gs to unfold their essence,
hence their divine being, and, therefore, the Divine Unity itself--to
reveal God in their external and transient being. It is the special
destiny and life work of man, as an intelligent and rational being, to
become fully, vividly, conscious of this essence of the divine effluence
in him, and therefore of God.

"The precept for life in general and for every one is: _Exhibit only thy
spiritual, thy life, in the external, and by means of the external in
thy actions, and observe the requirements of thy inner being and its
nature._"

Here is not only an undying basis for all real education, but also the
basis of all true religion, as well as the basis of all ideal
philosophy. Yes, there could be no evolution, unless the essence of all
to be evolved, unfolded, were already involved in the human soul. To
follow the higher leadings of the soul, which is so constituted that it
is the inlet, and as a consequence the outlet of Divine Spirit, Creative
Energy, the real source of all wisdom and power; to project its leadings
into every phase of material activity and endeavour, constitutes the
ideal life. It was Emerson who said: "Every soul is not only the inlet,
but may become the outlet of all there is in God." To keep this inlet
open, so as not to shut out the Divine inflow, is the secret of all
higher achievement, as well as attainment.

There is a wood separated by a single open field from my house. In it,
halfway down a little hillside, there was some years ago a spring. It
was at one time walled up with rather large loose stone--some three feet
across at the top. In following a vaguely defined trail through the wood
one day in the early spring, a trail at one time evidently considerably
used, it led me to this spot. I looked at the stone enclosure, partly
moss-grown. I wondered why, although the ground was wet around it, there
was no water in or running from what had evidently been at one time a
well-used spring.

A few days later when the early summer work was better under way, I took
an implement or two over, and half scratching, half digging inside the
little wall, I found layer after layer of dead leaves and sediment, dead
leaves and sediment. Presently water became evident, and a little later
it began to rise within the wall. In a short time there was nearly three
feet of water. It was cloudy, no bottom could be seen. I sat down and
waited for it to settle.

Presently I discerned a ledge