an disregards this Light. He still goes on his way of
darkness, and disunity, and quarrels and fierce war are still rife.

He uses material progress to gratify his lust for war, and he makes
destructive implements and appliances to destroy his brother man.

But let us rather exert ourselves for the attainment of spiritual
advantages, for this is the only way of true progress, that which cometh
from God and is alone Godly.

I pray for you one and all that you may receive the Bounties of the Holy
Spirit; so will you become in truth enlightened, and progress ever onward
and upward to the Kingdom of God. Then shall your hearts be prepared to
receive the glad tidings, your eyes shall be opened and you will see the
Glory of God; your ears shall be unstopped and you will hear the call of
the Kingdom, and with tongue made eloquent shall you call men to the
realization of the Divine Power and Love of God!

THE EVOLUTION OF MATTER AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUL

November 3rd

Paris is becoming very cold, so cold that I shall soon be obliged to go
away, but the warmth of your love still keeps me here. God willing, I hope
to stay among you yet a little while; bodily cold and heat cannot affect
the spirit, for it is warmed by the fire of the Love of God. When we
understand this, we begin to understand something of our life in the world
to come.

God, in His Bounty, has given us a foretaste here, has given us certain
proofs of the difference that exists between body, soul and spirit.

We see that cold, heat, suffering, etc, only concern the body, they do not
touch the spirit.

How often do we see a man, poor, sick, miserably clad, and with no means
of support, yet spiritually strong. Whatever his body has to suffer, his
spirit is free and well! Again, how often do we see a rich man, physically
strong and healthy, but with a soul sick unto death.

It is quite apparent to the seeing mind that a man's spirit is something
very different from his physical body.

The spirit is changeless, indestructible. The progress and development of
the soul, the joy and sorrow of the soul, are independent of the physical
body.

If we are caused joy or pain by a friend, if a love prove true or false,
it is the soul that is affected. If our dear ones are far from us--it is
the soul that grieves, and the grief or trouble of the soul may react on
the body.

Thus, when the spirit is fed with holy virtues, then is the body joyous;
if the