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official seal of the United States�察�while tradition traces the crowning´stone 

in   Westminster   Abbey   back   to   the   time   of   Solomon's   temple   and   even 

earlier。 For the most part the erewhile wanderers are now settled in their 

destined     homes�察    �but   the   Anglo´Saxon       racethe    People   of    the  Corner´ 

Stoneare   still   the   pioneers   among   the   nations�察  �and   there   is   something 

esoteric in the old joke that when the North Pole is reached a Scotchman 

will   be   found   there。   And   not   least   in   the   chain   of   evidence   is   the   link 

afforded by a tribe who are wanderers still�察�the Gipsies with their duplicate 

of the Pyramid in the pack of cardsa volume which has been called ;The 

Devil's     Picture   Book;     by   those    who    know     it  only   in  its  misuse    and 



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inversion�察�but which when interpreted in the light of the knowledge we are 

now gaining�察�affords a signal instance of that divine policy by which as St。 

Paul says�察�God employs the foolish things of this world to confute the wise�察�

while     a  truer  apprehension      of   the  Gipsies    themselves      indicates   their 

unmistakable connection with that race who through all its wanderings has 

ever been the guardian of the Stone。 

     In these few paragraphs I have only been able to point out very briefly 

the   broad   lines   of   enquiry   into   a   subject   of   national   importance   to   the 

British and American peoples�察�and which interests us personally�察�not only 

as members of these nations�察�but as affording proof on the largest scale of 

the same   specialization   of universal laws   which   each of us   has to   effect 

individually for ourself。 But whether the process be individual or national 

it is always the same�察�and is the translation to the very highest planethat 

of the All´originating Life itselfof the old maxim that ;Nature will obey 

us exactly in proportion as we first obey Nature;�察�it is the old parable of 

the lord who�察�finding his servants girt and awaiting him�察�then girds himself 

and   serves   them   ��Luke   xii。   35   to   37��。  The   nation   or   the   individual   who 

thus realizes the true principle of the Shepherd and the Stone�察�comes under 

a    special    Divine     guidance      and   protection�察    �not    by   a   favouritism 

incompatible       with   the   conception     of  universal    Law�察   �but  by   the   very 

operation   of   the   Law   itself。   They   have   come   into   touch   with   its   higher 

possibilities�察�and to recur to an analogy which I have already employed�察�

they learn to make their iron float by the very same law by which it sinks�察�

and so they become the flock of the Great Shepherd and the building of 

the Great Architect�察�and each one�察�however insignificant his or her sphere 

may     appear�察   �becomes     a  sharer    in  the   great  work�察   �and    by  a   logical 

consequence begins to grow on new lines of development for the simple 

reason     that    a  new     principle    necessarily     produces      new    modes      of 

manifestation。 If the reader will think over these things he will see that the 

promises contained in the Bible whether national or personal�察�are nothing 

else than statements of the universal   law of Cause and Effect applied   to 

the   inmost    principles    of  our   being�察  �and   that   therefore   it  is  not  mere 

rhapsody�察�but the figurative expression of a great truth when the Psalmist 

says `;The Lord is my Shepherd�察─�and ;Thou art my God and the Rock of 



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my salvation。; 



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         SALVATION IS OF THE JEWS。 



     What   does   this   saying   of   the   Master's   mean�拭  �Certainly   not   a   mere 

arrogant   assumption   in   favour   of   His   own   nationalitysuch   an   idea   is 

negatived�察�not only by the universality of all His other teaching�察�but also 

by the very instruction in which these words occur�察�for He declared that 

the   Jewish   temple   was   equally   with   the   Samaritan   of   no   account   in   the 

matter。   He   said   that   the   true   worship   was   purely   spiritual   and   entirely 

independent        of  places    and    ceremonies�察     �while    at   the   same    time    He 

emphasized the Jewish expectation of a Messiah�察�so that in this teaching 

we are met by the paradox of a universal principle combined with what at 

first   sight   appears    like   a  tribal   tradition   quite   incompatible       with   any 

recognition of the universal reign of law。 How to reconcile these apparent 

opposites�察�therefore�察�seems to be the problem which He here sets before us。 

Its solution is to be found in that principle which I have endeavoured to 

elucidate     throughout      these   lectures�察   �the   specializing     of  universal    law。 

