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-====== The Inner Life 1938 ======
+====== The Inner Life ======
-== THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE ==
+== THE HERALD OF THE NEW AGE | MARCH 1938 ==
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-DEATH STALKED DR. LABAEUS
-IT is good to tell this story. It is good to give it to you as con-
+<WRAP centeralign>
-vincing evidence of the constant contact between the earth and
+==== DEATH STALKED DR. LABAEUS ====
-the spirit world—if we will only listen in.
+</WRAP>
-We will call our friend Dr. Labaeus in lieu of his real name.
+<WRAP justify>
-Labaeus means courageous. And to make the name complete we
+IT is good to tell this story. It is good to give it to you as convincing evidence of the constant contact between the earth and the spirit world—if we will only listen in.
-will give to him the christian name of Lemuel. Lemuel means
-consecrated to God. In these combined names we have the char-
-acterization of the individual of whom we speak, just as he has
-lived and blazed the way for a better and a broader system of
-healing—fearlessly combining several units into a more or less
-complex system of healing the diseases to which mankind is heir.
-In the midst of his successes, with many patients passing under
+We will call our friend Dr. Labaeus in lieu of his real name. Labaeus means courageous. And to make the name complete we will give to him the christian name of Lemuel. Lemuel means consecrated to God. In these combined names we have the characterization of the individual of whom we speak, just as he has lived and blazed the way for a better and a broader system of healing—fearlessly combining several units into a more or less complex system of healing the diseases to which mankind is heir.
-his observation daily, and with several assisting practitioners in
-his office suite, Dr. Labaeus was stricken with a complete collapse.
-It came like a shot—silencing his voice, and practically suspending
-life itself for many weeks. Death stalked his victim night after
-night, day after day, finally fixing his scythe so close to the
-frail thread of life that it seemed actually to be severed.
-Still, when all seemed lost, the united faith of the praying
+In the midst of his successes, with many patients passing under his observation daily, and with several assisting practitioners in his office suite, Dr. Labaeus was stricken with a complete collapse. It came like a shot—silencing his voice, and practically suspending life itself for many weeks. Death stalked his victim night after night, day after day, finally fixing his scythe so close to the frail thread of life that it seemed actually to be severed.
-populace kept the watchers and workers busy, and when there
-came another day, the glorious reward came with it.
-“God is All in All.” Of ourselves we can do nothing. At the
+Still, when all seemed lost, the united faith of the praying populace kept the watchers and workers busy, and when there came another day, the glorious reward came with it.
-very peak of anxiety, and surely at the very moment when the
-body of Dr. Labaeus had cast off a sufficient quantity of wornout
-and useless cells, the soul of him took its flight into the life be-
-yond, to bring back God’s symbolical message of renewed faith,
-renewed courage, renewed cells, renewed Love, and a definitely
-expressed purpose, to this chosen one whose brain-mind has ac-
-cepted the renewed trust, and whose combined qualifications con-
-tinue to serve as a channel for the Master’s idea of man’s service
-to mankind—for God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit of
-Christ—the Comforter.
-Here is his own description of the spiritual trip to the beyond,
+“God is All in All.” Of ourselves we can do nothing. At the very peak of anxiety, and surely at the very moment when the body of Dr. Labaeus had cast off a sufficient quantity of wornout and useless cells, the soul of him took its flight into the life beyond, to bring back God’s symbolical message of renewed faith, renewed courage, renewed cells, renewed Love, and a definitely expressed purpose, to this chosen one whose brain-mind has accepted the renewed trust, and whose combined qualifications continue to serve as a channel for the Master’s idea of man’s service to mankind—for God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit of Christ—the Comforter.
-and a brief account of only a part of what he contacted there.
-TWO MONTHS ago I was stricken with a complete nervous
+Here is his own description of the spiritual trip to the beyond, and a brief account of only a part of what he contacted there.
