t.

And in regard to the wisdom that guides us in our daily life, there is
nothing that it is right and well for us to know that may not be known
when we recognize the law of its coming, and are able wisely to use it.
Let us know that all things are ours as soon as we know how to
appropriate them.

"I hold it as a changeless law,
From which no soul can sway or swerve,
We have that in us which will draw
Whate'er we need or most deserve."

If the times come when we know not what course to pursue, when we know
not which way to turn, the fault lies in ourselves. If the fault lies in
ourselves then the correction of this unnatural condition lies also in
ourselves. It is never necessary to come into such a state if we are
awake and remain awake to the light and the powers within us. The light
is ever shining, and the only thing that it is necessary for us
diligently to see to is that we permit neither this thing nor that to
come between us and the light. "With Thee is the fountain of life; in
Thy light shall we see light."

Let us hear the words of one of the most highly illumined men I have ever
known, and one who as a consequence is never in the dark, when the time
comes, as to what to do and how to do it. "Whenever you are in doubt as
to the course you should pursue, after you have turned to every outward
means of guidance, _let the inward eye see, let the inward ear hear_, and
allow this simple, natural, beautiful process to go on unimpeded by
questionings or doubts. . . . In all dark hours and times of unwonted
perplexity we need to follow one simple direction, found, as all needed
directions can be found, in the dear old gospel, which so many read, but
alas, _so few interpret_. 'Enter into thine inner chamber and shut the
door.' Does this mean that we must literally betake ourselves to a
private closet with a key in the door? If it did, then the command could
never be obeyed in the open air, on land or sea, and the Christ loved the
lakes and the forests far better than the cramping rooms of city dwelling
houses; still his counsels are so wide-reaching that there is no spot on
earth and no conceivable situation in which any of us may be placed where
we cannot follow them.

"One of the most intuitive men we ever met had a desk in a city office
where several other gentlemen were doing business constantly and often
talking loudly. Entirely undisturbed by the many various sounds about
him, this