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

260 BIBLE REVIEW Mar.
that he had to give, because the world was not ready for
them.
It is no use giving the child a new lesson until he has
learned the one in hand.
And the world has much to
learn in the teachings that Brother Butler has already
given out; for since he has given out the Esoteric Truths,
the world has not been left in darkness.
Again, it is very hard to discriminate at times what to
say and what not to say to another soul, what to express
or what not to express; for if we withhold knowledge
that persons should have for their protection or advancement
then we are putting a stumblingblock in their way;
therefore those who have knowledge have grave responsibilities.
Those who realize the responsibilities of these
things will go prayerfully to God and ask him before
they impart knowledge to another soul in spiritual truths.
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him." (James i. 5.) Love is the key that
What would one say of a
unlocks the door to wisdom.
parent who whipped his child because it could not run
before it could Walk? We should be very likely to say
that that parent was devoid of love and wisdom. Therefore
if we really love our fellow~ man that love will often
give us the wisdom to do or to say the right thing. And
if we go to God in the light of this love-for the good
of our fellow-man-he will always tell us and instruct
us, and lead us in the path of wisdom.
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"AND God saw everything that he had made and behold
it was very good." Yes, every sorrow, every disappointment,
every loss is good; for all lead the heart to
trust in something more than human.-Dinah.