Letters from the Teacher Author:Harriette Augusta Curtiss Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART III. CONCERNING THE ORDER OF THE 15. "For my part, having given the greater part of my life to the study and analysis of facts, I would rather be the au... more »thor of the tritest homily, or the baldest poem, that inculcated that imperishable essence of the soul to which I have neither scalpel nor probe, than be the founder of the subtlest school, or the framer of the loftiest verse, that robbed my fellow-men of their faith in a spirit that eludes the dissecting knife,—in a being that escapes the grave-digger."—A Strange Story, Bulwer-Lytton. PART III. CONCERNING THE ORDER OF THE 15. April 9th, 1908. "I note that it is stated that the Teachers of the Order will remain hidden. One would naturally wish to know on what authority the contemplated teachings, and the predictions mentioned, are given. However, I suppose that the instruction given will soon show in itself its source. On the other hand, I, in common with others to whom I have shown your circulars, would like, if possible, some more definite information as to the organizers of this movement—the physical-plane organizers, if the others must remain hidden." We are truly sorry that we cannot comply with your request as to the personality of the organizers of this Order. All we can say is that it is a direct outpouring of The Lodge-force, and the agents through whom it is manifesting are of no more importance, from the standpoint of the teachings, than would be the pipe through which a stream of pure water was led into a parched and thirsty land. Those who are athirst for the living waters will drink; those who are satisfied with that which is at their disposal will pass it by. Only the thirsty appreciate water. If a history of the personalities were set forth, with photographs, names, etc., of what avail would ...« less