Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

490 THE APOCAI.YPSE. [May
things that helong to it, the love of the F~tther is not in us,
and it is 1\.'\ the Father loves us that we must love each other.
In cmler to illustrate the difference between these two loves
and tht>it· effec~t npon the organism, let us suppose a body of
water to be divided by a fine wire screen, the water on one side
of the screen being clean and pure, while that on the other is
filthy and full of floating impurities. If the filthy water be.
gins to flow through the screen, it will first displace the clean,
then the screen will become clogged with the floating particles,
and the water will flow more and more slowly, until, the screen
becoming complett!ly filled, it will cease altogether. Thus it is
with man ; as tlte liftl of the w01·ld, with jts confusion and distortion,
flows through him, • he becomes diseased and finally
dies.
However, if the clt~11n water begins to flow through the
scrf'en, that upon the other side becomes pure, the accumulated
filth is gradually washetl away, and the pure water flows more
freely until aU is perfectly clear. It never ehoke~~ up, and the
water flows freely always. So man, as he turns toward Gml
and lives from him, becomes cleaner, his diseased conditions
are washed away, and be attains to pet·fect health. 'When he
can truly live from tl1e di dne life, his 1ifc will be continuou!l.
It is written of such. •· Xeil her can they die any more;" obut of
the· others. tho~e who are living from the life currents of earth,
"If ye live afte•· tlte fle11h. ye shaH die."
THE APOCALYPSE.
I l'f'RO. in t.he Apocnl~· Jme. one day-
One lunP.IIOIIle da,·-a Jll"Opbecy of doom:
Tb .. skies were hnnll' with drapery of gloom,
And mist E'nabrondPrl earth, in solemn gray;
n,.. winda. beCKimerl, in f11taful ailenee lay,
Hut Htill. ""'""t w1wes uf summer-like perfume
Swept Hoftl~· in. and tillecl my louely room;
And. while I read, fm..,horlinga pll88ed away.
The doncla, that overhn11g my soul, were riven,
And P .. a