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INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 Many years experience on some of the 
 lines shown in this Science of Man to be of 
 inestimable value, we feel assured that by a 
 proper study of its workings people may en- 
 joy the same advantage, and realize that to 
 measure future in events will be getting 
 back in line with the first offer made to 
 man, with assurance that happiness is for 
 this world. 
 
 Further, all the works of nature's perfec- 
 tion predominate and show that in the pro- 
 vision for man it was equally well cared for, 
 while his turning aside was due to his free- 
 dom, meantime advantages are open to 
 them. 
 
 Captain John Cliff. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 There are seven chapters, two extras, as follows: 
 Chapter I. — The Science of Man. 
 
 II. — The Transformation of Man. 
 III. — The Standard of Man. 
 IV. — Advanced Culture by Sentiment. 
 V. — Advanced Sociology. 
 VI. — Natural Theology. 
 VII. — Friendship and Friend. 
 
 Also the Introductory and Decalogue. 
 
THE DECALOGUE. 
 
 1. What benefit can be gained from a knowl- 
 edge of this Science of Man? 
 
 Answer. That of being true to our personal 
 welfare by studying and promptly acting in 
 line with the "yes" or "no" as given by the 
 Occult — which is prompted by science — thus 
 conducting affairs with a foresight of its future. 
 
 2. What is a safe way to grasp and apply 
 the reflections or incentive as it emits from the 
 mind? 
 
 Answer. Desire must be under the control 
 of individuality, then decisively comply with 
 edicts of the mind. 
 
 3. What is intended by the word "Occult?" 
 Answer. It speaks of the living part — Man — 
 
 which is explained in this book. 
 
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THE SCIENCE OF MAN 
 
 By Capt. John Cliff. 
 
 THE SCIENCE OF MAN : THE BEGINNING OF MAN. 
 
 We find no authentic data giving the ex- 
 act time of the beginning of man, there are, 
 however, occurrences in geological science 
 when measured by natural science, and na- 
 tural philosophy where Nature clearly 
 points out the beginning of Man. 
 
 The early writers on this subject, who 
 are said to be authority, say the beginning 
 of this earth was composed of all kinds of 
 material, even flesh and bone, with minerals 
 of every kind. All existed in infinitesimally 
 small fragments of themselves, endless in 
 number, inextricably mixed throughout the 
 space of the world. 
 
 All things were in that mass — but in the 
 obscurity of indistinguishableness, and these 
 facts are clearly traceable through the 
 channels of science and philosophy, and 
 still more strongly established in the na- 
 tural growth of all manner and kinds of 
 produce of the earth. While passing over 
 this vast and perfect plane in nature, let 
 us give thanks to our Creator for his wis- 
 dom in that of filling the earth as if it were 
 a vast storehouse filled with all kinds of 
 matter and things which he demand that 
 
it shall be formulated each in its kind, for 
 a useful purpose, and for the advancement 
 and comfort of his creature man. Here 
 again, is seen an infinite forethought in that 
 of sending through the earth an electrical 
 current to enliven the different matter, and 
 put it in motion for the action of chemical 
 analysis and thereby concentrating all par- 
 ticles of their kind into bodies which will 
 produce, results for advance purposes. With 
 these provisions in the earth, and it being 
 enveloped in a suitable atmosphere, our 
 Creator, then in the course of nature, pro- 
 ceeds to make Man, and he to have the free- 
 dom of himself in that of choosing a course 
 to pursue in life, meantime there was pre- 
 sented him a course that would assure said 
 life easy. Let us now pass into a reverie 
 and look back in the ages at a time when 
 the world was made ready by natural caus- 
 es to receive man, with infinite precision 
 he was taken from a defined bed of clay — 
 where the required parts had been made 
 ready, and he laid on the grounds, having 
 all his limbs, face, ears, eyes and hair — 
 a perfect man. There were placed in him 
 the necessary appliances for use, even the 
 small veins to operate the brain. With 
 this perfection the body lay there ap- 
 parently useless. Here the Creator raised 
 up this body man, that he now has 
 made in his perfection upright and free. 
 He then imparted to him a fullness of 
 life, the mind or soul, which is infinite 
 holy and infallible, therefore it continues to 
 be a part of his Creator, hence retaining 
 a foresight into man's coming events, and 
 by him asking, he can thereby be guided in 
 
a pleasant course, where this life is made 
 easy, meantime, however, he must prompt 
 his desire and inconstancy adhere to the 
 edicts of the mind which will insure a true 
 reward. 
 
 Man is now responsible for his own acts. 
 We will return to him. He stands there 
 having received the gift of life and his free- 
 dom with their responsibilities, he must be 
 endowed with agencies and power to pro- 
 ceed which were furnished him as follows : 
 For his physical guidance the seven senses 
 were put in force, these are, seeing, hearing, 
 feeling, tasting, smelling, laughing and cry- 
 ing. He was further furnished with the all- 
 important part, the inner man. "Occult" 
 — or the sex faculties, these are as follows : 
 
 1st. Fancy, it is visionary and prospec- 
 tive. 
 
 2nd. Faculty — Desire, this is ambition 
 — it is intrusted with building up of and 
 providing for the body — it to a certain ex- 
 tent manages the affairs of man by an ener- 
 getic force that should be guarded by the 
 individuality where it turns complicated 
 matters to the care of imagination for ad- 
 justment. 
 
 3rd. Faculty, imagination which is evo- 
 lution; it unveils complicated points and 
 matters, compiles and adjusts inventions 
 by showing a clear view of its use. 
 
 4th. Faculty, judgment, it acts in equity 
 and truth, measures distances and it tries 
 to influence the desire that all manner of its 
 dealings may be in truth and goodness. 
 
 5th. Faculty, the mind it by intuition 
 constantly and at all times makes plain the 
 right course its abode should pursue, as 
 
well as ail matters that said person should 
 avoid. 
 
 These incentives are as follows: If 
 what is going to be performed is good and 
 true, the mind impresses its possessor with 
 a pleasant incentive, or feeling, but if what 
 is coming to pass is not right, good, or true, 
 the incentive or feeling impressed on its 
 possessor will be of a dull nature and de- 
 pressive, in each case the strength of the 
 depression will indicate its importance, at 
 all times when dull feeling comes, the per- 
 son should at once make an effort to find its 
 cause and remedy its evil, meantime should 
 matters in other parties conjecture for, or 
 against the mind's abode, said mind will at 
 once communicate with it and in the above 
 sign notify its abode that he may prepare 
 for its interest. At times, however, that de- 
 pressed feeling may originate from an ob- 
 durate person, and to get relief one should 
 force the desire to a disgust for said feel- 
 ing; it will then return to the culprit, even 
 though he is not known, and he will desist 
 its evil. Thus it is seen, every provision 
 is made to personal comfort. 
 
 6th. Faculty — Will Power; it performs 
 all acts as directed by desire even to the 
 extent of his ability in this is seen the lib- 
 erty, or freedom given to man, with the 
 charge that he build up his own body, which 
 is intrusted to his desire, thus science does 
 clearly show that nature has opened to 
 man's view his own occult, which show that 
 success in life will be his if he learn and fol- 
 low the impress of each individual faculty 
 within him, providing it is in keeping with 
 judgment, remembering at all times that 
 
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each person's duty is to be prompt and con- 
 siderate in inculcating an important value 
 on his own individuality, then purity will 
 prevail, in that no influence should turn him 
 from the course pointed out by his own 
 faculty, and looking to the mind, because 
 in his realm that is the guiding star. 
 
 Let us here call a halt. 
 
 We have come this far guided by the aid 
 of philosophy and science — in it there is 
 found the work of nature, full and perfect, 
 hence it leads us to wonder how man could 
 have been so deluded away from such a cor- 
 rect path to a happy life. 
 
 For the benefit of getting a clear view 
 of these faculties, as stated above, we will 
 show them on some other line of thought, — 
 because as a guide, they are beneficial in all 
 the affairs of life, and if properly used will 
 become a blessing to the user. A careful 
 thought will lead us to realize the value 
 of our inner man — or the occult, and its per- 
 fection in all their parts — these the Creator 
 intended should lead man in an easy course. 
 In this act may be seen the full liberty and 
 freedom given over to man, therefore it 
 should be his first and constant care to gain 
 a perfect knowledge of the spirit and work- 
 ing of his own faculties, that they may be 
 used in all matters and business, we will 
 show them in other lights. 
 
 First Faculty — Fancy — this is a forerun- 
 ner, it apprises the intellect. Its power in 
 part proceeds from the optic, should the 
 vision be in doubt it will prospectively im- 
 pel its views, and thus furnish information 
 for the desire's reflection. 
 
Second Faculty — Desire — this provides 
 for the body and all man's procedure should 
 originate there. To be a success it must con- 
 sult judgment, imagination and the mind, 
 here individuality must insist on said con- 
 sultation. 
 
 Third Faculty — Imagination — this is evo- 
 lution : it brings to light matters which are 
 supposed to have been unknown, and with 
 the aid of judgment it produces inventions 
 that are beneficial to man. 
 
 Fourth Faculty — Judgment — this must be 
 supported by individuality — it acts in truth 
 and equity, thus in all matters it determines 
 differences and cannot err. 
 
 Fifth Faculty — is the mind, or soul, — 
 hence the infinite part in man given to him 
 by his Creator, therefore it is unchaneable 
 and stands ready to direct him in coming 
 events. Man's freedom, however, makes it 
 obligatory that he asks for these fore- 
 thoughts and it would be furnished in the 
 following manner. If in the affirmative the 
 mind will give a pleasant incentive, but if it 
 should be a negative, it will be a dull feel- 
 ing. 
 
 Sixth Faculty — is the will-power — it is 
 controlled by the desire and performs all 
 physical duties to the extent of man's vital 
 force. Man has a variety of duties and they 
 are numerous — for each and all of these 
 he can find inestimable value in these con- 
 sultations. 
 
 Constancy brings perfection which gives 
 further business transaction. To this point 
 we have shown man as made by our Crea- 
 tor, and, as nature is all perfection, so, every 
 part in man has its special duty to perform, 
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and the acts done by each individual faculty 
 if done by nature's rule, will be in the in- 
 terest of the possessor. For that All-wise 
 Power is infallible, and, from each person's 
 beginning, that Power has placed in man 
 that which can be to the end of his life a 
 source of joy. But must remember the 
 "freedom" given, and also keep in view the 
 rules of instructions that are plainly emitted 
 through the occult. 
 
 We will here view the purpose for which 
 the inner man was so carefully made and 
 put in place. It has been shown that at the 
 beginning all the Creator's plans were pre- 
 meditated, which is a proof of their perfec- 
 tion as found in all His works. Meantime 
 superfluity has no place with Him. There- 
 fore each member of everyone's sense, and 
 also of their faculties, is assigned to its 
 special duty, and no other member can serve 
 its place. 
 
