May 23

"THUS saith the Lord God, Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee."

In every man is "sealed up the sum," all creation finds embodiment in him, and growing expression through him; he is inmostly full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty; he has been in Eden, the garden of God; for Eden with all its precious jewels and its gold is in him. The cherubim are constituents of his being. In the holy mountain of God, that mountain in which nothing hurts or destroys, man has walked in the midst of the stones of fire. In him is Eden with its rivers, trees, and precious stones. In a still more interior and central degree of life, heaven is in him,—but so long as the world remains in his heart, and his treasure is laid up on

J. W. FARQUHAR earth, he is unconscious of his true greatness.

OUR HIGH CALLING