The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-30

chlcNous characters have You met during
| your lifetime who. were Won "a co askiui,
advice, would concoct any kind of hirh
sounding tale, tell yor with sublime rs.
surance that your welfare depended upon
i ,ii, their directions, and with yon
wen out or Sight turn and laugh at your
crcduntyi and do you think there are none
IN the Invisible realms whose delight lies
IN Ihs sane occupauoni These seek their
own KIM OF communications.
Pure white light can not shed It's rays
through green glass except their hue Is
changed not through black glass at all
our cause or Splrl tua ism, as Il stands be-
fore the world for Judgment, rests almost
solely upon Its mediums. by this / mean
all who are engaged I'm disseminating its
truths either as teachers or phenomenal
workers; for both are essential even as the
tree and It's fruits. Could an our mediums
pc tbd 10 the higher levels Of purity, purity
IN thought and speech and life. we Should
speedily see our efforts 10 prove Spiritual
ism the one universal religion Triumphant;
should see angel wings lowering over mi
the earth and perfection GROWING ali liv.
ing things aye, the millenlal Nwnts only
ms Don't understand me to be con
demning our mediums as n body. however.
Tor truly believe that proportonatcly. we
nave IN our ranks today a lesser number
OF impure people than the orthodox
churches have. But am speaking for edit
cation among ourselves our duty consist
ing more at present and as an association,
IN delivering ourselves than our neighbors
from bonds. As we ascend the pathways
leadlhS 10 higher and still higher planes
We see farther and sim farther out over
IRE varying eNpanSe, ana are enabled to
discern with clearer and vet clearer vision
the causes Of burdens under when human
lty gropes blindly forward From these
heights we perceive that self. and not uni
Ncrsal truth and righteousness. is the
malhsprlng m alas, too many lives The
vast majority are seeking their own per-
soma wcll-being instend Of obeying The
heavenly Injunction, 'Seek We first the
klngdom of God and His righteousness aud
al these things shall be added unto you
Al these different views are to be con
SldcrCd IN the course of SpirtualSm and
mauv moro might. did time permit; hit We
VIII glance briefly nj It's goal And what
Is me goal of SpIituallsm? We all daily
speak words which, IL called suddenly TO
define, should lind ourselves totally at a
loss Tor any kind Of definition. Is ii eter-
nal progressf That would scarcely be a
forever lie ahead as we move onward Is
1t eternal lifel This too, Is endless We
might proht1bly consider many desirable
points toward which TO attain; but suppose
we regard universal love as our goal Let
Us notice that we can not even contemplate
tIals SUBJECT without getting outside of self
reaching thoughts. Selfoyc aud universal
love are antipodul as light and darkness:
ana an ! repeat Gan not even be thought of
creative because II is sclness II unites
and does not dissolve Let universal love
reign among the people of the earth. and
less glory Will crown with immortality
every living soul, and there will be no more
denthi rms Is SplritualisN; for spirit is
deathless. Listen:
Long centuries ago, in famed city
AgIoss the sea great Cathedral stood;
\ witness to the beauty art and wreSted
From marble, bronze and wood.
One day i,l,, the the sunlight, through a slanted
Upon a Swallowed arch a moment shone;
revealing, unto those whose eyes were
What nrne bnfora b,d lr,,rr
1t was a seulpHurcd face Of such tran
And utter loyclincss that those who saw
Deemed they had looked upon heavenly
And held their breath FOR awe
And day by day for many wears thereafter
Men came from far and near; happy to
And wait beneath the arch FOR the brief
Sun-ray
That should illumiue it.
And felt them wen repaid for all their
II t6ey could catch, just for momer. IS
space,
Wherein to speak; to drmm; to live; one
swifo glimpse, of that fair face.
Was sing built there came, one day,
A man, a aged ifG and ief fecSIcc INTO
tue MASTER 'r'n'''ct
Ana asked. that - a.. -,
N"' sacred. '""' OF inc work SO 'we't and
'o''i him. FUNNIEST portion might he granted
Yet f fcans bo ana bs 9E Gim compassionate
Uncertain sight and trcrsl,oc oono. A.
Nur5t, mar some fair design. some ncrfoct
In the bish roofs vnr,tod shodo,,,s
''' "''" "'' WORK 70 40
"' natienco ""S' win sweet unttrlng
In his obscure and humble n,oro no
From T his more highly trusted fellow work.
Winning scant speech or thought.
AZ las, one morning, stlll and cold they
His right hands cunning gone. The mys
OF death unfolding him. His face uptnrne1
Unto that other face
Ih0t he had wrought. The face Of tbc
one woman
For SO they lcarncd-that he had loved
ana lost
In early manhond's prime. Ger care and
sorrow
His happy path had crossed