 To this part our duty calls on the student 
 and reader to carefully adjust the position 
 of their faculties separate and apart one 
 from the other, because within that division 
 lies the importance of shaping the intended 
 purpose wherein is to be found the desired 
 directing influence which will insure suc- 
 cess. In taking under advisement matter 
 for a purchase or for a sale, by forcing the 
 inner man as it were in seclusion and put- 
 ting desire aside, and asking the mind,"shall 
 I buy?" in that attitude a correct intuition 
 will follow, then close the deal, the same 
 would be in line on selling on the other side 
 as stated elsewhere. The method is sim- 
 ple, but very sure. 
 
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Because the above are the plans that were 
 first laid out wherein man could choose a 
 very plain and easy way through this life, 
 it should lead us to view the two persons 
 that are required to form one individual, 
 namely, the outer and the inner man. 
 
 The outer man should carry forward the 
 purpose for which he was created, namely, 
 when the Creator formulates, man's part is 
 to beautify and place matters in their order. 
 To do this he was endowed with his seven 
 senses whose perfection fitted his purpose. 
 And again it shows that man was intended 
 for this earth, while the seven senses en- 
 hanced his progress here, and the "beyond" 
 was left to the care of faith that the future 
 may be secure. Nature's teaching are that 
 results when demonstrated must have value. 
 
 With regard to the inner man — inasmuch 
 as fitness for every purpose is the rule of 
 nature, and the intention of man's mission 
 on earth is to rule over all matters and 
 things therein, it was necessary that he 
 should be a recipient of beauty, truth and 
 goodness. And as this work already has 
 shown, the faculties are the source of man's 
 existence, hence the virtues follow. 
 
 All of this by study can be put to man's 
 use, and thus a blessing is open to those 
 who seek light through this Science of Man. 
 
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THE TRANSFORMATION OF MAN. 
 
 At man's beginning in the world he was 
 to be a co-worker with his Creator, and that 
 of rightly interpreting said Creator's inten- 
 tions, which would be communicated to him 
 by an infinite power through his mind. His 
 duties were well defined and made easy, 
 while constancy was to become the beacon 
 light, every shining in his pathway, his 
 faculties are sufficient for every purpose, 
 while each one in its own sphere must be re- 
 spected in its own duties, and judgment of 
 allkinds given its due consideration. The 
 pressing duties of the desire will at times 
 cause a turning aside of other faculties, un- 
 less personality assists the right. Thus man 
 was created fully prepared by his Creator 
 to give assistance in the conceiving and 
 properly conveying to each kind of matter, 
 and things toward the upbuilding of the 
 world. In these early days new phases were 
 regularly apparent, which required a care- 
 ful adjustment to their name and purpose 
 for which it was created. Here wisdom was 
 shown in that of purifying each individual 
 kind of production and at this point good- 
 ness stands out in its fullest, verifying the 
 Creator's intent in man, whereas each 
 individual should be recognized with an 
 equality of value for his labor and that of 
 well serving his Creator by doing faithfully 
 
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and well his part in the kind of matter and 
 thing to which he may be adapted and made 
 proficient to fill, with perfection and regu- 
 larity is seen in all the works of nature, 
 give science a clear view to place impor- 
 tant decisions on the completeness of the 
 premeditated plan for a world made fitting 
 and complete for creature Man. The 
 learned scientist has an ample proof to as- 
 sert that these people of the first genera- 
 tion conducted their affairs in the light and 
 under the influence of the Creator's intent, 
 to that end each one took cognizance of 
 the spiritual workings within them, which 
 furnished an insight with right and justice, 
 while each one honestly selected the call- 
 ings to his fitness, thus filling his intended 
 purpose in this life. Meantime in all the 
 branches of labor there were fiducial con- 
 fidence for the good of the whole, this state 
 of affairs continued during a long period 
 of years, then came a time that egoism 
 raised its head and silenced conscience. 
 'Which eluded constancy in that of not obey- 
 ing the spirit within, hence it faltered and 
 weakened, prompted by the recognition of 
 the freedom given to man to choose for his 
 future events. At this stage those who are 
 intrusted with the caring for the produce 
 and capital conceive of a division of the 
 people and to allot them out in casts, that a 
 certain few could control the many, then 
 with the promptings of their individual de- 
 sires they rushed with force to its potency 
 and ruthlessly assumed a supreme position 
 over their fellow man, therefore at this 
 point began that curse wherein man so ig- 
 nobly and purposely disobeyed his Creator, 
 
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and applied this remedy to personal ag- 
 grandizements. The first object was to be- 
 little his fellowman, then claim the author- 
 ity over him through a slow method of 
 transformation, in that of discouraging the 
 use of consulting his mind, or soul, that was 
 placed within for that purpose. The laborer 
 on his part perseveringly pursued his call- 
 ing and they were thus allured into servi- 
 tude, meantime that same spirit continued 
 to preside over their mind, waiting to be 
 asked as to coming events. Those who 
 were thus rising to distinction conceived a 
 plan in forming their fellowmen into casts 
 and establishing imaginary standard for 
 those who were allotted to do manual labor, 
 and made it appear as if they were under 
 obligations to them, using their position as 
 that of presiding over the producer, and 
 distributing it to them, carrying forward 
 the trade and commerce intrusted to them 
 for that purpose, as they were favored with 
 the ruling sway over those who produced 
 said produce, by stages gained year by year 
 in this assuming position the ruling few 
 took courage and assumed the right to own 
 said finances and produce and supplies, 
 while the next generation by an inheritance 
 claimed and adjusted matters as they saw 
 fit, they then put the laboring people on a 
 limited education, then retrogration fol- 
 lowed. To this small casts were set off, 
 hence for the divisions in their standing, and 
 thus placed a ruler at the higher level 
 above the masses of the people, and their 
 position seems to have been very firm, 
 hence starts out for new aspirations in the 
 claiming territory and possessions and fur- 
 
ther parting of middle classes as farmers 
 and business people which did apparently 
 to themselves rise their upper class still 
 higher. At this high altitude the few in 
 number must now in some way fortify their 
 position against the larger number, because 
 in every one the life imparted there by his 
 Creator still continued to enjoin on them — 
 their duty lie in that of consulting their oc- 
 cult in all matters pertaining to this world, 
 and that perfect life imparted thereby said 
 Creator stands there waiting to be asked 
 the true course they should now pursue, 
 while the freedom of man makes it a choice 
 with him and through his neglecting to ask 
 to be instructed in his daily affairs he pre- 
 sumptuously garbles his way through life, 
 and thereby submits to many disfavorable 
 transactions. It was such an oversight that 
 befell the early generations, and reduced 
 them to severe servitude. In the beginning 
 the Creator made ways for man very simple 
 and clear in that keeping a constant lookout 
 and before performing any part in worldly 
 affairs were requested to consult with mind. 
 It being infinite and in each transaction it 
 can measure what the outcome of said 
 transaction will be, such guides will make 
 each move a certain success, in this way it 
 would have saved the people from servi- 
 tude, the same study and use of our intui- 
 tions, will serve us today by its proper use. 
 The Creator will allow always to use na- 
 ture for the good and welfare of its creature 
 Man, all through this life, providing Man 
 considers his own freedom and asks for 
 these guidings. We will now return to the 
 ruling classes. When left they were the 
 
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few in number of the whole, and making 
 plans to strengthen their position. It should 
 be asked here how do they stand with their 
 Creator in this of deceiving his people, and 
 taking from them their produce of labor and 
 applying it to their personal account. Be- 
 cause they were only entrusted with its 
 care and to consider themselves of a branch 
 of the people, thus filling the place suiting 
 their adaptation. To this, I would say, they 
 too neglected the edicts of their mind, and 
 allowed Egoism to overcloud Equity, that 
 caused averice to reign, and casts an undue 
 force to sway their desires into a dangerous 
 fire which has ever since given that class 
 of people much care and destructive trou- 
 ble. A very destructive plan they formu- 
 lated was that of persuading the people that 
 certain religious practices whereby the 
 Creator had conveyed through them to the 
 people, which insures said people a peace- 
 ful hereafter; this tendency of the placing 
 of rulers in a supernatural element, and it 
 did accomplish its purpose and to seme ex- 
 tent still exists. Meantime it has produced 
 a large number of dogmas which still holds 
 the faith of many. 
 
 We glided down the ages for the purpose 
 of viewing man's condition at the various 
 stages in the world's history. Such flying 
 glances taken at each of the stations, how- 
 ever, beautifully validated its position. It 
 further showed the carnivorous doings of 
 the zealots who were intrusted with the 
 care of products, values, and their distribu- 
 tions. They also very carefully planned a 
 leader's advisement that of consulting their 
 inner man and thus control the peoples 
 
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most secret devotion. This being accom* 
 plished, the said leaders stood between the 
 people and their Creator, who made the 
 transformation of the human family was 
 complete, by turning aside from that infi- 
 nite living Power that is constantly within 
 them for the purpose of guarding all com- 
 ing events to their interest; they turn to 
 their fellowman for said advice, who has no 
 power in said events. In the meantime He 
 keeps before them the dread of a future 
 punishment and thus, while on earth, con- 
 fines their course of living to moderation. 
 
 What other signs are there the effects of 
 which can be traced to the cause of trans- 
 formation? 
 
 Among the laboring ranks they have not 
 regained their individuality, hence their 
 aspiration does not carry their lines in trade 
 to the height that its value calls for at the 
 beginning. To make a complete whole each 
 in their several apartments were allotted 
 with equal recompense for the labor per- 
 formed; therefore, to reach a completion 
 of the whole, the produce of the individual 
 branches had to be brought forward, and, 
 to that end, each part was worthy of its 
 equal reward. But when that time of 
 transformation was forced on the people, 
 it was so slow and misleading that those 
 who are now known as common laborers 
 were discouraged, hence they dropped their 
 individuality, or, rather, they allowed their 
 position to be of a lower cast than their im- 
 portance demanded. These conditions be- 
 ing of long standing the personal value 
 thereto is now gone, therefore, if at any 
 time they should contend for a proper po- 
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sition in their line of trade, it is usually in 
 an unpleasant way, and thus at times their 
 right conditions are not well shown, which 
 brings to view the effect of transformations. 
 
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THE STANDARD OF MAN. 
 
 Communities are bodies of people hav- 
 ing common rights and privileges, their 
 abilities will be measured by their location 
 selected in that of supplying the commer- 
 cial and healthful privileges, and further in 
 the proper methods applied toward inducing 
 people to locate among them, which should 
 have a fitness to engage in the different en- 
 terprises to which their location can fur- 
 nish. This should lead us to see the im- 
 portance that lies in the knowledge of the 
 Science of Man. In that of inducing those 
 who can continue that in which our Crea- 
 tor has through Nature made possible for 
 Man to culminate in the interest of man- 
 kind in general, in so doing he applies his 
 ability up to the height of his standard for 
 the good of others, and thus see the work 
 that is presented to him for instruction, 
 utilization all such as may come in through 
 this adopted line. 
 
