There is a lull of carpenter's hammers on Mt.Ecclesia, for we have finished the three cot-tages which we were building; and they addmuch to the beauty of the scene; looking socozy and comfortable. A tract of land next tothe Headquarters grounds has been opened upand subdivided into lots, and a number of theFellowship members have already takenadvantage of this and bought little homesites.Mr. Pierce of Los Angeles and Miss Lyon ofBrooklyn have already erected two artistic lit-tle homes, and Miss Lyons is going to build forother Brooklyn members: Mr. and Mrs.Roberts so that they may have a home to go towhen they arrive at Oceanside, which we hopewill be very soon. If they knew what a beauti-ful wintering place California is, they andmany others would be in a fever of excitementtill they realized their desire to come to Mt.Ecclesia.

Just think of it! when Jack Frost holds all therest of our country in his icy grip there is aclear, blue sky and beautiful sunshine inCalifornia. In fact, the winter time is our mostbeautiful season, for then the hills are green orcarpeted with a myriad of beautiful flowers.There is a drive of three miles along the beachfrom Oceanside to Carlsbad, and the sandycliff there is overgrown with tiny little flowers,blended in colors so variegated and lovely thatthey are beyond description—just like a greatvelvety rug made by the hand of the MasterWeaver, and excelling in glory the work of themost talented gardener, as the glory of the Sunis beyond the light of a candle.

And speaking about the beach. EverySaturday afternoon a party of students mayalways be found there, having a marshmallowbake after their dip in the surf. There is not aday in the year when people may not enjoy surf

bathing in Southern California, and our easternstudents are particularly keen in respect ofbathing, because the rigor of their home cli-mate denies them that pleasure the greater partof the time. So Mrs. Green makes up a lunchfor them and goes along as chaperone to seethat they behave properly. While we are speak-ing of eating and eatables, we may mentionthat there has been a change of the culinaryartists on Mt. Ecclesia. Mr. Carter, who hasbeen catering to the material man since theopening of the school, has left us to take acourse of instruction in the East, so that he maybe better qualified to assist us in theSanitarium work when he returns at a laterdate. Mrs. Hicks of Seattle has come down totake his place. We trust she will be happy andcontented in her new place.

Another of the workers on Mt. Ecclesia,Mrs. Gurney, has also left us to take the lectureplatform, a work for which she is eminentlywell fitted, for she is a splendid speaker andteacher. We do not hope that she will have suc-cess in her new line of work, for we know sheis sure of that. On her way up North shestopped over at Los Angeles, and theFellowship there was immensely pleased withher, also were very sorry that she could notstay longer. She has gone to San Francisco andwe expect soon to hear good news of theFellowship work in that city.

The second term of the school started on the16th of September, as scheduled, and you willfind a resume of Mr. Heindel's opening speechelsewhere.

Flora Kyle of Portland has taken Mrs.Gurney's place as teacher of physical culture;she puts the students through their paces at agreat rate, so we may expect soon to have arace of giants on Mt. Ecclesia. It would not be

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very good to meet some of them on a dark roadif they had evil intents, for Mrs. Gurney taughtthem the gladiator swing, and with the contin-ued training of Miss Kyle they are bound to bestrong-armed men and women.

Miss McDuffie has also branched out as ateacher of Esperanto. She suggested it as amatter of recreation from the more seriousstudies, and, judging from the peals of laughterheard on Tuesday evening while the class is insession, it must be a very funny language. Itseems that every noun ends with an o. Forinstance, koko is a cock or rooster, and as thefeminine of all nouns is obtained by adding thesuffix in before the final o a hen is a kokino.But there is an unsolved problem in the egg, aspointed out by Mr. Heindel, for we do notknow whether to call it an egg or an eggino;but it will be instantly seen what enormousadvantage it is that every word indicates atonce whether it is male or female; thus, whenyou say peacho you know at once that a malepeach is meant, and we now know thatpeacherino is a word in Esperanto and notslang as we had formerly supposed.

We are very thankful that the study of lan-guage has been taken up, and we wish the daywere here where all could speak one language,for then some of our most serious problemswould be solved. We have had considerablemembership in South America, and theRosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, together withmost of our other literature, has been translat-ed into Spanish, thus provoking much interestand bringing us many letters which we havedifficulty in deciphering. If we had a Spanishspeaking student at Headquarters to take careof the correspondence, we would gladlyaccede to the request of our Spanish speakingfriends and issue the monthly lesson in theirnative language.

On the 14th of September, Mr. Heindel gavea lecture in Los Angeles on "The ChristianMystic Initiation", the subject being illustratedby stereopticon. The Los Angeles Fellowshiphad rented one of the largest halls in that city,and, although it had been an unusually warm

day for this part of the country, every seat inthe hall was filled, and it became necessary toput in extra chairs. The lecture was listened towith much interest and appreciation.

