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ENTERING THE KINGDOM

that operate only in the region of self and for the regulation of its blind impulses. He is like a man who has climbed a mountain and thereby risen above all the disturbing currents in the valleys below him. The clouds pour down their rain, the thunders roll and the lightnings flash, the fogs obscure, and the hurricanes uproot and destroy, but they cannot reach him on the calm heights where he stands, there to dwell in continual sunshine and peace.

In the life of such a man the lower laws cease to operate, and he now comes under the protection of a higher Law—namely, the Law of Love; and in accordance with his faithfulness and obedience to this Law will all that is necessary for his well-being to him at the time he requires it. The idea of gaining a position in the world cannot enter his mind, and the external necessities of life, such as money, food and clothing, he scarcely ever thinks about. Subjecting himself for the good of others, performing all his duties scrupulously and without thinking of reward, and