hopeth all things, endureth all things. Love never faileth."

Where this unity of the interior with the exterior is active in the individual, Paul was right in saying, "Love never faileth." But here is a point where the critic will question, "If man should attain to where he has that faith and could have his prayers answered, what would be the result when one nation rises up against another nation and both pray for success, or when one person rises up against another? The answer to this question is found in the fact that prayer ascends on the wings of love, is potentialized by love, and without love there is no vitality; without love there is no confidence. God is love. Love and hate are antipodes, therefore love and hate cannot exist together. Where hate is active, there can be no love, therefore there can be no life, no vitality, and the inner consciousness will never respond, it will never unite in the utterance of prayer that will result in the injury of another.

It is the interior self that is most closely and directly allied to God, and it is this interior self that guides and controls all prayer, and it is this inner consciousness that foreknows, foresees and penetrates the deep mysteries of the mind of the Creator. Therefore if you would be one with the Father, unite your reason with the inner consciousness, open your soul in love to the good and to the pure, pray for nothing that your inner consciousness forbids; desire ever to know and to do the right, no matter where it leads or what it costs. Thus you become as a little child before God in the hands of his Spirit. When we say in the hands of his Spirit, we speak advisedly, for God is the Creator of all things and his Spirit is all that is, and when we work in harmony with the All, we are then working in harmony with the purpose of the Creator and with the very life and love substance of the Infinite Mind, and when we are working in harmony with the life and love substance of the Infinite Mind, then all things work together for our good, for in that mind there is no disease, no disappointment, no sorrow, no pain, no death, but one eternal sea of peace and joy and eternal bliss.

ERECTING THE TEMPLE.

By W. E. Rippetoe.

The creative power, which is of Divine origin, when brought into the consciousness of the individual endows him with a knowledge of a certain form of creation. He then becomes in a degree a partaker of the fruits of the tree of knowledge, and he is left to determine the good or the evil that will result from his creative faculty.

In the construction of a temple the plan is first in the mind of the individual. That the workman may erect a building according to the plan of the architect, a knowledge of good and evil is necessary in order that he may determine the proper lines, curves and angles. The faculty of discrimination is also brought into use in determining the construction and proportions of the exterior and interior parts. Errors sometimes creep into the construction of the plans, and sometimes into the carrying of them out. The errors in the execution are caused by a failure on the part of the workman to enter into the spirit or understanding of the creator of the plans, whose mind is manifested in their construction. On account of these errors the workman loses valuable time, for the building must be remodeled and faulty plans or constructions made good.

As in the temporal building so in the spiritual building-that house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. The plans and designs of the spiritual building was first created in the mind of the Divine Creator, and his plans have been laid down in the great book of nature and revelation. Laws and rules have also been given whereby the workman may determine the mind and will of the Creator in the construction of that Temple not made with hands.

We find that we are both the workman and the material used in the construction of that Divine edifice, and that we are to fit ourselves as living stones for that spiritual building. The workman is expected to put forth every effort to avoid error,

because error is evil.

If we abide in the spirit we will not err, for spirit is Truth. Evil is the result of the limitation of spirit, for when spirit is manifest, error, which is evil, departs. If we err in the preparation of ourselves as living stones for that building we must suffer from that error. If the stone is not fitly prepared it must be cast among the rubbish of the Temple, for no stone not fitted for the builder's use can be used in that building. The stones of these earthly quarries must be hewn, squared, and numbered, before they will be accepted by the Master Architect to be placed in that heavenly house. These stones must be polished by the processes of the divine Spirit, and the mark of the workman must be engraved thereon: for we are all known by the mark that our character has engraved upon our countenances and by that mark will we be judged.

The first step necessary in the polishing of ourselves as stones for that spiritual building is the process of bringing our minds in harmony and unison with the mind of the Creator, for it is necessary for us to be in harmony with the mind of the Architect in order to learn his will so that we may construct the temples according to the plans he has laid down.

The marks that we carry about with us are the scars made by our mentality-consciousness stamped upon the material plane of our being-and from them may be seen the angles and scars of our mental errors. If our minds are employed in satisfying the sensuous desires of the carnal mind, it is so registered upon these stones we are preparing. If, on the other hand, our minds are employed in reflecting spiritual revelation from the Divine Architect, our countenances will shine from the effects of the spiritual vibrations.

Upon the faces of human beings may be seen the effects of sin, ignorance, and dissipation. The results of following the inclinations are plainly visible upon the walls of the temple. Marks of the beast may be seen in the forehead. The temples are being builded by thought and the walls are being painted by the brushes of our own mind. If the thoughts have had the light of spiritual illumination shining upon them, what beauty, joy, and peace do they display to the discerning eye! Character is ever painted upon the human countenance, that all who run may read.

INVOCATION.

By John Hay. (Late Sec. of State.)

Lord! from far-severed climes we come,
To meet at last in Thee, our home.
Thou who hast been our guide and guard,
Be still our hope, our rich reward.

Defend us, Lord, from every ill,
Strengthen our hearts to do Thy Will.
In all we plan and all we do
Still keep us to Thy service true.

O let us hear the inspiring word
Which they of old at Horeb heard,
Breathe to our hearts the high command,
"Go onward and possess the land!"

Thou who art Light shine on each soul!
Thou who art Truth each mind control,
Open our eyes and make us see
The path which leads to heaven and Thee.
-World's Events.

UNCONSCIOUS DOING.

By Enoch Penn.

While we are asleep and entirely unconscious, our life forces at times are used by other intelligences to accomplish their purpose, perhaps for good, perhaps for evil, depending upon what kind of intelligences we are willing in our inmost hearts to yield ourselves to. Do you know for what purpose your life forces are used while you sleep?

It is not an uncommon thing for one upon finding himself in touch with a certain desirable consciousness to find it suddenly cut off by the intrusion of some one's life being thrust between, like a dark cloud, caused perhaps by anger, jealousy, lust, or some evil imagination. The one who is doing this may be sound asleep and utterly unconscious of what he is doing.

Are we ever used contrary to our will? or does the soul on going out while the body sleeps act contrary to our natural impulses? It is said that when one is hypnotized he will not divulge secrets, such as pass-words and signs of a lodge, et cetera. We may ask, Why? Evidently it is because these things are held by him in his inner consciousness as sacred. But suppose the rights of others and the righteousness of your own thoughts and acts and the purity of your own heart are held by you of so little account that you allow, during your waking hours, feelings of hate, jealousy, lust, or any evil state of mind to prevail, that state can and at times will be induced in the soul while you sleep and your life forces through the impulses of the sub-consious mind, will act on the soul side of life and you will be for the time being an evil spirit, a devil, working evil and harm to your fellows and ultimately more harm to yourself. Is not this the reason that more than half of the