The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-21

 whiting. Her first work was done more than twenty-five years ago for a Southern paper. Her Boston Letter still appears each Sunday in that pa- per- Thousands of readers turn first to that column. It is the Window to ths World Beautiful to many. If there is any great new painting, any great new book, any great new philosophy, any great new discovery, and discov- cry of truth that seems great and new, tho any truth must be old as the uni verse, Miss Whiting tells her readers of #. With this work on hand con tinually she is the author of many vol umes of import No less than eleven volumes of prose and one CT poetry she has published Tho Life Radiant" has already been reviewed in these col umns
 The present volume: "The Outlook Beautiful" is said to be to some de- gree the outgrowth of thought sug- gested by hun dreds of letters from Strangers referring to convictions ex- pressed in her preceding books. Let ters vital in their intense interest regarding the mystery of deatn anu the relations between the life that now is and that which is to come MISS Whiting being a church woman turns first of all to the teaching or tne Dlvine ,n'e Master and her argument IS that lalth alone is enough for the supremest re- liance on immortalitq. Miss Whlting regards all human relations as Delng practically divine relations, 1rlehosnip being, as Emerson so well says TOT aid and comfort in all the passages or life and death" Miss Whiting endeav- ora to nortray the natural continuity of all these sweet relations beyond that change which we call deatn, put which is only a life more beautifui'
 The beauteous, charming winningness as well as the forceful convlctlon which characterize Miss Whltlng other works are in this to the tulies' extent
 No better idea of the sincerity ana helpfulness of her words can be given than by reprinting these paragraphs from 'gThe Outlook Beautiful:
 Prayer and faith create the open door between those in the Seen ana those in the Unseen. The next condl- tion beyond this present one is in close and harmonious relation to our own' and it is far more definable, far more natural, so to speak, than many or us have dreamed.
 The soul Is always on its progress toward perfection, and the most nearly it manifests perfection at any moment the more real Is that personality But 1t Is a great step toward the truer com. prehension of the problem of life to re- alize that the spiritual man-clothed upon, temporarily, with pnyslcai body and inhabiting this physical world is. in himself, far more ideal in every quality than he seems to be, because he does not invariably manifest his real self.
 If the experience of a sacramental friendship involves suffering, one may yet welcome the very pain it involves for 1t is an initiation into a higher or der of life.
 The seasons of trial are those of pecuIiarly close relation to the Divine compassion and guidance, and one sim gle moment of intense realization or this close and intimate sympathy of the Divine Love has Its infinite power over a lifetime, over thousand lite- times. It Is the power TOT all the eter- mites.
 To live by faith and love! In these alone lies our human destiny, which Is our divine destiny. Our true life is the accomplishment of divine service. We can do our humblest tasks not as drudges, but as "fellow-workers with saints and heroes"
 As Phillips Brooks so well said, 'Death is not the end of life, but only an event in life" The spiritual being dwelling in the ethereal world oemem- hers perfectly his friends who have not yet been released from the physl- cal world, and thus spirit signals to enirit. As telepathy is now an accept ed law-as absolute a fact as is teleg- rabhy-and as telepathy is the lan- Rdage of the spirit, 1t Is as easy to realize how 1t works between those in the seen and in the unseen as 1t IS to realize that it may work between two persons in Boston and New York re- spectively.
 The friendship that is real Is simply indestructible. It can enter Into the homeliest needs of life, for it is no at- fair of mere "wine and dreams. It IS A sacramental relation. Those who have met in good can never De sePar- ated," runs an Eastern proverb. Dis tanee may intervene; the tragedy Of musunderstandings may arise, but be- yond and above the clouds the glory lives undimmed.
 one shares the life of God, rot only when kneeling at the altar in the con seeration of mystic communion with Christ: not only in the solitude of his personal devotions; not only when he is specifically engaged In aid to those in need; but he shares 1t when he IS proceeding with his daily work with energy and persistence; when he is meeting obstacle and trial with pa tience and courage; when he brings sweetness of spirit, and generous pur- nose. and sympathetic recognition to all with whom he comes in contact in inc days work; when he so governs the quality of his own life as to radi- ate serenity and courage and the power to persist in an high endeavor
 An Ideal state of living Is something to he achieved, practically, and experi- enced and enjoyed in the immediate present.
 moment may be a miracle moment. Each hour Is the hour of God. At any instant the glory that shone around the shepherds on the Judean plain may transfigure our pathway and unite our souls more closely to Him in whom alone is Eternal Life That peculiar thrill of very ecstasy of happiness that is not infrequently experienced by every one is caused by Inc fact that, at that moment, the en- fire heinz Is in responsive vibration with the heavenly world. For the mo- ment the conditions are such that there is perfect harmony between the forces on the Unseen side and on this, and the result is that thrill of indescribable ex- altation and joy. If this can be the experience of rare and infrequent mo- ments, may it not come to be the con- stant and the universal experience of every day and every hour? The Mortgage on the Brain, by Nln- kcsnt Harper One of the most re-