The snow-line is only about three miles above the level of the sea in the tropics. Above this, and far beyond the clouds, is a region of appalling desolation. No sound breaks the eternal silence. The cold is intense. Drifting cosmic matter, meteoric or cometic, may appear, and beyond in obscurity unfathomable and undefined are the shadowy nebulæ, chaotic and dreadful, where amid the war of elements the incipient systems form, and new worlds have a beginning. What we see in the heavens is interesting, as distance lends enchantment to the view, softened by the glamour of our wondrous atmosphere. But like the mirage of the desert, those depths of blue are delusive. To look for the invisible heaven in the sky with vague uncertainty, while the earth revolves and rushes forward with inconceivable speed, is not satisfying. If transferred at death to some distant planet, we should still find ourselves associated with a material world. Heaven is not separated from us by distance. Millions of spiritual beings walk the earth whether we wake or sleep. Heaven in vision and in fancy should not be regarded as heaven in literal fact. The heavenly world consists of its people, and hell of its victims. Precious gems and valuable metals may illustrate imperishable riches. Sublime scenery, the deep satisfactions, and ineffable glory of the redeemed. There, methods of acquiring knowledge and understanding one another will supersede the rudimentary efforts of the past. The conventionality that restricts social enjoyment here, will be removed, and the greatest study of mankind will be nature, divine and human. Great changes may come to our world. Some have predicted overwhelming catastrophes, even "the end" or the "death of the earth" through the failure of the sun. This, I think, is improbable. But whatever may happen to our planet millions of years hence, those of us who are in heaven in that far off age cannot be disturbed. We shall be safe with those we love, forever and ever. Oh, the unspeakable privileges of the redeemed! The possibilities of the globe are beyond conception. Its treasures within and without are known in part. Its hidden riches are waiting for development. It is a thing of beauty, and it should be a joy forever. 'Chapters iii and ix. II IMMORTALITY THE great Pyramid of Cheops was built by men who could not be disturbed by difficulties that have no parallel in history. This colossal pile covered thirteen acres, and was nearly five hundred feet high. Its chambers lined with polished stone were entered by intricate passages skillfully concealed, and unknown for ages. It was not only a mausoleum, but a treasury. The discovery of its riches was not made until all methods of investigation had failed. The secret was revealed when a stone fell from the roof of the passage leading to the Crypt. Nothing was gained by previous effort because no one knew *NOTE. The where to begin. careful study of the sub-conscious mind or deeper self, under divine Immortality is revealed in mind.* A divine guidance, will thought may be the germ, or beginning of a being. reveal immortal personality. A person was originally a thought, or conception, from God, which had power in itself to develop and organize, appropriating suitable material from its surroundings, thus becoming a physical, as well as a mental, creation. The original design was a complex and comprehensive thought in which all |