to the dawn and let its beams bathe away all
stains of the night. Then, should the noon be dark with storms, your
smile shall wear the serene promise of confidence and realization.

This Supreme day can only be saved by spending it. Therefore, to its
burden give your strength; to its confusion give your patience; to
its sorrow give your comfort; to its trial give your nobleness; to its
peril give your heroism; to its sacrifice give your love.

During this Supreme day step softly among human hearts and leave so
much of kindness along its path, that in golden days, gladness shall
spring up bearing its tribute to other weary hearts in the cool
eventide of the world's glad Easter.

Set eternity in your heart, let Truth be your fadeless Day Star, then
over your life of service, sacrifice, courage, cheerfulness, patience,
kindness and love, time shall have no power.

THE AUTHOR.

Lesson First

SUPREME CONTROL OF CONDITIONS

Conditions are thought made. Change your thought and you will change
your condition. To agonize and struggle in a bad condition is like
struggling in quicksand, you get in deeper. Tell your bad conditions
to another and you multiply them. If the heavens are falling and the
earth is slipping under your feet, grab a big Turkish towel, walk
briskly into the supreme sanctuary of the body,--the bath-room, take a
thorough salt-water bath, with a few drops of perfume in it to awaken
your self-respect. Then in a quiet, darkened room take a good sleep
of ten to fifteen hours. Then rise and eat slowly, quietly and happily
some nourishing food. God, Himself, could do nothing with Elijah,
until He had given him a long sleep and a good meal. Then Elijah went
forth and crowned a King, appointed a Prophet, established a Kingdom,
and rode Home in chariots of fire. Once you make a start, the world
is at your command. Let go of the past. Stop the foolish thinking
that conditions hold you, it is you holding onto conditions. Quit
your self-pity, blaming others, and saying you are the victim of
circumstances. Stop whining, and begin singing, then will your feet
be loosed from the stocks and the iron gates open outward before you.
Look away from yourself.

=IS YOUR WILL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL?= Awake it. See if you are
sailing, or drifting. Set the compass of your Mind to new thoughts,
fresh purposes, selfless desires, fill your sails with boundless hope,
and let your daily voyage spell SERVICE in a big way. You