E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Annie McGuire, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) [Illustration: Book Cover] THE LIFE RADIANT by LILIAN WHITING Author of "The World Beautiful," "The Spiritual Significance" "The World Beautiful in Books," "Kate Field, a Record," "Boston Days," etc. "Follow it, follow it, Follow the Gleam." Boston Little, Brown, and Company 1903 TO ARVILLA DELIGHT MEEKER (MRS. NATHAN COOK MEEKER) IN WHOSE BEAUTIFUL LIFE PATIENCE HAS DONE HER PERFECT WORK, AND WHOSE UNFALTERING AND JOYFUL FAITH IN GOD REVEALS IMPRESSIVE TRUTH IN THE LIFE RADIANT OF HOLY LIVING THESE PAGES ARE INSCRIBED WITH THE DEVOTION OF LILIAN WHITING CONTENTS. PAGE THE GOLDEN AGE LIES ONWARD. THE SUPREME ILLUMINATION 24 CREATING THE NEW WORLD 26 ELIMINATING ANXIETIES 33 HEAVEN'S PERFECT HOUR 37 LOVE AND GOOD WILL 46 THE DIVINER POSSIBILITIES 51 THE WEIGHT OF THE PAST 64 DISCERNING THE FUTURE. A DETERMINING QUESTION 85 IN PROPORTION TO POWER 99 THE ETHEREAL REALM. A SCIENTIFIC FACT 124 A GLORIOUS INAUGURATION 136 FINER COSMIC FORCES 149 HEALTH AND HAPPINESS 158 A NEW FORCE 172 THE SERVICE OF THE GODS 174 THE POWER OF THE EXALTED MOMENT. OBEY THE VISION 192 THE OPEN DOOR 201 INTERRUPTIONS AS OPPORTUNITIES 204 THE CHARM OF COMPANIONSHIP 214 A SUMMER PILGRIMAGE IN ARIZONA 226 A TRAGIC IDYL OF COLORADO 237 A REMARKABLE MYSTIC 254 THE MOMENTOUS QUESTION 261 THE NECTAR OF THE HOUR. A PROFOUND EXPERIENCE 285 THE LAW OF PRAYER 299 CONDUCT AND BEAUTY 313 THE DIVINE PANORAMA 321 ALSO THE HOLY GHOST, THE COMFORTER 331 THE LIFE RADIANT. "_I am Merlin Who follow the Gleam._" * * * * * _Know well, my soul, God's hand controls Whate'er thou fearest; Round Him in calmest music rolls Whate'er thou hearest._ _What to thee is shadow, to Him is day, And the end He knoweth. And not on a blind and aimless way The spirit goeth._ WHITTIER. THE GOLDEN AGE LIES ONWARD. "The Golden Age lies onward, not behind. The pathway through the past has led us up: The pathway through the future will lead on, And higher."