Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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gle. The pre11ent, grantlest and mightiest that has ever come
to earth, marks his emancipation from sin and disorder, and
ushers him into a condition of trne and exalted manbood,-a
redeemed man, forever ft·ee from the power of the serpent that
deceived him in the long forgotten past. He left Eden in his
childhood, be returns again after long centuries of wandering,­
a prodigal son; percluuwe, but none the less welcomed by the
Father and b_y the an~el in~trnctors, who, with godlike patiencP,
have ,:!Uided hi~ tottering Rteps, until he nnw stands proudly
erect, a heaven-born hon of Gotl.
NO BARREN HOUR.
Then we, too, ahall be half-god.~, and perhaps ahall engage in world building, 10
that more beings can live who can glorify God (life) aud enjoy life fo!'f'ver.
-Abby A. Judson.
When space grows strangely beautiful
From realms ·Where beauties never fade
To fade beyond our 11training clutch ;
,Just over us we feel the touch
Of homes no barren hours invade.
No barren hours beyond that 11hadll
\Vhe1·e Kight of us expires to gaze
And what survives is z•ich in b1·eath.
And we no m01·e live on "in death,"
But all that lived in havpiest days.
Above the earth so drencl1ed and green
That gloom steals fa!lt this twilight holll',
Hue!! deev illumined suftly blend,
Heavenly serenitie11 descend
Telling of wnes of fadeleMs power.
No harren hour ! Oh sweetest Menlle,
And thought that henceforth God and we
Are so far one and reconciled.
That tiltle no more can be defiled
With dole to mar its synnuet1·y.
E. J. HowEs.
An unfaltering trust and confidence in God's ability to protect,
will soon banish fear, and will make the most timid hopeful
and courageous. This trust niust, however, spring from the
soul and not from the intellect. Intellectual trust is of little
use to any one.
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