Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] REDEJ,;:\lED .MAN. 147
through the instrumentality of the unconquered monster death,
the proud head is bropght low. and over the remains of him
who was beloved and honored, and who, perchance, has fillM
the mol4t exalted station in life, the farewell words are said,
"Dust to dust.'' Death makes uo di11tinction between the rich
and the poor. It is the greatest leveler in the world: with it
all are equal. It doe!~ not discriminate between the dweller· in
the palace or the sojoul'tler in the hovel. The proud judge upon
the bench and the poor degraded criminal paying the penalty
fm· a misguided life mu~t alike and withont question obey
this call. The ht'art-bt·oken mother appeals to it in vain. All
born of women are subject to its mandates: not one is exempt,
save be who ha.~ overcome the serpent, has received the baptism,
is born of the spil'it and becomes a son of God.
Material man must, in his allotted time, die and pass from
the 11cenes of his earthly iabors; but the sons of God do not
die: they pass ft·om earth of their own volition, and enter a
Rtate and contlition of everla~~ting con11ciousness. They cannot
tlie: they are like the angels, living on throughout the countless
agt>s, itwreasing in knowledge and nmlerstauding, ever growing
closer to tho-! Parent Sont'tle of exiKtetwe. Having proven
themselves faithful over the little thin~s of e;u·th life, they at·e
t!tHI!Iitleretl wor·thy to taktl theit· fot·eor·dained place as builders
uf worlds.
0 retleemetl 11111.11! matet·il~l rtmson f · ~ill'l when we tt·y to
pictut·e the gt•athleur of the exaltetl 14tation you have reachetl.
lie who wuul,l separate himself from the wOt·hl of effect and
~ain an untlet·standing of the t·ealm of cause must stt·nggle
antl suffet·, bnt the ultimate to be reached will repay for it all.
It i!l for yon, dear· ones, to decide whethet· you are to remain
hound within the limit of yottl' OWII mental power of COil·