner nature is primarily more refined that his and self-subconsciously more assertive.

Our personal duty is to so constantly practice the art of courtesy that it will become ingrained in our nature and upon the Soul. We should do all in our power to see to it that this gentle are of courtesy is taught to all children and make them conscious of its importance in all the activities of life. There can be no spirituality without the inner feeling of which true courtesy is an outer expression.

Habits

Habits are formed by repeatedly performing certain duties or practices, until the performance becomes subconscious and no longer requires the command or dictation of the mind.

Habits are formed by frequently doing certain things. The process is the same whether the acts performed are for our good or ill. Man is actually a creature governed by his habits. This is illustrated by the fact that the things man does frequently, he gradually does without thinking. This being accepted as a fact, the child should be carefully guided in the formation of habits because, with rare exceptions, these habits, once formed, will govern throughout the entire life of the individual.

Parents should teach the child, teachers in school should instruct the youth, in the Law, that the destiny of man is to govern his actions which have become habits and not be governed by them. The child, youth, woman and man - all do certain things, even though they are not of benefit and may prove detrimental because of an inner urge or desire. Man is as much a slave to such urges or desires as is the slave bonded to the master who owns him. The individual can never attain to the peak of his (or her) destiny until undesirable, weakening and degrading habits are broken.

Like honesty and courtesy, habit is a part of the character. The habits of the boy or girl, man or woman, constitute a personal display, badge or insignia of the individual. Aimless, careless thinking and action, without regard for the possible after effects of the action, are degrading and degenerating to body and mind, no less than the Soul itself. More than that, they have a way of deluding those so inclined into believing that others are the cause of their weakness, failures and unfavorable environments. Such negative thinking and reasoning prevents them from making the necessary effort to free themselves from all that is undesirable and unfavorable to their own best interests.

Carelessness in thinking and planning often becomes a habit. As such, it opens the gates of the mind to the invasion of outside forces, admitting influences which work to our detriment, in that they prevent the influx of thoughts, ideas and forces which would be of inestimable benefit. Carelessness in thinking, reasoning and arriving at conclusions, permits desirable opportunities to slip by unnoticed, with the result that the offered or obtainable benefits are lost.

The mind is a force, a power, an entity which, though not of itself a directive unity, can nevertheless be trained or developed to think constructively and concentratively on one subject at a time, by means of the Will, which is a faculty of the mind.

By setting aside only a comparatively few minutes of each day for practice of thinking on any one subject to the exclusion of all other thoughts, it is possible to so train the mind that it can be centralized on any subject at a moment's notice, concentrating on the one thought until the subject has been fully analyzed and a conclusion reached. Once the channel is formed for successful concentration on one special thought, it is not difficult to change from one thought to another. To be successful in life, tis ability to concentrate, or hold the mind to one subject at a time is absolutely essential.

As man advances in years, the formation of this habit becomes more difficult though not at all impossible. The wise parent will endeavor to establish the habit in the child at an early age by making certain that, both at play and while performing duties, the child centers its entire attention and every faculty on the special play or duty for the time being. Within a comparatively short time this form of concentration becomes fixed and the ability to concentrate on a single subject at a time is a moment's command.

It may be said with truth that, with extremely few exceptions, man's entire life is governed by habit; so is health, or lack of health; his happiness; his peace of mind; his success, and finally, his future beyond the border line of life.

The child begins with the habit of evading the truth to protect itself from punishment for infractions of the rules and regulation of the household; for duties unperformed; for doing that which it is told not to do. Then follows the formation of the habit of thinking thoughts not conducive to its welfare or of the world at large; habits of becoming resentful of wrong, either actual or imagined; the habit of thinking hateful thoughts; thoughts of revenge; malice; jealousy and, it counted, perhaps a thousand other things; all of them detrimental to the well-being of body, mind, spirit and Soul. All undesirable habits could have been avoided had the child been properly instructed and guided in its thinking, its desires, and especially in doing one thing at a time, doing it the way it should be done, and in the spirit it should be done, and to the exclusion of everything else for the time being.

Once this habit of concentration is formed, it is immediately applicable to every activity of life. The undesirable thought entering the mind can be almost immediately eliminated or replaced by a constructive idea. The poison of unconstructive or degrading thinking can in this way be prevented from forming, and disrupting the harmony of the entire being.

The Mind

Man is a combination of body, spirit, mind and Soul. A more accurate statement would be: Man is a combination of body, life, brain and Soul, because mind is not an entity, but a function of the brain. This is illustrated by the fact that millions who are in possession of a mind seldom think for themselves, but permit others to think for them. They follow the directions given then by others. A still greater number do nothing in life as a result of thinking - using the faculty of the brain - but slavishly follow the urge of desires and passions. Their actions spring from whims or fancies not from conclusions reached by the process of thinking, or sound reasoning.

Unless the mind is trained to think early in youth, and action is permitted to follow after due thoughts, there is a strong likelihood that desire and passion will usurp the place of thought analysis and reasonable conclusions, and once this practice becomes a habit, the process of thinking becomes a difficult and painful one.

It is in part for that reason that the child, beginning at a very early age, should be told what it is to do, followed by a full explanation of the reason for doing it. This explanation gives it the reason. For the time being, this is a substitute for its own thinking until such time as the child begins to think for itself and reaches its own conclusion by reasoning for itself. This also is true of punishment for infraction of rules or for doing things that should not be done.

