xii Natural Salvation. 



majority of mankind are miserable on the earth instead of 

 happy, is to be found in them, in their ignorance and per- 

 verted minds, rather than that the earth does not afford 

 an " arena " for happy life. Some are happy here, others 

 not ; the cau^e is largely subjective. 



Considered physically, the terrestrial globe which we 

 inhabit is not, under nature, a comfortable abode for man. 

 But it has vast capabilities, enormous resources for im- 

 provement. It is capable of being made a paradise, a true 

 Eden in the universe. Unlimited power falls on its sur- 

 face from the solar sphere, power which can be bent to 

 human uses. Its climate can be controlled and made 

 whatever we desire it, its temperature regulated to the 

 needs of life. It is not the earth in its present condition 

 which we contemplate as the future abode of immortal 

 man, but the earth improved and made "heaven." The 

 paradisation of the earth presents merely physical prob- 

 lems, many of which are already being undertaken suc- 

 cessfully. The earth, made heaven, is one of the condi- 

 tions which will come with the achievement of immortal 

 life. The dawn of this grand future for the sons of men 

 is already breaking on the horizon of science ; and what 

 we have now most need of is faith and courage to work 

 for it ; to cast aside our slavish fears of the supernatural, 

 and work to save ourselves from the ills of life ; to cease 

 from idle prayers to be saved by supernatural agencies, 

 and devote our energies to self-salvation. 



