Forever Alive, Forever Forward
The soul travels; the body does not travel as much as the soul;
The body has just as great a work as the soul, and parts away at last for the journeys of the soul.
All parts away for the progress of souls;
All religion, all solid things, arts, governments—all that was or is apparent upon this globe or any globe, falls into niches and comers before the procession of souls along the grand roads of the universe.
Of the progress of the souls of men and women along the grand roads of the universe, all other progress is the needed emblem and sustenance.
Forever alive, forever forward, they go! they go!
—Walt Whitman.
The Law Of A Happy Life
Are you willing to take the Beatitudes of our Master, our Elder Brother, and Saint Paul’s chapter on love, and saturate your whole scheme of human relations with them: your friendships, your likes, your dislikes, your neighborliness, your trade and political relations, your club life and all the rest? Will you agree to these simple comments on some of Saint Paul’s words? “Love is not covetous, for it would scorn to profit by another’s loss.” “Love will not kill either suddenly with a sword or slowly by unkindness, for love gives and enhances life.” “Love will not steal, either goods from the counter, money from the purse, value from the stock, or time from an employer.” “Love will not be proud, for the weakness of another is a sorrow as keen as though that weakness were our own.”
—William F. McDowell.
Alternate Reading: Revelation 3: 14-22.