The main difference between man and animal is not in form, but in man's ability to think, man was given free Will - the right of choice - and added to these two faculties and privileges, the personal responsibility for his thinking, his choosing and his actions.

The Ancient wise men, philosophers, as well as the Saviours, compared man's mind to water, because it is never at rest. The Nazarene's close friend, John the Baptist, compared man's awakening to Spiritual possibilities, to the baptism by water. An old and true maxim: "The devil finds work for idle hands" is applicable here. The mind not fully occupied with constructive, exalting, uplifting considerations, will quickly revert to destructive, degrading thoughts, which in turn give birth to like desires, followed by action in harmony with the thought.

The mind, except in sleep, is continuously active and must be trained to concentrate on the immediate problems in hand; thinking constructive thoughts all the time. Lest the undesirable and destructive usurp the throne of free Will and correct action.

The Will

The Will, the incentive to action, is a faculty, an ability of the mind. Each normal human being is, by inheritance, possessed of two entirely separate Wills. One, the Divine Will, is governed by Divine Law and is constructive. The other is the human, mortal, mundane Will, the nature of which is not concerned with the right or wrong, but with what it believes to be to its own benefit - pleasures, profits, power, self.

Man's problem, man's duty, both to himself, to God and his fellow man, is to learn to discern between good and evil; construction and destruction; exaltation and degradation; real benefit and temporary profit.

The human Will which, basically, is in reality man's desire, must be brought into harmony with the Divine Will. This simply means that man must learn by thinking, reassuring and experiencing, what is right - hence what is best for him - and then Will, or desire just that, irrespective of how attractive the opposite may appear to be.

The Will is subject to the command from within the subconscious self; so irrespective of how must we may desire a certain thing, we can control our action not to do that thing. Behind that control is the Will. This is the Divine will in action, subjugating the human Will to what is best. Here arises the conflict between the two Wills and the outcome is governed by the degree of individual spiritual awakening to realities and to the desirability of the permanent over the temporary.

A "weak" Will, as such, does not actually exist, unless man is lacking in desire, in which instance he is of the inert, be-nothing, do-nothing type; a drone willing to subsist in any manner possible or on the labor of others. What is usually termed a "weak" Will, though erroneously so, is the criminal or degenerate type; actually, people of this type have a Will as strong as the upright, successful type. This is clearly indicated by the persistence with which thy pursue crime or degenerate practices, permitting nothing to stand in the way in their effort to obtain what they seek or want.

The aggressive, forceful brute type of will may overcome all obstacles for a time but, in the end, meets infamous defeat; while the normal, spiritually-inclined, deep, calm, steady Will, properly directed, always succeeds in the end. Apart from God, or, if you prefer, the constructive nature of the Will, man is powerless to do that which is generally included in the term "good."

This kind of Will is born, or given birth to, by Desire, and should have its beginning in childhood. It is therefore the duty and obligation of the parents, by inclinations, based on honesty, morality and naturalness are developed in the child. If this practice is followed in the home, the child will develop desire and Will in harmony with the Divine Law and the parent need have little fear of anything it may hear and see away from home.

Conscience and the Soul

Just as with the body, and as a part of the body, there is born the faculty we know as speech, which permits man to make himself understood; so there is, as part of the Soul, or spiritual side of man, what is usually termed "the Still Small Voice" of Conscience. This voice is that if intuition, or a feeling, sensing, an impression of what is right and what is wrong.

This Voice, because of lack of attention, is dormant in almost everyone. It is not dead;; it is merely asleep, and may be aroused and brought into activity. In the natural, normal man, the balanced man, in whom nature and the spirit are more or less evenly balanced, this inner voice is almost as active as is the outer voice and is an ever-present indicator, or director, telling him what is right and what is wrong.

If we lived naturally from childhood, were correctly instructed, and if we actively developed our spiritual nature on an equal basis with the physical self, then this voice would be as active as is the physical self, then this voice would be as active as is the physical voice. However much it has been neglected, this can be reawakened and become our guide and constant protector.

Spiritually dormant as most men are today, they cannot wholly escape from the voice of conscience, despite the continual neglect of the Soul and all its needs. The Soul nevertheless is the immortal part of us and does succeed in making itself heard from time to time. The Soul is responsible for the uneasiness we feel so frequently when we are guilty of wrong-doing. From deep inside us comes an irrepressible feeling that what we contemplate is not right and not the proper thing to do. If we persist in committing evil deeds, ignoring the Voice of the Soul, this voice will in time become silent, because it is the Law that the things we fail to use will die out. This is illustrated in the Biblical story of the "talents," which indicates that the unused "talents" will be taken from us by God, or by the Divine Law which governs all things.

During this New Dispensation all the people of the world are being warned that there will be a separation of the "sheep from the goats" - a separation of the spiritually inclined from the carnally minded - the "chaff" will be separated from the "wheat," and the chaff burned up or "utterly" destroyed.

It is therefore of the utmost importance that all of those who have attained to the responsibility of manhood or womanhood, should make every effort to live a physically normal, natural life, but also, at the same time, do all in their power to awaken their spiritual nature (the "wheat") and the voice of conscience, i.e., the Soul.

