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this great Universe. I felt I was one element in a huge mosaic 

 system. A mosaic, essential to the whole. For one brief second, 

 alas! too brief, I seemed to comprehend Divinity. Every- 

 where, around, above and below me, the Universe was bathed 

 in a soft, gray, pearly light ; symbolically the Universe appeared 

 as an immense gray shining sphere; smaller orbs represented 

 personality, distinct, yet a part of the grand whole. A com- 

 posite flower also illustrates the feeling. The centre of the 

 flower and its numerous divisions are all separate flowers; still 

 they grow, jointly contributing to the glory of one unity in 

 complexity. 



"With the rapidity of a flash of light I felt the reality of the 

 eternal, undying, inner core of personality, and of the immor- 

 tal place in the Universe, of self. 



" Briefly these are the facts as I have stated. The months 

 following revealed to me the results of the reconstruction of 

 my being dating from then. I have never lost the vivid vitality 

 of the experience. The impressions of those spring days are 

 easily recalled; to them I turn for support and consolation. 

 On that March day was forged the anchor of my soul; firmly 

 it grapples as it ever will the infinite currents of the absolute." 



Apparently the same sense of religious rehabilitation is em- 

 bodied in the following mystic poem, which, in spite of Emer- 

 sonian license of rhyme and rhythm, has decided merit. It is 

 entitled "My Star." 



"A star with flashing light and power, 

 My soul a-flaming woke, 

 A vivid flare midst luring loom, 

 A burning stream my senses smote. 



" This star in radiancy sublime, 

 With speeding worlds was borne, 

 And shedding thence its varied light, 

 In waning left me wan and lorn. 



" Oh, how I longed and waited 

 For my star to come again! 

 I scanned the azure heavens, 

 Scarce knowing if I watched in vain. 



