LOVE IS THE ELECTRIC LAW OF LIFE 217 



in the reason and consciences of men, and that 

 death is only a transition from our world to another 

 of greater beauty and perfection. The inadequacy 

 of earth-life to satisfy the soul's capabilities is evi- 

 dence that its career must continue hereafter in 

 brighter worlds of celestial love and destiny. 



It is said the common epitaph of humanity is, 

 "They mean well, try a little and fail much." But 

 if love is their guiding star and they obey the 

 dictates of their reason and conscious duty, their 

 lives cannot be failures. Most of our troubles and 

 cares, like echoes, do not exist until we call them 

 forth. But sweet, subdued sorrow, and the tears 

 of love and sympathy that spring from the gen- 

 erous heart to the soulful eyes, are like heavenly 

 dews, and promote the growth of the soul. They 

 should not be classed among the depressing trials. 

 Neither should friendly rivalry, or laudable ambi- 

 tion to excel, be deemed trying aggressions, for 

 they are beneficial phases of growth. Humanity 

 should emancipate itself by hitching its chariot to 

 the star of love, and switching the current of human 

 energy from the circuit of worry and anger, and 

 connecting it with the motors of good thoughts 

 and noble deeds. 



All men should realize the fact that anger turns 

 the natural juices of the body into poison as the 

 vibrations of thunder sour the sweetest milk. And 

 every fit of anger is an electric trip-hammer that 

 drives a nail into the coffin of life and shortens hu- 

 man existence. All nature reveals the law of ' 'nat- 

 ural selection and survival of the fittest," and de- 

 mands in man the highest perfection of love, beauty 

 and self-development. 



