Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.1 ENTREATY. 77
and spreadeth its slender branches cheerily earthward to comfOt·t,
to relieve, and steadily ahsorb the weary ptlgrim desirous
of entering into its holy cir~nlation, m· sap of eternal life.
Let us pray uneea..,ingl,v to be purified and justified in onr
upward trend towa1·d the Source of om· being; bearing in mind
that ol1l axiom, "A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner,"
and th:lt, in the umltifat·ions little duties carefully obset·ved
and diligently pet·formed day hy 1ia.y, we are steadily dl'ifting
out tnto the great ocean of indivi,)ual expet·ience, which is well
calculated to wst our timhers and fit us to navigate safely
across the wi1le expanse of troubled waters representative of
our earthly passag·e, on the opposith·e 11hore of which lit-s a.
hat·bor of refuge in the bosom of our Father and our God,
•where we can safely l'll."t our anchot· and furl the Rtorm-tmu
canvas of om· frail little bark mid peace and sunshine perpetual.
Let us wel1~mne with outstretdted at·ms the blessed pt·ivileg·e
of such nnitieation with Spirit and the "souls of just men
ma1le per feet."
We who have passed through such terrible carnage atHl
agonizing experiences while enclosed in clay cannot but feel
that now is the appointe1l time for such an amalgamation ;
therefm·e, deat· aehing, tm·tnred hearts, come with us, and sha•·e
alike the rewards due those who have earned them truly, by self
sam·ifiee, celestial patietwe, fm·bearance, faith, charity, and a
strict obeilien(~e to the will of Him who launched us fm·tb from
Eden centuries ago, that we might enjoy mot·e deeply the
Edenic state to which we at·e now retul'lling laden with knowledge
t·ichly A:woret! by ages of expCI·iment and research tht·ough
a g•·eat labyrinth of matter.
As come the white salib of ship~
O'er the ocean'8 vea·ge ;
As comes the smile to the lips,
The fvam to the surge ;
So comes to the poet his songs,
All hitherw:ml blown
From the misty realm that belongs
To the V~U;t unknown.
-The Poet and His Songs.
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