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ages passed, thousands of lives lived, but qualifi-
ed now to help in the saving of humanity and
to be of use in God's world to help Him. No-
light task, no light attainment. It sounds so
easy on paper; it is so hard to carry out; so
easy to talk, so hard to attain. We talk as if
it were done in a span, and it takes millions of
years; but the goal is the only goal worth
having, the prize the only gift of any value.
Many have travelled this road. So where they
have trodden we can tread. They have traced
the road. It is for us to follow.

The ladder at Bath Abbey showed some
falling from its steps. There is no failure
except the failure of ceasing to try. We may
make mistakes, and the falling from the ladder
may mean one of two things, that our strength
has failed and that we are held back for a few
lives or that we have gone as far as we can by
strength and ability, physically or otherwise, in
this life and must wait for a renewed body in
our next life.

We have talked a great deal about the
possibility of our climb, bat I want to say a
word about those who have already climbed
and yet are still u of the human family," our
Elder Brothers. I spoke of all religions having
a Founder, One who rose above humanity. Who