learn to give, not as charity, but as described in this wonderful booklet. Artistic cover and envelope. Price 20 cents. TEMPLE TALKS CHARLES FILLMORE Temple Talks are addresses delivered by Mr. Fillmore in Unity Auditorium at Kansas City. These "talks" have been chosen from the best of Mr. Fillmore's addresses, and we recommend them to all who are seeking the light of Truth, for they are filled with spiritual wisdom which teaches the true laws of being. A set of Temple Talks consists of five volumes, all uniform in size and style. The set includes fifty-two addresses, all dealing with problems that daily confront the average man or woman. We are offering a set of these books in artistic paper covers, packed in a neat box, for $1.00. Also a set of the cloth bound, in box, for $3.00. Single copies of any volume, paper cover, 25 cents each; cloth bound, 75 cents each. UNITY BEAUX ARTS SERIES This delightful series which was so popular last year, has come out in a new edition this season to add happiness to those who would know the essential truths of life. The series consists of six booklets, all uniformly printed in large, clear type on heavy paper, with artistic cover. The name of the series has been taken from the beautiful Beaux Arts cover in which the little volumes are bound. The following is a list of the complete series. We call your attention to the special price of $1.00 which we make for the six booklets when ordered at one time. Single copies are 20 cents. Dainty handmade envelopes to match are sent with the booklets. "Directions for Beginners," by Charles Fillmore. MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS By H. EMILIE CADY Author of "Lessons in Truth," etc. Rarely does one find a volume whose contents have helped humanity as the various articles have that comprise the reading in this important book. Most of the essays contained in "Miscellaneous Writings" have gone through many editions, indicating an unusual demand made by the public. Each chapter in it has passed the final test of merit, which is the test that proves to the reader the value of the book. This, H. Emilie Cady's works have done, for countless numbers today are rejoicing for having heeded the message from the pen of this inspired woman. When faithfully applied, Miss Cady's message results in health, harmony, prosperity and happiness. Eleven articles of spiritual interest have been selected for this volume of "Miscellaneous Writings." The contents follows: If Thou Knewest; The Spoken Word; Unadulterated Truth; In His Name; Oneness with God; God's Hand; Trusting and Resting; Neither Do I Condemn Thee; Loose Him and Let Him Go; All Sufficiency in All Things; Finding the Christ in Ourselves. Printed in large attractive type on very good book paper. In paper binding this book sells for 50 cents; cloth binding $1.00. UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY, 913-925 Tracy Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri According to special arrangements which we have made with the Oxford Press, we can offer our readers the new Oxford Bible at an exceptionally low price, notwithstanding the increased cost of paper and printing. This Bible is beautifully and durably bound in Keratol, a vegetable composition that looks very much like leather. It makes an excellent binding; it is stronger than much of the leather used on Bibles. Only an experienced person can tell that the binding is not leather. No leather or any animal product enters into this Bible or its binding. This special Oxford Bible is self-pronouncing. Particlar attention is called to the proper names and difficult words which are divided into syllables and accented so they may be pronounced correctly. DEVOTED TO PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY VOL. 46 KANSAS CITY, MO., MAY, 1917 No. 5 TRUE RELIGION CHARLES P. TILEY HE WORD religion comes from two Latin words which mean "to bind together again." This implies that there has been a separation, or a dividing, and religion is the process of again uniting or cementing together these seemingly separated somethings. I use the word "seemingly" because when we contemplate the Truth that All is Good, and Good is All, we see that in reality there is no separation, in fact could not be in the very nature of the Allness of the Good. The seeming separation then, is separation from the Good, and it is perfectly evident, as we contemplate our own experience, and as we look about us, that the separation seems very real indeed, so much so that in spite of all the good teaching and good teachers we have had for these many years, the whole world seems more or less strongly entrenched in the belief that there is a great separation; that evil, the very opposite of Good, is an entity, a great force, apparently even greater than the power for Good. Humanity has been so long steeped in this belief of separateness, or belief in two forces-good and evil-that it is only with the greatest effort that men are pried loose and reach a point where they discern the Truth concerning themselves. It seems man reaches a place where he is content to grovel in darkness, a place where he will struggle, yes even fight, to be left in the slough of desolation into which he has sunk. This is aptly illustrated in attempts to civilize savage tribes. The young of such tribes have been taken away from their savage environment and surrounded with the schools and discipline of civilization. They have been taught and apparently made progress. After years of such training, upon being sent back to their tribes, it has been found that in a short time they have reverted to their old habits and customs. In other words, the subconscious activity of their minds holds them in a vise-like grip to the old ideals. Teachers have arisen in great numbers who have discerned the Truth, practiced it, urged it upon their fellowmen, with varying degrees of success. Of these teachers and teachings, those which are written in the Hebrew Scriptures as from the lips of Jesus of Nazareth are to me the clearest, most powerful, and best in every way. I agreed perfectly with an editorial I recently read in one of the newspapers, when it said that compared with Jesus the utterances and teachings, and lives, of all other teachers were as of the infant class. To me this seeming separation, this dual nature, is the "fall of man;" fallen away, as it were, from the Truth that Unity is All, and that there is no separation. I consider one reaching a place in consciousness where he discerns this to have made a wonderful stride. I cannot describe the feelings that came to me when this first burst upon my consciousness. I seemed to have been transported from one realm into another of an entirely different nature. From a plane of consciousness where I felt that I was a mere nothing, one of many millions, helplessly buffeted about, a victim of chance, accepting evil experiences as a matter of course, and good experiences as things that come by chance, in the sense that "even a blind pig sometimes steps on an acorn," I was lifted into another plane where I took on new life, where I felt that the game of life was not one of chance, but one of certainty, and that the outcome depended entirely upon how well I played the game. Not only this, but it carried with it the feeling that I could and would play it right and achieve success along every line by being per sistent. This experience alone is worth all the effort it is pos |