This little book on the “Inner Life” does not assume to deal with the whole of the religious life. It recognizes that the outer in the long run is just as essential as the inner. This one inner aspect is selected for emphasis, without any intention of slighting the importance of the other side of the shining shield. Men to-day are so overwhelmingly occupied with objective tasks; they are so busy with the field of outer action, that it is a peculiarly opportune time to speak of the interior world where the issues of life are settled and the tissues of destiny are woven. There will certainly be some readers who will be glad to turn from accounts of trenches lost or won to spend a little time with the less noisy but no less mysterious battle line inside the soul, and from problems of foreign diplomacy to the drama of the inner life. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION v CHAPTER I. THE INNER WAY 1 Sec. 1. The Momentous Choice 1 Sec. 2. Making a Life 9 Sec. 3. The Spirit of the Beatitudes 14 Sec. 4. The Way of Contagion 23 Sec. 5. The Second Mile 30 CHAPTER II. THE KINGDOM WITHIN THE SOUL 39 Sec. 1. Bags that Wax not Old 39 Sec. 2. Otherism 46 Sec. 3. Scavengers and the Kingdom 50 Sec. 4. “The Beyond is Within” 56 Sec. 5. The Attitude toward the Unseen 61 CHAPTER III. SOME PROPHETS OF THE INNER WAY 70 Sec. 1. The Psalmist’s Way 70 Sec. 2. The New and Living Way 77 Sec. 3. An Apostle of the Inner Way 82 Sec. 4. The Ephesian Gospel 90 CHAPTER IV. THE WAY OF EXPERIENCE 97 Sec. 1. Waiting on God 97 Sec. 2. In the Spirit 105 Sec. 3. The Power of Prayer 111 Sec. 4. The Mystery of Goodness 116 Sec. 5. “As One having Authority” 123 Sec. 6. Seeing Him Who is Invisible 133 CHAPTER V. A FUNDAMENTAL SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK 138 CHAPTER VI. WHAT DOES RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE TELL US ABOUT GOD 164