Parents have a second, and equally important duty: to fully and clearly instruct their children in the knowledge of what the voice of Conscience is and of its importance in life; that this inner Voice becomes more and more active as it is heeded. In conjunction with this, that they must use their reason because frequently a desire is mistaken for the Voice of Conscience. Reasoning, analysis, will indicate whether or not it is a desire for something wanted, and which may not be of benefit, or the direction of Intuitive guidance.

Even though man has so lived that the Voice of Conscience is all but dead, this should not discourage him, because it can again be brought ino life and activity. All that is necessary, is for man to obey when it is heard or felt, or when there is an inner urge. Every time he obeys this inner urge, the Voice will be awakened more and more, until finally this Voice, this feeling, will be heard in all important matters and always to the benefit of the one who obeys. Here again we must bear in mind the story of the "talents," or the Law that use or application develops that which is made active.

This Voice which is so universally ignored, so very seldom obeyed; at one man's greatest friend and a direct means to attain to the highest physical, mental and spiritual state of being, yea, even materially in a business sense, is part of the Soul. No Soul can attain to the status of the Biblical "wheat" or to Consciousness, unless it is awakened. Once awakened, it is part of the pure white Flame burning upon the altar in the inner Sanctuary, a guide and a guard at all times.

All the forces of the body, all the faculties of the Soul, center at this Shrine within us, whether directed for good or ill, and we possess no power to prevent or nullify this Law. The Will, imagination, love, affection and all that is good, while also hate, fear, malice, resentment and all that is destructive, center there and each of these, in/of its own nature, directly affects this Center and the Light itself.

The Soul and Conscience are centered in love, for love is of god, and God is the essence or substance of Love; hence the Voice of the Soul or Conscience is that of love, and if accepted, is the protecting power hovering over us, speaking, as it were, directly to us from God's mighty throne.

Conscience has been rightly called "the Voice of the angel at the Shrine of the Soul within us." How important then that we not only listen to that voice, but also teach our children, all children that will listen to us, the vital, spiritual necessity, for our own every interest, to listen to it and obey!

Judge Ye Not

"Judge not, that ye may not be judge." __Matt. 7:1.

Unless we are lawfully set up as judges, we should not judge others, lest we be judged in the same manner we judge others and our judgment be faulty, hence unjust, because we know not the cause for men's actions.

We know it is wrong and sinful to steal, to cheat, to bear false witness and to commit the other evils in the category of wrongs. Such act are to be condemned, but we don not know why the individual is guilty of them, or how great his provocation may be, or how deeply he may have been wronged, nor the cause of his action.

Generally speaking, judgment of our fellow man must be left to God. He alone is impartial and unswayed by either passion or self-interest. We cannot, except in rare instances, know what the individual weakness was which caused our fellow man to stumble and perhaps fall. It is not our privilege to judge another when an unfortunate inheritance or physical weakness brings suffering upon him; nor what form of punishment should be meted out to the offender.

That is the work of the Law. This Law cannot be betrayed, nor can it betray. It is eternal in operation; it never fails; it is never in error. It is just, because it is the eternal Book of God; the record of all our deeds, and it is we, the Soul, that must read that record justly and balance it.

This self-evident truth and fact has been almost wholly ignored. Many attempts have been made to nullify this Law by creedal decrees. This cannot be successfully refuted. Nor can it be denied that man brings about judgment and punishment upon himself, unless we also contradict, successfully, that the Nazarene's most important inculcation, or statement of the Law as it affects every man, is an untruth that Law is:

"As ye sow, so shall ye reap." __Gal. 6:7.

As a result of the action of this Law which is constantly in operation and cannot be annulled by any man, each one of us, every individual born of woman, must reap as he has sown; Must do his own reaping; because it is the action of the Law itself; it is the reaction of the action itself.

We, as individuals, may help others; lead and guide them; comfort and console them; offer them a helping hand until they can stand and walk alone; but we must refrain from judgment; from seeking revenge. All we have a right to do, if injured, is to seek a just judgment; full compensation; without anger, hatred, malice or revenge.

If anyone more fortunate than ourselves, or in a more exalted position, seeks to take advantage of us, take from us that which is rightly ours, defame or bring us loss or sorrow, it is our duty to seek justice and compensation, lest we be equally guilty by permitting the wrong to be done; and leading the one guilty to believe that might is right and offers special immunity to those in position to take advantage of others.

Judge not the person; condemn the evil being done. Above all, it is our duty to be on guard, lest in our actions incited by our own injured feelings, or the losses suffered, our sense of right and justice be colored by resentment, hatred, malice or revenge.

These passions can be as evil and as sinful upon ourselves, as are the deeds committed against us and we are no better, morally and spiritually, that the one who has been guilty of working evil against us. The Law is in constant operation. This Law is that of eternal judgment; weighing all things in the balance; separating the "chaff" from the "wheat" and finally "burning up" the "chaff," leaving only the wheat. The "wheat" is righteousness and justness; the "chaff" is evil of every kind. Ivil destroys itself and the doer of evil, by the fires lighted through the evils committed.

As Ye Sow

The Initiates of all times, the Gnostic fathers as well as the Nazarene, - in fact, all Christians who are wise, enlightened and of God, - agree that God is a God of love, but also of exact justice. If God, or His Law punishes, it is the punishment of a father who nevertheless deeply loves. He punishes with sorrow and a heavy heart, for the infraction of the Law; but never with a feeling of hatred or revenge.

The idea and teaching that God is a God of hate; revengeful and destructive, even of a whole people who fail to obey His Laws, is that of a Jehovah who is a personal being; born out of the feeling fro revenge and as a result of feeling mistreated; with little or no thought as to whether the treatment accorded might be just. Such a thought was never conceived by an enlightened mind or a Conscious Soul, but in the human feeling of resentment and a desire to justify itself.

God has been called a God of hate, of jealousy, and even of revenge, because man, by attempting to evade or nullify Divine Laws co-existent with God and with the creation of the world, has suffered - in reaction. Always, the inevitable and unescapable punishment is visited upon the evil-doer or the one who disobeys. God has been called unjust and revengeful, because He could not be bought, appeased or compromised; nor could He be subsidized, (the polite term for blackmailed) however great the possessions or authority of those who so frequently attempted it. Neither has it been possible to hire Him to arbitrarily forgive wrongs committed.

All this has been universally attempted as a result of misunderstanding and misinterpretation of Divine Law. God does not punish! He never did! Never will! Men are punished by the reaction of their won acts; by the working out of the Law itself.

There is no feeling on God's part, except that of sorrow and pity for his foolish children who refuse to gain wisdom as a result of their experience; who become bitter and resentful when called upon to pay their just debts, and who place the blame upon him instead of where it belongs - upon themselves.

The basic and eternal Law, "As ye sow, so shall ye reap," operates in many directions. As an example: Ordinarily we must pay the penalty for a wrong to, or against another; but there are wrongs of many kinds and types against others which it is impossible for us to right. These wrongs must be righted; these debts must be paid. If the debts are not paid to the ones against whom they are committed, then by the performance of acts of kindness to others; lending a helping hand; and above all, helping those who truly cannot help themselves.

It is written that "God helps those who can no longer help themselves." We become co-workers with God by helping those who cannot help themselves. To help those who can help themselves, if they make the necessary effort, is not a virtue, but a vice. It does not give us "heavenly" credit; but stands against us, because we helped to make them still weaker; only the worker - the producer - is worthy of life; the drone is under the penalty of death.

If we give a written note of hand for borrowed money, then under every aspect of the Law it must be repaid, though it takes from us all we possess. In life's actions, we must repay, by on means or another, that which we received, or took from another. There is no possibility of evasion. If we do not do this willingly, then it is extracted from us together with a heavy penalty.

This appears a "hard saying," but it is only so to those who are dishonestly inclined; those who would live at ease on the labors of others; or those who seek profits unjustly or dishonestly. The honest man, the virtuous man, the spiritually inclined man takes pride, and finds peace and happiness, in paying his just debts. Moreover, by doing this, he gradually learns to guard his tongue from evil speech; his mind from evil thoughts; his eyes from seeing evil, and protects his Soul from all that is debasing, hence destructive.

This is the technique to be followed in achieving self-mastery. Frankly and truthfully, like all the really important lessons in life, it requires effort, time and patience; but the returns or reward, is in proportion.

Whether we call them life's lessons; the Law's lessons or God's lessons, certain it is that they follow one another, perhaps hourly, hence the Wise Men commanded those who would listen and who sought to attain to life's goal, "to gain wisdom, reach understanding." the Older Philosophic Initiate Priests stated it still mor simply: "man know thyself."

Life's lessons, like our passions, and there are a vast multitude of them, must be faced bravely and patiently; made a game, as it were, and each one worked out cheerfully, knowing that the victory is indeed both sweet and beneficial. We should always have in mind, though never permitting ourselves to become despondent or neurotic, that daily, aye, hourly, unconsciously, we do things which, on analysis, prove to be unfair, unjust, perhaps despicable or degrading.

These must be wiped out, can be wiped out, by doing things that are elevating and constructive, perhaps "outside of our line of duty." All this is "sowing" and all of it brings a "reaping."

As we progress in our constructive life, we will gradually become conscious of the fact - the actuality - that every ennobling act makes its impression, not alone upon our Immortal self, but on the mind and body as well.

Every act is recorded upon the "Lamb's Book of Life," and who knows but that this book will not be opened tomorrow, or even sooner, and that, whether we will or not, we must read it for ourselves and give an accounting of the life and opportunities that life gave us.

There is no call to waste our time and energy in censure and bitterness towards others, even toward those guilty, all of this reflecting back upon us; but, instead, we must look forward and ahead, so that we will not miss a single opportunity to think, feel and act constructively in accordance with moral, civil and spiritual Laws. If we learn to do this, then will we become "laborers in the vineyard of the New Dispensation," as so fully pointed out by St. John in Revelation, and let us not delude ourselves that this is in the far future, rather than in the immediate present.

Helping Others

The Divine Law concerning our duty in helping others is probably more fully and more frequently dealt with in sacred literature than any other. Despite this fact, misnamed humanitarianism has completely run to seed and has mot successfully made beggars, weaklings and slaves of millions of once strong men; many who might otherwise have been practical world-builders and busily engaged in bringing about ans stabilizing the New Dispensation.

The paramount Law governing all of man's activities, his rewards and punishments, governs here as elsewhere: "As ye sow, so shall ye reap." To which might well and truthfully be added: "and as ye reap so shall ye eat." Whether we will of not, fool ourselves as we will, man is ninety-nine percent human, animal and natural. As such, he is as certainly governed by the Natural Law which no man has the strength to defy or the wisdom to annul.