 It is often seen that parties through the 
 changes of imagination being void of this 
 science they vainly predict in business or 
 in social affairs a success, not at all aware 
 of the requirements and thus are guided 
 solely by their fancy, which often is vision- 
 ary, and deceptive. When their best ability 
 should be put forward to develop and up- 
 hold their standard which would lead them 
 to success. Nature daily shows us under 
 
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no consideration these rules must not be 
 broken; it is too often the case that hon- 
 esty plays a strong part in matters of busi- 
 ness enterprises and other matters of trust. 
 I would say, however, that honesty is in- 
 dispensable, in the meantime if it is not con- 
 nected with ability and a standard sufficient 
 to the required purpose, it would not suc- 
 ceed, or sustain the enterprise. In that 
 case there would be a serious damage. 
 
 We must now look for the by-path, that 
 brought us to the above disgrace. Their 
 line of philosophy will in all cases demon- 
 strate matters that are fully sustained in 
 science, in this it is necessary to show an 
 important agency and force, that is within 
 each individual. Meantime it is seriously 
 neglected for that reason, it is noticed it 
 received but a passing remark, therefore 
 does not show its great potent value in 
 matters and things, that the standard of 
 man was fully intended to fill. 
 
 Now if one should be placed in respon- 
 sibility beyond his measure, education and 
 refinement gives high values, but it does 
 not raise his valued standard, that is an 
 allotment made fitting him for his place in 
 life, and it is easily filled but in trying to 
 climb beyond his standard he does most 
 assuredly fail of his success. 
 
 In individuals there are enough in variety 
 of standards to meet the many require- 
 ments in progressive form and those so en- 
 dowed should be encouraged to go forward, 
 realizing in doing so that they are co-work- 
 ers with their Creator in that of recogniz- 
 ing what he has conceived for their culmi- 
 nation for the interest of creature man. 
 
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At this point let us again look back on 
 the early days and point out where the 
 laboring people during a number of gen- 
 erations through a just uniformity of the 
 many industries were made by meritorious 
 measure here each one in his own place of 
 duty were justly recompensed for doing 
 his part in providing his labor for the good 
 of mankind. 
 
 This condition gives confidence to said 
 laborer in those who design and overlook 
 the performances of said work, and so long 
 as these feelings were sincerely reflected 
 and in due equality they needed in- 
 terest in performing faithfully was that each 
 and all were making good his position to 
 the full height of his standard. As time 
 passed, however, there grew, up among 
 them in those who were intrusted with the 
 keeping of the produce, the money, they 
 carrying for the distribution of trade and 
 commerce for the good of all the people, 
 and in orderly fashion conceived by their 
 fancy, which interpelled their desire into a 
 willingness to assume the right of owner- 
 ship to all these goods and matters that 
 were intrusted to their keeping, thus in 
 losing sight of honest obligation that they 
 were under to the people as well to their 
 Creator, in that of unduly claiming that 
 which was not their own, and forgetting 
 their trusted position in that of being a 
 co-worker and a part of the body politic to 
 faithfully and well for the good of all. 
 They had also neglected to see that their 
 standard and abilities their Creator fur- 
 nished them with, was a part in the make-up 
 for the use of man, and these qualities for 
 
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financiering and mercandising, also the 
 supervising of matters and things were in- 
 trusted to them on an equal basis with any 
 other branch or production for the good in 
 general. 
 
 But to the wonderment of the laborer an 
 important branch of workers had now made 
 a personal claim upon the proceeds of their 
 labor, and given no value therefor. While 
 trying to find a reason for this undue act, 
 those self-made privileged classes had now 
 claimed to be moving in the interests of re- 
 finement and culture, which could only be 
 assured by its forming circles of those whom 
 the Creator has intrusted with the laying 
 out of plans and supervising the work in 
 progress. At this stage there were as- 
 sumed a new and up to this time an un- 
 known method for a measure that classi- 
 fied the standard of man. 
 
 In the beginning the Creator in his wis- 
 dom as an example held out the laws of 
 Nature as a guide for such measures, its 
 potents does cast aside all doubts, hence 
 accuracy is the fundamental rule, therefore 
 in that part of his work was put forth, it 
 was to the best interest for man. The 
 many and varied requirements to be met 
 were thus furnished. As before stated in 
 each individual were to get an equal re- 
 ward for serving in the place allotted to him 
 but by means of the above assumed author- 
 ity and power. Man's standard also passed 
 into method and measurements. Instead 
 of measuring the standard of man by his 
 ability to accomplish a purpose as it was 
 intended he should do, the standard had 
 now become a visionary matter and places 
 
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of trust were given over to those who con- 
 sidered themselves as being of the esoteric 
 few and endowed with a supreme efficiency. 
 By means of these assumptive cases serious 
 failures do occur and much damage is often 
 done, which is the result of disobeying na- 
 ture and its laws. It further proves to man 
 to accomplish good results he must respect 
 the edicts as they were given in the be- 
 ginning of time. His study is to learn from 
 Nature's laws, true culture turns aside from 
 egoism and stands firm on Nature's position 
 wherever found, keeping in view the su- 
 preme wisdom, it being an established fact 
 that all lines will produce the true standard 
 of man. 
 
 This work shows the phenomena of man. 
 While every age gave an expression of him 
 with regard to his infinite, or mechanical 
 performance, because of their materialistic 
 proclivities, it has been to them unknown, 
 by a careful survey of events as they natu- 
 rally occur in ethereal spheres, in that of 
 mind communing with other minds should 
 be a sufficient proof that the Creator did 
 consign to each individual a quality and a 
 force to meet his requirement and thus fill 
 his allotted place, hence this is his standard, 
 and it can be designated as follows : 
 
 1st. Man's supply of vital fluid as pro- 
 vided in his stomach by means of an 
 analysisation of food — the quantity of said 
 fluid per minute and size of his heart will 
 determine his force and endurance both 
 mentally and physically, hence it is life and 
 it should be considered. 
 
 2nd. Man's individuality and integrity — 
 these must be cultivated and enforced to 
 the end. 
 
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3rd. Man's scope — this faculty deals 
 with precision, individuals and in general 
 matters. 
 
 4th. Judgment and equity — these should 
 take a part in all views and transactions. 
 
 5th. Scholarly attainments — these are 
 of great value to avoid egotism, however 
 it should be kept within the bounds of the 
 other faculties, these are the fundamental 
 basis therefore, the height of attainment in 
 them will be each one's measure of his 
 standard. 
 
 We here show a method for reaching an 
 impartial measure for the finding of peo- 
 ple's standards. 
 
 First cast aside all kinds of sympathy and 
 coolly question the person on each point as 
 given in the following five divisions that 
 form the standard. While doing so, how- 
 ever, closely observe the changes as they 
 occur in his face which does show of the 
 communication going on between your 
 mind and the mind of your subject — then 
 retire and turn your desire aside and con- 
 sult your mind on each question asked. 
 Note down the pros and cons as given by 
 your mind, meantime guard well your de- 
 sire from taking any part, and each first 
 incentive given will result in a true knowl- 
 edge of his standards. 
 
ADVANCED CULTURE BY SENTI- 
 MENT. 
 
 To show Man by Nature, sincerity is the 
 fundamental standard; it opens the channel 
 leading to a perfect manly fortune, which 
 comes from the mind or soul. 
 
 Culture by sentiment is a valued force. 
 As the sun casts its heavenly rays on the 
 beach where the tide threw up the pebbles 
 and it cast off their outer scales and dross, 
 leaving to view for use the lovely gems : 
 Hence those who aspire to this height in 
 these studies and continue, will enjoy a 
 perfect attitude. 
 
 We will view the position of man by 
 looking down the pathway of philosophy 
 and nature: The first mile-post reached is 
 motion, which is the beginning of purifica- 
 tion. As the sun stripped the pebbles of 
 their dross, so by motion and heat, matter 
 is made to be of value, the produce of 
 which is always in demand. 
 
 In our pathway the next mile-post seen 
 is that of force, or energy. The immensity 
 of its power confirms its origin and the dis- 
 play of its supreme wisdom a certainty that 
 it is infinite, and from none other than the 
 Creator of this world. Again it is demon- 
 strated by that of seeing the immense heav- 
 enly bodies, they are all moving in perfect 
 order, and, in the meantime, the small 
 
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atoms of this earth are equally well pre- 
 sided over. 
 
 In contemplating on the premeditation 
 of what has been seen in our pathway with 
 their demonstrated perfection, it should 
 give a vigorous prompting to continue. 
 Here the philosophical reasoning is sub- 
 stantiated by nature, thus we continue our 
 course along the pathway where stands 
 man. He is impelled by the favor furnished 
 by his Creator, and, because he is free, there 
 are placed on him responsibilities. Thus 
 far in our pathway the infinite power that 
 utilizes gravitation, heat and natural causes, 
 for the purpose of moving the immense 
 heavenly bodies, now requests man through 
 life to choose his own course; meantime 
 that same power if it is asked to do so will 
 give him advice. 
 
 At this point we will leave the pathway 
 and ask philosophy to accompany us with 
 the man, into a field of the world where 
 the purpose for which he was created must 
 be shown. 
 
 Man was created to be a co-worker with 
 his Creator. He is to have the mastery 
 over all beasts, fish and reptiles. As action 
 and heat in the earth does concentrate all 
 matters, he must designate their names, 
 their purpose and their uses. Above all, 
 he is requested to fully understand his own 
 construction, both mentally and physically, 
 to the end that he properly provide for the 
 people their government and education, 
 suiting their needs. In this it is desired 
 that he should ask his mind for wisdom 
 that it might direct aright. Realizing his 
 position, in the fullness of his desire he ex- 
 
claims, "O, Thou Creator, what is man" 
 that Thou so immensely trusts him. To 
 this He said, "Man, to create thee imparted 
 thy needed force and life, that is, thy mind 
 or soul ; and let it ever be diligent to its 
 trust; give desire its place and see to it that 
 personality allows thy faculties their place." 
 Here man felt the weight of having to 
 choose his own course in life. Therefore it 
 makes it obligatory in him to first study 
 and know nature's laws and their require- 
 ments, also the duty of his seven senses 
 and his six faculties, both singularly and 
 collectively. When these are indelibly fixed 
 on the desire all strife and discord will dis- 
 appear, hence they are on a road in Ad- 
 vance Culture, which should be made strong 
 by guarding the disposition, and thereby 
 live up to the line of nature in sentiment, 
 and each day such individuals would have 
 the blessed result that can only be found 
 in right living. This requires, however, a 
 strict adherence to the laws of nature and 
 firmness in the individuality, in that of get- 
 ting one's desire when dealing in matters 
 of great value that he must call on judg- 
 ment to rule the deal, because that faculty 
 is truth and equity, and should be obeyed. 
 We will here view the field of the world : 
 It consists of plains, valleys, hills and 
 mountains. The plains are clothed in ver- 
 dure and foliage, the valley is a quagmire 
 of deceit the hills are lines of progress. 
 While the mountains have rough and rug- 
 ged paths beset by gorges of covetousness, 
 passing by the valley we advise young men 
 to avoid decoys because therein is de- 
 bauchery, fraud and ruin. The plains are 
 
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gleaming in nature's foliage and verdure. In 
 the hills of progress, a forecast for advance- 
 ment has opened a variety of requirement, 
 and it is intended that the human family 
 shall so divide and acquire the ability that 
 each apartment shall be properly carried 
 forward. The laborer digging the ground, 
 finds it in well regulated layers, each one 
 having its own cast; in this he admired its 
 exact formation by nature. Here the archi- 
 tect, for his building, designs the required 
 room and strength, but to set new architec- 
 tural finish he consults his imagination, and 
 contemplates in evolution, which called in 
 a supreme aid that opened a channel in new 
 designs. To insure success, however, he 
 imparts it to the builders and mechanics, 
 such as each one need in said culture. On 
 this same hill of progress, the natural mer- 
 chant will use philanthropy as a guide, and 
 make the best interest of his customers a 
 leading thought, thus, prompted by integ- 
 rity, he will have success. In his purchase, 
 however, he must select the proper time for 
 each line of goods, and deal only with sell- 
 ers who have been well tried in integrity; 
 keep within his capital, be considerate and 
 decisive. In all acts consult his mind. All 
 professional bodies should be those of tried 
 integrity and manly deportment, desirous 
 to advance in culture. 
 
