THE MASTER M

they are his body ; they wait thetr Hetd. Thejr wait the émergence from among them of btni who will summon their slack and fragmentaiy powers, tmify their forces, represcnt them, make their potential energy Idiietic, fashkm them mto an organism, deliver themsetves to thfimdves, express in terms of erect, rhalTfnging, independent Manhood that which is emfaryooic in them. He cornes as the light-beam npon the explosive engine. He cornes as Siegfried to eut the restraining links of the heavy overlajring armour, to awaken the sleeping Bninhikle with a kiss, to set her free into the tme divine knowledge and power of Love, and from that kyve-nmoo to create the new race which at once destroys and fulfils the old.

This great individnal is Democracy articolated, personalized. He is, par excdlc9tce, the Master, the Saviour. Democracy is the content of his heart ; the quality, the orientation, of his sçknt. He is the " kingdom that b among you/' He is the leader of an invisible host ; he is the host ; the host is his brood. What happens to him as an individnal matters not ; he is the " temen of Democracy " ; he imprcgnates the womb of Time, and ail the invincible pow^v of the universe watch over his offspring.

Of his own power and peace and joy we shall now hâve to write more in détail; and nnce he is himself the potency of the Love-kingdom, since its reality is with him, since what is con-