Opinions may differ as to whether the Bible narrative of the birth of Christ 

is   to   be   taken   literally   or   symbolically�察  �but   as   to   the   spiritual   principle 

involved there  can�察 �I think�察 �be no   difference of opinion。  It is   that   of the 

specialization by the individual of the generic relation of the soul to the 

Infinite Spirit from which it proceeds。 The relation itself is universal and 

results   from   the   very   nature   of   the   creative   process�察  �but   the   law   of   the 

universal   relation   admits   of   particular   specialization   exactly  in   the   same 

way as all other natural lawsit is simply applying to the supreme Law of 

Life the same method by which we have learnt to make iron float�察�that is 

to say by a fuller recognition of what the Law is in itself。 Whatever other 

meanings we may apply to the name Messiah�察�it undoubtedly stands   for 

the   absolutely   perfect   manifestation   in   the   individual   of   all   the   infinite 

possibilities of the Principle of Life。 

     Now it was because this grand ideal is the basis on which the Hebrew 

nationality  was   founded   that   Jesus   made   this   statement。 This   foundation 

had been lamentably misconceived by the Jewish people�察�but nevertheless�察�

however   imperfectly�察  �they   still   held   by   it�察  �and   from   them   this   ideal   has 



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spread     throughout      the   Christian     world。    Here    also   it  continues     to  be 

lamentably misconceived�察�nevertheless it is still retained�察�and only needs 

to   be   recognized   in   its   true   light   as   a   universal   principle�察  �instead   of   an 

unintelligible   dogma�察  �to   become   the   salvation   of   the   world。   Hence�察  �as 

affording      the   medium       through     which     this   supreme      ideal   has    been 

preserved and spread�察�it is true that ;Salvation is of the Jews。; 

     Their   fundamental   idea   was   right   but   their   apprehension   of   it   was 

wrongthat is why the Master at the same time sweeps away the national 

worship of the temple and preserves the national idea of the Messiah�察�and 

this is equally true of the Christian world at the present day。 If salvation is 

anything real it must have its cause in some law�察�and if there is a law it 

must     be   founded     upon     some    universal     principle�此   �therefore    it  is  this 

principle which we must seek if we would understand this teaching of the 

Master's。 

     Now whether we take the Bible story of the birth of Christ literally or 

symbolically�察�it teaches one great lesson。 It teaches that the All´originating 

Spirit   is   the  true   Parent   of   the   individual   both   in   soul   and   body。 This   is 

nothing else than realizing from the stand´point of the individual what we 

cannot help realizing in regard to the original creation of the cosmos it is 

the   realization   that   the All´originating   Spirit   is   at   once   the   Life   and   the 

Substance in each individual here and now�察�just as it must have been in the 

origin   of   all   things。   Human   parentage   counts   for   nothingit   is   only   the 

channel through which Universal Spirit has acted for the concentration of 

an individual centre�察�but the ultimate cause of that centre�察�both in life and 

substance�察  �continues   at   every   moment   to   be   the   One   same   Originating 

Spirit。 

     This recognition cuts away the root of all the power of the negative�察�

and so in principle it delivers us from all evil�察�for the root of evil is the 

denial of the power of the Spirit to produce good。 When we realize that the 

Spirit is finding its own individualization in us in its two´fold essence as 

Life and Substance�察�then we see that it must be both able and willing to 

create for us all good。 The only limit is that which we ourselves impose by 

denying   its   operation�察  �and   when   we   realize   the   inherent   creativeness   of 

Spirit we find that there is no reason why we should stop short at any point 



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and say that it can go no further。 Our error is in looking on the life of the 

body as   separate   from the   life of the   Spirit�察 �and this   error is met   by  the 

consideration   that�察  �in   its   ultimate   nature�察  �Substance   must   emanate   from 

Spirit and is nothing else than the record of Spirit's conception of itself as 

finding   expression   in   space   and 

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