 We now look up the mountain side. 
 Here fancy leads us to see the capitalists 
 and the millionaires struggling in a rough 
 path. Even at this high altitude they can- 
 not see far enough to place their money 
 and occasionally one of them may fall into 
 the gorge of Covetousness and sink in re- 
 
morse. Returning to the plain, we will 
 now visit the city of Fame. 
 
 Here culture by sentiment predominates 
 its influence of action, guarded by equanim- 
 ity running through all its avenues, makes 
 a very beautiful display. In a shop a sculp- 
 tor is preparing for an exemplar of a sub- 
 ject, the artificer placed a rough stone, he 
 measured the required size, then drew 
 outer lines and filled the inner circle with 
 sketch lines; thus far, descriptions and pho- 
 tos for his purpose have been sufficient. 
 He had not seen his subject, hence he was 
 looking for some clue to the pect of his 
 face. For a datia he applied to his own im- 
 agination and while evolution unriddled 
 back events, his mind approved of a choice, 
 as each line was met its incentive influ- 
 enced the act, and it thus led to tipify his 
 subject which then produced a perfect like- 
 ness. As time goes by nature and fondness 
 for detection draw closer line on loveliness, 
 hence a block down the street, in a studio, 
 an artist is contemplating to evolve a 
 special painting, a description of which is 
 beyond his power. The canvas is spread 
 that he may imbibe a supreme vision. He 
 retires to solitude and as evolution formu- 
 lates while in this his seclusion, he asks 
 his mind "for a choice to his subject." The 
 incentive gave a perfect result. 
 
 As shown in creation, action and heat 
 does purify and it is expected that man will 
 take his place in motion, he has within him 
 all the necessary agencies to insure his 
 ease in life. It is for him to choose the 
 valley of ruin, as by the side of the plain of 
 virtue, on the hill of progress shine lights 
 
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that lead everyone to the niche that they 
 can fill. The capitalists and millionaires 
 who climb the mountain of abundance are 
 responsible for its use. As the sun stripped 
 the dross from the pebbles, so the city of 
 Fame influenced the plain, that perfect life 
 is open to those who in all matters be ad- 
 vised by their silent action within them, 
 which is clearly shown in a careful digest 
 of this Advanced Culture by Sentiment. 
 
 As time goes by, nature formulates in its 
 productions what seems to be new phases, 
 as though the family of man were given 
 problems to solve; while it should have 
 been measured in the light of a proper out- 
 put; and there should be abilities on hand 
 to measure its value. But since the trans- 
 formation of man, a tendency to wait and 
 trust to fellowman's instruction has pre- 
 dominated the human family; hence, na- 
 ture's up-to-date production as being won- 
 ders are very wrongfully considered. 
 
 That these serious errors may be cleared 
 away is the full intent of this "Advance 
 Culture by Sentiment." As before shown, 
 there is a fitting talent for every phase or 
 kind required, as made manifest at the be- 
 ginning. 
 
 Let us again notice the sculptor. He 
 did not wait for human advice, but he re- 
 tired to be alone with the Wise Power, 
 and was instructed through his mind. No- 
 tice his pencil almost involuntarily moving 
 over the paper, guided as if evolution was 
 the master to act, and all being influenced 
 by the artist's mind. Could man alone have 
 seen such a correct picture through his com- 
 mon vision? 
 
It may be said that a reverie can only 
 be reached by elderly persons. To that we 
 say, the Creator's service is at all times 
 open to all sincere applicants, therefore en- 
 couragement should be given in the artist's 
 lines, and, at an early day, the value of their 
 culture should be put in evidence, of which 
 the indispensable part of their training is 
 that of their individual occult ; because that 
 is the only source of the inflnte instruction, 
 while freedom given to man calls for a 
 necessity to ask for need information. 
 
 It is the imperative duty of each genera- 
 tion to well understand their own purpose 
 on earth, and to properly apply nature's 
 productions for its good. We hope by the 
 aid of this "Advance Culture by Sentiment" 
 they may be prompted to do their full duty. 
 
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ADVANCED SOCIOLOGY. 
 
 Sociology is the leading line for enliven- 
 ing civilization, and the channel into which 
 confidence may be tested. Thus, among 
 equals — and it is reciprocal — its cultivation 
 will inspire refinement and congeniality. A 
 person who stands high in the science of 
 social culture will have the control of their 
 own desires; hence that ambitious faculty 
 will become a useful agent in that of help- 
 ing the young to strengthen their own per- 
 sonality and thereby they will be better 
 enabled to put right judgment on their en- 
 vironments and thus use fancy, in an ob- 
 servatory capacity, which is its place. 
 
 We will here show the way to eminence 
 and would say, the prelude to thougt is 
 fancy. By the vision it gives notice of a 
 possible event. While in society's compan- 
 ionship it serves that same position, in as- 
 certaining the fitness of one before they join 
 the Order; and thus admists such as will be 
 in harmony for its good. Meantime, prior 
 to a person becoming a member, it should 
 be used in a probational manner. In this 
 way their fitness will become known and 
 unison is thus assured. 
 
 Hence let philanthropy hang out as a 
 leading star, and if solidity in purpose is a 
 chief factor there can be suitable advance 
 made. The presumed candidates, while on 
 probation, whose companionship will dem- 
 
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onstrate their usefulness as a member, and 
 social science be maintained. The spirit of 
 its name should warrant a due considera- 
 tion to carefully prepared remarks on all 
 advanced ideas — If so its influence will 
 reach far outside of its circle. 
 
 Thus we have shown the wisdom of com- 
 panionship. And it properly may be asked: 
 Why are these tests needed? The answer 
 is in the line of material philosophy. The 
 Creator, to give a perfect world, saw the 
 necessity of creating a complexity of mat- 
 ters. And to provide a mastery for them, 
 the human race had to be endowed and per- 
 fected with a variety of dispositions for its 
 purposes. And in each of these there had 
 to be a variety of standards, that a perfec- 
 tion of the whole might be fully supplied. 
 Therefore the laws in social science will 
 harmonize the varied dispositions in in- 
 fluencing for good among their individual 
 kinds. And the community at large will 
 be benefitted. Thus through the channel 
 of companionship, each person can easily 
 select the Order wherein they feel at home, 
 and the extent of their ability can be used 
 to a purpose, with equals, where they ad- 
 vance, as a body will be wholly harmon- 
 ized. There are times, however, when a 
 person becomes morbid. We shall then 
 look for its cause which, possibly, may be 
 found in that of neglecting, at some oppor- 
 tune time, to use our personality towards 
 preventing our desire from stepping over 
 the lines as laid down by this science, which 
 always will cause a vibration of reflection, 
 and thus turn aside the cheerful part in 
 life. In this science good cheer is a pre- 
 
dominating feature, because it aids in vital- 
 izing the system to .better enable one to 
 aspire higher in goodness. Our Creator 
 deemed it an imperative duty in many to 
 be constant in caring for his own person, 
 thereby feeling an interest in progressive 
 enlightenment, that purity and perfect deal- 
 ing may in all cases be maintained. In so 
 doing mankind will readily adjust their af- 
 fairs in keeping with our Creator's intent 
 that man should do, in that of being up- 
 right in all purposes. As nature holds out 
 a rule to guide and induce proper plans for 
 progress, so social science shows the way 
 to find perfect living through its advances. 
 Those who go forward with a purpose to 
 conduct themselves by natural laws will be 
 in keeping with said science. It is possi- 
 ble that the allurement of gain often takes 
 the first place, even with those who have 
 been classically prepared to meet the gen- 
 eral affairs of the day. Therefore it is to 
 be seen that man in his weakness has an 
 apparent reason to regret that our Creator 
 gave us that freedom to choose our course 
 in life. We should remember without that 
 freedom we could not be entrusted with 
 that infinite and holy part that is now within 
 man, and the Creator's force stands there 
 and is always ready to instruct us in all 
 coming events, but we neglect His calls, 
 and often turn away from the gleams of His 
 blessings bestowed upon us, with a glee 
 of egoism, trying to claim it to our great- 
 ness. Meantime, to avoid shame, we rec- 
 ognize the social science, a matter of man's 
 invention, also do we wander far apart from 
 our proper course, in that of giving de- 
 
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cisions on the work of nature, without in- 
 vestigating its matter and rightly studying 
 the cause of their existence, while the law 
 in nature does not relax its forward motion 
 and will continue to show each generation 
 of people as they come, that there is a vast 
 field for thought in complicated matters to 
 solve, while in the line of natural causes it 
 can be made plain and useful for the pur- 
 poses to which it was intended to fill. The 
 congregation of people in large numbers 
 on small tracts of land, known as towns 
 and cities, often create speculative grounds 
 to engage fancy that at times reaches over 
 the line of criticism, and produces useful 
 plans showing a convenience which is of 
 value to a community as would make a 
 town in an effort to consummate plans that 
 will elevate its circles with an healthy 
 growth in social science, it must turn aside 
 however from discord. Nature gives a lead 
 in a very beautiful manner: As, that to 
 grow flowers of varied kinds and of many 
 hues and colors. At a convenient place for 
 the sun a garden is prepared, and at a short 
 distance below the surface nature creates a 
 laboratory where chemistry is analyzing 
 matter and producing the suitable gases of 
 the different kinds that will bring forth in 
 each its perfect perfume and color. We 
 follow the stem down to the bottom, here 
 many tiny roots are creeping through the 
 ground. When night begins said labora- 
 tory is set at work and those small roots 
 are using every precaution in the selection 
 of only such kinds of its flueds as will serve 
 its purpose, hence it refuses all others. As 
 the morning sun rises the dew it also opens 
 
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bulbs, or leaves, it then draws the prepared 
 fluid up the stems where in each kind of 
 flower is produced in its own color and 
 beauty and the surplus of perfumes are 
 given out to bless the people who are near 
 by. Hence, this perfection in nature fully 
 demonstrates the importance of the human 
 race, realizing that each individual has 
 within him an equal resource if it is called 
 upon it will insure them happiness. The 
 freedom leaves man to choose, hence in all 
 affairs goodness is awaiting his call for ad- 
 vice. Inasmuch as the laboratory gave out 
 the varied kinds for the flower, thus our 
 Creator will supply man's need from the 
 field of the world. While his course is plain 
 and must be desired by him in that of con- 
 sulting his inner man at a proper time, in- 
 dividuals wish to select their life companion. 
 As before shown, in people, there are a 
 large number of dispositions, and a suffi- 
 cient in number to each kind to be of service 
 to each other; to that end, that, as the fluid 
 supplied to flit its proper color in the flower, 
 so are the people endowed with a fitness 
 by nature, for each other. After their join- 
 ing, the under loveliness would continue 
 and produce its inspiration to a fullness, 
 meantime should they continue to consult 
 their mind in all affairs of business and 
 otherwise, their home will during their life 
 be a perpetual happiness. 
 
