180 The SpirituftlLife.
fashionof carryingon the outerlife. Butifit
werepossiblethatasinthedaysofoldin Egypt
and India theverygods themselveswandered
the earth as men, and taught the people the
highertruth, trained the people in the higher
life,conveyed to the people the higher know-
ledge,wouldweclaimthatweweretheirequals,
and thatwe should bedegraded by sittingat
theirfeet to learn? And if you couldweave
into yourmodern life that feelmgof reverence
forthatwhich is purest,noblest,grandest; for
wisdom,forstrength, forpurity,till the passion
ofyourreverenceshouldbringthequalitiesinto
yourownlife~Oh,thenyourfutureasanation
wouldbesecure. Thenyourfutureasapeople
would beglorious,andyoumenandwomenof
America,creatorsofthefuture,willyounotrise
to the divine possibilities which every one of
you has hidden in hisown heart? Whygo
onlytothelowerwhenthestarsareaboveyou?
Whygo onlytothe dustwhen the sunsends
down his beamsthat onthose beamsyoumay
risetohisveryheart? Yoursisthe future,for
youaremakingit to-day,andasyoubuild the
templeof yournation,asyou hope that in the
days to come it shall rise noblyamongst the
peoples of the earth andstand as pioneer of
truelife,oftruegreatness,layyouthefoundations
