The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-06-14

Conversely however contradictory may
seem number of formulas, each may
he n mould tor the same idea.
You will recall Mrs. MuldOon and
the post holes. Pat atoutly insisted
that the holes conId not be dug out.
Mrs. MuldOon as atOuily declared tina
they must be. An hour after this con
test she found the son of Erin digging
away, the work almost completed,
"Ah, Pat" she said, $50 You are dig.
ging ont the holesP' Upon which Pat
squared himself and with look of un.
convinced puzzlememt upon his face,
retOrted, "Faith. mum an suro Dim
digging out the dirt and laving o. the
holes. -
Now, | beg to be understood IS
chcrishing very earnest desire for and
belief in the ultimate practical working
ont of the truth of the brotherhood of
man, but further ask TO he under
stood as decidedly not cLerishing
wish 10 live as long as may be neccs-
sary to witness it.
The lower selfish half of this force is
in very full operation to-day, anu the
best of that can be used by us "step-
ping stones of our dead selves to higher
ih "oih
comes TO hand tells milliOn-f fold.
Let me invent you picture in
wOrdsl
A searcher looked Into the eyes of
truth and said 80 lily bloom of life
supernal, what is it that looks forth from
thy heart and bids me seek in some
distant heayen that which shall bind
me to thee fOrever?"
Then the maiden turned her face to
the sky, and welded her eyes to the
answering gaze of the evening stan, ,and
said, "Seek, find, then come again to
me-" Without pause the lover turned
him, tor his heart was ready to part
with all else if he might own the royal
ties of truth, and set his feet the way
of traveller, and went far, and long,
over hill and plain, stream and wood,
valley and mountain, in search of the
shining pathway which somew here,
leads up from earth to heaven. IL was
as if years heightened into ages. And
as he went his gaze was ever upon the
same star, because OF the eyes of the
maiden being welded TO it, if so it
might be they should remain near, the
one to the other. Now il chanced that
this man, who so loved that his heart
was burning flame, came, lat eventide,
upon very great mountain, face to
face with another, a man venerable i'm
aspect, aud majestic as the height upon
which they stood. There was upon the
face OF the stranger the shining of the
knowledge OF uncounted years; but the
touch of time was not on him, and in-
stead was the light of unchanging yonth
A lhia u-nII IA
his look upon him, the trayel-taint-
ed lover felt within himself widening
sense of coming close TO the thrObuing
OF a great heart, and knew the stir of
an awakening sympathy with all
things. He parted his lips to ask cart
thou,O soul-tOuching man the guardian
of thai star whose rays have followed
to this height r'when 10 ere he brought
| together his divided mouth i'm speech,
the OldyOung eyes of the stranger be g.
came an open gateway, closely set with
multitude of gems; and each gem
was all eye, yet an open way, which
led To paths innumerable, ont amongst
the stars, and over the breadths OF
heaven. Now the lover hesitated not
nor feared, because OF the flame in his
heart, but stretched forth his hand to
the gate, saying, "Whither, o venera-
bic man, and immortal youth, shall
go along these waysr
Though the man had disappeared into
the semblance of a gate, yet voice
answered, 'beyond is knowledge.' p
Then the lover, covering his glowing
heart with his hand, went forward and
set his feet beyond the portal, IN q
place which no man can describe unless
he use the hidden speech of lie. lie
who, Oh the other side, appeared as 8
man, was now u tall and radiant angel
from whose wings OF wide sweep
now folded softly, until they laid the
riches of their shining upon the floor oI
light on which they stood, there fell al
effulgent rain of beams which thread
ed backward upon the portal, as fall
the silver shower from star upon thu
earth.
Then the angel spake and said, "Thol
wonldst see the mystery OF the heaven
iy influences which eniold, and know
the meaning of the activities of life
Look upon it's unfolding ana read tn
meaning OF its law.
, AS he spoke he waved his hand acros
, the front of space, and behold, tn
: walls of limitation dropped away
Boundless extensions of worlds, suns
systems, hierarchies of angels, arch
angels, and spirits of heaven, wer
[ open to the consciousness OF the mar
l From n radiating centre, shining wit
D incOnceivable brightness came forth
stream which, at once, was two; an
9 from these issued that which cannot b
8 told, for while they bore the likenei
! of two, they were yet one; and Will
e they we're in the simlitude of flown
!, streams, they were all that is in th
Y angelic orders of heaven, and all thu
: is OF starry worlds and their freight {
/ life. AS the searcher for knowledge
= that which truth looked upon the VOL
@ drOus river of lie, he saw how a
o things, and all which Is, are first
i the luminous centre, then in the hear
of the spirits, after IN the thoughts I
= the angels, and last in the forums
: worlds and men. So he came to divid
u in his mind the spirits from their iorn
u and TO see now, i'll their lives, the Tor
b is fashioned, az a garment, over Il
g manner OF the spirits living lie sa
q seven great spirits come forth from Il
: radiance, and divide the light into SCI
en- rays, which were also streams. Al
|. following, came innumerable other
,f architects. who builded suns, world
p and systems, as dwellings for then
It selves; (and each fashioned along Il
n color OF his ray.)
e And throughout all the work OF d
building the builders seemed as il tht
is were not but only that the service wa
)i Aud each as he builded, lost himse
= and became one with the spirit of Ii
3. ray, and also one with the spirit Whi,
d is tho centre of life. And always the
IS was the unity of the one spirit with
the many forms of the working, so tn
le the beatings of the heart in the centr
I. was the beating of the hearts of Il
workers, also. And the spirit and q
Is work were one. And as they build,
'e every world became such, because
,f the life OF its spirit, and every syste
's such, because of its archspIrit, and q
lie universe was because of the spirit
'r God.
r Weighed down by the splendors
&c the inconceivablc activities OF the Ii
n the man crieu, "Let me return throus
l. the gate, for | now know that the la
d of life is the law of scrvice-tO ca
Df away self and become the beloved.
10 And as he turned him to pass cart
81 ward, behold his feet were upon
Is own familiar sward, and il was as if
II and the lly-maidcn Truth had not be-
parted.
nc There is no strangcness left on {
le face of IA realized truth. IL becom
In part aud parcel OF the individuali
= nOaspssiup H. and can be used as