Connecticut western news., 1910-07-28
STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT.

Man is the synthssis of creation. In him the whole universe culminates. From the simplest and crudest state of organism he has ascended to the throne of the monarch of the earth. How did he ascend? What means were used by nature to urge him upwards? What forces were at work to fashion shim into beauty and power? His nature, andy sis finds fourfold, consisting of instinot, otherwise called faculty of involuntary motion, which he shares in common with all animal creation. This rises to voluntary motion which is manifest ation of reason. This again buds out into finer power, and we perceive intui- tion taking a leading part in life, and this, in turn, rises into inspiration.
 These three higher faculties are evolY- ed out of instinct; hence we are involy- ed in it. This fact answers the question How did he ascend? Life is motion, and motion finds expression in work. in action. The result of the contact of the organs of sense with the external world is sensation which is either plsasura- ble or painful.
 The simple organism soon grows into the power of warding off painful con- tact and seeking the pleasurable one. The search is after happiness, and the process involves reason. Pain and plea sure are the means which nature uses to urge man upward. All the sensations and impressions of life gather into sub consciousness, or, rather higher con- sciousness, and their sum total consti- tutes the intuitional nature of man. This when fully illumined by soul light, manifests as inspiration or soul power.
 These four stages of development gen. crate. grow, and become mature through the longings of the individual for hap piness and his detestation and fear of suffering. The mind of man is drawn into the belief that happiness is what he is seeking on the path of life, but the mind in the narrow space of it's imita- tions sees bnt the superficial aspects of the phenomenon. s..-
 Intuition. whose subtle nature tran scends the realm of reason, suggests lof- tier object of search, and that is knewl- edge, because only through knowledge can enduring happiness be secured. The latter is but the effect of which the for mer is the cause. The mind, whose or gan the brain is, grasps the material, sensual manifestation. The intuitive which leads to perfection, is the search of man on the path of life.
 Do not let the sluggish, turbid current of your ordinary days seem to you that which truly represents to you what you are, what you are able to be. No, the time when you made the holiest resolu- tlpns, when you struggled most with the powers of evil when love conquered you and freed you from other chains, that you might wear her chains; that that was the true index to the divine purpose concerning you; that tells you what the spirit of truth is every hour WOLhI1lS Jch bAAG1U JOH A&SJ 1S' A oSoAA~ do not open for us in advance of our com ing. That Divinity that shapes our ways does not promise to help before help is needed. It does not remove obstacles from our way before we reach them. Yet, when we are on the edge of cur need, the hand is stretched out.
 Many people forget this, and are for eyer worrying about difficulties which they foresee in the future They expect 8 mighty revelation of light is going to make the way plain and open before them, miles and miles ahead, whereas the promise is to do it only stey by step ss they move on. There is promise which reads: "When thou passest through the waters will be with thee." You must get to the waters and intc