 We have said in marriage a correct union 
 is perpetual happiness. Our position as a 
 co-worker with our Creator should lead 
 everyone to shape his affairs exemplary to 
 the lines of nature. Because of its perfect 
 work there should be no hesitancy in 
 
strictly adopting its rules and realizing a 
 potent benefit which would be the result. 
 Hence it confirms the constant supervision 
 in that All-wise Power over the mind, life, 
 and, at the proper time it instructs a proce- 
 dure for the outer person to follow. 
 
 It may serve a good purpose at this point 
 to again show the service of each person's 
 mind to themselves. The mind is infalli- 
 ble, hence it cannot change. It is that life 
 force, therefore it is the only faculty in- 
 trusted with the lines of prescience and a 
 use of the Infinite Power. Thus, in all mat- 
 ters and things at the beginning, it meas- 
 ures coming events to their end. It may 
 be asked, "Why is it that people do, con- 
 trive, and perpetuate wrong acts?" Indi- 
 vidual freedom makes it obligatory that 
 each one choose a course to follow in this 
 world. The leading facutly in our occult 
 is desire. Its duty is to supervise other 
 faculties. Often in its haste it turns judg- 
 ment aside and wrong is done. Meantime 
 the All-wise Power through the mind, at all 
 times sends forth its intuitions for right pur- 
 poses, but by means of freedom an opposite 
 course is often pursued. Wherein can in- 
 struction be found? The Creator's method 
 for the human family to follow is to select 
 a companion on the lines of equity. Thus 
 a result would follow of a natural union. 
 The perfect work done by nature in the 
 providing the distinctive parts in their or- 
 der from the growing flower, should be un- 
 derstood as showing the way leading to 
 other sources in the creative field which ter- 
 minate in loveliness. It produces an exem- 
 plary rule for us where in is the only true 
 
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way of finding our Creator's intention, that 
 of making for us a smooth pathway through 
 life. To this end the mind must be looked 
 to, because it is supplied through that in- 
 finite Power whose inspiring living force 
 is ever present to furnish. Therefore the 
 many changes in this world demand of us 
 equal diligence in detecting the edicts of our 
 minds, knowing it will be a filial fitness to 
 accomplish the purpose of a joyous union, 
 hence it will so continue. To receive such 
 a blessed result we must follow the rule 
 laid down by nature, and, as great care was 
 taken in selecting the individual kinds of 
 fluied required to produce certain special 
 kinds of beauty and flowers that gives a 
 perfection in all their parts, it is intended 
 that the human family should fully live up 
 to that rule. As the resources in the labo- 
 ratory were sufficient in variety to supply 
 the many kinds and colors for the flowers, 
 our Creator has the same filial care for the 
 human family. There is a sufficiency in all 
 the required kinds in equity, and, as their 
 small roots make the exect selection among 
 the varied requirements, so it is intended 
 that individuals should use the same dili- 
 gent care in choosing a life companion. As 
 before stated the supply in kind is suffi- 
 cient. Meantime in all matters we are re- 
 quested to use due diligence and call in the 
 facutly "judgment" to assist. 
 
 We would ask in this case, what rules has 
 the Creator laid for our guidance? It is 
 this : We must treat such matters with 
 care, but with firmness. As before shown, 
 our Desire have the building up of our outer 
 man or body, which cause it to yield much 
 
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for wealth or riches; and at times it turns 
 judgment aside that it may produce afflu- 
 ence, meantime fancy does effective work 
 in this. 
 
 In making a choice for a husband and 
 wife nature's rules are perfect as follows : 
 When persons of both sexes arrive at a 
 certain age their faculty "fancy" is con- 
 stantly looking among those possibilities, 
 and reporting it to their "desire" which may 
 in some way cause the two persons to meet, 
 and "fancy" tries to influence their desires, 
 while their minds are prospectively look- 
 ing to the interest of both with a view to 
 their standard, and fitness for each other. 
 Hence, to inform themselves with regard 
 to their future, each one must consult his 
 mind and in moments of quiet, such as the 
 morning when coming out of sleep, they 
 must each turn their desire aside and ask 
 the mind whether he or she — speaking the 
 name — is suitable for me. The mind will 
 respond by an intuition. If it is a dull feel- 
 ing, they should not marry under any con- 
 sideration. Meantime, if the intuition 
 given is a pleasant feeling, then by nature 
 they are suitable to each other for a happy 
 union, and they can rest assured that the 
 one result will come to both. Care must 
 be taken that desire does not have the least 
 influence. Also, as soon as the name is 
 spoken take the first impression from the 
 mind. 
 
 We would say that practice will give con- 
 fidence in reading the incentives, hence, all 
 business done should receive the benefit of 
 its foresight and domestic matters are 
 equally worthy of its advantages. Within 
 
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this lonely circle, and, musing alone with 
 the Creator of prescience all-goodness as 
 well, we should willingly rest in that cer- 
 tainty of its infinite knowledge of the per- 
 son of which he or she have now received a 
 report. Even though it is the premeditated 
 plan made to assist the human family in 
 this all-important choice for a companion in 
 this life, we should see in it that filial prep- 
 aration made at the beginning of time. And, 
 while that Omnipresence is our only ad- 
 viser and companion during that lonely mo- 
 ment. He is devoting a supreme care for 
 future happiness in the marriage of man 
 and woman. 
 
 What do they assume? It joins two 
 families, hence, on both sides they should 
 throw out an advanced light on social sci- 
 ence, because they have opened the latest 
 pathway to a field which yields virtues. 
 At this stage, however, they may be over- 
 loaded with expectancy. If so, their select- 
 ing each other by the rule of nature, will 
 now verify their oneness within is happi- 
 ness. 
 
NATURAL THEOLOGY. 
 
 Man, being a co-worker with his Creator, 
 and a review of his work done, was in deep 
 amazement at its perfection which opened 
 to him responsibilities. Hence, to make fur- 
 ther advances, it was very clear to him 
 that his resources in the times suitable to 
 the coming requirements must be evolved 
 by a creative power and above this world's 
 dictum to furnished by the same. Thus, 
 on his first application of his desire 
 for a resource to fill the needed vast re- 
 quirements, he was led to cast a depend- 
 ence on the constant advice that always was 
 the Creator's pleasure to furnish, which is 
 through the mind or soul ; where all proper 
 information can be found which is measured 
 by the rule of nature, while its perfect fit- 
 ness shows it to be the only star that can 
 lighten our path which is opened to the 
 family of man. Said pathway does insure 
 them a safe reward at the end of our jour- 
 ney in this world for which the Giver of life 
 will provide in His own way. 
 
 By Him man was called into existence 
 and given the duty to assist here in 
 putting together the many parts in the 
 whole. Therefore, where it is deemd proper 
 to do, that power of action known as the 
 mind or soul of man, he will take to him- 
 self and do as he will with his own. The 
 make-up of the world is composed of a 
 
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variey of parts, and that necessitated an 
 equal number in variety of abilities to be 
 found in the family of man. In finding these 
 fitting abilities to meet requirements in the 
 early days, strict attention was given to that 
 of being advised by the occult, and, so long 
 as that continued, all worked well. Mean- 
 time every part and duty intended for the 
 family of man was led open and plain to his 
 simple understanding, with a requisite that 
 he rightly performs his duties here in ad- 
 vancing such matters and things as may 
 come to him. 
 
 The force of nature keeps creating mat- 
 ters from particles into constituted bodies 
 for utility; such as wood, stone, iron and 
 copper, with a variety of others, all of 
 which require the very many varied abili- 
 ties to be brought into their proper uses. 
 Besides these there were certain and other 
 professional needs to fill. In all these are 
 seen a class known as ministers, to them 
 are intrusted the duty of keeping their work 
 before each and all of the above-named par- 
 ties who are intrusted with producing serv- 
 iceable results in their several apartments. 
 Hence that Supreme, All-wise Power pre- 
 sides over all creative force and destinies, 
 and philosophy very clearly shows that to 
 understandingly bring them in a plan and 
 instructive pathway, or in getting them as- 
 sistance in their varied kinds of trade and 
 commerce, said assistance has to be shown 
 through Natural Science. In this is seen 
 the Omnipresent Source of Goodness which 
 in this channel of life should be pointed out 
 as soon in the production of Nature's mate- 
 rials that each day are used by man, and it 
 
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should thus lead to a realization of its con- 
 stant presence to be found in science. Thus, 
 while formulating the several kinds of ma- 
 terials with which people severally are en- 
 gaged this will keep before them their in- 
 dividual needs and duty and a constant 
 realization in all matters that the Supreme 
 Advice is theirs and at its time of need for 
 only the asking of their own mind. 
 
 Those ministers who apply their studies 
 and energies in protecting their congrega- 
 tions from the snare of evil egotism, will 
 strengthen man in his weakness and clearly 
 bring to view a safe resource to guide one 
 happily while in said channel. It also gives 
 daily evidences of our Creator's filial fore- 
 thought for His worthy people and it 
 should be appreciated as a bulwark of 
 strength while they proceed in adjusting 
 materials that Nature has produced for use 
 and the display where in man is to beautify 
 and build up this world. Thus through 
 his labor he is blessed by continual pleasure. 
 