For instance, let us consider the bee which is characterized as the drone in the hive. This bee is not only not fed by those who labor (sow), and who have their food in exchange, but is destroyed outright as a parasite on the society of bees. Were it otherwise, there would not only be insufficient food for the workers, but none would be left for man.

Human sympathy is part of the Divine nature, but like all else in nature, it may run amuck and, instead of being a Divine quality, may become a destructive, degrading force. This is illustrated by our present social system which provides that when a man refuses to labor to support himself and his family, society will be forced, unjustly, unfairly and unlawfully, to subtract from the income of those who labor, sufficient to support the slacker, or at lease his family.

In doing this, society will, perhaps unconsciously, commit two grave errors: permit what might otherwise be an upright, honest, manly man, to become a weakling; a parasite on society - thus weakening the structure of society itself - and at the same time, set aside the Divine Law that "only the laborer is worthy of his hire 9 his sustenance)" and actually rob the honest worker, professional and business man, who is compelled to contribute support money.

Under the Divine Law, the New dispensation, and for the actual welfare of all men, our deepest sympathies must go to those upon the world's highway, whose ignorant "sowing" or unfortunate mistakes, have brought them bitter reaping. At the same time, we recognize that the reaping, however bitter, must be under the Law; a just Law; a Law that is as fair to one as it is to the other.

We are all too familiar with the trite saying, "Charity begins at home." This implies, without qualification or equivocation, that every man's first and paramount duty is to those for whom he has assumed responsibility. This, in turn, implies, or includes, his immediate family and those near and dear to him. Only after he has fulfilled this duty fully and is still able to do so, is he called upon, or commanded by Divine Law, to help others, except in times of great emergencies, and only so long as such emergencies exist, and at no time if those concerned are able to help themselves.

The Divine Law here involved is clearly stated in "God helps those who can no longer help themselves." Man individually, or society collectively, in exacting what amounts to "tribute" in order to support the drone, becomes guilty of a grave infraction of the Divine Law.

The story of the "Talents" is directly applicable to this ever-increasing problem and injustice to the worthy members of human society. It will be remembered that the distributor of the "Talents" was not a mere human, but one far greater, and whose judgment and act was beyond cavil or question. What was the outcome?

Those whom we would consider practical, or worthy members of society, did not waste their Talents, or sit idly by, but made use of them. In other words, they "sowed" their seeds, or the substance given to them and, as a result, they reaped a commensurate reward.

Still more important, those who did not apply themselves, did not make use of the "Talent" or "Talents" given them, i.e., the drones, were not petted, feted, or showered with favors. On the contrary, what had been given to them was actually taken from them and given to those who labored: who made use of their Talents, and who profited by them. Here is vividly illustrated the natural law in the life of man - the same law which governs the bee.

There is another Law: A Law both Natural and Divine, which is as absolute as that of "As ye sow, so shall ye reap," a Law universally ignored or defined in the present beginning of the New Dispensation. This Law, or, more properly, the disregard for this law, is the reason back of the greater part of the present awful lack of honor among men; degradation of human nature and the destruction of life and property. This is the Law of Exchange; a Law not man-made, but God-given and eternal. Give and ye shall receive. Ask, that is, work, and ye shall receive in exchange.

Nowhere in Natural or Divine Law is it commanded, hinted at, or promised, that one must give, or his substance will be taken from him, and that he shall receive nothing in return. The direct opposite is true: "give and it shall be given unto you." Exchange that which you possess for that which you desire. Demand not that which does not belong to you; which you have not honestly earned; that for which you do not, or cannot, offer an honest exchange.

Under both the Moral and Divine Law, to accept that which has not been earned, paid for, or for which no exchange has been made, places one under bond, makes him subject to, the giver. As long as this debt is not repaid, the receiver is, in fact, subject to, or a slave to the giver, and can no longer consider himself a free man; not privileged to receive the rights belonging to a free man.

Unfortunately, this is a cycle of subjugation. Men by the millions are unaware of what they are doing to themselves; of the abject slavery into which they are selling themselves. Subsidization, the arbitrary taking from one to help another, has become a polite word covering a multitude of sins, the greatest of which is humanity's return to slavery. We who teach the precepts of the New Dispensation are not concerned politically, but purely religiously, as herald of the truths of Revelation which are being revealed hour after hour.

"God helps those who no longer can help themselves," and little as we may possess, we will be ever ready to share part of it with those who are truly unable to help themselves; but only so long, and only so far as they are incapable of self-help. Humanitarianism demands as much; manhood asks no more.

The Brotherhood of Man

No dream is so sweet or Divinely intriguing as that of the Brotherhood of Man; no idea is so greatly and widely misinterpreted by mankind as a whole. The aim and end of human achievement is the fulfillment of the ideal of Brotherhood; the amity, friendship and fellowship among men, which will bring about fair-dealing, mutual helpfulness and the welfare of all, as visioned in St. John's Heaven come down to Earth. Unfortunately, in the beginning of the New Dispensation, the desire of the vast multitudes is not Brotherhood - the warfare of our fellowmen - but profit at the expense of others.

