Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

THE DIVINE WILL.
BY W. P. PYLE.
" I do nlwnyA th011e thingR thnt JlleAAe him." .John Vlll. 2!\.
;, Be it unto me IW(•ording to thy wo~d." Luke 1. :J~.
This expression of om eltlt>r lwother and m&Rter, and that of
Mary his mother, in answer to the annunciation, indicate, on
h(>r pat·t, a complete surrender to the divine will ; on hiR part,
a knowledge of that will, and alKo a oonscimtRness, that, by aet.
ing in accorclant•e with its prompthtgs he was continually t>X·
presKing it. We frequently hear the expref4sion of 1\ desire to
know nntl do God's will, especially by tho!!e in the church; autl
yet the word>~ are meaningle!!S to them, bec:Luse they do not
undel'Stand how they can know that will : they heliflve that the
d~&yf4 of divine oommnuioation at•e paRt.
Should a 11hild desil·e to know the father's will, tlmt father, if
he does nclt make it known audibly, mn!lt do so by 11ignR, thron:rh
the medium of another, OJ' by some direct nntl unnRtUt.l method.
Th~t·e is a possibility of Rign!l being lllfRtmdet·wtood, a thit·cl
pat·ty acting as medium might prove untruthful: but if the
t•ntumnnit~at.i'on came dit•eotly, it would probably hA by meanR
of thought tt·anRfe•·ence ot· llc>mething of tlmt nature.
The fac~t that .JeRUI, a tflaMe wor«l8 of tllll'
Teawher: •• But the Comfm·tPJ', whieh i11 the Holy GhoRt, whom
the Fntht>t' wil111entl in my nnme, he 11h:~ll teach yon nll thing11."
Al11" ~ntl II. Petet· r. 17. 18, 19: aftet· het·e speaking of thil
voiHe frolll heaven whieh they heat·d wlaile on the mount of
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