ioo Natural Salvation. 



the proper food of the cells, without the present hard 

 labor of preparation. 



No lengthy preamble or constitution for the proposed 

 gens was thought necessary. Its strength was in its high 

 purpose and intent. Indeed, the name itself was thought 

 to be sufficient as constitution. And to all who are dis- 

 tinctly Christian, it was believed that the idea would 

 appeal strongly as an efficient means of bringing the world 

 in harmony with the central doctrine of the faith. 



Two years' efforts to form such an association have 

 brought out the practical side of the idea, and shown the 

 difficulties which it has to encounter. 



To minds normal and unperverted, Natural Salvation is 

 the most natural thing in the world, the outcome of life 

 which would be expected. But it is a curious com- 

 mentary on the mental -condition of people that the idea 

 of being saved from death by natural means often appears 

 to them strange and unnatural! Not unfrequently as 

 something portentous and " wicked " ! That higher life, 

 which can only be attained by the loftiest culture of the 

 human intellect, is feared to be impious ! The fetters of 

 old creeds are still firmly riveted. A few, indeed, and 

 those of the best, recognize the truth ; but a majority still 

 cling to the fetish of ghost life, and incline to the belief 

 that humanity will run through a cycle of evolution, 



