Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

THE STATUTES OF LIFE.
BY W. P. PYLE.
•· With all thy getting, get underatanding." Proverbe IV. 7.
Perhaps at no time in the worltl's bi11tory have the people so
fully, as at the present, turned from tt·adition and orthodoxy,
and demanded demonstr~ble facts as the basis of their belie£11.
The experitmces of the past have begotten in man a perception
of the value of knowledge, and he demands to know. The
teaching received from his parents and his spiritual advisers,
he no longer accepts without qnestion ; and, insteatl of religiouR
teachings filled with unsubstantiated assertions, he cleruands
demonstrable facts, be wants suh11tantial reMonK.
This spirit of inquiry which dares to question concerning
sacred things, which asks proof even frum father, mother, antl
church, is indeed a cause for rejoicing.-not to those whn hav~
dogma or theory to uphold, hut to tho11e whose only dt"sirt' i>4
that troth may be paramount. It is a sign of a hrightt'r tim"
coming. even though it porwnds for the imm .. diate futu•·e still
greater darkness, because of the uncertainty t~au~~ed hy letting
go of the fancied secmity nf fal11e hnpe11.
Perltaps when questioned a11 to hi11 relipious helief11, the ortlinary
man, if he ha~~ an.v, will anHwer, "l believe nuthing bnt
the truth," or "Onr rt>ligitm tt'aches nothing but the truth,"
and be feels that he is perfet:tl.Y 11e1~nre in his po11ition. But
those who pose as teat•hers tu that das11 of minds who demand
provable facts, l!tatements baeked hy reasons which may not
be ea.