The Pathway of Roses

I. Paths to the Life Beautiful 5 II. The Way to Freedom 11 III. The Supreme Point of View 19 IV. The True Order of Things 22 V. The Good That is in You 27 VI. Give Your Best to the World 29 VII. Giving Much and Receiving Much 34 VIII. And All Things Shall be Added 41 IX. When Life is Worth Living 47 X. The Way, the Truth and the Life 56 XI. To Know and Think the Truth 60 XII. Finding the Lost Word 69 XIII. The Royal Path to Wisdom 76 XIV. The Golden Path to Increase 80 XV. The Life More Abundant 86 XVI. Human Nature Becoming Divine Nature 91 XVII. A Sublime State of Existence 95 XVIII. A Foretaste of Heaven 100 XIX. The Vision of the Soul 105 XX. The Infinite Revealed 110 XXI. Return Ye Unto God 114 XXII. Prayers That are Answered 119 XXIII. The Faith That Moves Mountains 130 XXIV. The Winds and the Waves Shall Obey My Will 143 XXV. For I Have Overcome the World 151 XXVI. The Supreme Purpose of Life 158 XXVII. The Psalm of Rejoicing 163 XXVIII. God's Beautiful Gift to Me 180 Excerpt: The thinking world of to-day is being filled with a phase of thought that has exceptional value. True, some of it is in a somewhat chaotic condition, but most of it is rich, containing within itself the very life of that truth that is making the world free. But in the finding of this truth, and in the application of its principles, where are we to begin? What are we to do first? And after we have begun, and find ourselves in the midst of a life so large, so immense and so marvellous that it will require eternity to live it all, what are the great essentials that we should ever remember and apply? What are the great centres of life about which we may build a greater and a greater life? These are questions that thousands are asking to-day, and the answer is simple. First, recognize the great truth that every individual can live his own life exactly as he may desire to live. Man, himself, is the real master of his own existence, and he, himself, may determine how perfect and how beautiful that existence is to be. Your life is in your own hands. You may live as you wish. You may secure from life whatever you desire, because there is no limit to life, and no limit to your capacity to live. The elements of life can be modified, changed, developed and perfected to comply with your own supreme demand; the increase of life can be realized in the exact measure of your largest need; you are in living touch with Infinite life, and there is neither limit nor end to the source of your supply. To live in the constant recognition of this great truth, is to rise continually into higher and higher degrees of that mastery of life that gives man the power to live his life according to his most perfect ideals. To reach the goal that every ascending mind has in view, this truth, therefore, must ever be recognized and applied. It is one of those principles that we shall always require, no matter how high we may rise in the scale of divine being. Second, desire that which you desire, and desire with all the power of mind and soul. We invariably receive what we desire, no more, no less. We get what we wish for if the power within that wish is as strong as we can make it. The fact that we can have an ideal, proves that we have the power to secure it. The fact that we can formulate and appreciate a desire for something larger and better, proves that we can fulfill that desire. The great essential is to desire with the whole heart; that is, to give our desires all the life and power that we can possibly arouse from the depths of invincible being. The true desire and the true prayer are synonymous. The true prayer is invariably some immensely strong desire expressed when the human mind feels the sublime touch of the Infinite mind; and the true desire must be in perfect touch with Infinite life in order to be filled with the invincible power of that life.