92 SKETCHES OF GEEAT TRUTHS

Those who have trodden the path of perfection
have shown us so much of the way, and as I have
said previously we are on the same road
and are certain of attainment if we work for it.
How impossible for us to be happy in a solitary
heaven, how impossible to be content to be in a
"pen" with the "elect*' and to know that
suffering humanity is shut out, nay rather
through the spirit of brotherhood all must pass
in; there can be no happiness so long as
one suffering creature is left outside. Those
who strive to be the saviours of men will wait
at the gate and see all pass in first.

Theosophy is the great hope for the world,
the great bringer of hope, the teacher of hope.
None ever shut out. One big family which I
have called God's family, elder members within
it, yes, more experienced members having
attained certain knowledge, but the younger
ones gradually going through their schooling
and following in the steps of the elder ones and
the babes being looked after and guarded in
their turn. Would such a family be happy if
the least one were left out? This then
is the spirit of brotherhood, and must be applied
in our home, in our workshop, in our town, in
our district, in our nation, in all the nations;

so and only so shall we realise what being " at