-breakdown. For three weeks I was in a coma, and knew nothing in a bodily or a mental sense. I felt my spirit entirely
-separate from the body.
-In this disembodiment condition I stood before what I will call
+TWO MONTHS ago I was stricken with a complete nervous breakdown. For three weeks I was in a coma, and knew nothing in a bodily or a mental sense. I felt my spirit entirely separate from the body.
-the Gates of Eternity. I beheld a gate taller than I could see
-upward, and wider than I could see to the right or to the left.
-Beyond this gate I saw a fine old gentleman with a splendidly
-shaped head and flowing gray hair. He was dressed as I sometimes
-saw my father dressed in his earth life. Beside him, with her
-back turned to me, sat a woman pleading with him, and saying
-she wanted to see Lemuel. The big strong man took her by the
-shoulders without turning her around, and shook her gently, and
-said: “Hush, hush, you cannot see Lemuel yet. He must remain
-on earth until he has conquered disease, and that may be a gen-
-eration yet. If he comes on now, it would take anyone else a
-thousand years to bring his work to where he has it.”
-But the woman kept begging to see Lemuel, and the great man
+In this disembodiment condition I stood before what I will call the Gates of Eternity. I beheld a gate taller than I could see upward, and wider than I could see to the right or to the left. Beyond this gate I saw a fine old gentleman with a splendidly shaped head and flowing gray hair. He was dressed as I sometimes saw my father dressed in his earth life. Beside him, with her back turned to me, sat a woman pleading with him, and saying she wanted to see Lemuel. The big strong man took her by the shoulders without turning her around, and shook her gently, and said: “Hush, hush, you cannot see Lemuel yet. He must remain on earth until he has conquered disease, and that may be a generation yet. If he comes on now, it would take anyone else a thousand years to bring his work to where he has it.”
-would shake her gently, but not in anger, and say, “Hush, hush,
-Lemuel can not come for a long time yet. Besides you have John
-and Jim, and Sam and Jack, and George and Simon. These are
-all our children in a way, because I taught them all yonder on
-the earth.”
-In all this time the woman whom I thought was my mother did
+But the woman kept begging to see Lemuel, and the great man would shake her gently, but not in anger, and say, “Hush, hush, Lemuel can not come for a long time yet. Besides you have John and Jim, and Sam and Jack, and George and Simon. These are all our children in a way, because I taught them all yonder on the earth.”
-not turn her face to me, if she had and I had gone beyond that
-gate, I presume I would not have been allowed to come back to
-earth again, for I could hear and see the good souls beckon me on,
-and I could feel the people on earth pulling me back, and saying—
-“Earth needs you yet.”
-Then I felt myself drawn farther back from the great gate—and
+In all this time the woman whom I thought was my mother did not turn her face to me, if she had and I had gone beyond that gate, I presume I would not have been allowed to come back to earth again, for I could hear and see the good souls beckon me on, and I could feel the people on earth pulling me back, and saying—“Earth needs you yet.”
-saw Dr. Jim Johnson, or Jim, as we called him, and Dr. Jack
-Sanders ready to talk to me. Jim said, “Lem, you must stay there
-longer. We are going to throw you all the help we can. We
-want you to conquer disease all over the earth before you come
-over here. We cannot do this, but we can sustain you while
-you make the fight.”
-Then Jack Sanders addressed me in an old familiar term he used
+Then I felt myself drawn farther back from the great gate—and saw Dr. Jim Johnson, or Jim, as we called him, and Dr. Jack Sanders ready to talk to me. Jim said, “Lem, you must stay there longer. We are going to throw you all the help we can. We want you to conquer disease all over the earth before you come over here. We cannot do this, but we can sustain you while you make the fight.”
-when we were boys together on the earth. He said, “Now Lem’l,
-we are all going to help you. Jim and I are throwing you help
-and John is getting into line, and you know, Lem’l, we have met
-the nice old Dr. John McDonald, who lived in Boston and knew your father in the war. He has become one of your guides and
-all things will go well.”
