e is
poorer than many a one who has not even a roof to cover him. A man may
own and live in a palace, but the palace for him may be a pool-house
still.

Moth and rust are nature's wise provisions--God's methods--for
disintegrating and scattering, in this way getting ready for use in new
forms, that which is hoarded and consequently serving no use. There is
also a great law continually operating whose effects are to dwarf and
deaden the powers of true enjoyment, as well as all the higher
faculties of the one who hoards.

Multitudes of people are continually keeping away from them higher and
better things because they are forever clinging on to the old. If they
would use and pass on the old, room would be made for new things to
come. Hoarding always brings loss in one form or another. Using,
wisely using, brings an ever renewing gain.

If the tree should as ignorantly and as greedily hold on to this year's
leaves when they have served their purpose, where would be the full and
beautiful new life that will be put forth in the spring? Gradual decay
and finally death would be the result. If the tree is already dead,
then it may perhaps be well enough for it to cling on to the old, for
no new leaves will come. But as long as the life in the tree is
active, it is _necessary_ that it rid itself of the old ones, that room
may be made for the new.

Opulence is the law of the universe, an abundant supply for every need
if nothing is put in the way of its coming. The natural and the normal
life for us is this,--To have such a fullness of life and power by
living so continually in the realization of our oneness with the
Infinite Life and Power that we find ourselves in the constant
possession of an abundant supply of all things needed.

Then not by hoarding but by wisely using and ridding ourselves of
things as they come, an ever renewing supply will be ours, a supply far
better adapted to present needs than the old could possibly be. In
this way we not only come into possession of the richest treasures of
the Infinite Good ourselves, but we also become open channels through
which they can flow to others.

HOW MEN HAVE BECOME PROPHETS, SEERS, SAGES, AND SAVIOURS.

I have tried thus far to deal fairly with you in presenting these vital
truths, and have spoken of everything on the basis of our own reason
and insight. It has been my aim to base nothing on the teachings of
others, though they may be the teachin