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Show .A Dream and bound the books I. n a most aru·s ti·c & bea.u tifu.l way. 1 . h A Prophecy And these people found that the best JOY tn 1 e comes from work well done. The womhen were nlol longer the mere pets or P1a y things ohf t de mAe nd -ah worked, and worked with heads and an. s. n f the women were the comrades and companions o t e men. . .c 1 h d S o, t h ough a man w ere rich ' he dtd not 1eed as akr"n e to wear t h e gar b of a workingman. An wor 1ng wl. th hI' s h an d s, he came to understand and comprehend the needs of the poor. And a right understand-ing and brotherhood sprang up bet\veen t~em. An~ those who had formerly w·orked from daylight unttl dark, now found that a few hours' work a day sufficed. In the past, as a great many never worked with their hands at all, others had to work all the time. So the toilers had time to think, to read and enjoy; and as those who. had formerly only used their heads now used thetr hands, nervous prostration took wing, and Dr. Bright and his pet disease became obsolete. And they planted trees, and forests grew; the birds came back and made the boughs melodious with their songs of love. The sewage was used to fertilize the land instead of to pollute the rivers; and fishes played hide and seek in the bright waters; and as ways had been found to consume the carbon instead 20 ~f liberating it in a cloud of soot, the sun's rays fell A Dream and In golden beams, carrying health and healing. A Prophecy And the people found that happiness and a reason-abl~ conten.t followed a just and proper exercise of one_s faculttes. They further discovered that man had a tnple nature : physical, mental and spiritual, and tha: to work. a certain number of hours daily, with one s hands, Is the part of wisdom, in that it gives zest to the exercise of the mental and spiritual na-tures. They further found that the exercise of the spiritual or emotional nature through music, or the contemplation of beauty, was a necessity as much as food and drink. They also discovered that the unrest & ruin wrought through overtaxed nerves in days agone, came largely from owning too many things. So they simplified and found after all that the best of life is not to be gotten through the ownership of many things: it comes from doing the duty that lies nearest thee. They said, " ~ife is expression, and we are endeavoring to express the beauty that is in our hearts. This life is full of gladness, and mayhap it is the gateway to another; and to live well here, is surely the best preparation for a life to come. God is good and \Ve are not afraid." 21 |