DEVOTIONAL MEDITATIONS

I love Thee, Father, not because this is Thy sovereign will,
Because Thy hand created me with true and loving skill.

I love Thee, not because with Thee abideth strength and health, Because Thy favor makes men great and blesses them with wealth.

I love Thee for Thy purity,-Thy purity of fire,

Whose flames ascend forevermore in infinite desire.

I love Thee for Thy face serene, whose beauty glows with light, Reflecting all the fragrant prayers that rise from out our night

I love Thee, Father, for Thy love, I know not how or why;
I only know I yield to Thee a love that cannot die.

M. E. WILLIAMS & CO.

BOSTON

I believe in physical health, cleanliness, temperance; and utter purity in thought, word and deed.

And in truth, honesty, accuracy and scholarship which demands reason for all things, and without prejudice yields its own opinion if shown to be false; which tolerates in each man his own opinions; which leads to art, literature and science; which in earnestness, sincerity and candor perfects all human powers.

I believe in Love, the Father and Destiny of all things, Light of light, Fragrance of fragrance, Beauty of beauty; who, working both here and beyond, is inexorably just, and therefore is the Comforter of the Afflicted and the Avenger of the Evil to the thousandth generation; who leads, by conscience, within myself to the Kingdom of Heaven, which only the humble can inherit, and which shall have no end, forever and ever. Amen.

INDEX.

I. IMMORTALITY.

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I. Immortality. 2. The Bourne of Death. 3. The Cer-
tain Present. 4. The Two Ways. 5. Transitoriness. 6.
The Mental Principle of Utility.

II. MENTAL DEVELOPMENT.

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1. Psychology. 2. Interrelation of Body and Mind. 3.
Freedom of Thought. 4. Control of the Body. 5. Con-
trol of the Intellect. 6. Independence of Soul. 7. Pres-
ent Immortality.

III. REGENERATION.

1. Difficulty of Subject.

2. Assumptions. 3. Mental
Control. 4. Exception. 5. The Four Great Proofs. 6.
Weariness and Sleepiness. 7. The Paradisical Tree. 8.
Purity of Heart.

IV. EVERLASTING COVENANT.

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I. The Persistence of Law. 2.
The Father present every-
where. 3. Two Ways: Alone and With God. 4. Form
of Covenant. 5. Hearing the Guidance. 6. The Pres-
ence of God. 7. Conformity of Will with Law. 8. Few
able to Hear.

V. INTELLIGIBLE LIGHT.

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1. Cosmology. 2. God's Omnipresence. 3. Spirit with
Spirit. 4. Transfigured Body. 5. Its Value for Control
of Body. 6. Its Value for Mental Strength. 7. Access
to God's Strength. 8. Practical Methods.

VI. PRACTICAL DEVOTION.

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I. Regular Hour. 2. Mental Gymnastics. 3. Planning.
The Divine Light. 5. Midnight Hours. 6. Stillness.
7. The Divine Communion. 8. Bodily Healing. 9.
IO. Conscious Sleep.

Value of our small Possibilities.

II. Inventiveness. 12. Walk with God.

DEVOTIONAL MEDITATIONS.

MEDITATION FIRST.

IMMORTALITY.

Under the Providence of God it is the privilege of the writer to set forth in a few simple words sufficient instructions to lead to all truth, to all perfection those who will give themselves the trouble of complying with them in their daily lives.

He speaks positively. He does not seek to dispute, to convert. Gladly and freely he offers that which he has to give. It is for the reader to take or leave. He would oppose none, except as the assertion of truth implies the negation of falsehood.

These instructions will be divided into six meditations. The First will deal with Immortality. The Second, with Mental Development. The Third, with Regeneration. The Fourth with the Everlasting Covenant. The Fifth, with the Intelligible Light. The Sixth, with Practical Methods.

The first Meditation deals with Immortality. This topic may be best considered under six headings. First, Immortality. Second, the Bourne of Death. Third, the Certain Present. Fourth, the Two Ways. Fifth, Transitoriness. Last, the Mental Principle of Utility.

1. Immortality Proper.-This is, after all, the chief aim of human endeavor. Consider any actions that are called good, such