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of that body; but, if by the light of Theo-
sophy, you determine that he is a soul, then you
must look back to the development of evolution
and the beginning of that soul, and you natural-
ly look forward to try and understand what
that soul may become ; the effect of doing this
suggests rebirth, continuity of life. The posses-
sion of the body is in this last case a very minor
thing. For at most it means a sheath of short
duration, say, a life time, a sheath that makes
the form in which dwells the greater part of
the entity.

I have said that Theosophy is a gospel of hope,
inspiration; it gives zest to (t move on," to get
forward with work, and its ideals press you on ;

for the vastness of its plan, its great scheme of
evolution is such that it receives a response which
seems to answer in this way ; " Yes, I must get
on and help too, 1 must let Them count on me,
I must help suffering humanity to shake off its
chains, I must not be idle for a moment, and so
on and so on."

There are three great facts which Theosophy
has to lay before humanity. They have been
summed up under three main heads :

There are three truths which are absolute,
and which cannot be lost, but yet may remain
silent for lack of speech.