The Way of the Seven Fold Secret by Lilias Trotter

Ill.
THE SECRET OF ACCESS.
We have considered in the last chapter the words of
our Lord the Christ,-"I am the Light of the world."
And now if you will follow on, there comes through
Him the revelation by that light of another wonderful
secret: the secret of access to God. And this access is
the next step to that union with Him which is eterna,l
blessedness. Even as in human friendship those sharing
it must be brought near together before there can be the
linking of their hearts, so it must be also in the Divine
Friendship.
And in the words of Christ on this new page, we
have the step of drawing near to God shewn us by the
symbol of a door-the door into a sheepfold.
Now a sheepfold is a place of safety in the midst of
danger: the wilderness may be all arour.d, and the voice
of the wild beast may be heard only a stone's throw off►
but the sheep in the fold are as safe as if no enemies
were there. They have entered in and they are saved.
Even so, in this new secret, God makes known to us
that there is a place where, even now in the wilderness
of this world, with evil prowling all around, we may
rest in safety as sheep within the fold. There is a place
of nearness to God where the devil dares not venture
that he may snatch the soul away: there is a salvation
that is here and now.
We know, 0 our brothers, that this is to you a new
thought. Your belief is that no one can tell with cer-