All humanity is apparently seeking large returns with little effort; dependence upon others instead of the self; power, aggrandizement, high position and above all, ease instead of effort; to labor as little as possible; assume the least responsibility possible, and to reap the greatest returns, without thought of who is to make this possible.

The Brotherhood of man had a fair beginning in the early days of our Divinely-instituted Republic. During that period, men had the crudest tools to work with and faced the greatest dangers. Not for a moment did they question what their neighbor was going to do. They gave all their thoughts to what they themselves desired to accomplish; willingly, gladly, happily risking everything they possessed and ready to face every danger; and- above all - with never a thought of how difficult the task or the length of their hours of labor.

Under such conditions, thoughts, desires, feelings and aims, a great nation was born. With the crudest material and against the greatest odds. Men built a nation and a civilization within a hundred years such as no other people had in ten thousand years. Prophecy and Revelation warn all men that if it is their desire to survive they must retrace their steps and begin anew, following in the footsteps of their forefathers; once again depending for their support and their advancement upon God and their own manhood.

God, in the dim past, ordained that America should be a great nation of God-loving, self-respecting people. To help bring this about there was a stipulation, that as God is Light and the author of Light, all who seek for, or hope to become citizens of this new heaven and this new earth, i.e., a Brotherhood of Men, must become pilgrims of Light - or be swept into the limbo of darkness to be known no more. God did not leave us in ignorance. He gave us St. John and St John gave us Revelation so that all could become acquainted with the Law, and that none could plead ignorance of the Law.

We are all children of the one Father, the one Creator. The identical promise, with like potentialities, is given fairly and to all. Some few are constantly accepting the Law and begin their slow climb up that ladder which leads into the cluds of "Heaven." The great majority are self-seeking, selfish, lacking love and affection and thinking nly of their own interests. These are the "chaff" among the "wheat." The law must deal as justly with them as it does with the "wheat." It is to be profoundly observed that this is not purely a religious matter, problem or subject, but the survival of a free country and the survival of man as a free, self-choosing, individual. One is as vital as the other and the two are interdependent - each upon the other.

We are primarily interested in religion and all it stands for; its ultimate being the Immortalization of the Soul. Without freedom, manhood is impossible, and this implies a free country. Without manhood, Godhood is out of the question, because becoming the Sons of God requires manhood as a foundation or basis upon which to build.

The Brotherhood of Man, which in reality means the equality of men, and which requires that all men develop and elevate themselves to a common standard, has become a meaningless phrase; a catch-penny slogan to entice men into a belief or action by which others benefit. It has come to mean that one man lives up to a certain unselfish standard; is filled with altruistic ideas; performs all his duties as a good citizen; loves God and his neighbors; is ready to be of service to those in need, and willing to share his substance; while another takes full advantage of him, derives all benefits and profits, but gives nothing in return.

The real meaning of brotherhood is something entirely different. It implies Brotherhood in both feeling and action. It means that we (1) do not take or accept, unless we give in return; (2) that we will not do to another that which we would not have another do to us; (3) that we will not request either a service or a favor, unless we are willing to reciprocate; (4) that we are firm in our beliefs and opinions, but are perfectly , aye, even happy, to permit our neighbor and friend equal freedom with out thought of interference; (5) that we will not permit our neighbor to interfere with our personal or family affairs, any more than we would want to interfere with his.

Brotherhood implies, in short, that we will not, in any way, do to our neighbor that which we do not want him to do to us; nor will we demand of him that which we do not want him to demand of us. That in an emergency we will serve him as we hope and expect he will serve us in like manner. Brotherhood demands that we do not take unjust, unfair, dishonorable advantage of any man, however low he may have fallen; that we have the strength and manhood not to permit any man to take advantage of us. Further, Brotherhood demands that we do nothing which, under the foolish idea of a false humanitarianism, will make our brother less man.

Each man is to be a citizen of a glorious country - any country - so long as it is his country. If he is a good (loyal) citizen, he helps to lead his fellowmen to freedom, truth and the Light which is wisdom, without interfering with the rights and privileges of the citizens of any other country.

For ourselves, fortune, or God's Law, has ordained that we be born in a country different from all others, because it is the country overshadowed by the wings of the Eagle. It is a country destined to see the light of true freedom; of Brotherhood, although in the process, there may be much "burning up" of the "chaff" will result from man's foolishness, not God's Will, as so clearly visioned by St. John and transcribed so fully in Revelation.

As was ordained by God, or the Divine Law, and in the beginning made manifest by the prophets who were able to read the Law as written in the sky (heavens), the peoples of all nations are represented in every phase of our public life. The representatives of all people are here by God's decree for a number of reasons:

1. To obtain freedom of action and to worship God as they please without interference by anyone.
2. To help make this the greatest nation on earth; a nation that, according to Revelation will, in time, become a heaven on earth.
3. To "Let the dead bury the dead," - that is, to forget all that they had learned and suffered in the land whence they come, and to become thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the new world; the "Land overshadowed with Wings" doing naught that would interfere with, or tend to disrupt, the orderly functioning of the Divine Law in Making this the "land of the (truly) free."
4. To remember always the Divine command: "Do not put new wine in old bottles"; that is to say, to completely throw aside and entirely forget the old and not try to engraft its evils and decadence upon the new.
5. By no stretch of the imagination does Brotherhood mean that a nation of people who have advanced themselves mentally and physically, while other nations were content to remain laggard, should lower themselves physically, mentally, economically or Spiritually to the status of these decadent nations in order to help them. Nor does Brotherhood imply that a people who, by their constant activity, frugality and thrift shall penalize themselves, or be penalized in any way or by any power or force, to help people of any nation who will not harmonize themselves with the nation willing to help them, or who fail to make every effort to arouse themselves from inertia and sluggishness. Were it otherwise, the most advanced would soon be pauperized and reduced to a state of general decadency.