 As time passed on progress in all branches 
 produced its output and, as man's place 
 in the world is that of applying them to 
 their right condition and still to formu- 
 late other new lines for an advance pur- 
 pose in mechanical lines, which also calls 
 for progress to move in the varied lines of 
 construction. There follow the extra and 
 finer works. Here may be seen the display 
 of beauty which is the output of refine- 
 ment and culture. It leads to good cheer 
 which should cause us to exclaim : "O, won- 
 derful Creator! Thy immense premeditated 
 plans in every way perfect these compli- 
 cated matters, which thus fill us with Thy 
 
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wonder and thankfulness in realizing that 
 all these complications among the conglom- 
 eration of individuals and materials demon- 
 strate that in science and nature are found 
 a perfect measure for all complicated mat- 
 ters that may appear in man's pathway- 
 while rilling the place allotted him here. 
 These positions are for the comfort of man- 
 kind. Thus it is an indispensable service 
 and hence it must be controlled by an In- 
 finite Power. 
 
 Besides furnishing creature man with his 
 vital agencies, it also keeps many worlds 
 in their moving courses. Hence, by climb- 
 ing through the channel of science, we can 
 realize its blessings which are constantly 
 being offered to those who sincerely and 
 personally apply the phisolophy in Natu- 
 ral Theology which shows man's position 
 him to be a co-worker in making the proper 
 uses and application of what may seem to 
 be new devices, and at the same time have 
 them applied to their intended purposes; 
 remembering that they are coming from 
 Nature's supply in the line of rising con- 
 venience and comfort for the family of 
 man. Hence let these parts of Nature's af- 
 fairs thus lead us to give heed to its com- 
 position and fitness of its power and use- 
 fulness. Thus placing them in service 
 where the designed benefits, those of pro- 
 gressive advance are found in this, that man 
 will be a co-worker with his Creator and 
 led by His power and wisdom which should 
 be called on to stimulate man in his posi- 
 tion. Here a beautiful example is in view 
 for the use and assistance of all men that, 
 from his beginning all productive agencies 
 
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are in continuous operation, and they will 
 be giving results to the end of time. That 
 should remind us to heed our inner 
 man's constant instructions. We ask here, 
 "Where shall we behold proficiencies?" and 
 would say, thus far we have shown our 
 place to be on this earth and therefore our 
 service should be of value here and our in- 
 dividual fitness should be our pride. 
 
 Meantime away beyond this earth phil- 
 osophy gives very clear evidence showing 
 these proficiencies in operation and also 
 gives us a proof of Nature's careful and 
 exacting productions. At a very high alti- 
 tude above us there are constantly in mo- 
 tion large bodies of gaseous fluids attend- 
 ing to and purifying certain parts of its 
 moving bodies in a surrounding atmosphere. 
 Let us here make a short pause and con- 
 sider the vastness of its space and the use 
 made of it. Here worlds pass in perfect 
 order, each being supplied with prepared 
 gases suiting its fitness, while each and all 
 move on in their course in exact precision. 
 These celestial bodies it is said are con- 
 ducted and moved by the means of heat and 
 gravitation while passing in their individual 
 orbits. Science and Nature point us to 
 gravitation as having a limit and in line with 
 momentum that puts us to rely on a Su- 
 preme Force for its moving power. While 
 reviewing this remarkable space let us trace 
 the valued agent lighting, that, during the 
 past years has been of so much value to 
 man. Science here repeats the wonderful 
 provision that was made for the use of crea- 
 ture man. During generations it was pass- 
 ing in sight. In the meantime man was 
 
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very slow in becoming a co-worker with his 
 creator. Through all those long years it 
 continues in the body of the earth to con- 
 centrate mineral and purify them for this 
 world's use and power. 
 
 We will again follow the Creator's good- 
 ness to man on this earth. He has been 
 using the lightning to clarify the atmos- 
 phere for use on this earth. Of late, how- 
 ever, it has been shown (man being a "co- 
 worker") that in many places said elec- 
 tricity was from the first intended to be of 
 an immense service toward furthering the 
 advance in all devices such as the mechan- 
 ical and propelling purposes. Thus carry- 
 ing out the plans made at the time of plac- 
 ing the world in motion. As time will pass, 
 ii 1 is intended that the developments in 
 what is supposed to be in new lines will 
 become useful. Thus for man to properly 
 fill his place the duty of formulation in late 
 developed matters is very much in evi- 
 dence, and there is an ample source where 
 wisdom is awaiting its demand. While 
 each branch of labor — merchandise — com- 
 merce — statesmanship and other branches 
 of progress are busying themselves in their 
 various pursuits and lines of business, we 
 sincerely hope and pray that the minister or 
 the agent whose duty it is to direct these 
 above people to realize that personal ad- 
 vantages are gained and their daily duties 
 become a pleasure by using information got- 
 ten from their occult which would very ma- 
 terially strengthen their proficiency in mat- 
 ters of business in all lines. As before 
 stated, the intended good is right here and 
 now. Ministers and teachers should thus 
 
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put a value in all labors of nature's produc- 
 tions. In them they should behold and en- 
 join themselves as being co-workers with 
 that Holy Wisdom, Power and Action. 
 These same materials which they now are 
 using in beatifying, for convenience and con- 
 structive purposes, were formulated by Him 
 for that purpose. While they put in their 
 best skill and judgment, by being reminded 
 of these facts they would cast a highly ap- 
 preciative look into the responses of their 
 occult and would then return sincere thanks 
 for said wisdom and recognize the source of 
 its Giver. These perfections would ele- 
 vate, brighten and hence raise their stand- 
 ard. 
 
 Through the channels of science and na- 
 ture can be seen and valued the living star 
 of action which knows no bounds and man- 
 ages all the seasons of the year, while it is 
 found to be equally perfect in other parts of 
 the earth. Again our every-day experiences 
 lay open to view a constancy in furnishing 
 means to provide for happy homes and in 
 so doing it places the evidence of an Om- 
 nipresent Power. Hence its potents are 
 seen, while that indispensable companion, 
 "Action," so diligently fills its place that we 
 forget to appreciate its high value which is 
 given without a murmur, and continues to 
 keep each one's occult serving our purposes 
 in every day's walk. The infinite part thus 
 performed is in that of a communication 
 with the mind, which, if attended to as it is 
 explained in this work — even in its con- 
 venience for information — should lead us to 
 realize the blessings given to mankind by 
 having always within him such a Holy 
 
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Force of Action. Its power is seen by said 
 faithful service, and while the two minds 
 may thus be at a long distance apart, it will 
 properly respond. We may here pause to 
 ask, "Does the family of man pass over 
 these deep voluntary blessings, which are of 
 such valuable importance and are being so 
 lavishly placed along our pathway, with but 
 a passive look?" If so, while on earth, their 
 many mistakes and troubles can be traced 
 to negligence in not using the blessings 
 which Nature's goodness has placed here 
 and for our use. 
 
 We again state that through the channel 
 of science we should clearly see our All-wise 
 Creator. 'We would ask here, what line of 
 virtue in worship does this science place in 
 faith ? To that we will say, our intentions 
 are to strictly live within the course and ad- 
 vice as are plainly shown within the bounds 
 of science and nature. These were from the 
 beginning and before the creation of man, 
 therefore they are infallible. With regard 
 to faith in general and business lines it will 
 have to be on some tangible ground — sus- 
 tained, in such and kindred matters it may 
 be considered with partial favor. We would 
 say, however, in looking back history points 
 to a great many failures attached to the 
 word "faith." It has been used to deceive 
 and again to enable parties to launch out in 
 business far beyond their means, and also 
 in overreaching their own ability, which so 
 often is imposed on people of good intent, 
 by their holding up the word "faith" as a 
 substantial ground for certainty, and also 
 for a want of the rules to be found in this 
 science, that would properly measure said 
 
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applicant's standard of ability and thereby 
 save him from error and much trouble. 
 
 At times, however, when parties neglect 
 to acquaint themselves in the practice of 
 prescience they launch out in prospective 
 fields of adventures and there use what 
 seems to them as faith and have not the 
 least basis to measure its outcome. Thus it 
 is a vacant rest in suspense. Again, we 
 would point to the usefulness of a minister 
 who is adapted for his position, that while 
 communities in business and social orders 
 allow their desires which are always push- 
 ing out for personal gains to turn their 
 judgments aside and thereby they lose sight 
 of their instructions given them for guid- 
 ance in all matters. Said servant of good- 
 ness possibly could point them back in their 
 true pathway of manly procedure and assist 
 them in keeping their feet firm on the Crea- 
 tor's highway to virtue and happiness. 
 
 At this point we will view the virtue of 
 faith in worship as it is shown in this sci- 
 ence. The Creator's use for the human 
 family of man is on this earth. Hence it is 
 here that they should apply all their fitness. 
 First, to build up their own bodies and then, 
 to devote faithful service to the need that is 
 near to them. To this end they can receive 
 instructions from their inner man which are 
 simple and plain to be followed as seen 
 here. These are the primary parts to rule 
 our lives on earth. In such coures of pro- 
 cedure rests our requirements which it is 
 everyone's duty to rightly understand and 
 which in this science is made plain. "Where 
 does faith spring from ?" To this we say, 
 fancy, is the forerunner in the service of 
 
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that leading faculty of man — desire — by- 
 giving notice in prospective lines and it re- 
 turns its findings for the desire's considera- 
 tion, and hence at times it urges its object 
 to procedure. Should judgment be turned 
 aside it would prove a failure and, as a rule, 
 faith is generated through fancy which of- 
 ten acts at a long distance and is subject 
 to changes. But nature only recognizes the 
 good effects that materialize in serviceable 
 uses, while in visionary abstracts there is 
 only a semblance of facts because its mis- 
 sion lay in giving notice of distant objects. 
 The vastness of production calls us to 
 launch out in the channel of science and by 
 assistance of philosophy bring to light the 
 actual work performed by a provision 
 through filial goodness which carries the 
 light to further perfection and usefulness. 
 Therefore let us go into the forest where 
 nature is producing an output in its rough 
 state. Here we see an immense quantity of 
 very large trees, and pass among them in 
 passive wonder, but do not call on science 
 to measure the immense Power which made 
 trees grow and withstand the force of heavy 
 blasts of wind that each year run out in fury 
 as though that infinite Power was put to a 
 severe test. Here, again, when these trees 
 are at their proper growth, the scientist 
 puts the woodman in motion who removes 
 said trees, and the mechanic puts its parts 
 into serviceable shapes for the use and com- 
 fort of the human family. In all these parts 
 is seen the indispensable assitance of that 
 wisdom in science which produces perfec- 
 tion, while the Giver of it is the Creator of 
 man. 
 
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We still follow the tree. It is now put 
 into suitable shapes for varied requirements 
 to furnish complete homes, which are form- 
 ulated and beautified upon lands that are 
 naturally intended to supply a full reward 
 for the needed labor of man as his part. 
 Thus the act of force assists those who com- 
 ply with the laws of nature. Meantime said 
 filial force gathers from the ground nau- 
 seous gases that are often generated in good 
 soil. At the early morning the sun is put 
 into active use. It gathers said gases, which 
 create a fog in that condition by the attrac- 
 tion of the sun. The objectional gases are 
 taken far above this earth. There they are 
 put in contact with other gases. These are 
 forced to an analysation and the impurities 
 are provided for, while the useful fluids are 
 carefully returned to fruit trees — to ripen 
 said fruit, as well as other small fruits. Can 
 we picture that loveliness in this provision 
 for man? Hence it behooves each one, 
 while viewing this perfect manifestation for 
 his good, to humbly exclaim, "How clearly 
 the virtues in science reveal themselves to 
 creature man!" 
 
