Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

TilE :\,\IUWW \VAY. 493
when he saitl, " Vet·ily I say unto yon, That ye which h:\Vt~
folluwetl me." in the r~gener:ttion, when the ~on of man 11hall Ait
in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thl'lln~A.
judging the twelvt~ trihe11 of Israel." :\htt. XIX. 28. Regenet·­
ation means to •~ase frnm the work of er~-> ttiun,-generatiun,­
in or.!er that the necessar.v conditions f.,,. entet·ing the etemal
Sabh~t.th of rest may l>e estah)jshed within. tiud lahore~! 11ix
pet·iotlll in m·eation :mtl t·estetLttpnn the Ktwenth. and hallowt-d it
&!HI made it holy, or 11eparate. Into this test runst man al11u
enter if he woultl gain the kingdom awaiting him from the he­
~inning of creation,
~Inch has been saitl and written, by teaehet'll of vat·ious cnltK
anti schools, concet•ning the Narrow \\T ay that leaciM ft·om earth
to heaven; and fir~~t and foremost, anwng all the teacbet·s anti
writers npon this tmbjetlt, stands .Tesn~. out· bt-loved .,Jdet·
-H•·nther, out· Lord and Master. The tt>achings of TH Jo: EsoTJo:HIC
a1·e iclt-ntical with his, with this diffenmtlt': ,Jesn!l taught in JliU'I\·
blt>s, which only the wise anti quire of us an imp01111ible
Mtwvic•e: he simply tells us that we :\l'e tu h~t.ve no otbet· gotlK
(powers) along with him. \Ve at·e to love bim, and l..t-ep his
commandments, .Jesus. the messen.:!et· of Gml, bt·ought .. }JeAtle
on eaa·th, good will towa.rtl man ; " hut ~tlas! the meRKage lw
l,rtmght hall been so distorted and pen·ertetl. to suit the ma.
kl•·ialisti. They pray continu.
ally that God will be· th .. it· pow~r and their strength. Tlu~ir
li ve11 being dedi(~R.ted to Gntl. the.v Me in a t•ondition to be his
instrument, his tlleRsen~er: they only are able to expre!l!l the