“In every man captive to forces of disintegration the builder lies
dormant. To reach that faint glow of Eternal Purpose is the first duty
of every constructive force. Call to it, rouse it, free it, and it will
eventually respond. But do not smother it with false charity, darken it
by conflicting precepts, weaken it by fictitious aid. Every individual
must serve his own purpose. Only thus is the integrity of the whole
conserved. Though he be only a doorkeeper in the house of the Lord, yet
does he serve his eternal purpose as truly as the priest. Let each man
learn his purpose and serve forcefully where his development has placed
him. Only thus can he progress.
“Purposes are divided. Thus do they show themselves to men. The purpose
of Progress is first and greatest, because it moves all the others toward
the Great Purpose. The other constructive purposes are these, divided
and subdivided: Light, Justice, Truth, Production, Healing, Building.
Each divided and divisible by any of the others, yet pure and perfect in
itself. Light may dwell with Healing or Production, but only Light calls
unto Light, only Justice unto Justice.
“All forces of construction work together, yet each purpose separate unto
itself. Choose ye, therefore. Build or tear down, produce or destroy,
illumine or obscure, free men, or hold them captive to themselves. Choose
daily and hourly the purpose ye serve.
“This is the third lesson.”
IV
_April 1st._
“This is the fourth lesson.
“The world fears purpose that is free and fearless. All the forces of
humanity are turned against freedom. The church imposes its creed, the
class imposes its caste, the profession imposes its etiquette, the
moralist imposes his fear, the libertine imposes his folly. All men are
bound by the conventions of church, caste, profession, or moral status.
Thus do they throw wide the door to forces of disintegration. Each man
assumes a purpose not his own; a force that is his own deserts him.
“Free development demands free purpose and concentrated force. Wherever
two or three are gathered together to follow the same purpose in free and
conscious co-operation, there force is multiplied. Wherever an hundred
are assembled to be led like sheep by the bell-wether, there force is
debauched and disintegrated.
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