In The Desert A Highway

In the Desert a Highway By Richard Whitwell Comfoii ye, comfort ye Prepare ye the way .... ma e straight in the desert a highway far our God. ISAIAH XL O, thou art juller and sweeter, the more deeply we drink of thee And thy julness only waiteth on our capacity. BROTHER JAMES. H. T. HAMBLIN PUBLISHER BOSHAM, CHICHESTER, ENGLAND. Wholesale Trade Agent. L. N. FOWLER Co.. London, E-C. 4. All the chapters, save the last three, in this little volume, were contributed, as articles, to the Science of Thought Review. The passages, in italics, which preface the chapters, and give, in a measure, the keynote of the same, are taken, in every instance but one, from my book, The Cloud and the Fire. The exception is the chapter entitled The Beloved One, the initial passage of which is taken from the Gold of Dawn. The last three little chapters were contributed to Brotherhood. The cloud by day, and the flre by night, recall the Bible story of the journey through the wilderness, with its deep spiritual signify cance hence the title, In the Desert a Highway, which also is the heading of one of the chapters. The issue of that journey our journey likewise is the biggest thing of all B. W. Foreword Richard Whitwell belongs to the true order of spiritual mystics. For years I have studied his writings with ever increasing interest. My first acquaintance with his books was when his Life of Francis of Assisi came to me as a gift of God out of the great unknown. On reading it, I thought of the splendid statement of Walt Whitman, Only themselves can understand themselves or the like of themselves. 1 then realised that we had in Mr. Whitwell a writer akin to St. Francis. Yet he has this larger vision, namely, themystic understanding combined with the scientific spirit. I thought then, and I think now that with one such God must be well pleased. There next came to me The Cloud and the Fire, revealing the poet soul, and the mild understanding heart. Other works have followed, each showing new aspects of creative genius, making the truth so attractive that one is constrained to say 4 And ah for a man to arise in me That the man I am may cease to be Now, at length, comes this present little work, In the Desert a Highway his latest word to the souls of men. I think indeed that even if it contained nothing else than the chapters under this same title, and Lift up your hearts it would be beyond price. But each lesson is a gem. Note well the richness of quotation from men of every age and creed. Again 1 say that Richard Whitwell belongs to the true order of mystics. For he is with them, not as an eavesdropper, or as a pickpocket snatching nuggets for cheap settings, but as comrade and brother. He gives to them even more than he receives fro. n them. His quotations catch an added charm as they pass through the light of his genius. He seems, by his setting, to reveal the inner splendour of each author whom he quotes. Such grace of spirit is rare in any age, and especially rare in this age of jazz, big business, and loud advertising. Here, as ever, in the midst of all these things comes the still small Voice, calling our minds to the deep things of God, and firing our hearts to high adventure, and end less enlargement. HENRY VICTOR MORGAN. Tacoma, Washington, U. S. A. May, 1929. Religion is simply the pure expression of Life itself. It draws everything unto itselj, in an absorption of joy and interest. Byit everything is accepted, and, in it, translated. That which enters through the door of sadness passes out through the door of Love. All things indeed find acceptance and new meaning. Here, then f is our sure prescription of the Way of Prosperity, the Path of Success. Go step by step accept the guidance of your circumstance et er as the leading of His Providence, and take Gods hand. An apparent thwarting of thy good may prove to be the shadow of a greater good...