THE INNER BOND

has been said that union is strength; yet, so errant is the human will from the ways of knowledge, that the things hâve been chiefly praised which lift a man above his fellows, set him high up and apart in the isolated and exceptional place ; and even where, in modem days, union is sought it is mainly thought of as something which is to be attained by the extemal bonds of political alliances, commercial treaties, preferential tarifïs, the mechanism of trade organizations, and the like. Thèse are well în their way ; but Carpenter' s reminder is in season, that they axe futile and insignificant save in so far as they are correlated with, and at least partially expressive of, a deeper conscious union, Ijdng beneath ail temporary and class interests, born of spiritual insight, sjnnpathy, and obédience.

This union, which Ues within the scope of the individual heart even now, and is to be first clearly recognized and faithfully realized therein before ever it can create adéquate organic form in Society, is union in excelsis. It is the appréhension and expérience of Equality.

And Thou above ail ;

Thou, gradous Présence, sweet enfolding me Far far within, touching îne nearest of ail. As through so many âges men and women Thou with the sweetness of thy love hast ravished ;

So I touch them through Thee — through Thee to ail I am corne nearer now.^