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plainingly ? Shall we demonstrate the spirit, intent and 

 real meaning of the doctrines of Jesus Christ, or see these 

 grand doctrines lapse to a vacuous ritual ? 



A thousand centuries of life's hard struggle on the 

 earth cry out to speak through us, and bid us win the 

 promise of evolution. We are born to this post of honor 

 and duty. Untold labor and pain have confided it to us. 



Are we worthy ? Or shall we quit the task, malinger, 

 turn sensuous, skulk back to cover of illusion and cease 

 to be progressive? 



If stronger beings on other spheres of space are 

 watching us from afar at this dark hour of our planet's 

 evolution, may they infuse patience and courage into our 

 hearts. We have need of them. 



