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Show Uncle Job Almost Reincarnated THE Theosophists were holding a meeting across the hall from which numerous and sometimes distinct words came and they mingled with Uncle Job's thoughts as he toiled. He heard the word reincarnation frequently, heard what would be when another reincarnation was given, and then there were confused sounds as from the air and then long waits of silence. At length there was a sound like the working of keys on a typewriter or in a telegraph station and, suddenly a printed tape began to unwind before be-fore him and upon it he read the words, "read! read!" At this his curiosity was aroused and he bent eagerly over the tape and this was what he read: "By wireless from No Man's Land. This comes across the ages to you, from a reincarnated spirit that is familiar with the world and its people peo-ple and has been for fifty centuries. He has seen nations without number rise, flourish, and pass away, and he sets this wire to work today to tell you that there is no evolution In the human mind; it is no stronger, no brighter than when it received re-ceived its first incarnation in a human body. It has expansion and contraction; when the conditions condi-tions are wrong its wings are tied; Its better part can find no expression. This is true alike of individuals and of nations. na-tions. If a man cultivates the graces, if he believes be-lieves in order and subjects himself to the rule of righteous laws; if he early takes on the thought that it is a duty to help whenever he can his fellow fel-low man, and if he holds himself at all times subject sub-ject to his country's call; he may never become famous, he will seldom become rich, but there will always be a radiance around him, and when he passes on, the world within his sphere will realize that a loss has been suffered. If his dream is only of wealth he will generally succeed, but unless un-less he keeps a close watch upon himself, his other faculties will starve and his last years will be haunted with the thought that he is more or less in the way, and surely the higher capabilities of his life will never be realized. It is the same way with nations. For a thousand thou-sand years old Rome struggled for dominion, but her glory passed away after the world was at her feet. Your own country is just now engaged in a mighty struggle for wealth, and chase3 'after display. dis-play. But she has some redeeming features. She is looking out for her schools, and when one of her lighting fleets goes out to sea, with the others, there is a hospital ship. Hospitals and homes for orphans dot every state and city, and the children chil-dren of the poor have the book of knowledge opened to them without co3t. And there are devoted de-voted men and women who are exhausting their lives to cause the soil to bring forth better food; to apply the laws of sanitation to the 'homes and cities; to draw new safeguards around men when they travel, to find new remqdles for diseases and new antidotes for pain; to give the poor better homes and better food, and to teach the children of the poor how better to meet the world's competition. com-petition. These and like things are the saving grace of your nation, and because of them your name in the world, like your flag, is growing brighter and when the world is fully completed your nation will have undergone a reincarnation and reached a higher plane. The janitor had shut the steam off and Uncle Job awoke half frozen, an"d as he shook- himself he exclaimed: Half an hour more and I would have made my next presentation as a polar bear. |