which follow (note the simplicity of the appeal, yet the universal law): "What makes the lamb love Mary so, the eager children cry? Oh, Mary loves the lamb you know, the teacher did reply.” The Psalmist says in the 107th Psalm, "Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men." Then he repeats again and again, and in the last verse he says, "Whoso is wise and will observe these things even they shall know of the loving-kindness of God." Is the psychology of this 107th Psalm scientifically sound? The writer thinks it will bear the scrutiny of scientific investigation, that the challenge of this Psalm can be met and worked out in personal experience, and that it will function in life in expressions of thanksgiving and good-will. Admitting this, we have a spiritual law functioning through a natural law (law of psychology) which may be termed a spiritual law in the natural world, as a connecting link between God and man, producing the highest spiritual life. This law was mentioned by St. Paul when he said, "Other foundation can no man lay than that which is laid" (loving-kindness, personified in Jesus). This law also functions through a natural law, in the plan of propagation as suggested by the Great Teacher when He said, "Ye must be born again." The spirit of lovingkindness under this plan vitalizes the spirit of man, giving life: as the egg is vitalized and fertilized by contact. The spirit of loving-kindness functions in life when we, having appreciated the goodness of God, are imbued with that same spirit and transmit it to others through altruistic service, as when the Great Teacher said, “Let your light shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify (love) your Father." "As God allows his light (sun) to shine that we may see his good works," and imbibe His spirit through appreciation of His goodness. Altruistic service vitalizes the spirit of men everywhere, as seen in the spirit of men, women and children in southeastern Europe, Belgium and other countries, by the service rendered by one of our great and foremost citizens. His outstanding altruistic service has affected the children of those countries so that in their prayers morning and evening they lift their hearts in thanksgiving and gratitude for His kindness. The result of altruistic service is seen in the friendly attitude of China to America as a result of the generous spirit manifested by our country in the negotiations growing out of the Boxer rebellion. "The wind bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh or whither it goeth. So is everyone who is born (vitalized) of the Spirit." He goes about doing good, vitalizing and pollenizing, as the wind vitalizes and pollenizes the blossoms of the trees and grain fields. Men are born again by this pollenizing process by receiving His lovingkindness, who in turn function in altruistic service. The parable of the leaven is apropos here. "In the great struggle of Jean Valjean, before mentioned in the chapter under Mind, Victor Hugo says "there are two things in which I have not succeeded-in breaking the thread which holds me, fixed, riveted and sealed here by my heart (referring to conscience) or in silencing some one who speaks softly to me when alone" (lonely). STORY OF HAWTHORNE'S GREAT STONE FACE As the writer believes in the psychology or law of attraction depicted by Hawthorne in the "Great Stone Face," that it is as true as the law of gravitation and the law of reproduction, the story is given in brief that the law may be seen in its operation upon character. The scenery is pictured as a lofty mountain, with a beautiful valley below. The foothills are lined here with huts or smaller houses, and there with larger and more pretentious dwellings, with a settlement of several thousand people in the valley. The mountainside is steep and difficult. It seemed as if a great giant had sculptured out his own likeness on the precipice. There was the broad arched forehead a hundred feet in height; the nose with its long ridge, the vast lips which, if they could speak, would roll forth thunderous accents from one end of the valley to the other. At close range it looked like a chaotic lot of gigantic rocks piled up. Retracing your steps, the wondrous features would again be seen, and the farther we withdraw the more like a human face with divinity intact would appear, until it grew dim in the distance with the clouds and glorified vapour of the mountains clustering around it. The Great Stone Face seemed positively alive. 66 "It was a happy lot of children to grow up to manhood and womanhood with the Great Stone Face before their eyes, for all the features were noble and the expression at once grand and sweet, as if it were the glow of the vast warm heart, that embraced all mankind in affection and had room for more." It was an education only to look at it. According to belief, the valley owed much of its fer tility to this benign aspect that was continuously beaming over it, illuminating the clouds, and with great tenderness. "Mother,' said Earnest, as the great face smiled upon him, 'I wish it could speak, for it looks so very kindly that its voice must be pleasant.' "When the toil of day was over, Earnest would gaze at the Great Stone Face for hours. "There was a prophecy that a man would some day come to the village with a character and benign expression depicted in the Great Stone Face. "Gathergold came and many thought he was the man, as he built a great palace, and was very rich, but Earnest soon learned that he was not the man. "Then Old Blood and Thunder came with sword and flashing epaulets and embroidered collar. But he was not the man. "Then Old Stony Phiz, the statesman, came but he was not the man. "Then a poet came, and he was not the man. 66 'Finally the poet points out Earnest as the man. He had taken on the character of the Great Stone Face." S XXVI ALTRUISM TORY: illustrating power of loving-kindness to change the spirit of man: and the teachings of altruism. Cheeriest room that morn the kitchen, Helped by Bridget's willing hands, Little Flossie flitted 'round them Slouched a figure o'er the lawn, N'er had trod that path before. His hat was gone, his pants were torn, Rat, tat, tat, upon the entrance Brought Aunt Hannah to the door, "Drink, you've had enough, you rascal; |