Brotherhood does not imply that those, whether individuals, or nations, who have attained to where, for instance, America is or was a few years ago, shall lower themselves in any respect in order to help those who may be less fortunate, whether this unfortunate condition be the result of inertia, political intrigues or general decadence, but only to help them rise above such conditions to the degree that they are ready and willing to help themselves.

Is it not written that the "chaff," in the present instance having in mind those who will not harmonize themselves with the Divine decree as it concerns America, will be separated from the "wheat." those whose heart and Soul is imbued with the spirit of America, and that this "chaff" shall be burned up; that is, utterly destroyed. It is the duty of every true American to see to it that this decree is fulfilled, lest they, too, be thrown in with the "chaff" and destroyed.

America is the land of Manasseh, kin to Joseph of Arimathea, who brought the Holy Grail to England and there lately so grossly betrayed. America was founded by men wholly imbued with the Christic spirit, under Christian leadership, toward the end of the cycle soon to enter the Manistic Age. This is the cycle of full, honorable, responsible manhood. All who seek to remain American citizens and ultimately attain their Immortalization, as a result of "becoming the Sons of God," must learn to come into the spirit of the command: "Love ye one another as I have loved you." Such as these will have no traffic with the "chaff" who would destroy God and rob America of the spirit in which it was founded; its Constitution and institutions, and make the Brotherhood of Man a farce by enslaving all but the ungodly few who would take over even as lucifer attempted to wrest heaven from God.

Citizenship

"Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Hangs breathless on thy fate." __Anon.

America, the "land overshadowed with wings," was once part of, and is the offspring of both Egypt and Mexico, bot of which were also overshadowed with wings. Both Egypt and Mexico betrayed their Divine inheritance because the people became degraded and decadent and permitted themselves to be enslaved by foreign traitors who, unfaithful to the spirit of these countries, were allowed to enter in ever-increasing numbers, until they overbalanced the native citizens themselves. These were the foreigners whose ideologies the people of the country foolishly accepted and substituted for their own God-ordained religious concepts.

What happened to Egypt and Mexico may well happen in America, unless the people are awakened to the danger and are willing to guard their Divine inheritance.

Foretold before it was discovered, and prophesied in legendary lore by all the great prophets, sages, poets and philosophers, America is the Shiloh of rest to those of decadent and war-torn nations, who are willing to become American in spirit and fact; the Manasseh of Israel who should prepare the way for Ephraim, the Perfect one, the Golden or Manistic Age.

Or pilgrim fathers fled from despotic governments of many lands to brave the savage wilderness in quest of a land where manhood should be king; where liberty should reign supreme; where Law and Order should be established, and the old serpent of betrayal should not long be tolerated but quickly and utterly destroyed. These warly pilgrims utterly denuded themselves of all that belonged to the old and decadent life. They obeyed literally the behest "not to put new wine in old bottles." the established a new reign of Law and Order in a new spirit; the spirit of the new age; a spirit which later was made manifest on the spiritual side of our hidden seal.

The early adventures to America left behind them all but God and a newly awakened spirit born within themselves as a result of their high resolve.

They were followed by millions of the down-trodden and oppressed from every nation under the sun, all of them seeking liberty, light, wisdom, and the freedom to worship God. So great and deep was this spirit within them, that, although thousands of the most degraded of many nations were literally dumped upon the shores of present America, even these, or most of them, within a few generations, had become completely regenerated and had become stalwart citizens, working for the upbuilding of the country and its development into a veritable Garden of Eden.

Soon the whole world turned to America as a leader in commerce, mental achievement, the spirit which is democracy, and religious leadership. Its citizens, imbued wholly with the spirit of the new world, did not fail. Within the confines of this great continent were embraced respect, not worship, of science and expert knowledge; are beautiful and graceful, with no hint of decadence; a free citizenship most efficient in every detail; a system of internal dealings that was just and generous, plus subscription to a firm understanding of ethics that demonstrated the self-accomplishment of mastery, self-confidence, personal responsibility and wholesome respect for the ideas and ideals of others.

Whereas other nations attempted to force their culture upon the world by war and conquest, America quietly, but quickly, demonstrated that she had succeeded in a culture, but quickly, demonstrated that she had succeeded in a culture worthy of imitation and a freedom of personal action in all things, little dreamed of by even those who had risked their all to come to a country unknown and unsettled.

Unfortunately for America, the history of nations, the Biblical teachings, and the ideas of our forefathers who gave America a foundation, have gradually become almost completely forgotten. The old serpent of Eden has been permitted to creep in among us in ever-increasing force, until today the freedom of the "land overshadowed by wings" is in grave danger. Responsibility for this danger rests with the most loyal of American citizens, because they have failed to teach newcomers the letter and the spirit of Americanism, and demand that they subscribe to, and uphold, by life itself, this spirit.

