The Way of the Seven Fold Secret by Lilias Trotter

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perfect man should be. "The Life was the Light of men.''
Look at Hi.m as He is shewn to us in the Gospel till
that glory dawns upon you and grows like the morning
iight of the natural sun, that mounts and reigns in the
sky, conquering the shadows and .bringing life and
fruitfulness on its wings. For, as in the verse we considered
at the head of this chapter, life and light go
together.
Therefore, 0 my brother, who seekest light, open
thine eyes and see it. For the Light is seeking thee, and
as in the world of nature, the sun's rays enter by every
crevice that they can find, so it is with grace. But there
is one veil in nature by which man can shut out all the
light and glory and beauty that the sun has sent down,
audit is the thin and tiny veil of his own eyelids. If he
closes his eyes to the light, all the revelation that the
sun's rays came to bring to him, avails him nothing.
And Christ our Lord warned with a solemn warning
those about Him who said "We see" while they closed
towards Him the eyes of the heart by choice. * But to
those who were conscious, of their darkness, and said
"We see not", to those His mercy came.
Be warned therefore my brother, lest by shutting
thine eyes to the true Light, darkness come also upon
thee: let not pride nor fear nor the love of sin close thy
heart's vision : be not among those who, when the sun
has arisen and drawn near to them, keep their eyelids
closed and love darkness rather than light, for they do
it at their peril. Because there is a terrible danger
• This is the condemnation, that Light is come into the World
and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were
evil. (John 3.19).