The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-11-21

Who has not, at some time or other,
these transcendent move
ments of spiritual illumination, when I
the material world is eclipsed by the (
brilliancy of spirit power generated in
the thought world of the universe?
This high plane of living is within the
reach of all and can become universal
and continuous. 1t is our highest
privilege to so attune our lives to the
divine harmony of nature, that they
shall discourse symphOniOus music,
and so exert a healthful, uplifting in
huence on all within our scope. The
lofty mission of life is, to so lose our
selves in the higher life of spirit that it
shall be our one aim to live for the ad-
vancement of the race, the betterment
of the conditions of life, and this can
be accomplished only by individual
effort which ultimately leads to col
laboration.
Unflinching, persistent thought is ir-
revocable in it's course and results. 1t
controls the mind that conceives it and
that mind in turn is ruling force that
is felt in the community, and through
the community it acts upon the world
at large and takes part in reconstruct
ing ideas and methods of reform in the
general government.
| There have been always leading
minds: those who have seemed to be in
advance of the age in which they lived,
prophets in the wilderness crying:
"Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
his paths straight" Phe history of the
world has been reckoned by the history
of these great leaders whose thought
has been the molding power of the
universe. The lives of great men are
reflected in many who come after.
Thought is contagious and good is Gre
ative. AS the world grows older and
we have the accumulated experiences
of the ages gone over, which lend wis
dom and Judgment to the maturer
minds of today, it is clearly seen that
intelligence is more widely diffused,
, and that we are living in higher
thought -plane-that is, good is more
universally recognized and accredited
Mind is the thought generator, en-
: cased in the local sphere of physical
environment, by which it is fettered in
so far as the body is not made to sub
serve the higher instincts Of the soul
; Spiritual conception and re-incarnatio1
are subtle and diffusive agencies in thu
5 thought-world. The attenuated, mag
netic wires of ether that tremble will
g the vibrations of thought as it is con
5 stantly being transmitted throughou
all space are like the network of
=" spiderweb.
= Each individual adds his quota t.
Is the universal fund and receives hi
- measure in return. The trend OF tn
Is thought-worldt to-day is upwardin scare
y of higher truths. This is eminently
Ill thought. century. The air is resonan
~ with thought, which is echoed and n
% echoed from mind to mind, gatherin
20 volume as it proceeds on its wa.
Us Thought is life and immortality. In
III we live and have our being. 1t brougf
10 us into existence and holds us on OF
H. way. 1t is life -begetting, life-sustainin
Al and life-crowning.
III Life is what we make it. The brld&
that spans the two worlds is sligh
The unseen is just as real as the seen
him who discerneth with the spirit ar
40. dwells in the thought-realms, where
mt is governed by the law of love tn
+h "thinketh no evil" but breathes out Il
ha atmosphere of goodto all mankind.
ed Philosophical Journal.