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To the Great Karmic Board:
Gratitude and blessings from the hearts of all who have ascended from the evolutions of mankind and elemental life because of your mercy, watchful care, kind solicitude and infinite service!
On behalf of the life yet bound to the wheel of birth and so-called
death, we also send gratitude for your Presence in the Universe. As each soul
released from the body stands before you, we thank you for the interest and the
mercy with which you study that one, assigning each to the place where the
greatest personal improvement and enlightenment will prepare the soul for a new
and more progressive Earth life. As each soul called to new birth receives your
benediction, we thank you for allowing that soul the best possible conditions
for birth, the most harmonious family life, the most purified vehicles of
incarnation and the greatest opportunity to fulfill its individual destiny. No
more, dear Karmic Board, shall you be dreaded as an instrument of judgment and
punishment! Now shall you be known as an instrument of God's mercy, grace and
solicitude!
THOMAS PRINTZ,
Editor
IS THAT YOU,
MASTER?
"Is that YOU, Master?" cried my heart
From out its shroud of doubt and fear
"We have lived so long apart,
Can I believe that THOU art here?"
I feel a dam burst in my heart
And all my foolish, childish pains
Rush in torrents from my soul
I find myself at peace again!
To one as filled with sin as I
Among a million sons of men,
My hope exceeds good reason's guard
Let me not be deceived again!
"Oh God, don't let credulity
Deceive me in this hopeful hour;
Reveal to me without delay
What PRESENCE brings this blessed power.
"Are these your Words of Counsel, Lord,
That contain no sting of cruel blame
But rather fill my emptiness
With a renewing, hopeful Flame?
"Is that your PRESENCE, Master dear,
That stands in Friendship by my side?
With thee, I could move forward now
In God, victorious whate'er betide.
"Oh, Holy Comforter! I know
The gentle peace that fills my soul,
My strength renewed, my Spirit fired,
My faith and purpose now made whole."
"Have I been so long with you
And you not know my Presence yet?
'Tis not by form but ESSENCE, child,
The Measure of the Christ is set.
"The fruit falls not far from the parent
tree,
Nor the Master's works from the Father's
Throne.
Where Comfort, Hope and Peace abide
The Father's Will is being done.
"The Father's sons are Love Divine,
Their garments hemmed with Mercy's
thread;
Whosoever touches the fringe of the
Robe,
In Paths of Truth are gently lead."
Reprinted upon request from the June, 1952, Bridge to Freedom