-I seemed to come back farther and the night passed. The next
+Then Jack Sanders addressed me in an old familiar term he used when we were boys together on the earth. He said, “Now Lem’l, we are all going to help you. Jim and I are throwing you help and John is getting into line, and you know, Lem’l, we have met the nice old Dr. John McDonald, who lived in Boston and knew your father in the war. He has become one of your guides and all things will go well.”
-morning I opened my eyes, breathed a little deeply, shook myself
-a little to be sure, and recognized my wife and the people around
-me, and knew I would be spared on earth a long while. Then
-I said to myself:
-“Now Lemuel Labaeus, this is a time for a great fight, can you
+I seemed to come back farther and the night passed. The next morning I opened my eyes, breathed a little deeply, shook myself a little to be sure, and recognized my wife and the people around me, and knew I would be spared on earth a long while. Then I said to myself:
-make it?” Something within me said, yes, and the battle was on.
-There I was, seemingly just between life and death, yet I fought
+“Now Lemuel Labaeus, this is a time for a great fight, can you make it?” Something within me said, yes, and the battle was on.
-and struggled on, gaining a little every day, with the aid of the
-doctors and the nurses, and the good prayers of our minister and
-the churches. I made a more rapid recovery than I at first antic-
-ipated.
-I believe yet, that I stood over there in a disembodied state,
+There I was, seemingly just between life and death, yet I fought and struggled on, gaining a little every day, with the aid of the doctors and the nurses, and the good prayers of our minister and the churches. I made a more rapid recovery than I at first anticipated.
-and saw the things I have herein described. I only touched some
-things. The great gate that people passed through could not be
-described, and I believe that father, mother, my brother, and the
-others my father taught on the earth plane were all over there,
-and I believe my life will be lengthened on earth until I have
-accomplished all I have set out to do. And how wonderfully sub-
-lime, and supreme it seems, to see and know our loved ones, if
-only in a dream.
-Since Dr. Labaeus renewed his life he has been so sure of God’s
+I believe yet, that I stood over there in a disembodied state, and saw the things I have herein described. I only touched some things. The great gate that people passed through could not be described, and I believe that father, mother, my brother, and the others my father taught on the earth plane were all over there, and I believe my life will be lengthened on earth until I have accomplished all I have set out to do. And how wonderfully sublime, and supreme it seems, to see and know our loved ones, if only in a dream.
-purpose in sparing him to earth a while longer, that he has literally
-fulfilled his faith in following Jesus’ pathway when he said—“If
-I be lifted up from earth I will draw all men to me.” Day
-by day—bit by bit, he works right on in utter indifference to any
-negative forces which may play about his life, convincing unbe-
-lievers of the supremacy of God, and the efficacy of prayer. Dr.
-Labaeus just “KNOWS that a Higher Power than mere man will
-bring through to the world, in His own good time and manner,
-whatever truths we need to know. Just remember to give thanks
-—to trust—and to ask in His name.”
-Your credulity of this disembodiment experience is not asked.
+<WRAP centeralign>—————————</WRAP>
-However, to any interested individual, will be given direct con-
-tact with the subject of this experience.—The EDITOR.
+Since Dr. Labaeus renewed his life he has been so sure of God’s purpose in sparing him to earth a while longer, that he has literally fulfilled his faith in following Jesus’ pathway when he said—“If I be lifted up from earth I will draw all men to me.” Day by day—bit by bit, he works right on in utter indifference to any negative forces which may play about his life, convincing unbelievers of the supremacy of God, and the efficacy of prayer. Dr. Labaeus just “KNOWS that a Higher Power than mere man will bring through to the world, in His own good time and manner, whatever truths we need to know. Just remember to give thanks—to trust—and to ask in His name.”
+Your credulity of this disembodiment experience is not asked. However, to any interested individual, will be given direct contact with the subject of this experience.—The EDITOR.
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