And when we consider that almost every nation and age has produced philosophers, poets, musicians, inventors, masters of every Art and Science enough to adorn and beautify dozens of the most barren worlds; sufficient true Religious life to redeem a hundred worlds, we must realize that it is because every life, every soul must experience its own perception of beauty, create its own works of Art, find expression in its own poetry and music, and be crowned with its own Religious experiences - and its own final Victory: Self conquest.

It must not be understood that all the helpful work of the world is performed by the Embodied Angels, but the perfect work, the example, the copy, illustrating the final attainment of all embodied souls. This perfect work is to Show the way.

Every earnest seeker for knowledge, for the best and highest good for humanity, in fact, every longing, aspiring Mind that seeks to fulfill in life the ideals welling up from within, helps the world. Each step is a little in advance of the last one, and there are always those to be helped by one who has taken any advance step. Little children help each other, children of larger growth aid the smaller ones; it is a continuous spiral chain of life leading to perfection.

Angels are here to show the way, to nuke Talent press forward to Genius, and Genius to reach added heights and culminations.

The Soul of us is never satisfied until the perfect is achieved in every direction.

Some things are finished, others will take their places, - and when all the dust of the earth and atoms of space have been utilized, still will the Soul cry out for "more worlds to conquer."

The realm of mind, Spirit, Soul, limitless as it is and must be, - will find not only new worlds, but systems and Suns of systems to conquer and create. And still it will hold in its creative grasp the sources of Eternal Being and Doing: these two the alternating ebb and flow of the Infinite in whose Image are we.

These Shining ones - these Matchless ones - are prototypes of all; and such as are taking the first steps in the school of Material victory may look forward to the sun crowned heights where they also will "show the way" of perfect accomplishment to those less advanced, because of the perfection that comes from the Soul.

Life was not intended to illustrate Imperfection, but to seek and attain perfect expression.

"Be ye perfect even as your Father in Heaven is perfect" is no idle command. As mathematics is perfect, and when the problem is not correctly solved the student has blundered, so every work and problem in life is to be ultimately perfectly outwrought. The Angels have found the Key, as the true Mathematician has found his.

What Mathematics is to the Mind, in the solution of all Material problems, Love is to the moral and spiritual nature. The Angel is the Soul; having found perfect Love, which also means perfect Wisdom, there are no longer any "problems" to be solved. The work of the Universe of Life is now understood; when Divine Love and Wisdom are attained.

Love Is The Fulfilling Of The Law

Through sunshine or shadow, calm or storm, these appointed Shining Ones pursue their way; leaving the perfection of their works to be gradually recognized, and at last followed, by those who become ready: the toilers, strivers, strugglers, in human life. And that all Souls may at last attain similar perfection in expression is the one great encouragement; for, with all the obstacles to overcome in the very nature of the material environment, if there could never be the perfect victory in any and all directions, human life would indeed be a dismal failure.

This pathway, seen by its perfect brightness in after years, may lead the Angel on Earth to a Kingdom or a dungeon cell, - to a palace or a hut, - often to Siberian exile or the guillotine; - the work remains. And the millions who struggle along the thorny way, see the illuminated road and take heart of courage; and where, ever and anon, the path leads to gardens of flowers and fruits, to peaceful valleys and ever-glorious heights, - how beautiful to know that sometime, in their own day and hour - their own time of achievement - each and all may reach the Place Beautiful - the state of Victory and peace!