In that same Spirit's Name, which is revealed To souls within our sacred shrine, we come To men who until now might never hear The word which here doth secretly sound forth. Those Powers which guide the purpose of our Earth Could not in its beginning be revealed To all humanity in their full light. As in the body of a child, the powers Through which it learns to act and use its mind, Must gradually ripen, and grow strong; So must humanity unfold itself As one great whole throughout its earthly course. The impulse in the soul which later on Might worthy prove to gaze on spirit-light In higher worlds, first lived in atrophy. Yet in the Earth's beginning there were sent From out the higher kingdoms of real life Exalted spirit-beings, who might act As wise instructors of humanity. In mystic holy shrines did they employ Those mighty spirit powers, which were poured forth In secret into souls which could know nought Of their exalted leaders or their work. Then later from the ranks of men themselves These masters wise could choose for pupils those Who by well-tested lives of self-denial Had proved that they were ripe to be ordained Into the mystic aims and wisdom's lore. And when the pupils of those early seers Could guard in worthy way the good and true, Then those sublime instructors turned their steps Back to their own especial realms of life. These pupils of the gods then chose out men Who might succeed them in the guardianship Of spirit-treasures; and in such a way The treasures were passed on from age to age. Until the present time all mystic schools, If they are such in truth, have really sprung From that which first was founded from on high. Humbly we cherish in this very place That which our fathers handed down to us. We do not ever speak about the dues, Which through our office we inherited, But only of the favour shown to us By those great spirit-powers, who chose weak men As mediators, and entrusted them With treasures which bring forth the spirit-light In souls of men: and 'tis our lot, dear friends, To open to you now this treasured store. For signs which in the plan of all the worlds Can clearly be discerned by spirit-eyes Show most propitious at this very time. FOX: