Show Gra gradually duall drawn draw to believe matter Is term ky by E 1 E FOURNIER FOUtt E ARE gradually and inevitably drawn to the conclusion that mind is everything and matter but an expression of the universal mind A table a house or a machine is the embodiment of some human mind A A stone is the embodiment of some mind at present inaccessible to us of some will at present inscrutable katter matter signifies existence life independent of ourselves but subject to our will under certain conditions just as aa men are to some extent motion means change or experience inertia means habit the ether mcana means perhaps the all embracing all connecting of the hc universe radiation means perchance the intercommunication of sm smaller aller minds here we enter upon that virgin field where I 1 believe the science of the future will ivill blossom forth in entering enteria ente rim upon it a now new perspective opens out a perspective infinitely more glorious than the starry host visible to our human eyes we breathe a higher and purer air an air of freedom of infinite life and power and greatness unfettered by the he shackles of 0 ouri OU r earthly existence yany many of the sons of men in all ages have caught glimpses of such a higher existence it is open to all of us and I 1 believe destined for all but its and possibility prospect need not draw us away from the present phase prematurely like devotees of chess or football we descend into the arena and consent to be bound for a time by more or less absurd restrictions we play the game and that game has always been played and will always be played it is a necessary discipline and liberal education of one thing we may bo be certain corta iii no universe exists which is entirely unconnected with this of ours we know that the fruit of our slightest slighted sligh tes t met act goes thundering down the abes ages that nothing is ever ef effaced raced that everything of infinite and eternal consequence and if it leaves a permanent mark on the material universe it will affect also all invisible universes tills this reflection may give a new our present form of existence to pierce into the innermost recesses of nature to mold natural forces to our will to make life happy and glorious for ourselves and our I 1 kind to assert our supremacy over disease and death to conquer and rule this universe universe in virtue of the infinite power power within us such is our task here and now it is being more inore and more consciously taken in hind hand by the human race a race which since its car liest origins has numbered about ft a billion individuals the aggregate lives of these individuals cover a vast variety of experiences and circumstances and the record of these experiences is embodied in our own physical organisms and other oilier records more or less permanent the human race has hurled itself against the fastnesses fast nesses of nature and captured them one by 0 one o e the way has been a record of blood and of friiss scars tc ars rf v butin but in the new generation tho the wounds art are beaded and the tears are dried and the battlo battle is deneu renewed ed |