50 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath" 



belief, or a creed. It is absolute self-knowledge, 

 based upon unvarying natural law. And it ful- 

 fills the promise that " The Truth shall make him 

 whole." 



The cult of the " Power of Silence " arose from 

 the immanent need to save the world from the 

 abyss of materialism into which it has been plung- 

 ing with its famous seven-leagued-boots of so- 

 called progress. Humanity is just rousing itself 

 to a realization of the depths of degradation to 

 which this mad pursuit of material things as the 

 be-all and end-all of existence is carrying the race. 

 And it is waves of spiritual vibrations, generated 

 by lofty aspirations in the silence, which are thus 

 stirring the public conscience as never before. 



From this leaven are rising insistent demands 

 for ethical standards of conduct governing all hu- 

 man relations, and the time has come when these 

 demands can never be silenced till the principle of 

 the universal brotherhood of man passes from 

 theory into vigorous practice, purifying every 

 branch of government Municipal and National 

 and elevating all the activities and relations of 

 life. 



This is the real Christ spirit which is to rescue 

 humanity from the present intolerable conditions 

 of sordid grind and vicious selfishness; and it is 

 our privilege and responsibility to aid in thought 

 as well as act in this evolution, of which Horatio 



