24 TheSpiritual Life.
atimeof gatheringstrength togetherandaccu-
mulating the power that hereafter is to be
used; butthe hfeof the Christs of theraceis
the life in the world, and not the life in the
jungle. Though we may profitably go some-
timesinto seclusion, themanifested God walks
in the haunts of men. For onlythere isthe
great work to bedone, there the trials to be
faced, there the powers to be opened up.
When all ourpowers are brought out, when
weare all of usChrists,ah! thenwecango
out of the outer life of the world to become
partof itsinner lifewhich shapes and moulds
the outer activity; but those who are only
growingto that stature must growbythe law
of growth, and that is the law of experience.
But onlythe perfect maypass behind theveil
and thence send out the spiritualpowers un-
foldedinthelifeof theworld.
Andsoitseemstomethereisnotoneof us
who maynot begin to lead the truly spiritual
life, and the world will be the betterfor the
living, while the man will unfold the more
rapidlyfor hiseffort. For everyoneof us,if
weonlythinkofit,eachoneisatworktocarve
hisown life into a perfectimage,the image of
the Divinemanifest inman. Itisnot thatthe
Divine is notwithm you; wereitnotso,how
