Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

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not 11ense the feeling11 of that Infinite )find. It would aeem
as if the on~ who wrote Gal. v. 22, 23 f~lt thia when be &aid,
"But the f1•uit of the Spirit i11 love, joy, pe&CP, etc."
lu following theae thoughts, we conclude, flrat, that we were
thought into \Ming by the C1·eative Mind; 1100ond, that that Mind
l'lontiuually holds toward us the thoughts pertaining to our
ultimate condition; third, that man, by oontinually tnllintaining
a de11i1•e to knnw the thoughts of God, in ol'der that be may htt
led by them, is enabied to think those thoughts: and, fonrtb,
that the joy of exiatentle as felt by th~ Infinite Mind may, ia a
measure, he sen~l by num, when he lttarns to " he 11till aud
know God."
BEFORE THE MAST.
Religion Ian db10lpllne, a IRw, a yoke, Rn lnrliMOinble enpjl8m•nt.-Joubert.
The "l'l!atl!r pArt of IIRilora die nt aea.-Uana'• •· U11fnre the Mn.t."
Out wht>re the grandeur spoils to wearinesa
A wate1•y wllderneas;
Ont where the lahor toils to dreal·ine&'l
A mot.iou'll g1•and •ncce~R:
Thy lot ia ca-t
Before tht~ mast.
The free wing ancl the eye aloft may fef'l
An•l RCan the circnit'11 charm :
And move 11pon the 11himme1·ed wind~ that 11te>al
Too 110ft to e'er alarm:
But fettt>red fa11t
Are those before thf' mallt.
True, they shnll11hare the vessel's stately glide.
Their mouthful of freMh air
Ill sure-to vaunt the momf'nt's p1·ide,
Of voice a la11t tlespnir,
Crushed by the hla11t
Bf'fore the mast .•
Life is too great for UR in things begun :
Oppreuive by their good,
\Ve llannot uae the power of the sun,
Nor thing11, nor 110litutle,
We find our lot i11 caRt
Just now befure the mast.
E. J. Howz1.
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