The Spirit says unto the churches,
‘ Ere ever the churches began
I lived in the centre of Being -
The life of the Purpose and Plan;
I flowed from the mind of the Maker
Through nature to man.
‘ I sleep in the glow of the jewel,
I wake in the sap of the tree,
I stir in the beast of the forest,
I reason in man, and am free
To turn on the path of Ascension
To the god yet to be.
‘ I was, and I am, and I will be;
I live in each church and each faith
But yield to no bond and no fetter,
I animate all with my breath;
I speak through the voice of the living
And I speak after death.’
The Spirit says unto the churches,
‘ The dead are not gone, they are near
And my voice, when I will it, speaks through them,
Speaks through them in messages clear.
And he that hath ears, in the silence
May listen and hear.’
The Spirit says unto the churches,
‘ So many the feet that have trod
The road leading up into knowledge,
The steep narrow path has grown broad;
And the curtain held down by old dogmas
Is lifted by God.’