Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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1916 naar IN JERUSALEM 131
Esoteric Publishing Co.,
My dear brothers,
San Francisco, Nov. 15, 1916.
Permit me to express to
you all my very deepest and loving sympathy in this hour
of darkness and trial, occasioned by the departure of
that Great Light and loving heart, Mr. Butler. The news
came as a profound, long-lingering shock. My little mind
could not accept the idea of this one soul above all, leaving
such a grand work in this, its present condition.
But the Spirit says it must be right; and I can only
humbly take refuge in the thought of a Loving Father
and a Greater Wisdom.
With a heavy heart but a hopeful and trusting spirit,
and again my heartfelt sympathy for all who could receive
what lre so richly gave,
TARRY IN JERUSALEM
Yours in sorrow,
T. L.
THE Master said to his disciples 'Tarry in Jerusalem
until ye be endued with the Holy Spirit"-Jerusalem
means "City of Peace."
Until the body has become the Lamb, it cannot enter
Jerusalem. Many devout people of the church have approached
that City, but many cannot enter in because
they have not presented their bodies as a living sacrifice,
they return to the things of this world; aiter the Exaltation
of their devotions. If the world could only realize
that there is an Inner World more real, more tangible
toward which their true spirit is pressing them, how scon
the world would enjoy, as the Angel-world enjoys, where
it is all peace and harmony. But not until the world has
had enough of strife, selfishness, and greed, not until
their hearts bleed, will they turn toward God from whom
all things come.
It seems that the soul in man must pass thru all these
different stages of earth-life, with all its attractions,
ntil it finds that nothing in this realm brings happiness.
-Sagittarius-Libra.