Show these changing times by marie mane af ogden note there is yet a third part of matthew 12 verses 39 to 69 51 which is of interest to consider consider and in chapter of the aquarian gospel we find corresponding words although of greater length which ch interpret the selected verses the first part of this interesting chapter relates how the pharisees Pharis ees sought to find a way to condemn jesus for his wonderful works and how they talked among themselves about him but jesus knew their thoughts and he answered them accordingly we quote beginning with the ath verse jesus said you men are masters and you know the law whatever is arrayed against itself must fall a house divided cannot stand a loing kingdom dom warring with itself is brought to naught if satan casts the devil out how can his kingdom stand if 1 I by cast devils out by whom do you cast devils out but if 1 I in the holy name of god cast devils out and make the lame to walk the deaf to hear the blind to see the dumb to speak has not gods kingdom come to youa you the pharisees Pharis ees were dumb they answered not and verses 14 to 22 interpret the closing lines of matthew 12 as follows As jesus spoke a messenger approached pro ached and said to him your mother and your brothers wish to speak with you and jesus said who is my mother and my brothers who are they and then he spoke a word aside unto the foreign masters and the twelve he said behold men recognize their mothers fathers brothers sisters here in the flesh but when the veil is rent and men walk in the realms of soul the tender lines of love that bind the groups of fleshy loin kin in families will fade away not that the love for anyone will be the less but men will see in all the motherhood the fatherhood the sisterhood the brotherhood of man the family groups of earth will all be lost in universal love the fellowship divine then to the multitudes he said whoever lives the life and does the will of god is child of god and is mother father sister friend and then he went aside to speak to his mother and his other kindred in the flesh note just as there is universal thought and universal love so is there a universal language thru the e expression of the soul when music is the means to this end we have always contended that music is the language of the soul and that there is a universality in music which is found only thru the silence of the soul we have known people to be drawn together because of their love for music I 1 and we also know that music can heal the sick comfort the lonely and bring happiness to the blind for it has been our good fortune to carry this message of love through music to inmates of institutions and it was one of our greatest joys to prepare for these visits we offer a few sentences from the pen of waldo condrey warren who speaks on the power of music as follows make a large place in your life for music and it will bring you a priceless reward all the desires of your heart will come closer as you become attuned to the rhythm and harmony of life in the hour of rest music will uplift your spirit and give refreshment to every faculty of your being in the hour of work you will rejoice in the strength and energy which music musi c has given you in the hour of jubilee music will bring you thrills of delight that compensate for all that is dull and commonplace in the hour of prayer music will quicken the aspirations of your soul and perfume your life with the breath of heaven in the hour of fellowship music will blend your spirit with others in unity and understanding in the hour of love music will enrich your heart with feelings that magnify the meaning of existence ece in the hour of memory music will unseal the treasures of the past and bring a sacred glory to the present in the hour of death music will speak to you of a life filled f with an eternity of joy and song in the hour of vision music will give power and scope to your imagination and bring into reality the things that were not in the hour of high purpose music will summon the potentialities of your soul and urge them forward to great and glorious achievement such is the power of music to this power open the doors of your soul and there will enter into your life a greater fullness of all that makes for progress and joy note from dr frank cranes book of inspiration and cheer we offer the next selection everything is twofold two fold there is the thing itself and there is the picture of the thing which is in the mind that mental picture is called an idea when we have a task to accomplish a condition we want to attain or any purpose at alls all we form a mino mind concept of the thing desired that is called an ideal the ideal is the souls plan where there is no ideal there is no development no progress no attainment but the man just drifts and usually degenerates when the orchestra plays it follows the score of the composer the ideal is the souls score without it the soul is disordered torn and unhappy just as there would be wild discord if every musician in the orchestra played as he pleased without considering the others get an ideal determine upon what thing is most worthwhile to you in the whole world whether you reach that thing or not the fact that you strike toward it making every faculty every deed and dream bend toward one objective will give symmetry unity and force to your personality note on the subject of writing the worthwhile things versus the sensational our good friend morton alexander offers some words of truth in his most recent publication humanity magazine we think he means in the present era of time however since we know the following word was not always so if you desire to read worthwhile literature you will have to read something that was not written for money the reason there is is so littile literature of power in the world today is because the writing profession has been captured by commercialism with few exceptions all writers write writ what they are paid to write publishers of books magazines newspapers are not look looking irig for writers with the best thoughts the highest ideals and the truest wisdom they are looking for best sellers they are looking for writers who can turn out work so shallow insipid and sensational that it will appeal to the minds and the pocketbooks of the unthinking masses something that will sell and thus bring dividends to the publishers if you seek for truth idealism fearless moral courage and wisdom aou will find it only in some obscure struggling publication that is by fear by gain and is published for principle and not for profit note A fine thought is expressed on the cover page of aquarian magazine for march from the pen of ernest holmes in the following lines 1 I would teach man that god is the one great reality in his life I 1 would tell man that he must contact the world enter its activities and find god everywhere I 1 would assure him that the divine spark in him will light his way to a corresponding spark in everything and in everyone I 1 would stimulate him to believe that his faith is built not on a broken reed but on a universal principle in which he may place explicit confidence and trust note from humanity magazine for march we offer the following lines which are food for thought |