 Again, a beautiful instruction on natural 
 events is the wise division of the countries 
 of this world. Each part is properly encir- 
 cled with atmospheric pressure. This 
 very powerful agent has from time to time 
 been explained by historians as being on 
 different missions. When, however, we in- 
 vestigate the result of its mission among us, 
 a decision conclusively shows that it is an 
 agent to assist gravitation, which enables 
 motion to overcome insubordinate resist- 
 ance, and thereby the lines of purification is 
 
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carried forward. Meantime its influence may 
 be found way down under the surface of the 
 earth where the electric currents are filling 
 its mission in that of prompting analysation, 
 thus concentrating the varied mineral bodies 
 and making them ready for man's discovery, 
 while the varied kinds of animals in these 
 climes are provided with covering on their 
 bodies to withstand this heat. Thus, as we 
 pass along, at every station on our way is 
 to be found a full supply of goodness await- 
 ing creature man. We would ask here, has 
 he measured the immensity of what has 
 been shown, that none other than an Infi- 
 nite Power could accomplish this, and does 
 man realize that it is all for his good? If 
 so, this should be his course — being co- 
 workers — to follow the wise course of ac- 
 tion shown. 
 
 Science and nature call our attention to 
 the immense bodies of water which form the 
 divisions between the above lands, or 
 worlds. These are the oceans. That is, the 
 large valleys are filled with water provis- 
 ions for these reservoirs were very carefully 
 made, while in its recesses are very many 
 varieties of living fish. They are existing 
 on material substances suitable to their 
 preservation. Meantime, each and all of 
 these existing there must be active and at- 
 tend to the building up of their bodies, which 
 is the impulse of their existing force. At 
 times the elements over these oceans en- 
 gender impurities, which cause an undue 
 commotion, or strong blasts of wind, which 
 effect the water to quite a depth and cause 
 large bodies to rise much above its sur- 
 face. This apparently does much damage. 
 
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On investigation, however, we find that the 
 excess force of the wind has purified the 
 atmosphere for the good of man, while the 
 surging of the water caused the purifica- 
 tion of that body and made it more becom- 
 ing to the inhabitants of the deep. There- 
 fore such a commotion at times to man 
 seems hard to understand, while the real 
 virtues are hidden from view. On careful 
 inspection, however, of such developments, 
 while its instructions are easy to follow, 
 yet the freedom causes a hasty recision on 
 its mission, and we thereby lose sight of 
 its virtue and do not embrace its beneficial 
 result. 
 
 Further instructions are given by means 
 of the commotions or earthquakes, which 
 so often occur and move especially within 
 the borders of the tropical climate. From 
 the first man, each generation as they take 
 possession of this earth in their several loca- 
 tions, have a duty to follow — the acts of 
 purifications. While time goes by nature 
 continues its accumulations of matters and 
 things, therefore man should develop these 
 concentrated bodies and bring them into 
 proper service. They should also follow 
 such changes as may occur in all gas- 
 eious matters thereby the cause of 
 such serious occurrences as earth-erup- 
 tions should be found and its valuable force 
 should be applied to some useful service. 
 It is because man does not make the proper 
 use of this immense force that it spends 
 itself in doing so much damage, while the 
 Creator is patiently waiting for man to re- 
 turn and shape his procedures by the rule 
 laid out at his beginning, that of being 
 
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solely guided by instruction from his inner 
 man. By so doing, these momentous phe- 
 nomena above spoken of would become in- 
 structive, if the scientists should diligently 
 investigate the channel to its uses, follow- 
 ing close one on the other, with demon- 
 stration of the values in force and action, 
 also its precision as it could only be used 
 in such an effectual service. While still 
 pursuing in the channel of life we behold 
 the efficiency, usefulness and grandeur 
 which are displayed in our way revealing 
 a source of delight and wonder in these 
 large bodies of water, the oceans being 
 completely under control and the actions of 
 these forces are conducted very decisively 
 with due consideration for its uses. The 
 immense ocean currents — or special bodies 
 of water — are constantly pushing their way 
 through the ocean proper, and confining 
 their courses to the same respective dis- 
 tricts which imparts a useful benefit to the 
 countries adjoining it. These actions are 
 daily occurrences, and, because of their con- 
 stancy, those who continue in their child- 
 like simplicity pass by and give no heed 
 to the lesson shown by the momentum in 
 these vast bodies, and their utility as a pro- 
 ductive purpose which is now indispensable. 
 While this all-important power and decis- 
 iveness do not prompt a turning to it for 
 individual instruction, we would say, how- 
 ever, that the power is within each person 
 to will and to do for their good, but the 
 freedom given to man causes a request that 
 he must ask the force which presides over 
 his mind. We will here ask, "What is 
 man's relation to the Creator of the world 
 and his duties to Him?" 
 
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By the way of philosophy and science it 
 is seen that long before man was, the world 
 in its progressive state existed, and, as soon 
 as it was made ready and fitting for man's 
 continuance, he was produced and re- 
 quested at once to study his occult and con- 
 sider the duty of each faculty which the 
 Creator by action would continue to pres- 
 ent with his mind so that in all matters he 
 could be advised aright. Further instruc- 
 tions were given as well. That of looking 
 well to his freedom and guarding against 
 allurements, while by heat matters contin- 
 ued in its purifying process. Therefore 
 by obeying the edicts of His mind will be a 
 co-worker with the world's Creator. His 
 duty lies in filling the place allotted to him 
 to fill, while each one has a certain fitness 
 and should find his place. We are creatures 
 of this world and have the assurance of a 
 perfect Guide. If we do our part He will 
 happily lead us to the end, when the good 
 Leader will take his own — the mind or soul. 
 
 Again in man's responsible position his 
 individuality must always be in evidence to 
 guard and assist the desire. He was to be 
 a co-worker with that unequalled force of 
 action, loveliness, wisdom and goodness, a 
 Creator of worlds, and so a very easy and 
 sure guide was given him. We will here 
 review man's labor with his conduct. He 
 was to be progressive and to work by the 
 line of science. Therefore to do his meas- 
 uring by the rule of nature this masterly 
 action had concentrated minerals of the 
 varied kinds in their respective formations 
 in these places. Man must open mines and 
 take out said minerals, then go to the for- 
 
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est and get timber for use. When plans are 
 formulated for these works and before be- 
 ginning, if he consults his mind and receives 
 a dull incentive, he will formulate anew 
 and hence save serious mistakes. If it is 
 pleasant, however, his success is assured — 
 did he do this. 
 
 We follow him on the farm. He prepares 
 the ground and in season puts in the crops. 
 Did he first submit to the given rule? The 
 increase of output in the different branches 
 of trade made it necessary to provide rail- 
 roads. Their plans for construction and 
 equipment were formulated. Were they 
 advised on by the mind? For commercial 
 purposes ships were built and fitted to cross 
 the ocean. When planned, were they 
 brought to the attention of the mind? In 
 these varied enterprises sure success would 
 follow if the Creator's instructions were 
 properly adhered to. 
 
 Who is this Creator of the world and 
 founder of man? There are a variety of 
 names given Him, such as God, Lord, 
 Father and a number of other names, all 
 for the purpose of distinction and effect, 
 also with the intent of locating Him in some 
 exalted place. Possibly that may serve a 
 good purpose. Meantime care should be 
 taken lest one worship the name only. Re- 
 membering that He created many worlds, 
 in each of which He watches over every 
 individual and even the smallest insect, and 
 is to each and all of these the sole life-giv- 
 ing force; therefore it could justly be called 
 a creator in our experience in this world and 
 at a great depth in its body. We have seen 
 the opening of cavities into which, close 
 
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to the time of its peaceful abode being dis- 
 turbed by man, the sediment therein showed 
 very conclusively that said opening was the 
 cause of its work of analysation being 
 stopped. Meantime all its parts were hav- 
 ing the varied matters for refining purposes, 
 which had been in operation possibly many 
 thousands of years and concentrated the 
 metals in large blocks as well as in the fine 
 grades, to be working at that depth and in 
 nature's path of usefulness by having a per- 
 sonal view of its progressive works. Par- 
 ticularly so it being at a time of its first 
 opening to man and in the absence of arti- 
 ficial heat. This gives an occasion of sol- 
 emn grandeur in being a personal witness 
 to these perfect productions conducted on 
 the lines of nature, accompanied with infi- 
 nite wisdom and developing matters in the 
 way of the Creator's premediations. Such 
 lessons in this our day, should behoove all 
 men to recognize His presence as being 
 with us and induce us to commit our busi- 
 ness to His foresight. Meanwhile His om- 
 nipresence is everywhere and in every in- 
 dividual all at the same time. By mis- 
 take, however, man through self-esteem re- 
 fuses His proffered offer. 
 
 Again philosophy leads us to see the 
 blessings given to us in time. What is time 
 and its composition? It is a duration of 
 composed parts. It fills an important part 
 in the efforts of life by adjusting matters for 
 the convenience of mankind. The easy 
 method by which it is obtained seems 
 to take from it the very potent position 
 which it fills, which shows an un- 
 due regard for its indispensable use. We 
 
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should recognize in these acts the perfect 
 provision made for us, and see in it the ac- 
 tive force, of our Creator among us. Even 
 if it is unobserved — He retains a hope that 
 mankind will adopt the rule of constancy in 
 observing the value of that which the 
 good Creator offers them — when they do 
 emerge from this cloud of ignorance and 
 affirm the hidden force of nature. Its su- 
 preme action must be of an unknown part 
 and does not give us a proper data as to its 
 time, but its sublimity must be recognized 
 and revered. At times however a lack of 
 investigation causes them to draw a con- 
 clusion of future events being mysterious, 
 but of which they wish to get more light. 
 Then, turning to nature in its progressive 
 motion, they must feel a realism of its re- 
 sults. As days and years go by, its pass- 
 ing gives back an assurance of infinite wis- 
 dom, which is the assured living power in 
 goodness and is near, while the duties of 
 desire is its ambition to rise in worldly pur- 
 suits hides from view the daily blessings 
 that seemingly are forced upon them. The 
 sight of freedom given to man draws him 
 to a longing for the present gains, and, if 
 it is beyond his reach, a dire result follows. 
 Thus it is shown, that, in all the acts of men 
 they should consult their mind. It is evi- 
 dent, that since, man disregarded this 
 needed advice, and moved on trusting in all 
 matters to desire and fancy. The Creator 
 has however held out many inducemtns for 
 his return, and intrusted the whole care to 
 his advice that would again make this life a 
 blessing to him. 
 