The success and gradual growth of our institutions, and the grandeur of our Constitution, have not been properly publicized. The real History of America, the spirit of its heroes and American ideologies have been taken for granted, with little or no effort to keep them laive in the minds of the coming generations. No real effort has been made to imbue the mind of the child in its first lessons with the spirit which is America, and making it forever immune to all foreign, destructive, decadent ideologies - ideologies which have brought war, death, decadence and ruin upon other nations - and which will succeed in doing the same thing to us if we do not awaken to our responsibility and actively respond with the proper action.

We, as citizens of a great county, successors to a glorious inheritance, are, each and every one, responsible to god, country, and mankind. If we fail, we and all who fail with us will be among the "chaff" to be "utterly" destroyed. This is fundamentally a religious, a spiritual concept, for the reason that neither religion nor spiritual development is possible where men are held in bondage; where the mass is enslaved by the few.

Each and every one of us bears upon his shoulders a grave responsibility; one that cannot, by any excuse, be passed on to another. This responsibility concerns our educational system, which must be completely revised - and quickly. The foundation of all teachings must be the existence of God and a Divine or Supreme Law (non-sectarian) governing in all detail. The meaning and spirit of the Constitution must be made clear. The value of our institutions should be properly recognized. The freedom of religious worship must be maintained. The sacredness of property rights and the supreme right of man to enjoy what he has honestly earned or accumulated must be closely guarded and there must be a complete freedom to develop all his faculties and potentialities. These teachings must be made fundamental and compulsory - immune against all attacks from both the unscrupulous weaklings and the enemies of free institutions.

In the New Age or New Dispensation, every child must be considered as a foundation-stone in the temple of mankind, and we must see to it that there are no flaws in these human "stones." If America is permitted to fail - and there is grave danger she may if the present deadly inertia of her citizens should continue much longer - the entire world will decline into old world decadence and darkness, and the Statue of Liberty standing on her shores as a symbol of light to the world - Not subjection to the idealogies now permitted full sway in America - will have no further meaning and no longer be an incentive to effort and achievement.

This is the personal responsibility of every American citizen. It cannot be placed upon the shoulders of another; nor can the blame for failure be attributed to another. If we fail in the duty to ourselves to build a strong, unswayable personality and a truly Christic character, then we also fail in our duty to our country and to our children, and all will be made to suffer accordingly.

Each and every one must accept the situation with clear sight and full understanding. As a Nation possessing a Holy trust from the God of all nations, we must be prepared, ready and willing, to bring about strength and clearness of sight within ourselves, enabling us to lift the burden now weighing so heavily upon all of us. We must carry forward to completion the principles of justice and equality (never favoritism, subjugation or appeasement with wrong - evil) for all.

Our forefathers fought and died for these ideals. They planted them at the founding of the republic, as is so strongly and Immortally emphasized by the Mystic side of the seal of our country in its concept of the pyramid and copestone.

The eagle is the symbol of freedom. The constellation of the thirteen stars, the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor, that other figure with drawn sword standing upon the capitol, our National shrine, and facing the East from whence all light and guidance comes - all of these figures symbolize a free America the land overshadowed by wings, as prophesied by Isaiah.

The great American flag is the symbol of our freedom. It is a flag for which our children should be taught to die a noble and immortalizing death, rather than permit it to be replaced by any other. If we do these things, then will we retain our freedom; our institutions; our right to freedom, happiness (peace of mind), and the good things of life.

America was Divinely appointed by God, or the Divine Law, if you will, to teach the world by example, the meaning of the White Knight, whose symbol is the White Stone of the spiritual kingdom within each man and woman, which shall be for the "healing of all nations," i.e., the establishment of righteousness and justice. Such teachings will ultimately bring about the Brotherhood of Man, not by sword or force, but by the action of the Law itself, and the establishment of the Manistic Law, i.e., the equality of man and woman, each in his or her own sphere.

God gave us an unrequitable privilege in permitting us to be born in this glorious land of opportunity and freedom of action. If we lose that freedom, it will not be because of its being wrested away from us, but because we were not morally strong enough to fight for, and retain it. Ours will be the blame; ours the penalty to pay. To prove unfaithful to our country, its institutions, its Constitution and its flag, is to be renegade to all that is high and holy within ourselves, hence to God.

Let us then awake and become active and, in reverence, prove by our action that we honestly believe that the stripes of our flag shall ultimately heal all nations honestly seeking to be healed. The stars of our flag shall lead men upward to God; a memorial to the original patriots who lived in the spirit which is America, and their willingness to suffer for her principles.

By conducting ourselves with the dignity and honor befitting a citizen of the mightiest nation the world has yet seen, although that nation be in the throes of a new birth - the travail of betrayal - we will emerge gloriously and triumphantly, and will yet tread the serpent under the feet of the spirit of individual freedom and personal responsibility.

Fathers and mothers of the present, and mothers and fathers yet to be - all must awaken to their individual privilege and responsibility! Each and every one should bear upon their forehead the mark of their personal responsibility for the welfare of their children, for the country of light and hope, and the Dispensation that will bring to the world a knowledge of God and His Laws - of the Immortality of the Soul - the Christos within - the hope of the future of the individual and the world. Let us remember that:

"We are the heirs of all ages
Foremost in the rank of time.

And take to heart the command given us:

"Go ye therefore and teach [these truths to] all Nations [all people among us]." __St. Matt. 28:19.