Resumé of Mr. Heindel’s Address at theOpening of the Second Term of School

The plant kingdom has only the dense bodyand the vital body. Therefore, the plants buildstem and leaf, then another little part of stem,and then another leaf, and go on. The structureof man built during the plant stage also showsa similar work of repetition—vertebra uponvertebra, until the spine had been completed.Thus we see that the keynote of the vital bodyis repetition and as it is the material counter-part of the Life Spirit or Christ Principle inman, it is evident that to reach the Christ Spiritwe must work through the vital body and inharmony with its keynote—repetition. Thisapplies to whatever line of study or work weundertake. Therefore, in commencing a newterm of study, the same lines of thought whichwe laid down at the beginning of the previousterm should be emphasized. First and foremostamong them is this fact: we are seeking tobring out the Christ from within ourselves, sothat we may do in the world the things He didand is constantly now doing unseen by us,thereby hastening the day of His coming. Weshould acknowledge no other leadership thanthe Christ, not even the leadership of the ElderBrothers, for they do not lead and guide butcome only as friends to advise; and we shouldbe particularly careful to remember that every-one is on the same basis. Therefore, no oneshould put Mr. and Mrs. Heindel on a pedestal;they do not belong there and have no pre-emi-nence above anyone else. All have the sameopportunity of service and in service is theonly true road to greatness. Yet no matter howefficiently we may serve, if we glory in ourservices that self-glory is our only reward.

It should be our aim to think little of thatwhich we do, to esteem ourselves as nothing,for no matter how well we work, none of us isable to serve God worthily, even for one single

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day. So humility in service should be our chiefend and aim. The more thoroughly we canattain to that ideal, the smaller we are in ourown eyes, the greater shall we be in the sight ofGod.

Another thing, if we are willing to serve onlyin the things we like, what merit is there inthat? None whatever. But if we do whatevercomes to hand, if we endeavor to perform theunpleasant tasks of life with equanimity andstrive to put as much zeal into work we dislikeas into the work we love, if we do it to savesomebody else, then we are worthy followersof the Elder Brothers and successful imitatorsof Christ, our glorious Ideal.

(Excerpt from paper by Elizabeth MaryGreen, from Aetna Mills, California, who isnow a worker at Headquarters.)

It is our privilege to help humanity out of thedepths of despair they are now in, by lovingservice. Let us consider together what is meantby service. It is surrender of ourselves to workuntiringly, to lift the stumbling-blocks from theway of the people. This can best be done byholding up the hands of the two leaders that wemay gain strength to serve in the work of theElder Brothers. So can't you see we must pre-serve harmony in our ranks, stand heart toheart and shoulder to shoulder to give themuch needed strength to the leaders who gobefore us in the work? We must forge the linksof our Fellowship chain with loving devotionto the Cause, as no chain is stronger than itweakest link. As we are ever reaching up forhelp from those who have gone on before us,so must we reach down to help those who arebelow us in the scale of evolution. Let us rollback the dome of the sky and open the flood-gates of our souls that we may receive the lightfrom on high. “Live the life and ye shall knowthe doctrine" holds as good to-day as when itwas uttered two thousand years ago.Compassion is no sentiment—it is the Law. Wemust have that great compassion for all, thatthe heart must never rest but ever listen to thecry of suffering humanity. We must have toler-

ation for others’ shortcomings as we expect thesame for ourselves. "Let our light so shine”that all may see it in our faces. Let our handsdo only deeds that are noble, good and true.Let our feet be ever ready to swiftly glide tolighten another's woes. Then some day human-ity will tread the higher plane of thought andaction, and the Christ will be liberated from theearth. Then men and women will live theChrist-life and we will be able to attract angel'ssouls to dwell with us as little children, andevil will drop away and a New Heaven and aNew Earth will be ours to dwell in, for it isonly by living the Golden Rule of God that wewill bring about the Golden Age of Man—"UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WEFALL".

Students who are affiliated withHeadquarters by virtue of being on Mr.Heindel's list of correspondents may apply foradmission to the School.

The rates are $6.00 per week or $25.00 permonth for those who are content to dwell intents; but if room in a cottage is desired, therate is $7.00 per week or $29.00 per month.This is for board and room only. Students areexpected to support the school by voluntarycontribution. As accommodations are limited,application must be made in advance.

We are also prepared to receive patients atthe Sanitarium, whether members or not; therate being $7.00 per week or $29.00 per monthfor the physical accommodation. There is nocharge for healing, but patients are also expect-ed to give as they have received. The ruleabout application for admission applies topatients also and the reason is the same.

At the Oceanside garage we have a rate of50¢ each where two passengers come togetherfrom the depot to Mt. EccIesia and return.When anyone comes alone they charge 60¢ forthe round trip. This includes a reasonableamount of baggage and it is cheaper than theexpressman's charge. So call up Main 25 onarrival in Oceanside and they will call for youat the depot.

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