THE DIVINE SOIL 1 



ONE thing we may affirm about the universe — 

 it is logical; the conclusion always follows from 

 the premises. 



The lesson which life repeats and constantly 

 enforces is "look under foot." You are always 

 nearer the divine and the true sources of your 

 power than you think. The lure of the distant and 

 the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is 

 where you are. Do not despise your own place and 

 hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is 

 the centre of the world. Stand in your own door- 

 yard and you have eight thousand miles of solid 

 ground beneath you, and all the sidereal splendors 

 overhead. The morning and the evening stars are 

 no more in the heavens and no more obedient to 

 the celestial impulses than the lonely and time- 

 scarred world we inhabit. How the planet thrills 

 and responds to the heavenly forces and occurrences 

 we little know, but we get an inkling of it when we 

 see the magnetic needle instantly affected by solar 

 disturbances. 



Look under foot. Gold and diamonds and all 



1 An excerpt from a chapter in Leaf and Tendril, 



