Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22

The handsomest posy that ever heralded
spring away from the sunshine, away from
the rain drops and mellow soil. and 1t PER
fishes. Give it the vitalizing light, the re-
freshing dews, the succulent earth, and 1t
wakes strong and beautiful to its perfec-
ton. OF the forces that play upon 1t 1t is
the creature.
Like the posy is the man. We are all
creatures of the unspeakable forces that
be. We are animated by the light, the ar
our food and drink, and all the suptier
delicate nutriments of mental ana spir-
Itual life. In them we do, we speak, we
think. we are we live and move and nave
our being. without them we are not. our
prosperity is in our harmony with tnem
our placing ourselves where they can play
The more intimate our harmony with
these forces the more abundant our NE.
the better our adjustment TO them tIlo
greater our capacity. The forces are . nel
The only thing is to use them Inc iotcss
are available. The only thing is to be adj
justed thereto -
10 know that without these forces we
are nothing; this is our truth; 10 Isa si 70
that with them we are everything tiils -
our wisdom Il am all things through
Christ which strengtheDeth me, says Faui'
To place ourselves at the disposal or the
divine forces; to harmonic our facultieS
as nerfectly as may be with the powers
that can use them; TO Identity our aims as
Intimately as may be with the divine 2lIis,
10 know no other power save the alFl -,
mower: to know no other Will than the oi-
vine will to know no other purposes ~thsh
the divine purposes: this is Miss HaYersal 5
Take my life and let II be always only
all for Thee This is the CHRISTIAN 90 90
ing the will of God" This is the Buddhist s
uniting with the self and thus going 70
peace to the supreme bliss that ahideth
with me-" This is the foreshadowlng or
the Nfrvana the absolute union with Cod
Thus harmonized with the divine forces
we find our strength is as the strength OF
ten. Sleeping capacities awake undream-
ed powers unfold. The plant is rested IN
its earth. 1t lifts it's head to the dews. II
battles in the sunlight. 1t grows. 1t Is
strong delicate, beautiful. 1t dinuses ira
GRANGE From its little Granny 1t shows
what God and man are.
If We
In any degree make the recipient of our
magnanimity feel uncomfortable or humil-
lated we may know that ours is not the real
magnanimity whose essence is love. The
real magnanimity gathers round the Of
fender in a warmth of love and joy, Shield
ing him from the criticisms of others, pro-
tecting him from the pain of his own Ill
doing, taking upon itself the pains ana sor-
rows resulting from his misdeed.
AS we study magnanimity more and
more we realize that it is one of the myr-
lad manifestations of love. Those who
have great love in their hearts naturally
and effortlessy outflow with love in its
many varied expressions; in magnanmlty
as one of these. They are magnanimouS
10 friend and foe, TO bigotry or narrowness,
TO ill-consldered speech and awkward act:
magnanimous to jealousy and hate and
greed and malice. magnanimous TO every
thing, magnanimous to all.
Wherever we notice IN another what we
deem an error or falling there is our OPP
portunIty to be magnanimous, There is
our chance to be liberal and loving, and
with the gentle warmth of love and Hber-
ality TO WOO out the love and ltberality
ness, awaiting just such a stimulus as this
gives to be awakened into activity.
The lowly evolved soul is magnanimous
TO himself and mean and illiberal toward
others. He has always excuses for him
self reasons for non accomplishment, fail
ure and sin. But others he measures rig
idly to the standard foot rule, judges
wherever they fall short. The more
highly evolved soul is magnanimous
toward others and rigid with himself His
own ideal he would not suffer to be tar
nished by any fall or failure. And in all
his shortcomings he holds himself to rigid
accountability lest he achieve not all that
he can and should But for others SYM
patty and goodness and tenderness out
flow he is all excuses, all pardon, all for
glveness, generosity and love. He is all
service and helpfulness to spur the gentlest
STRINGS their higher achievement and
accomplishment on to activity. He is
ali eagerness to win the man from the ami
NAL and the animal passions and baseness