Would that you were more fully impressed with this truth; how often would it aid you in your moments of need; how often would it save you from the snares of evil spirits; but at the great day of account how often will your guardian angel have to say to you, "Did I not urge you and yet you would not follow my leading? Did I not show you the abyss, and yet you persisted in throwing yourself into it? Did I not cause your conscience to hear the voice of truth, and have you not followed lying counsels?" Question your guardian spirits; establish between yourselves and them the affectionate intimacy which exists between tried and loving friends. For did not Christ say, "I always listen for the inner voice of revelation." Do not think to hide anything from them, for they are the eye of God and you cannot deceive them. Think of the future; seek to advance on the upward road; your trials will be shorter, your existence happier. Men, take courage; cast far from you all prejudices and mental reservations; enter resolutely upon the new road that opens before you. You have guides, follow them.

Your goal cannot fail you, that goal is God Himself.

To those who may think it impossible that spirits of high degree should bind themselves to a task so . laborious and demanding so much patience on their part, my reply is that spirits influence your souls while at many millions of leagues from you. To them space is nothing, and, while living in another world, spirits preserve their connection with yours. They possess qualities of which you can form no idea; but be sure that God has not imposed upon them a task above their strength, and that He has not abandoned you upon the earth without friends and without support. Every guardian angel has his ward, over whom he watches as a father watches over his child; he rejoices when he sees him following the right road; he mourns when his counsels are neglected.

Do not fear to weary them with your questions. Remain, on the contrary, always in connection with them, and you will thus be stronger and happier. It is this communication between each man and his familiar spirit and the spirits of the Astral Plane that will eventually make all men mediums and drive out incredulity from the world. You who have received instruction instruct in your turn. You who are possessed of talents raise your brethren. You know not how great a work you accomplish by so doing; it is the work of Christ, the work imposed on you by God. Why has God given you intelligence and knowledge, as well as Great Occult and Spiritual Powers if not to share them with your brethren to aid them to advance on the road that leads to eternal felicity. The doctrine of guardian spirits watching over their wards, notwithstanding the distance which separates different worlds, has in it nothing that should excite your surprise; it is as natural as it is grand and sublime. Do we not see a mother, upon the earth, watch over her child even though at a distance from her and aid him by the wise counsels of her letters and advice? Why, then, should it be deemed surprising that spirits should guide, from one world to another, those whom they take under their protection, since, to them, the distance which separates worlds is less than than which, on earth, separates continents.

Besides have they not the use of the universal Astral fluids, which binds together all the worlds of the universe and makes them part and parcel of each other? This Astral Fluid acts for them as the universal vehicle for the transmission of thought, as the air acts for us the vehicle of the transmission of sound.