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