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Some years ago, our Creator, to induce 
 man's return, created a finite body on earth, 
 and, giving Him the name of Christ, adopted 
 Him as His Son. In this attitude He moved 
 among the people, showing them by many 
 forms that He came as a messenger, and en- 
 treating them to return and use the Crea- 
 tor's proffered offer in which they would 
 walk and act by the light of goodness. There 
 were a few who gave heed to his message, 
 but the greater number were so enslaven 
 in the usages of long standing that they 
 would not part from them, and many are 
 today doing worship in the same way, while 
 those who recognized the Christ as com- 
 ing among them to redeem all mankind, 
 saw Him executed on the shameful cross 
 as a token of the high value that the Crea- 
 tor placed in man. During the three years 
 previous, however, He gave His followers 
 very many pointed examples to show that 
 His power, in which He did many things 
 that were beyond the ability of man to per- 
 form, came to Him direct from the world's 
 Creator. That should have been a suffi- 
 cient proof to all the world, that, during 
 many years His goodness was reaching out 
 for their return to His first offer, by mak- 
 ing their duties very light. History very 
 clearly shows that, when Christ in person 
 left this world, the work as tought by Him 
 was questioned by His followers, which 
 brought out many interpretations of its in- 
 tent and expressions. As years went by, 
 from that origin arose many sects which all 
 claimed the name of Christ. Possibly all 
 are acting sincerely and hence feel satisfied 
 to rest their destiny by keeping within their 
 circle. 
 
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At the beginning the Creator, being the 
 light and life of the world, produced man 
 to assist in building it up. As action by 
 force purified matters, that progress should 
 be rightly made, He requested that formu- 
 lated plans of all kinds and for all pur- 
 poses should be submitted to Him for ap- 
 proval or disapproval. Therefore that was 
 to be the rule for finite as well as for infi- 
 nite intent. If the first Christians had fol- 
 lowed these laws of the Creator, as the 
 teachers among the people in the first gen- 
 erations did, by advising with Him through 
 their mind, that would have produced the 
 result for which Christ came into the 
 world, and all men would have worshipped 
 that moving force our holy Creator of all 
 worlds. 
 
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FRIENDSHIP AND FRIEND. 
 
 It is intended that the human family 
 should enjoy its existence on this earth, it 
 being created in accordance with man. 
 Therefore, to assure its fulfillment, there 
 had to be a variety of nature's productions. 
 To that end there was a course of progres- 
 sive activity. Because motion is the base 
 of production and will exist to the end of 
 time, constancy in evolving and perfection in 
 every kind, as well as for every purpose 
 wherein all is made and maintained, and, 
 therefore, in evolution a fitness is found to 
 meet the requirements of science in its 
 course of furnishing loveliness in structures 
 and the varied kinds of arts, which give 
 great encouragement in beauty, and lead 
 down to induce the human family to in- 
 culcate constancy, and keep it posted on the 
 watch-tower of time ; so that each individual 
 submits his cares and receives instruction 
 from the Source of Wisdom and Nature, 
 that would encourage the faculties to pro- 
 cure a source in knowledge, that is intended 
 to lead each one to procure an equanimity 
 while existing on this earth and serving his 
 purpose. 
 
 Man being a unit may be compared to a 
 blade of grass ; it being a unit of a large 
 field that is fitting itself for use in harvest. 
 It opens and receives the blessings that, 
 
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through the sun, are sent to it, and thus 
 builds up its required beauty. 
 
 This example is opened to each individual 
 man. He should perfect himself to enjoy 
 here and now a filial and constant happi- 
 ness, which is to be found in our pathway. 
 Meantime, the course in nature, which is 
 plain, must be understood and followed in 
 all business and other transactions, which 
 are man's part in life. He will then grow in 
 purity, and thus create friendship. To do 
 this, however, one must be guarded against 
 the intrigues of fancy. That faculty is re- 
 quested to report new events, and often 
 tries to impel action on a visionary object, 
 whereby mistakes often occur. 
 
 It may be asked, "What is friendship ?" To 
 that we say: in the family of man all parties 
 should comply with the Creator's rules. 
 They are in the line of nature, which in 
 similar cases produce a unison of action. 
 The results obtained give proof to the wis- 
 dom in its premeditated designs, and should 
 be ample inducement to seekers after hap- 
 piness on earth to follow. In doing so, we 
 are better enabled to accurately measure a 
 fellowman, and accord to him his just meas- 
 ure in intellectual and physical ability, that 
 will prepare us to assume a position favor- 
 able to winning his friendship, and then 
 in some way reciprocate it. It would 
 strengthen us in alludeable work of how 
 best we can conceive congeniality. We 
 should always keep before us that the 
 prize of friendship is of great value. There- 
 fore, it could not be considered in the line 
 of a good feeling toward someone, that 
 reaches no further than personal, temporary 
 
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gain for pecuniary purposes, which does 
 not long exist, and often leaves an unpleas- 
 ant thought, and, therefore, must not be 
 classed with friendship. And it also re- 
 quires a proficiency in measuring the stand- 
 ard scope of individuals and thus detects 
 chances of deception. An inexperienced 
 person, at times, through a present pleas- 
 antness, is led by fancy to suppose a spas- 
 modic attachment is real friendship. As a 
 rule, however, it does not continue in a time 
 of trouble. Hence its deception. 
 
 When the act performed is in a true spirit 
 for good, it penetrates the receiver's whole 
 system in the same line, and he in turn is 
 drawn toward the performer. Then each 
 will highly appreciate the other and will 
 even go out of his way to meet him and 
 hence friendship is fully established. In 
 these lines individuality must always be 
 kept in the lead and well guarded against 
 desires. Ambition of grasping to get 
 riches, infinitism, and avarice are pulling in 
 opposite directions, therefore, here again, 
 the freedom given to man has a strong 
 point, and it should be met in a spirit of 
 equity and goodness. 
 
 As the blade of grass shows its unit 
 plumpness among varied numbers of a 
 large field, with the healthy promise of an 
 early harvest, that same virtue stands out 
 from an individual in any community. But 
 before it can have a sufficient effect to win 
 the valued prize of friendship, as the blade 
 of grass invites the harvest by openly 
 showing its plumpfullness so the individual 
 must yield charming virtues among his 
 community that will impel them to give him 
 a just measure for his merit. 
 
We have said, that within the several 
 communities, phases seem to be expressive 
 of an apparent difference, the interpretation 
 of which is of a local force. To provide for 
 such emergencies, we would allude to the 
 above example as clearly showing the daily 
 occurrences in many locations. But it 
 should be used in an exemplary manner, 
 and thus it will serve in a lasting capacity. 
 Meantime, to do this, it must be sustained 
 by true constancy and sincerity. The only 
 source for it is the individual's "occult," and 
 it will be furnished for the asking of his own 
 mind, which matter is clearly explained in 
 this work— THE SCIENCE OF MAN. 
 
WHO IS A FRIEND? 
 
 Philosophy points to the word "friend" 
 as being a preconceived need for man, and, 
 because of the freedom given to him, it fur- 
 ther indicates the daily needs of man in his 
 business and social courses. It is also that 
 of a needed place for succor. These points 
 give it a very great value, and in some cases 
 it stands for the existence of life. 
 
 We would ask in what positions is the 
 word "friend" used? It is often used to 
 deceive and even to destroy. In lines of 
 business parties at times pretend to pose as 
 a friend. As a rule such persons give them- 
 selves away to their desire and support it 
 with a vital force. Hence, should the appli- 
 cant be ignorant of this science, he will not 
 recognize the incentive emitting from his 
 own mind that is warning him of approach- 
 ing danger, hence he will often be decoyed 
 and drawn into serious wrong. In business 
 relations these are frequent occurrences 
 while it plays a strong part in social socie- 
 ties, and, at times this deception finds a 
 standing in the sacred family circle which as 
 a rule is carefully hidden from the outside 
 world. 
 
 In this it may seem possible that we have 
 led these evils where they cannot reason- 
 ably exist. But history could reveal its 
 resting place there, and, as family circles are 
 human, they are therefore subject to the 
 ambition of their desire, whose duty it is 
 
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to gather, and even if need be to grasp for 
 riches and wealth. To that end judgment 
 is often ruthlessly turned aside, while de- 
 sire forces matters to an issue for said 
 gains. 
 
 Then where is the family affection? We 
 would say, by means of freedom given to 
 man, when desire sees a possible way out 
 and during a long period of time, their inner 
 man, or the mind, or soul, has not been con- 
 sulted in any way, it is then that family 
 affections though them are gone from sight, 
 while their place is filled with what is often 
 called worldly pleasure which causes per- 
 sons to even forget their own personality. 
 
 Hence, to stay destruction, extreme meas- 
 ures are taken at times. 
 
 There are a number of other lines in 
 which the deceptive "friend" gets in his 
 work, but in time the end takes him. 
 
 We here take pleasure in looking along 
 the line where the human family faithfully 
 regards the work of nature in its entirety. 
 Knowing perfection is its breastwork of de- 
 fense, and purity proceeds from its mines, 
 right manly living stands out on its banner. 
 In such circles are to be found, stored and 
 full to the top, those materials, which, hav- 
 ing sufficient competence, would be encir- 
 cled as a true friend. 
 
 In what lines are those to be measured? 
 All individuals are two persons, the outer, 
 and the inner person. These have both to 
 be counted with, and at all times they should 
 be provided for. The outer person strug- 
 gles to support the body and derives its 
 wisdom from within, while the faculty "de- 
 sire" has to do with them both, while the 
 
mind constantly points the desire to virtue 
 and right doings. It is through that source 
 the instructions are given whereby an in- 
 dividual may equip himself to withstand 
 temptations, and it so often draws a per- 
 son aside from his friend, which reflects 
 equally on them both. 
 
 To have the faculty or loveliness to be a 
 friend, a person must be well charged with 
 stability and coolness. He must study 
 along the lines of equity. A person that is 
 well balanced in these lines, will become a 
 master in all propositions that may arise be- 
 tween friends. 
 
 These days each one's desire seems to 
 be under a forced strain, and often led by 
 fancy in trying to reach wealth that is far 
 beyond their standard. In that severe pres- 
 sure they do not measure their own or their 
 neighbor's scope. Being impelled, a stren- 
 uous effort is made, but, lo, a coveted prize 
 is gone from sight, and they are cast on a 
 rocky shore. They now exclaim, "O, friend, 
 where art thou?" Now comes the test. If 
 the friend standing by follows the laws of 
 nature, its rules will then be applied, by 
 stepping to his side and with advice, or 
 otherwise, showing him the best way to 
 land on as safe a ground as his conditions 
 will permit, and how from this time he 
 should be guided in all matters by the ex- 
 tent of his standard and his scope. While 
 making transactions of all kinds he must 
 consult his own mind, that will again install 
 him as a worthy friend. 
 
 Should he, in the course of time, again 
 show himself to be drawn into paths be- 
 yond his standard, the friend must then 
 turn from him. 
 
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